I worked all around
Start Time | Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey | English |
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00:00 | Ntali-wikuwamkoman. | I'd go around visiting them. |
00:03 | Ntoluhkewan, | I did chores for them, |
00:05 | nsukayewotahsuwewan, | took out the garbage for them, |
00:06 | nkospahtahsuwewan, ... | washed floors for them, ... |
00:09 | ...natapilomewan, | ...fetched water for them, |
00:11 | nkossenikewan. | brought in firewood for them. |
00:13 | Nwikuwaci-wikuwamkomaponik nikk. | I loved visiting them. |
00:16 | Kulapenkakuk? | Did they pay you well? |
00:17 | Well, iya, yat | Well, |
00:22 | Maliyansis, | Maliyansis |
00:24 | cikoniyil. | [gave me] an apple. |
00:27 | Ntahcuwi-naci-sukayahkan tuwiskut, | I had to go empty the chamber pot |
00:31 | ntolapilomewan, | and get water for her, |
00:32 | cikoniyil-oc milit. | for the apple she'd give me. |
00:33 | Iya, iya. | Yes, yes. |
00:35 | Apc yet ntoliyan Lisihk. | Then I'd go to Lizzie's. |
00:38 | Not-ona ntali-kospahtahsuwewan. | washed her floors, too. |
00:40 | Nekom kahk-oc mahqan. | She'd give me sweets. |
00:43 | Kisopanke. | She made bread. |
00:44 | Iya. On yet, iyey, | Yes, and |
00:46 | metessik ntotoli-pqahtun ihik | I was earning change, at, |
00:48 | tahalu nkelonosk mihtaqsol, | for example, my godmother's father's -- |
00:50 | Poteytu, Poteytuhk. | Potato, at Potato's. |
00:52 | I was going to say, Poteytu. | I was going to say, Potato. |
00:53 | Tan eci koti-kostokoniket Komelaw, | When Camilla was going to |
00:57 | ntahcuwi-psonehla barrel naka psi | do laundry, I had to fill the barrel and all |
01:00 | ehta elinaqahk ehcuwi-psonehtu. | ...and I had to fill a whole lot of containers. |
01:02 | Epahsakisuwok. | Fifty cents each time. |
01:04 | Metiyamkiyak, iya. | Money, yes. |
01:05 | Noqtalokittiyaha-te Frensisk. | I'd go straight to Frances's. |
01:08 | Natankuwan. | I'd go shopping. |
01:12 | Iya natonuhmuwewan, | I'd go buy her |
01:14 | ihik, sikoretsok, two cents. | cigarettes, two cents. |
01:19 | Oh dear. | Oh dear. |
01:20 | Naka mecimiw... | And I used to... |
01:22 | Well, niponiw naci-suwitokolaskewa, | Well, in the summer I'd go pick sweetgrass for her, |
01:25 | iya, Aunt Liz, | ...for Aunt Liz, |
01:27 | on-oc nekom nmaceptuwan | and take it to her |
01:31 | weci-kisqepi nit naka ntopostuwan. | so that I could sit and listen to her. |
01:34 | Mm-hmm. | Mm-hmm. |
01:35 | Naka Mali Susehp. | And Mary Josephine. |
01:37 | Nakahc etutsomat wenil, | And she'd feed you so well, |
01:39 | elinaqahk-oc micuwakon. | so much, so much food. |
01:41 | Well, npossoni ehta-te yaliyan nita. | Well, I went all over. |
01:44 | Ntiyali-wikuwamkan. | I went all over visiting. |
01:46 | Wikuwaceyuhpon nit, init? | It was fun, wasn't it? |
01:46 | Iya. | Yes. |
01:47 | Ntalluhkan. | I worked all around. |
01:48 | Nil-ote-na. | I did, too. |
01:49 | Nit-te-na nil mecimiw, iya. | I used to, too. |
01:50 | Psi kal-ote nit elluhkiyiq | We all did that |
01:51 | weckuwi-macekiyiq. | when we were growing up. |
01:52 | Nil-ona nwewitahama, iya, Suliyan. | I remember Julianne, too. |
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Capture Date
2010-03-27
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