PRAYER: (said with daycare kids)
1. Kchi-niweskʷ (great spirit)
Wəliwəni nəbi (thank you water), wəliwəni wskitkamikʷ (thank you earth),
wəliwəni wəjawsən (thank you wind), wəliwəni skʷəde (thank you fire)
Məzitte nədalαgomak (all my relations)
IMPORTANCE:
“our language is not a thing, it’s not a life form, it doesn’t breath and therefore it cannot die. It is instead a verbal expression of our intergenerationally established thought patterns that represent for us today a viable epistemological knowledge system. But languages can be ceased to be spoken and when that happens it’s a reflection of community change. Revitalizing language therefore is also about community change.” –Daryl Baldwin
USEFUL TERMS:
| “I don’t understand you” | “Say it again” | “speak slowly/ lower voice” | |
| (pnbscot) | 2. ahtα gəwewtolo
| 4. mina idamən
| 6. menənədonke
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| (psmqdy) | 3. made knustolo
| 5. apch idamon
| 7. menagadawest
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TENSES:
| GIZI (past) | DALI (present) | GADI (future) |
| 8. nəgizi-zəgi — I peed | 9. nədali-zəgi — I am peeing | 10. nəgadi-zəgi — I’m going to pee
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| 11. nəgizi-bigədi — I farted
| 12. nədali-bigədi — I am farting
| 13. nəgadi-bigədi — I’m going to fart
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| 14. nəgizəjagohke — I pooped
| 15. nədalijagohke — I am pooping
| 16. nəgadawəjagohke — I’m going to poop
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| 17. gizəlαn — it rained
| 18. dalαn — it’s raining
| 19. gadawəlαn — it’s going to rain
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| 20. gizi-psαn — it snowed
| 21. dali-psαn — it’s snowing
| 22. gadi-psαn — it’s going to snow
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| 23. gizəlαmsən — it was windy
| 24. dalαmsən — it’s windy
| 25. gadawəlαmsən — it’s going to be windy
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| 26. nəgizihpi I ate
| 27. nədalihpi I am eating
| 28. nəgadi-nαjihpi I’m going (somewhere) to eat
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| 29. nəgizəssəmi I already drank
| 30. nədaləssəmi I am drinking
| 31. nəgadawəssəmi I am thirsty
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