Crow Lost His Eye - Pt. 2

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Vocab

Vocab

Sentences

Sentences

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zîl

noun, ball

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nànataa

he is looking for it

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Dàlàà yê dànä̂y kàdaâdnji thʼäy

He covered half his face

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Tsʼàrkʼi dànây tàninkhyel

Crow threw away his eye

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Dunena kàkʼàànaâtaa

the kids stared at him

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kwàlį

there is an area

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keyedakàt

they asked him

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Tàga gàà dàlààt thʼäy

It floated away along the river

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Kààkʼe dànä̂y nànnʼą̀ą̀

And then put his eye back

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Keyedakàt kʼè “ńnî daâzhàà?”

They asked him “what's wrong with your face?”

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kendhan

they thought

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Kùle nų̀

it must be

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Dań atlą nààje yîw

Lots of people live there

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Tsʼarkʼi nây tágaa gàà taǎlaât

Crowʼs eye had washed up along the river

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Ayet tlʼįn kʼè akàànur chʼäw zîl nàkwanaâye

After that, everyone played ball

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yèkhyêl'

he snatched it (like fast hand movement)

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Nàkǔye nį

let me play

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Dunèna zîl yê nàkwaâye nàʼį thʼäy

He saw a bunch of kids playing ball

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Zîl chʼe kendhan nų̀

They must have thought it was a ball

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“Ahų̀ kùle nų̀ ” tsʼarkʼi anį

"Well it must be over" Crow said

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agwàt

it poked / it stabbed

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Kàdaâdnji

he is holding his hand on it

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Tàga gàà kwàkʼuh tlʼäw käy kwàlį

Beside the river, there was a field

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Ayet tlʼįn kʼè tsʼarkʼi kwachʼàà dàäya

After that, Crow left them all

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"Zîl ǎtthʼǎl nǐʼįą" Tsʼarkʼi anį

"I saw it (ball) flying" Crow said

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nàkaâye

they are all playing

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ákòkwìntthàt

he figured it out

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Kààkʼe duneǹa kwàtsʼàn kìnya kwàta tsʼań

Then he ran out of the bushes to those kids

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Dunena tsʼarkʼi nä̂y kìinʼą̀à

Some kids found Crow's eye

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Dunèna kʼê "dǎyê nàkwįnye" keyènį thʼäy

The kids told him "you can play with us"

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dàlààt

it floated away

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Nàkìninʼą̀ą̀

they took / kept it

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Tsʼarkʼi kʼê shekʼaâ dànä̂y kaa nànataa

Crow was still looking for his eye

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Nàkìninʼą̀ą̀ keyê nààkuye du

They took it so they could play with it

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“Ajù yǐnji Jąw nààtthʼàtäw” anį thʼäy

"I don't know where it landed" he said

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Atʼàkinkhêl

he threw it / threw it out

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Dàshintʼäy nǔtthàt nį

let me be back catcher / stand behind you guys

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Nųchʼų̀ käy kanäy kaa lhànujal du

so they can hunt moose in the fall

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"Dàshintʼäy nǔtthàt nį” anį thʼäy

"I can be back catcher" he told them

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Dàkhwànʼ zîl atʼàkinkhêl kwàntthaât tsʼàn

Finally, he threw the ball far

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Nààtthʼàtä̂w

it landed there

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Ákòkwìntthàt dànä̂y yê nàkwanaâye

He realized they were playing with his eye

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Tsʼarkʼi kʼê akʼààl yèkhyêlʼ thʼäy

Crow quickly snatched the ball

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Kwachʼàà dàäya

he left them all

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“Dàyê nàkǔye nį" anį thʼäy dunèna kwàtsʼàn

“Let me play with you guys” he said to the kids

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“Ánä̂y ajù kʼäy yè ánä̂y agwàt” anį thʼäy

"Oh, I got no eye a willow poked it out" crow said