Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
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Wasco lessons
WASCO LANGUAGE LESSON
TELLING TIME
MONDAY
Let's review our numbers before we start
the lesson on telling time.
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Ixt
Makwsht
Lun
Lakt
Gwnma
Txm
Snmakwst
Gutlqt
Kw'is
Yalilxam
Yalilxam ik'un ixt
Yalilxam ik'un makwsht
TELLING TIME
TUESDAY
Telling time in Wasco is very simple. To
say the Wasco equivalent of "at
o'clock," simply add the suffix -ba to the
appropriate number. For the Wasco
equivalents of "one o'clock" and "ten
o'clock," special forms are used:
TELLING TIME
Thursday
Special times in the day. The word
kadux can be added to indicate "morn
ing," chushdix to indicate "evening", and
ixabaxix to indicate "night":
Gutllqtba Kadux
(at) 8:00 in the morning, 8 A.M.
Kw'isba Kadux
(at) 9:00 in the morning, 9 A.M.
Chalilxamba Kadux
(at) 10:00 in the morning, 10 A.M.
Aixt'akwdix Txmba Chushdix
(at) 6:30 in the evening, 6:30 P.M.
Aixt'akwdix Snmakwstba Chushdix
(at) 7:30 in the evening, 7:30 P.M.
Aixt'akwdix Gutllqtba Chushdix
(at) 8:30 in the evening, 8:30 P.M.
Kw'isba Ixabaxix
(at) nine o'clock at night, 9:00 P.M.
Chalilxamba Ixabaxix
(at) ten o'clock at night, 10:00 P.M.
Chalilxam Ik'un Aixtba Ixabaxix
(at) 11:00 at night, 11:00 P.M.
Qiqayak Ixabaxix
Midnight (literally "middle night").
Shaiba agaax
Noon (literally "straight
up sun").
Sitkumsan.
Noon" or "lunchtime"
(Chinook jargon)
PAIUTE LESSON II
This Fridays' lesson will continue
with sounds from the Paiute
alphabet. Visit our Language Computer
lab to hear more of the sounds used
with the Paiute language. The lab is
located at the Culture and Heritage
office. See you there!!
Aixtba
Makwshtba
Lunba
Laktba
Gwnmaba
Txmba
Snmakwstba
Gutlqtba
Kw'isba
Chalilxamba
(at) one o'clock
(at) two o'clock
(at) three o'clock
(at) four o'clock
(at) five o'clock
(at) six o'clock
(at) seven o'clock
(at) eight o'clock
(at) nine o'clock
(at) ten o'clock
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These forms are also used for "eleven
and twelve o'clock:"
Chalilxam ik'un aixtba
fat) eleven o'clock
Chalilxam ik'un makwshtba
(at) twelve o'clock
WASCO PEOPLE!!
July 14,1997 at 1:30 pm
Hank Millstein will be at the
Language Program Trailer tomeet
with elders and other Wasco participants
that would like to have input with the
development of a Wasco dictionary.
I AH are welcome to ioin the erouDH! I
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TELLING TIME
WEDNESDAY
To say "half past" or ":30", aixtl'akwdix
is placed before the number:
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LANGUAGE COMPUTER LAB .
Come and listen to the Warm Springs
languages - Paiute! Wasco! Sahaptin! on
our computers. Location of the lab is at
the Culture and Heritage office. The office
is open for all ages to practice language
at your own leisure.
LEARN YOUR LANGUAGE!!
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Aixtl'akwdix Aixtba
Aixtl'akwdix Makwshtba
Aixtl'akwdix Lunba
Aixtl'akwdix Laktba
Aixtl'akwdix Gwnmaba
Aixtl'akwdix Txmba
Aixtl'akwdix Snmawkstba
Aixtl'akwdix Gutlqtba
Aixtl'akwdix Kwi'sba
Aixtl'akwdix Chalilxamba
Aixtl'akwdix Chalilxam ik'un aixtba
(at) 11:30
Aixtl'akwdix Chalilxam ik'un makwshtba
(at) 12:30
(at) 1:30
(at) 2:30
(at) 3:30
(at) 4:30
(at) 5:30
(at) 6:30
(at) 7:30
(at) 8:30
(at) 9:30
(at) 10:30
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WtLLUML HUMh!! I
Val Aguilar, Buford Johnson,
Elaine Clements
The Program is happy that these people
were able to attend the "American Indian
Language Development Institute" for
Wasco language curriculum development.
They were funded by a grant for teacher
development. Your dedication to keeping
the Wasco language alive is appreciated
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Ha'oo-What
Ha'oo u manewunu?
What are you doing?
Ha'oo tamme manekwe?
What are we going to do?
Ha'oo namani?
What happen?
Haakutsabu-Scarf
U pesa tabuadu haakutsabu kayoo.
You have a beautiful scarf!
U haakutsabu wi haneo!
Put on your scarf!
Ya'a sumu'yoo haakutsabu.
Here is one scarf.
Haba-Shade
Ya'a haba wi katupunee.
Come sit down here in the shade.
Obetoo pesa haba tabuapunee.
It looks nice and shady over there.
Pesa haba witu numapunee.
It feels food in the shade.!
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