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Western Abenaki Radio Lesson 11 Transcript
Basic Vocabulary
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s8khipozit kisos ala w8ban | dawn | |
nakhil8t kizos | sunset | |
kizokw | day | |
tebokw | night | |
sp8zwiwi ala chakwat | morning | |
baskwa | noon | |
baskwaga | it is noon | |
wl8gwiwi | in the night | |
n8witebakak | at midnight | |
pamgisgak | today | |
wl8gwa | yesterday | |
saba | tomorrow | |
paml8gwik | this evening | |
achakwiwik | the next day/morning | |
kisgadiwi | during the day | |
nib8wiwi | during the night | |
ngwejekaden | one year | |
pazgokizos | one month | |
ngwedsanda | one week | |
ngwed8mkipoda | one hour | |
minit | a minute | |
betgwigen | it is round | |
awan | air | |
kezlomsen | wind | |
solg8n | rain | |
waz8li | snow on the ground | |
wawi8bwan | blizzard | |
pabadokw | hail | |
pkwami | ice | |
kladen | freeze, frozen | |
nebiskat | dew | |
bad8gi | thunder | |
wl8da, ala wlekiskat | its warm, or its a nice day | |
majikisgat | bad weather | |
kzabda | its hot | |
tka | its cold | |
kizosoo | the sun shines | |
pson | its sowing | |
kinlomsen | strong wind | |
asokwat | its cloudy | |
pezegawan | foggy | |
k'wawaldam | do you know | |
k'wawtam | do you understand | |
toki/toko | wake up, he/she is awake | |
8mki | get up | |
nimziwi | that's all |
Pronounciation: The letter d is pronounced as a t at the end of a word.
Intermediate Conversation
ngwichin8 / n'mahom / ta / kwinna / kchiao
alone / my grandfather / and / has / very / he is old.
My grandfather lives alone and he is very old.
kassigadma?
how many years?
How old is he?
noliwi kassinska / taba / nas / kassigadma.
90 / and / two / many years.
He is 92 years old.
kadil8wzo / li / ngwedatgwa.
he wants to live / to / one hundred.
He wants to live to be one hundred years old.
nda / n'kadi / sipki / aiwen
not / I want / late / stay (-)
I don't want to stay too late.
aiag8 / n'sp8zi / tokia / nd'achwi / losa / n8ch8gwaigamigw
Must / I early / rise / I need / go to / the hospital
I must get up early I have to go to the hospital.
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