Her Feet Were Sticking to the Floor

Start Time	Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English
00:01	Nkisi-kospahtahsuwewan, iya,	I washed floors for
00:05	nuhkomoss mossisol.	my grandmother's older sister.
00:08	Ntahcuwi-kospahtahs, 'sami, ihik,	I had to do it, because
00:11	koti-natamiyik yuktok, ihik,	they were going to go fishing, these
00:16	skinuhsisok.	boys.
00:17	I... nil nkotuwiphoqan natamiyik.	Eee... I wanted to go fishing with them.
00:19	"Nama, ktahcuwi-kospahtahs."	"No, you have to wash the floor."
00:22	Nwisalokittiyenaqsin,	I was in such a hurry
00:24	elalokittiyehpusi ali-kospahtahsi.	I just shook [the mop] at the floor to wash it.
00:27	Ntiyahpon, "Kis, kis nkisi-kospahtahs."	I told her, "I'm done, I'm done, I've washed the floor."
00:29	Naka yukk skinuhsisok itomuk,	And the boys said,
00:31	"Wisanaqs! Nit-te nilun nmacahanen."	"Hurry up! We're leaving."
00:32	Ntiyaponik, "Temonu, temonu.	And I told them, "Just a minute, just a minute.
00:33	Skuhyin, skuhyin!"	Wait for me! Wait for me!"
00:36	Yet sakhiyat, iya,	Then in came
00:38	nuhkomoss mossisol. Itom,	my grandmother's sister. She said,
00:39	nuhkomoss mossisol. Itom,	my grandmother's sister. She said,
00:40	"Ma nit kisi-woli-kospahtuwon.	"You didn't wash it right.
00:43	Ktahcuwi apc nit kospahtun."	You have to wash it again."
00:45	Ntiyahpon, "Psi-te?"	I said to her, "The whole thing?"
00:46	Itom, "Aha, psi-te,	She said, "Yes, all of it,
00:48	on yaka kisi-nutahan."	and then you can go out."
00:51	Ma wen kisi-asitewtomu.	You couldn't answer back.
00:53	Nama.	- No.
00:54	Ktahcuwi-olluhk ahcuwi-olluhkiyin,	You had to do what you had to do,
00:56	on yaka keq kisi-olluhkan	then you could do something
00:59	keti-pawatomon.	you wanted to.
01:00	Iya.	Yes.
01:02	Apc nit ntahcuwi-kospahtahsin.	I had to wash it again.
01:04	Nit nil yalotemi, "Nkoti nikk	I was crying, "They're going to
01:06	nokolokuk weckuwi-kospahtahsi."	leave me while I'm washing the floor!"
01:10	Itom niktok nitapiyik,	My friends said,
01:13	"We're going.	"We're going.
01:14	Natamepon nilun. Yut-te kil illiqan,	We're going fishing. You stay right here,
01:16	ktoli-kospahtahs."	washing the floor."
01:18	ktoli-kospahtahs."	right here and wash the floor."
01:19	Ntotoli-kospahtahsin weckuwotemi.	I was washing the floor and crying at the same time.
01:23	Eci-woli-pehkikok	Boy was it clean,
01:25	pemsokhas.	that floor.
01:27	I... eci-paliqewit not, iya,	Eee... she was so proud,
01:29	nuhkomoss 'sistalomol, mossisomol.	my grandmother's sister.
01:32	"Aha, eci-woli-pehkikok nita."	"Yes, that's very clean."
01:36	I... ntolomiyane somsoq,	Eee... I went upstairs,
01:38	naskatahasiyan.	so discouraged.
01:41	Knokolokuk?	They left you behind?
01:42	Cuwi.	They had to.
01:43	Ktahcuwi-olluhk ahcuwi-olluhkiyin,	You have to do what you have to do,
01:44	on yaka kisi-naci-yalayyan	then you can go play
01:46	kosona keq keti-ollukiyin.	or whatever you want to do.
01:47	Not ehtaneke, iya, Rosiw.	And there was Rosie.
01:51	Aunt Rose?	Aunt Rose?
01:54	On pemsokhasuweyal ihil...	And her floors were...
01:56	well, oposiyeyal pemsokhas.	well, it was a wood floor.
01:58	Ntiyalapekin nit;	I crawled around on it;
02:00	eci-wisahki	I was in such a hurry,
02:03	cel ma, iyey, nkascokihpulaw not soap.	and I didn't get that soap off.
02:07	Weci-maceliqahay kisapenkuwit.	I took off quickly after she paid me.
02:11	On nmosimkun.	And she told on me.
02:12	Iya.	Yes.
02:13	Itom nikuwoss,	My mother said,
02:14	itom, "Yali-kolcoqetul 'qatol,	she said, "Her feet are getting sticky,
02:15	iya, Rose Burns	Rose Burns,
02:17	wikuwak."	in her house."
02:20	Ntahcuwi nit motapahan	I had to go down there and
02:21	naka naci-minuwi-kospahtahsin.	wash the floors all over again.
02:24	Gee,	Gee,
02:25	yali-wisahkiyin.	you were in a hurry!
02:26	Ma-te keq li-koluwotu wen 'tali-wisahkan.	It never pays to hurry.
02:28	Nama.	No.
02:30	- Nama.	- No
02:32	Ali-kolcoqek 'qatol!	Her feet were sticking to the floor!