Khapa: Uk 1999 ChInUk Wawa ya-Conference

[David Robertson]

Khapa uk makwst-san, 24 Nov 1998, Tony Johnson ya-munk-c!Em:

> Kanawi-Laksta,
>
> The Culture and Heritage Society of the Confederated Tribes of Grand
> Ronde would like to announce our willingness to host the 2nd annual
> Chinook Jargon conference in 1999.

Hayu masi khapa kanawi msayka!  (Kwelth Tahlkie Society ukuk?)  Nayka
tEmtEm pus dret Lush ukuk, pus nsayka khanawi kanamakst chaku Grand Ronde
uk September mun ya-chaku.

(Many thanks to all of you!  --Is this the Kwelth Tahlkie Society?--  I
think it'd be really good if we all meet at Grand Ronde next September.)



> I would like to see this event maintain the informal environment of this
> year's conference, in Mission, while encouraging more academics to
> attend and present recent work.  This will allow people interested in
> all aspects of Chinook to come together and share their interests and
> knowledge.

Na-kw'Elan ma-Lush wawa!  Wik xluwima uk na-tEmtEm.  Pus na-chaku-kEmtEks
lalang, na-tIki nanIch pi wawa kanawi uk ChInUk Wawa 'linguists' khapa uk
nca-'gathering'.

(I hear you talking, and it's good!  I feel the same.  As I'm a language
studier, I want to see and talk with all the Jargon linguists at our
gathering.)


.....Ikta mca-tEmtEm khapa ukuk?:
.....What do you all think of this idea?:

	TL'unEs pus nca-wawa ixt-makwst dindin khapa munk-ilahan khapa uk
Grand Ronde tIlXEm uk ChInUk ya-munk-kEmtEks haws, pus wik nca-munk
tL'unEs-Ikta.
	(Maybe we could devote part of our conference schedule to
assisting in a Grand Ronde community language project.  Or planning to do
so.)

	Wik na-kEmtEks, tL'unEs na-tEmtEm ukuk, qhanchi mayka pi
uk Kuri-CEqw tIlIXEm mca-Latwa Iskum lakamas; Lush pus ma-palach sitkum
ma-lakamas khapa uk olman tIlIXEm.....
	(I guess I'm thinking of when you go camas-digging with the
Spokanes; it's a nice idea to give half your camas to the elders.....)

 	Kapit tEmtEm ukuk; msayka tEmtEm Lush ukuk?  MEsachi?
	(This is just an idea; do you all think it's good?  Bad?)

LaXiyEm;
Dave






>
> Qhata mEsayka tEmtEm?  Lush pus mEsayka munk-c!Em nayka.
>
>
> Hayu mersi--Tony A. Johnson
>                      Language Specialist, Grand Ronde, OR
>