A deer can hear you coming
Start Time | Passamaquoddy-Maliseet | English |
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00:03 | Nilun-olu pihce naka ntatat, | Long ago, when [I went hunting] with my father, |
00:05 | 'tekhulal | he would hang |
00:08 | 'polakomol | his shirt |
00:10 | kuhusikuwamok. | in the barn. |
00:12 | Nit-te-na | Then |
00:14 | 'toqtewakonol ehtek, | his clothes would be there, too, |
00:16 | on-oc naci-atsewan naci-kotunket, | and he would change into them for hunting, |
00:18 | tepot-al ma-te otuhkok, | because deer are not |
00:22 | ma-te nokatomuwoniya elimahsit, iya, | frightened by the smell of |
00:24 | ahahs, you know. | a horse, you know. |
00:28 | On-oc-olu iya, | So then, |
00:29 | cu wen kikimskahsu? | does one have to be sure to tread softly? |
00:31 | U ya. | Oh yes. |
00:34 | Mecimi olokuhse tett oloqiw. | He always walks like this. |
00:37 | Coke. | Let me see. |
00:38 | U, ntaluwi-ihin. | Oh, I can't do it. |
00:42 | Nusami-tkiqol-al eluwe. | I must be too heavy, I guess. |
00:43 | Kusami-pihtom. | Your stride is too long. |
00:45 | U, kekeskoss tehpu? | Oh, just little steps? |
00:46 | Tehpu kekesk. | Just little ones. |
00:48 | Tahalu nit? | Like this? |
00:49 | Iya. | Yes. |
00:50 | Naka-te-na olonaksonok eluwemihtit. | And they wore moccasins [back then]. |
00:54 | Because piyemi yuktok | Because these make more |
00:55 | cipokihtaqsuwok katok olonaksonok. | noise than moccasins. |
00:59 | Aha, nit naka ntatat elokehkimit. | Yes, and that's what my father taught me. |
01:01 | Iya. | Yes. |
01:03 | Nuhsuwaphot otuhk, | When you track a deer, |
01:04 | mecimi-te tett ktoloqap. | you always look this way. |
01:06 | And you go this way. | And you go this way. |
01:08 | U, | Oh, |
01:11 | tett oloqiw. | that way. |
01:11 | Tan tuciw kconessin, apc-oc nit. | Then you stop every so often, and keep on that way. |
01:14 | Apc ksakiyan. | You watch him. |
01:15 | See, ma-te kmoteptu. | See, you don't make a sound with your feet. |
01:16 | Nitok. | That's right. |
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Capture Date
2010-05-31
Video Length
01:00
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