Mecimiw - The way it was then
Start Time | Passamaquoddy-Maliseet | English |
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00:01 | Iya, not-te-na mecimiw, iya, nuhkomoss, | Yes, my grandmother, |
00:04 | nuhkomosson Grace, | our grandmother Grace, |
00:06 | maciyamkustahsin | used to take a bunch of us |
00:08 | Carlow's Island. | to Carlow's Island. |
00:10 | Nwewitahatomon. | I remember that. |
00:11 | Naka ntahcuwi-naci-suwitkolaskahtinen. | And we had to go pick sweetgrass. |
00:13 | Iya, mm-hmm. | Yes, mm-hmm. |
00:14 | Kis kisacuwiw-otehc eli-nimahtiyek | Lunch would be all ready for us |
00:17 | tan eci-'kihka-suwitkolaskahtiyek. | when we finished picking. |
00:20 | Apc-oc npisokimkunen | Then she'd send us into |
00:22 | olomipisokiw, naka naciphanen, ihik, | the woods again and we'd get |
00:27 | minsossok kosona saqteminok. | raspberries or blackberries. |
00:29 | Mm-hmm. | Mm-hmm. |
00:31 | Naka ehtahs-ote ma maceptuwon | And each time she wouldn't bring |
00:33 | 'samaqan. | water, |
00:34 | Tehpuhc elacuwik elihpultiyek. | just something for us to eat. |
00:37 | Kenuk tan eci-mitsultiyek | But when we ate, |
00:39 | kis cel 'kisihtun Kool-aid. | she had already made Kool-aid. |
00:42 | On nit, iyey, iyu, nit iyu 'samaqan. | And there would be water there |
00:44 | Mm-hmm. | Mm-hmm. |
00:45 | On-oc nit ehtahs naciptun nilun | And she'd always go get it |
00:48 | qenuwisultiyek. | while we were picking. |
00:51 | Eci 'tawitahasit. | She knew how to plan. |
00:52 | Eci-wikuwaceyik. | It was so much fun. |
00:53 | Iya, aha, mecimiw. | Yes, yes, that's the way it was then. |
00:55 | Elinaqsiyek. | There were so many of us. |
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2010-07-08
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