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Click the gray button below to start listening to Western Abenaki Radio now. You can rewind, fast forward, or jump to any point in a show by clicking the time line in the middle of each embedded player. Western Abenaki Radio 17 Transcript Song 1: Mina Ida Mina ida Again say Ida mina Say again 8da n'wawaldamowen ni I don't know that 8da k'wawtamelo I don't understand you gw8gweni n'kawachowi k'klolamel aln8baiwi Because I hope to speak to you in Abenaki Mina ida say it again! Another conversation with Jacob age 6. This time with transcription as requested! Jesse: kwai kwai nam8n! hello hello my son! Jesse: t8ni kd'8wl8wzi pamgisgak? how are you today? Jacob: n'w8wl8wzi I am living well! Jesse: kia k'mikwaldam kiona wskiklosw8gan wji adl8gwipow8gan paml8gwik nam8n? Do you remember our new word for dinner this evening my son? Jacob: 8h8. Yes. Jesse: kagwi ni wskiklosw8gan? What is that new word? Jacob: wios babaskwaham8gan! meat ball! Jesse: kagwi ni wskiklosw8gan idamoo iglismoniwi? What's that new word mean in English? Jacob: meat ball. Jesse: awani mijib wios babaskwaham8ganal paml8gwik? Who ate the meat ball this evening? Jacob: n'mesis! My older sister! Jesse: 8h8 k'mesis wliwni nam8n. Yes your older sister thank you my son. Jesse: kagwi kia mijib wji adl8gwipow8gan paml8gwik? What did you eat for dinner tonight? Jacob: picha! pizza! Jesse: 8h8! Kia picha wlipogwat ali..ala majipogwat? Yes! Was your pizza good how...or bad? Jacob: wli ta maji! good and bad! Jesse: wlipogwat ta majipogwat? It tasted good and it tasted bad? Jacob: 8h8. Yes. Jesse: wji kagwi kia ida ni? Why do you say that? Jacob: nia 8da n'wawaldamowen. I don't know. Jesse: n'wawtam. I understand. Jesse: kanwa nd'asidaldam kia kd'elaldam nilil mijw8gan waijiwi wlipogwatal nam8n. However I wish you thought those meals were always delicious my son. Jacob: nia achi. me too. Jesse: 8h8, wliwni. Yes, thank you. Jacob: wliwni. thank you. Jesse: k'kezalmel nam8n. I love you my son. Jacob: nia achi. me too. Song 2: Wlipamkanni Wlipamkanni Travel well Wlinanawalmezi Take good care of yourself k'namiolji mina I will see you again Prayer from Lesson 16 Spoken as requested! 5. A Prayer Aiamihaw8gan: Tbestawi Hear me Let this day be blessed, Wawasalmegwadich pamgisgat, O Great Spirit Who dwells in the Sky land, O Kchi Niwaskw spemkik aian look toward us your children who live here on Earth k'gikinawinna kd'aw8ssisemikok aidid iodali Ahkik and hear our prayers ta nodamenal nd'aiamihaw8gannawal Let this day be blessed, Wawasalmegwadich pamgisgat, Let this day be a blessed day, Wawasalmegwadich pamgisgak, O Great Spirit Who dwells in the Sky land, O Kchi Niwaskw spemkik aian We remember our grandmothers and our grandfathers, n'mikwalm8nawak nokemesnogak ta n'mahomnogak We give thanks to the Earth and to the Sky, to the people and the future generations Nd'alamizibna Ahkik ta Spemkik, pm8zowinnoak ta awaasak ta z8khigwezijik We greet the children, grant us always understanding and health and strength and compassion Nd'alamikanawak aw8ssisak, m8milina wawtamw8gan ta s8glamalsow8gan ta mliksanow8gan ta kdem8galgaw8gan Nialach May it be so Song 3: Akwi mam8ji! Akwi mam8ji don't move alemi remain sipki ai stay late