Nadja ya-k!Ilapay-wawa khapa uk QUIZ

[David Robertson]

...nawitka!  Dret mayka wawa, TEmwata (Tumwater, Washington state) yaka
anqEti nim "New Market".  Lhush pi skukum tEmtEm mayka, Nadja.

[...correct!  You're right, TEmwata's former name is "New Market".  Good
thinking, Nadja.]

TEmwata tawn yaka Olympia Beer yaka haws, wik-na?
[Tumwater is the home of Olympia Beer, isn't it?]

Ikta nim pus "beer" mcayka ilEp tIki, khapa ChInUk?
[What is you folks' favorite word for "beer" in ChInUk Wawa?]

Yakwa khapa uk Kuri-CEqw tawn, ncayka wawa 'lEm-pi-cEqw'...
Here in Spokane, we say 'lumpychuck'...

...k!iwa dret hihi ukuk, qhanchi mcayka mEq!mEq! lEm-pi-cEqw.
[...because it's a lot of fun to do that when we're drinking it.]

Pi tl'unEs mcayka kEmtEks Xluwima wawa pus uk "beer".
[But maybe you folks know another way of talking to, er, about beer.]

:-)

Lhush tEnEs-pulakli!
Dave

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