hawil | -da | |
before | -at | |
maji | -te | |
day | -every | |
daily | ||
diwene | mo:w | k'uhum | haʔak | -ye | |
yesterday | he | white sedge root | trim | -past | |
diwene | ʔa: | t̪ʰana | dase | -ʔ | -ye | |
yesterday | I | hand | wash | reflex. | -past | |
maji | k'edi | na | |
day | good | be | |
beʔmaji | kasili | |
today | cold | |
beʔmaji | ho | t̪'a | |
today | hot | feel | |
maji | -te | ʔa: | na:maʔ | k'o | maʔa | |
day | -every | I | always | thing | eat | |
diwene | mo:w | tʰem | maʔa | -y | |
yesterday | he | abalone | eat | -past | |
t̪ak' | maji | |
four | day | |
t̪ak' | maji | ʔul | na | |
four | day | now | be | |
it's been four days now | ||||
subu | maji | |
three | day | |
xo: | maji | |
two | day | |
t̪ak' | diwe | nan | t̪ak' | maji | |
four | night | and | four | day | |
ch'a: | maji | |
one | day | |
kʰe | ch'a: | yeʔ | na:maʔ | maji | -te | ben | -ka | -n | |
song | one | only | always | day | -every | sing | -cause | -ing | |
kʰe | ch'a: | yeʔ | ben | -ka | -n | maji | -te | |
song | one | only | sing | -cause | -ing | day | -every | |
kʰe | maji | kohu | -da | ʔa: | k'ala: | |
my | day | come | -when | I | die | |
when my time comes I (will) die | ||||||
haw | diwene | hayu | tʰiy | -ya:ʔ | mo:waʔ | waleyka | -na:m | kako | -da | xol | -dit̪e | |
before | yesterday | dog | big | -nom. | his | sheep | -the | field | -at | around | chase | |
maji | dile: | maʔa | -maʔa | -n | |
day | middle | food | -eat | -ing | |
eating food in the middle of the day | |||||
diwene | maʔa | -maʔa | -n | -he | mo:w | jawin | -ji | |
yesterday | food | -eat | -ing | -having | he | run | -semelf. | |
be: | juhula | t̪o: ma-kaʔak | dakosaʔ | -na:m | -mo:w | ma-cha:mad | -el | haw | saawalum | -da | jade | |
dir. | north | my grandchild (daughter's child) | young man | -the | -he | his niece | -acc. | before | Saturday | -at | bring | |
ja:ʔ | ho | ne | -n | |
person | fire | put | -ing | |
Cultural note: When someone was really sick, a pit was dug and filled with wood, over which a rack with pepperwood and bay leaves were placed with a blanket (or hide in the old days.) Over that, the sick person was lain. The fire was burned to coals and water was thrown on so steam would come up through the leaves. The person stayed there for a whole afternoon. Medicine men would do this for a lot of different diseases. This process was called ja:ʔ ho nen | ||||
beʔmaji | bidahom | na | |
today | fog | be | |
diwene | ʔa: | mo | dihel | -ye | |
yesterday | I | hole | dig | -past | |
nan | muu | t̪ʰin | -t̪a | ya | set'ay | maji | pʰo | -kʰe | -ʔ | |
and | there | not | -Q | we | how many | day | stay.plural | -future | -Q | |
and we will stay there for some number of days, right? | ||||||||||
diwene | mo:w | ja: | -la | -y | |
yesterday | he | jump | -down | -past | |
kamiisa | ba:tʰe | ma:n | beʔmaji | dasey | |
shirt | many | she | today | wash | |
kamiisa | ba:tʰe | ma:n | dasey | beʔmaji | |
shirt | many | she | wash | today | |
ʔul | xaʔashisalji | |
now | morning | |
it is morning now now it is dawn | ||
xaʔashisalji | -da | ʔul | kʰe | dak'al | -ʔa | |
dawn | -when | now | dance | finish | -passive | |
the dance was finished at dawn the dance was finished when it was morning | ||||||
diwene | mu:l | ʔa: | mats'u:t̪ | -ye | |
yesterday | that | I | milk | -past | |
I juiced that yesterday I squeezed that (to get the liquid out) yesterday | |||||
masa:n | tʰuʔul | -da | kopʰili | |
white person | old | -when | come.plural | |
long ago, the white people arrived | ||||
she: | -na:m | -mu:l | ʔal | yaʔ | kawi | -ya | -na:m | -meʔ | -ya:ʔ | yaʔ | dine | -ʔ | -t̪ʰin | ʔal | yaʔ | ja:ʔ | yem | -ay | -na:m | -meʔ | na | hi | -n | |
now | -the | -that | this | our | child | -plural | -the | -char. | -nom. | us | think | -semelf. | -not | this | our | person | old | -plural | -the | -char. | be | say | -ing | |
nowadays, it's said that our children do not think of us, of our old people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
diwene | mu:l | ʔa: | t'a | -w | -ʔ | -ka | |
yesterday | that | I | spill | -dir. | -semelf. | -cause | |
I spilled those yesterday I dumped that out yesterday | |||||||
diwene | mu:l | ʔa: | da: | t'a | -w | -ʔ | -ka | -y | |
yesterday | that | I | out | spill | -dir. | -semelf. | -cause | -past | |
I spilled those out yesterday I dumped that out yesterday | |||||||||
diwene | mu:l | ʔa: | da: | t'a | -ʔ | -ka | -y | |
yesterday | that | I | out | pour | -semelf. | -cause | -past | |
I spilled that out yesterday I dumped that out yesterday | ||||||||
diwene | ʔa: | k'uhum | dihel | -ye | |
yesterday | I | white sedge root | dig | -past | |
diwene | ʔa: | k'uhum | she | -y | |
yesterday | I | white sedge root | dig | -past | |