CHINOOK Digest - 10 Jun 2004 to 11 Jun 2004 (#2004-67)

Tue Jun 15 18:13:52 UTC 2004

LaXayEm khanawi-Laksta,

I hope I am not ruining your entertatinment by attaching this, but this
is the transcrpit from the article.  I went ahead and wrote into our
ASCI "email" writing system.  Qhata mEsayka tEmtEm?

Tony A. Johnson
sawash-ili7i

Chinuk conversation May 27, 2004 (Tony, Bobby, Jackie, Crystal)

T:	qhata mEsayka?

B:	Lush nayka

C:	Lush

J:	Lush nayka, qhata mayka?

T:	Lush, bEt na Tu7an hayu pus munk.

J:	kwansEm kakwa, wikna?

T:	nawitka kakwa.

B:	ikta aLqi ntsayka munk

J:	wel, ntsayka mash tEnas, Lush alta ntsayka munk-Lush chinuk
skul, wikna?

T:	dret, Laksta munk qhata khana-ikta saXali yawa'?

C:	wik nayka kEmtEks Laksta munk ukuk.

J:	qha mEsayka tiki mEkmEk?

B:	Lush ntsayka khanamakwst Latwa khapa ukuk hayash likhart-haws.

T:	ukuk Lush pus nayka, qhata mEsayka tEmtEm ukuk?

C:	Lush

J:	Lush, nixwa tsa Latwa.

T:	ukuk lalang ntsayka wawa alta, Laska munk nim ukuk chinuk-wawa.

J:	anqati ntsayka tilixam Laska Lush kEmtEks ukuk.

B:	alta ntsayka munk-kEmtEks ukuk

T:	k'oy7 aLqi wEXt skukEm ukuk

C:	k'oy7 kakwa

Approximate Translation of Short Chinuk conversation May 27, 2004

T:	How are you?

B:	I am good.

C:	Good.

J:	I am good.  How are you?

T:	Good, but I have a lot to do.

J:	It is always that way isn't it?

T:	It is exactly that way.

B:	What should we do?

J:	Well, the kids are gone (we got rid of the kids); we should
clean the school right?

T:	Yes, who made a mess up on the loft?

C:	I don't know who did that.

J:	Where do we want to eat?

B:	We should eat together at the casino.

T:	That is good with me, what do you think?

C:	Good.

J:	We should go.

T:	This language we are talking now, they named it Chinuk Wawa.

J:	Our old people used to speak this language really well.

B:	Now we teach it.

T:	We wish that it will be strong again.

C:	(We) hope so.

>>> "Bruce, Colin" <Colin.Bruce at FRASERHEALTH.CA> 06/14/2004 12:33:30 PM
>>>
Thanks for all the translations, folks.  It's great to get different
views
on what the words feel like.  I've still got several gaping holes in
what I
was able to hear from the sample conversation.  I wonder if someone
were to
go to the article in the Seattle Times and follow the link to the ONE
MINUTE
CONVERSATION.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001950684_chinook08m.html

Maybe anywhere I have a ???? you might be able to hear what I couldn't.
 Or
guess what words might be there.

T.J.: Qhaada msaiga
B.M.: Tloosh naiga
C.S.: Tloosh
J.W.: Tloosh naiga.  Qhaada maiga?
T.J.: Tloosh, But na dowan???? xhayoo pos monk
J.W.: Gwaansam kaagwa wekna?
T.J.: Nawetga kaagwa.

B.M.: Ekda aatlge nsaiga monk?
J.W.: Nsaiga maash tanaas.  Tloosh aalda nsaiga monk tloosh Chinok
Skool
wekna?
T.J.: Dret, tlaksda monk qhaada kaana ekda saxhale ????
C.S.: Wek na kamdaks

J.W.: Qhaa nsaiga tege makmak?
B.M.: Tloosh nsaiga kanamaks tladwa kaba xhayash lakart haws.
T.J.: Ogok tloosh pos naiga.  Qhaada msaiga tamdam ogok?
C.S.: Tloosh
J.W.: Tloosh ???? nsa tlaadwa

T.J.: Ogok lalaang nsaiga wawa alda k
lasga monk neem ogok chinok wawa.
J.W.: Aankade nsaiga telexham tlasga tloosh kamdaks ogok.
B.M.: Alda nsaiga monk kamdaks ogok.
T.J.: Q'oi aatlge waaxht skogom ogok.
C.S.: Q'oi kaagwa.

-----Original Message-----
From: Yakima Belle [mailto:yakimabelle at YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:36 AM
To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: CHINOOK Digest - 10 Jun 2004 to 11 Jun 2004 (#2004-67)

I'll give it a shot - I don't speak GR, but I'll try.
B^)
>
> Date:    Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:56:44 -0700
> From:    "Bruce, Colin"
> <Colin.Bruce at FRASERHEALTH.CA>
> Subject: FW: La Push, the band, and Seattle Times
> article
>
> The one minute conversation included in this article
> was the longest I had
> ever heard Chinuk-wawa spoken.  I tried to get what
> they were saying but
> some words or turns of phrase were blurred for me.
> Here $B!G (Js what I got in my
> very bad spelling.  I wonder if anyone knows what
> was said??
>
> T.J.: Qhaada msaiga

How are you guys?

> B.M.: Tloosh naiga

I'm good.

> C.S.: Tloosh

Good.

> J.W.: Tloosh naiga.  Qhaada maiga?

I'm good. How are you?

> T.J.: Tloosh, But na dowan???? xhayoo pos monk

Good, but (confused here. Na could be "me" in GR, an
interrogative elsewhere). Much to do.

> J.W.: Gwaansam kaagwa wekna?

As usual (like always?) not sure about last word.

> T.J.: Nawetga kaagwa.

Yep. Like that.

> B.M.: Ekda aatlge nsaiga monk?

What you do now? (assuming aatlge is alta)

> J.W.: Nsaiga maash tanaas.  Tloosh aalda nsaiga monk
> tloosh Chinok Skool
> wekna?

I send my kid. It's good now we make a good Chinook
school, no?

> T.J.: Dret, tlaksda monk qhaada kaana ekda saxhale
> ????

True. Who makes makes it upward - maybe who teaches up
there?

> C.S.: Wek na kamdaks

I don't no?

>
> J.W.: Qhaa nsaiga tege makmak?

Where do we want to eat?

> B.M.: Tloosh nsaiga kanamaks tladwa kaba xhayash
> lakart haws.

I'd like it  if we went together to the (Chart?)
House?

> T.J.: Ogok tloosh pos naiga.  Qhaada msaiga tamdam
> ogok?

That's fine with me. What do you think of that?

> C.S.: Tloosh

Good.

> J.W.: Tloosh ???? nsa tlaadwa

Good? Let's go.

> T.J.: Ogok lalaang nsaiga wawa alda klasga monk neem
> ogok chinok wawa.

This language we speak now is called Chinuk Wawa.

> J.W.: Aankade nsaiga telexham tlasga tloosh kamdaks
> ogok.

Along time ago they knew this well.

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