Gabe’s Language Camp Notes Audio
PRAYER: (said with daycare kids)
1. Kchi-niweskʷ (great spirit)
Wəliwəni nəbi (thank you water), wəliwəni wskitkamikʷ (thank you earth),
wəliwəni wəjawsən (thank you wind), wəliwəni skʷəde (thank you fire)
Məzitte nədalαgomak (all my relations)
IMPORTANCE:
“our language is not a thing, it’s not a life form, it doesn’t breath and therefore it cannot die. It is instead a verbal expression of our intergenerationally established thought patterns that represent for us today a viable epistemological knowledge system. But languages can be ceased to be spoken and when that happens it’s a reflection of community change. Revitalizing language therefore is also about community change.” –Daryl Baldwin
USEFUL TERMS:
“I don’t understand you”
2. ahtα gəwewtolo
3. made knustolo
“Say it again”
4. mina idamən
5. apch idamon
“speak slowly/ lower voice”
6. menənədonke
7. menagadawest
TENSES:
GIZI (past)
8. nəgizi-zəgi — I peed
11. nəgizi-bigədi — I farted
14. nəgizəjagohke — I pooped
17. gizəlαn — it rained
20. gizi-psαn — it snowed
23. gizəlαmsən — it was windy
26. nəgizihpi I ate
29. nəgizəssəmi I already drank
DALI (present)
9. nədali-zəgi — I am peeing
12. nədali-bigədi — I am farting
15. nədalijagohke — I am pooping
18. dalαn — it’s raining
21. dali-psαn — it’s snowing
24. dalαmsən — it’s windy
27. nədalihpi I am eating
30. nədaləssəmi I am drinking
GADI (future)
10. nəgadi-zəgi — I’m going to pee
13. nəgadi-bigədi — I’m going to fart
16. nəgadawəjagohke — I’m going to poop
19. gadawəlαn — it’s going to rain
22. gadi-psαn — it’s going to snow
25. gadawəlαmsən — it’s going to be windy
28. nəgadi-nαjihpi I’m going (somewhere) to eat
31. nəgadawəssəmi I am thirsty