river 1

 

(Thoughts and Feelings)

 

In this section we learn to express some basic feelings. Notice the patterns of sounds we use when we say "I am..." vs. "You are..."

 

 

nolitəhαsi -  I am happy

 

 

 

kolitəhαsi - you are happy 

 

 

 

 

nəkatohpi - I am hungry

 

 

kkatohpi - you are hungry 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
nəkatoksi - I am sleepy
 

 
kkatoksi - You are sleepy
 

 
 
 

nətakehkiməsi - I am learning
 

 
 
kətakehkiməsi - You are learning
 

 
 
 
 
 
nənαtalohke - I am going to work
 

 
 
kənαtalohke - You are going to work
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

April 7, 1604

French cartographer Samuel de Champlain leaves from France with a French nobleman, Pierre Du Gua De Monts, for Maine. They entered the Bay of Fundy by May, and later Champlain would meet Penobscot Chief Bashabez at the mouth of the Kenduskeag Stream on the Penobscot River.