Western Abenaki Radio Lesson 12 Transcript
Basic verb usage and Infinitive Forms
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aimek | to be | |
waj8nomek | to have | |
n'wlidbamalsi | I am well | |
wlidbamalsimek | to be well | |
n'madamalsi | I am sick | |
madamalsimek | to be sick | |
n'kadopi | I am hungry | |
kadopimek | to be hungry | |
n'kadosmi | I drink | |
kadosmimek | to drink | |
n'kwaskwaji | I'm old | |
kwaskwajimek | to be cold | |
n'kzabzi | I'm hot | |
kzabzimek | to be hot | |
pazw8mek | to bring someone | |
pad8zik | to bring something | |
nanawalm8mek | to take care of someone | |
nanawald8zik | to take care of something | |
wigimek | to drink |
Short Sentences
noji / wanaskawa / na / aw8ssis?
go / meet him / that / child?
Would you like to go and meet that child?
k'wigiba / wanaskaw8 / na / n8kskwa?
would you like / to meet / that / girl?
Would you like to meet that girl?
kizi / n'wanaskaw8b.
already / I met her
I have already met her.
n8wat / na / n'wanaskaw8b.
long ago / that one / I met her
I met her quite a while ago.
askawii!
wait for me
wait for me
agakimzida / k8gisgaki.
let's study / every day
Let's study every day.
8lawi/ waijiwi / nd'agakimzibna
eventhough / always / we study
We seem to be studying all the time.
nd'agakimzibna / kassiwi
we study / together
We study together.
nda / agma / agakimziwiw
not / him / study (-)
He (she) never studies.
kanwa / n'wigi / nia / agakimzi
but / I like / I / studying
But I love to study.
k'wawtamba / aln8baiwi
do you understand / Abenaki
Do you understand Abenaki.
chowi / n'wawtambna
sure / we understand
Sure, we understand.
tbestawikw!
listen you (plural)
Listen to me.
sawi / nda / k'tbestawiba
sometimes / not / you (plural) listen
Sometimes you don't listen to me.
nda / ni / llawi / waijiwi / n'tbestabna
not / that / true / always / we listen
That is not true, we always listen to you.
paamatba / achi / k'm8ja / awighigaba
would be better / also / you start / writing (2nd plural)
It probably would be best if you also started writing.
niga / m8jassada / nikw8bi
then / let's start / now
Then , let's start now.
ndaba / n'kizi / awighigaw / nd'akwamaldamen / n'elji
not / I can / write / it aches / my hand
I can't write because my hand aches.
kanwa / kdagik / kizi / awighigak
but / the others / can / they write
However, the others are able to write.
nadodemawa / chaga / w'kadi / pai8n / spiwi / niona
ask / if / he wants / come / with / us
Ask him if he would like to come with us.
n'n8dodaida / taka
let's go visiting / there
Let's go and visit there.
N'nosokawikw!
follow me (2nd plural)
Follow me.
wikwalap8da / wdam8gan
let's puff / the pipe
Let's take a puff on the pipe.
pla / chegasa
wait / light it
Wait, we need to light it first.
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