It Used to Be So Much Fun
| Start Time | Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey | English |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | Iya, mecimi weckuwi-maceki | Yeah. When I was growing up |
| 00:03 | tehpu ntalay, | I always used to be playing around, |
| 00:05 | on-oc npeci-kotuhpin. | and I'd start to get hungry. |
| 00:08 | Naciphan nikk berries. | I'd go get those berries. |
| 00:10 | Npossonalokittiye-aliyan nil pasture | I'd go over every bit of the |
| 00:12 | yali-kiluwuhuk berries. | "pasture" looking for berries. |
| 00:15 | Aluwehta mecimiw kceyawiwok, | Even though there used to be a lot of them, |
| 00:18 | anqoc-ona nsiwi-ihin nit, apc | sometimes I'd get tired of being there, |
| 00:20 | nmaceliqahan sitomok. | and then I'd take off for the shore. |
| 00:21 | Anqoc eci-miliyay-ona sitomok, | Sometimes I'd play all kinds of games |
| 00:23 | natayyan house, dollhouse, playhouse. | on the shore, too, then go to the dollhouse, the playhouse. |
| 00:26 | Cel nit bed kiste. | And there'd be a bed already made there. |
| 00:27 | Mm-hmm. | Mm-hmm. |
| 00:28 | Iya, eci meciwiw wikuwaceyikpon | It used to be so much fun |
| 00:29 | weckuwi-maceki. | when I was growing up. |
| 00:32 | Toke wasisok, toke, "I'm bored, | Nowadays the children are "I'm bored, |
| 00:33 | I'm bored," toke. Ma-te keqsey wen | I'm bored." No one wants to make |
| 00:35 | koti-winpasiw keq 'tolluhkan toke. | any effort to do something now. |
| 00:36 | Nama. | No. |
| 00:38 | No | - No. |
| 00:39 | Tehpukc lamikuwam | They're just indoors and |
| 00:40 | naka nit 'tahtolayyektuniya... | constantly playing with those... |
| 00:43 | Layyektakonol. | Toys. |
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Capture Date
2010-10-12
Video Length
00:46
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