Violet Moore

Sentences (VM1) (1994)

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Text identifier: VM1
Speaker: Violet Moore
Primary documentation: Betty Jackson

  1. ... kee te-no' serr-hlerh Huep-'oo.
    It says Hupas are going to have a big time.
     
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  2. Kee nuue'-moh Huep-'oo, 'ey, we'yk-'oh ke-choyk.
    We'll be coming to Hoopa today.
     
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  3. 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.
     
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  4. Ne-pee'-moh ma ke-goh.
    We ate acorn soup.
     
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  5. 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.
     
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  6. Kue cheee-gery ... keech ske'-wee'.
    The huckleberries are ripe.
     
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  7. Keech mee' ro-'op', 'o ro' ke-ro-moh.
    It's not running, the car's not running.
     
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  8. Wer'-yer-nerk ko-ko-new 'we'-lep.
    The girls have long hair.
     
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  9. Keech ko-ko-new 'ne'-lep. Tekw-see' 'ne'-lep.
    My hair is long. My hair is cut.
     
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  10. ... mos ne-ko-muy ... pop, 'oohl 'ue-pop.
    .. don't know how ... bread, Indian bread.
     
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  11. 'O chpey-yue'r 'oohl 'o cho' chpey-yue'r.
    Tell an Indian story.
     
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  12. To' rue-ro-wok' ... che-gey-ke-nee 'oohl.
    I sing ... little Indians.
     
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  13. 'Nek-'ep-'e-wo-roh kee nuue'm.
    My grandchildren will come here.
     
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  14. 'Owook kerr-meek' kee no-'o-mue'n.
    Tomorrow he will be nine years old.
     
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  15. Wo-nekw so hoo-ney-yek' kee mar-ke-we-chek'
    I'll get out of breath going up the steep hill.
     
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  16. Cheer-'er'y mar-kue'm kue ke-ges.
    A bear ate the dried surf fish.
     
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  17. 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.
     
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  18. Peesh-kah ko'-mee te-nehl-ke-nek' 'o kue herh-hlkerh.
    I put too much salt on the potatoes.
     
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  19. 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.
     
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  20. Nahs-chueh te-no'l hoo-gech.
    Last night there were a lot of stars.
     
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