verb ai 5
s/he speaks in Peskotomuhkati or Wolastoqey, speaks in a Native language
Plural:
skicinuwewestuhtuwok
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-uskicinuwewestu-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
skicinuwewestu-
Changed Verb Stem:
weskicinuwewestu-

Keywords

speak
Native
Passamaquoddy
Maliseet

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Mesq-ona ntikolisomanatuwew, mecimiw nuskicinuwewest, ma-te ntikolisomani-kolulkuwiyik, ihik, nikihkuk. I didn't yet speak English. I always spoke in Peskotomuhkati. They didn't speak to me in English, my parents. (ID)
Yut-olu eli-maceki nil, cuwi wen ikolisomanewestu, cuwi-na wen skicinuwewestu; toqi-te 'kisuwehkaniya. Where I grew up here, one had to speak in English, one had to speak in Peskotomuhkati, too; they used both together. (JH)

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
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