Violet Moore
Sentences (VM1) (1994)
Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens
Display style: sentence | look-up
Text identifier: VM1
Speaker: Violet Moore
Primary documentation: Betty Jackson
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... kee te-no' serr-hlerh Huep-'oo.
It says Hupas are going to have a big time.| Password required -
Kee nuue'-moh Huep-'oo, 'ey, we'yk-'oh ke-choyk.
We'll be coming to Hoopa today.| Password required -
Hee' kee pe-mue' ne-puy me-cheek 'o ro-'oh, ko-weesh 'o ro-'oh.
It says they're going to cook salmon standing by the fire, standing on sticks.| Password required -
Ne-pee'-moh ma ke-goh.
We ate acorn soup.| Password required -
Kwe-see, hee' kee me-lee' 'o Wech-pues ko'l choo-moyhl.
Well, it says there's going to be a brush dance at Wechpus in a few days.| Password required -
Kue cheee-gery ... keech ske'-wee'.
The huckleberries are ripe.| Password required -
Keech mee' ro-'op', 'o ro' ke-ro-moh.
It's not running, the car's not running.| Password required -
Wer'-yer-nerk ko-ko-new 'we'-lep.
The girls have long hair.| Password required -
Keech ko-ko-new 'ne'-lep. Tekw-see' 'ne'-lep.
My hair is long. My hair is cut.| Password required -
... mos ne-ko-muy ... pop, 'oohl 'ue-pop.
.. don't know how ... bread, Indian bread.| Password required -
'O chpey-yue'r 'oohl 'o cho' chpey-yue'r.
Tell an Indian story.| Password required -
To' rue-ro-wok' ... che-gey-ke-nee 'oohl.
I sing ... little Indians.| Password required -
'Nek-'ep-'e-wo-roh kee nuue'm.
My grandchildren will come here.| Password required -
'Owook kerr-meek' kee no-'o-mue'n.
Tomorrow he will be nine years old.| Password required -
Wo-nekw so hoo-ney-yek' kee mar-ke-we-chek'
I'll get out of breath going up the steep hill.| Password required -
Cheer-'er'y mar-kue'm kue ke-ges.
A bear ate the dried surf fish.| Password required -
Cher-wer-seek' choo'm k'ep-'ew wer'-yer-nerk, me-wah-se-goh nahk-seyhl
Seven grandchildren are girls, there are three boys.| Password required -
Peesh-kah ko'-mee te-nehl-ke-nek' 'o kue herh-hlkerh.
I put too much salt on the potatoes.| Password required -
Ko'r chey-ke-nee 'oohl, nee-'eehl chey-ke-nee 'oohl, nahk-seyhl chey-ke-nee 'oohl,
cho-'o-neyhl chey-ke-nee 'oohl, me-rueh choo'm chey-ke-nee 'oohl, koh-chew choo'm chey-ke-nee
'oohl, cher-wer-seek' choo'm chey-ke-nee 'oohl, kne-we-teek' choo'm leett-le 'oohl,
kerr-meek' choo'm chey-ke-nee 'oohl, we-hlo-waa choo'm chey-ke-nee 'oohl.
One little Indian, two little Indians, three little Indians, four little Indians, five little Indians, six little Indians, seven little Indians, eight little Indians, nine little Indians, ten little Indians.| Password required -
Nahs-chueh te-no'l hoo-gech.
Last night there were a lot of stars.| Password required