Speak Penobscot In The Home

In The Kitchen

I’m hungry. I'm hungry	nəkatohpi	n’ga-dooh-pee
When will we be eating? When will we be eating?	ččikeč kəmitsolətipəna?	chee-gej gmitsol-dee-bna
What are we going to eat? What are we going to eat?	kekʷ keti-mičiyakʷ?	gegw gedee—mee-jee-yugw
When are we going to go eat? When are we going to go eat?	ččikeč kənαčihpolətipəna?	chee-gej gnujeep-pol-dee-bna
What cha cooking good looking? What cha cooking good looking?	kekʷ etalάkʷasəman welinakʷəsit?	gegw eda-lugwuz’mun welee-nugw’zid
Let me taste it. Let me taste it.	ččena nətakʷétatamən	cheh-na n’da-gweduda-min
Is it done? Is it done?	kiste?	gis-tteh
When will it be done? When will it be done?	ččikeč kiste?	chee-gej gis-tteh
Can I help you with that? Can I help you with that?	kəwičohkemələn?	g’wijooh-kem’l’n
How am I to cook your eggs? (“how do you want your eggs cooked?”) How am I to cook your eggs?	tαn-əč nətəlαkʷəsəmən kəwάwanal?	dun-oj n’d’lugw’z’m’n g’wuwanal
We have to have more butter. We have to have more butter.	kətahčəwi-ayinena məláhkʷsi-pəmi.	g’dah-chwee—ayee-nena m’luhqwsee-b’mee

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.