Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
July 3,1999 7
Paiute language lessons-
Paiute Language Lesson
Monday
Ya sumu tabeno tamme pronouns witu mu
tukwekwe (Today is Monday and we are going to
work on the pronouns):
Kono
E padu
my daughter
E padumu
all my daughters
E pu'a
my friend
E pubu'amu
all my friends
to stand(3 or more people)
Habe
to lie down(singular)
JA Kwabe
to lie down(dual-2 persons)
Pookwa
to lie down(plural-3 or more)
Nu
U
Esoo
Ta
You
He-She-or It
E na
Thursday
my father
We(2 people, including the person you are
speaking to)
Tamme
We(3 or more people, including the person
you are speaking too)
Numme
We (3 or more people, but not including the
person your speaking to
Mu
All of You (more than one)
Ummu
They
Tuesday
Ya watsu tabeno:
Today is Thursday:
Wa'etse
old man
wakwa'etse
old men
pealabe
old lady
pepealabe
old women
Tsua'a
little girl
tsutsua'a
little girls
E na'mu
my father-plus his brothers
E pea
my mother
M J E pea'mu
I my mother-my mother and
her sisters.
rvlri Etooa
myson
hjlt Etooa'mu
F; all my sons
Ya waha tabeno:
Today is tuesday:
y '1 toepetse'e
' in A young man
Katu
to sit(singular)
Yukwe
'f tiitnonotcolo
fMvT) young men
to sit(dual-2 people)
Ataa
Li
i
to sit(plural-3 or more people
Wunu
to stand(singular)
Wamme
to stand(2 people)
child
Tooamu
Children
Tutuakele
Lots of children
FRIDAY
Kono
to stand(3 or more people)
Habe
to lie down(singular)
Kwabe
to lie down(dual-2 persons)
Pookwa
to lie down(plural-3 or more)
Wednesday
Today is Wednesday:
Ya pahe tabeno:
Eka nakapunne! Listen to these!
E na
my father
E na'mu
my father-plus his brothers
Nu
U
Esoo
You
He-She-or It
Ta
We(2 people, including the person you are
speaking to)
Tamme
We(3 or more people, including the person
you are speaking too)
K u.r-4 Numme
; We (3 or more people, but not
f7n including the person your speaking
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Uf&i
Mu
All of You (more than one)
Ummu
E pea
my mother
E pea'mu
my mother-my mother and
her sisters.
They
Katu
3 d
to sit(singular)
E padu
my daughter
E padumu
all my daughters
E pu'a
my friend
E pubu'amu
all my friends
Wa'etse
old man
wakwa'etse
old men
pealabe
old lady
pepealabe
old women
Tsua'a
little girl
tsutsua'a
little girls
toepetse'e .
young man
tutoepetsele
young men
toa'a
child
' Tooamu
Children
Tutuakele
Lots of children
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Yukwe
to sit(dual-2 people)
E tooa
my son
E tooa'mu
all my sons
Ataa
to sit(plural-3 or more people
Wunu
3i
to stand(singular)
Wamme
to stand(2 people)
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1 2 3
KIKSHT
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ICHISKiIN
Ti 12 13 14 15 18 17
NUMU
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
ICHISK IN
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
KIKSH1
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