May 29. 2005
THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON-
Learner's Corner
Spilyy Tymoo, Wrm Springs, Oregon
Get ready to practice your phone skills! How
much do you understand?
answered
I am answering
I will answer
Nu a nekwegea
Nu a nekwegeakwe
Nu a nekwegeakwe
KKi, nu ooka yadoana
nekwegeaow etze'e.
Pudusoo mis'
( pedookwe. Nu )
awamoa ka yadoan X
nekwegeaowkwe.
Ha oo u, nu yow Sam!
If 0, kadoo'oo haga jT-IT )
V oitu etze'e. A I
f Nu mo'a umatoo J""
IV yadoakwe. J I
) Hagatuwa mo'a S)
It yadoakwe? 1 J J
Sam, Oosoo Gerry ) J
V ha'a ka yadoan Y I
nekwegeawunne rw I L
K etze'e? y" I ) J
y;:j
r Ki, no'yoona hemma
IV how yugrena tooe
hanotooe.
y : j
( Nu mo'a ki ka yadoanN
IV sookwege'a. Judy y
x" mo'a ka yadoana
( nekwegea'kwe. )
nudea
. v""Chau 'innashv
f awaanpshana 'stina j
j watim. y
Get ready to practice your phone skills! How
much do you understand?
answered
I am answering
I will answer
Awaanpnaash
Awaanpshaash
Awaanptaash
'Sti
Ring.,
Ring.,
AH!
3
(f Au! Plksa iwacha yN N
f V kwna watim? J v J
TH axwai pawata, Ini
ash awanpsha 'stina
chi maic'qi.
Axwai nash ancha
wata maicx. Shin
itq'ixsha waanpta
'stina maicx?
f Chau! Ttaaxwsh shin
Iv ik'kanaiwishana ku
Xpawiwacha ttaaxwmna
0
mna.
y tnau nasn mi
awaanpta 'stina
maicx. Judy tti
If iwaanpta.
f Sam, mishHNs
( iwaanpshana 'stina V-
IV watim? (
f Mishpawachna )T
V chikuuk? I
Here are the conversations you just read in English. Remember that languages don't trans
late word-for-word, and often expressions and patterns we are used to forming in English
don't make sense in other languages. So some phrases, like "Hello", don't translate well into
other language.
r v
They will be in later. I
am answering the
phones this morning.
He"0' ) llu. i YlN I Ml will call again to-"
Of Mf iyh! Nooneelsewasyy y IV morrow. Who will ) 1
I J Iv eyeste T " ( answerthephones (
(( Sam, was Gerry ) - Mo, everyone was Nwon't answer the
Vynswering I f ) k busy and somewhere ) I IV phones tomorrow. J
yesterday? 1 W . l else Judy wi, answer the
i J I yphones tomorrowj
f ( ... , . ) K Are they in today? V Ok, Sam. Good- l 1
f HV No, I answered the ) VV J y i b . s I
rf?2 0 ) vS j