conversational Questions
How would I ask someone how they are doing?
Dä̀nnch’e?
Give me one answer to the question
dä̀nnch’e?
Äyinji sòthän Happy
Täshä̀nidhį̀ excited
Nízhät scared
Äyinji jenäda sad/sick
Kets’äkwídän lonely
Shaw íłį I am fine
Ändäw kwä̀zhà I am exhausted
Mbäl she’į I am sleepy
Ayàkwädhät I’m mad
I walk
Íshal
I am walking to the store
Ets’eket kų̀ ts’ä̀n íshal
What are you doing?
Ye dä̀nch’į?
I am sewing
k’àdídlü
how do I ask someone what their name is?
Nyinzhi Dùúye?
How would I answer the question
Nyinzhi Dùúye?
ä́yinzhi [Name] ùye
you walk
N-ndal
Where are you driving to?
Ją̄w ts’ä̀n nkel?
I am crying
ítsäy
I am dancing
íłį
How do I ask "how is your mother?"
Nmą dä̀ch’e?
How would I answer the question
Nmą dä̀ch’e?
ä́mą shä̀w inli
He/she drives
Äkel
I am running to the school
Kets’edän kų̀ ts’ä̀n ítl’el
I am yelling
ízhäl
I am playing
nakwíye
How do I ask where do you live
Ją̄w nįnje?
how would I answer the question
Ją̄w nįnje?
[place name] yu nínje
you run
Ntl’el
I am walking to the police station
Tsänjī kų̀ ts’ä̀n íshal
I am cleaning
k’ànítsel
I am picking berries
zhǜr shänítsi
How do I ask where do you work?
Ją̄w ndàsįdla?
How would I answer the question
Ją̄w ndàsįdla?
[place of work] yu ndàsídla.
Where are you walking to?
Ją̄w ts’ä̀n n-ndäl?
I am walking by the lake
Män may íshal
I am cooking
ích’ü
I am hunting
łädìíya