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February 20, 2003 Page 9 THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON- Spilyay Tyvnoo, Wgi-m Springs, Oregon Learner's Corner r In the last issue we saw two action words: "to see" and "to go". Let's look at the action words "to sing" and "to dance". Kiksht Numu Ichishkiin (Wasq'u) (Paiute) (Sahaptin) Sentenced Again, here is a break-down of one of the verbs, "to sing". Using the Kiksht knowledge you have learned so far, try the excercises at the end using the verb "to dance". Alma anglalama idattqtba itqwti. Alma a- n- gl- alama idattqt itqwti In future fut. I at sing longhouse. will sing at the longhouse. Maika alma amglalama idattqtba itqwti. Maika alma a- m- gl- alama idatt'qtba itqwti You in future fut. you at sing longhouse. You will sing at the longhouse. Alma axka alaglalama idattqtba itqwti. Alma axka al a(g)- lalama idattqt itqwti In future she fut. she sing longhouse She will sing at the longhouse. Alma yaxka alaglalama idattqtba itqwti. Alma yaxka al- a(g)- lalama idattqt itqwti In future he fut. he sing longhouse He will sing at the longhouse. Alma taichka atglalama idattqtba itqwti. Alma taichka a- 1- gl- alama idatt'qtba itqwti In future they fut. they at sing longhouse They will sing at the longhouse. Alma alxaika alglalama idattqtba itqwti Alma alxaika a- 1- gl- alama idatt'qtba itqwti In future we (all) fut. we (all of us) at sing longhouse We will sing at the longhouse. Alma txaika atglalama idattqtba itqwti; Alma txaika a- t-gl- alama7idattfqtba itqwti In future we (us two) fut. we (two of us) at sing longhouse We will sing at the longhouse. Just like last week, we notice some com monalities between all of the sentences above: (1 ) The first and last letters of 'a' indicate the future tense. (2) Just inside the first 'a', we have fixed choices: n, m, a, i, t, I, and t. (3) The letters of 'gl' show up consitantly to indicate direction or place. (Hint: These letters won't show up in every verb, such as "to dance".) (4) Finally, sometimes we see a 'u' letter, as in the last issue, inserted just after part 2, which indicates either a relative place in time or a direc tion and placement (such as towards, in, or at). See if you can fill in the blanks of the first few sentences below, making the same sentences as above using the verb "to dance". Then, look at the last several sentences and see if you can translate them! Alma axka ---uwichgw- idattqtba itqwti She will dance at the longhouse. Alma alxaika --x--wichgw- idattqtba itqwti. We (all of us) will dance at the longhouse. Alma ---wichgw- idattqtba itqwti. will dance at the longhouse. Now that you've done so well with the ones above, let's see if you can translate these sen tences into English: Maika alma amuwichgwa idattqtba itqwti. Alma yaxka ayuwichgwa idattqtba itqwti. Alma taichka atuwichgwa idattqtba itqwti. E Review How much do you remember of verbs and tenses? See if you can match the English to the correct Numu and the Numu to the correct English. Each sentence says the same thing but expresses it in either the past, the present, or the future. , Nu ka oodunobewitoo meowkwe. Nukaoodutse I will go to the ?- nobekwitoo longhouse. ' meakwe. Nu ka oodunobekwitoo They will go to the mea" longhouse. They went to the . longhouse. ; f oodunobekwitoo Match up the Ichishkiin and the English and see how much you remember from the "Learner's Corner" so far: i I .)' (1) Winashaash kaatnamyau. I follow you. (A) Tt'iish winata (2) kaatnamyau. I went to the longhouse. (B) (3) Winanaash kaatnamyau. Winashanatash (4) kaatnamyau. (5)Twanashamash. meapu. 1enk I am going to the longhouse. (C) We were going to the longhouse(D) I will go to the longhouse. (E) They are going to the longhouse. sing dance walptaiksha wdashasha Uenk Sentences sing dance tunekwuhu nuga Sentenced We will dd'a feW example1 sentences of "I will do something at the longhouse" for the two verbs "to sing" and "to dance". Fill in the missing words, or parts of words, as you go! Nu oodunobekwi'yoo tunekwuhukwe. Nu oodunobekwi'yoo tunekwuhukwe I longhouse-at will dance will dance at the longhouse. U ka oodunobekwi'yoo tune. You will dance at the longhouse. Oosoo tunekwuookwe. She will dance at the longhouse. Oosoo oodunobekwi'yoo tune. He will dance at the longhouse. oodunebeki'yoo tunekwukwe. They will dance at the longhouse. Nume oodunobekwi'yoo tune. We will dance at the longhouse. Now, for more exercies on the verb "to sing": oodunobekwi'yoo nugakwe. will sing at the longhouse. U ka oodunobekwi'yoo nugaga. Tt'iish walptaikta kSatnampa. Tt'i -ish walptaik -ta kaatnam -pa word of emphasis 1 sing fut. longhouse at will sing at the longhouse. .,u TYna walptaikta k$atnampa. ,,,,. :; TP -nam walptaik -ta 7 kaatnam 7 -pa emphasis you sing fut. longhouse at will sing at the longhouse. Tt'i iwalptaikta katnampa. Tt'i i- walptaik -ta kaatnam -pa emphasis he, she sing fut. longhouse at Heshe will sing at the longhouse. Tt'i pawalptaikta katnampa. Tt'i pa- walptaik -ta kaatnam -pa emphasis they sing fut. longhouse at They will sing at the longhouse. Tt'iitash walptaikta kdatnampa. Tt'i -tash walptaik -ta kaatnam -pa emphasis we (us all) sing fut. longhouse at We will sing at the longhouse. Now, using what you know about forming Ichishkiin action words, try complete these sen tences on your ownl I will dance at the longhouse. You will dance at the longhouse. You will sing at the longhouse. Oosoo nugowkwe. She or he dance at to the longhouse. She will sing at the longhouse. Oosoo oodunobekwi'yoo He will sing at the longhouse. oodunebeki'yoo nugakwe. They will dance at the longhouse. They will sing at the longhouse. Nume oodunobekwi'yoo nugakwe. We will sing at the longhouse. We will dance at the longhouse. Alma txaika atxuwichgwa idattqtba itqwti. Review answers: Nu ka oodutse nobekwitoo meakwe. They went to the longhouse. Review Answers: 1 - C 3 - B 2 - E 4 - D 5 - A