February 20, 2003
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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.
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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