Chinuk Wawa lesson

[Francisc Czobor]

Klahawya Dave pi kanawi klaksta,

Here is my attempt to translate the text of the lesson.

Francisc


Ayu tilikom mamuk pipa kopa nsaika.

Many people are writing letters to us.

Klaska aias tiki tlap ukuk Kamlups Wawa pipa mokst taim kopa iht mun.

They want very much to get this Kamloops Wawa (news)paper two times in a
month.

Pi wik kata nsaika aiak mamuk kakwa.

But there's no way for us to do this soon.

Ayu tilikom mitlait[,] ilo klaska mamuk hilp kopa ukuk pipa.

There are many people that don?t help at all for this (news)paper.

Kakwa iaka aias til mamuk alta pus mash ukuk pipa kopa msaika kanawi mun[.]

So it is a very hard work now to send this (news)paper to you every month.

Alki pus tilikom kanawi mamuk hilp kopa ukuk msaika pipa iawa nsaika tolo
pus iaka kuli mokst taim kopa iht mun pi klunas kanawi sondi.

In the future, if all people will help for this (news)paper of yours, then
we will manage to issue it two times in a month and maybe even every week.

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