We Decided to Get Married

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:02	Well, nkoti-qecimulahpon	Well, I was going to ask
00:03	Tepit naka Maliyan,	David and Marion,
00:05	tayuwe amsqahs nenawotiyeq	when did you first meet,
00:08	naka eli-kisi-nipuwiyeq?	and how did you get married?
00:10	Mesq-ote nonawotihpon.	We still don't know each other!
00:13	Mesq-ote?	You don't?
00:16	Ma kal-otehc.	Not really!
00:17	Mesq knonawotihpa?	You don't know each other yet?
00:18	Ma kal-otehc.	Not really.
00:20	- Ma kal-otehc.	- Not really.
00:22	Kis qoni-nipuwiyek.	We've been married for quite a few years.
00:24	Tan kis qoni-nipuwiniya?	How long have you been married now?
00:28	Nil etolewestuwamiyin?	Are you talking to me?
00:29	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
00:30	U, coke,	Oh, let's see,
00:34	kamacin kehsinsk kehsikoton, nisuwinen.	sixty years we've been married.
00:41	Kpuwatomon ntitomon	Do you want me to say it
00:43	ntikolisomaniwihtomon?	in English?
00:45	Nama.	No.
00:47	Nkisi-tehc wikhomonen.	We can write it out.
00:51	Tan ktoli amsqahs nonawotiniya?	How did you first meet?
00:56	Beatrice-ok nil ntotoli iyey ksonuwikehpon,	I was babysitting at Beatrice's,
01:00	on nekom 'totoli-peciyan,	and he was coming there,
01:01	'tahtoli-peciyan nit -- right? -- nipayiw.	he kept coming there, right? At night.
01:04	On-oc nil nkisacin nutahan.	And I would be ready to go out.
01:07	Tan-op-al nenhitahasin?	What was I supposed to think of that?
01:10	Ahtoli peciyat. Itom,	He kept coming there. He said,
01:12	"Ehtahs peciyayan,	"Every time I arrive,
01:15	nit-te wot macahan!"	she leaves!"
01:18	Ntolitahasin,	I thought,
01:20	next time peciyat, yut-tehc nti.	next time he comes, I'll stay right here.
01:25	Nit weci-kisi-nonawotiyek, nit oloqiw.	That's so we could get to know each other, that way.
01:34	Kisi iyey yalkawotiyek	We walked
01:38	nipayiw psi tama.	everywhere in the night.
01:43	Elluhket nit Christiw.	It was Christy's doing.
01:45	Christiw?	Christy's?
01:47	Yehtol iyey I think-oc iyey...	I think it was that ...
01:53	Keq-al-otehp	What would I call it
01:54	ntoli-ikolisomaniwihtomon...	in English?
01:58	Anyway...	Anyway...
02:05	Well, nit-te nmaciyali-wicewtinen	Well, then we started to go out together,
02:07	al-ote 'qocikoton.	for a year.
02:14	Solahki-te iyey	Suddenly,
02:15	anyway somehow	anyway somehow
02:16	nkishomawotinen nisuwinen,	we decided to get married,
02:18	you know.	you know.
02:19	Ntacuwi-te nil liwihtomon,	I was the one who had to say it.
02:21	nekom kotama,	He wouldn't,
02:22	'sami-tqesuwapiyiw.	because he's too shy.
02:30	So, kil kisi-qecimulot?	So, you were the one who asked him?
02:31	Ha?	What?
02:31	Kil kisi-qecimulot?	You asked him?
02:35	Well,	Well,
02:37	eluwehk-al.	I guess so.
02:39	Nkinhok ehta, tepot ntahcuwi-te.	I was pregnant, so I had to.
02:42	Ktahcuwi-qecimula?	You had to ask him?
02:43	Ntahcuwi iyey, aha, iya.	I had to, yes, yeah.
02:45	Weci-wewisit...	So that he'd know...
02:46	Nkelonosk ehta nwewinaq	My godmother knew
02:49	eli-kinhokay.	I was pregnant.
02:53	On itom, "Ktacuwihc nipuwipa."	And she said, "You'll have to get married."
02:55	Ntiyahpon,	I told her,
02:57	"Cuwi-nipuwiyek,	"If we have to get married,
02:58	ntahcuwihc nipuwipon."	we have to get married."
03:02	Neket nit nkisi iyey	At that time,
03:03	ksiyutanen ihik --	we moved into that --
03:06	pihce, iya, Wapqat iyey poolroom 'tihinehpon.	a long time ago, Wapqat had a poolroom.
03:10	On mehcinan...	And he died...
03:12	Ma-te wen...	No one...
03:15	Wosokehte.	It was empty.
03:17	Ma-te wen wikiwon.	No one lived there.
03:20	On ma-te tama wikiyek,	And we had nowhere to live,
03:21	on nkossiyutanen nit.	so we moved in there.
03:24	Apc tahk puniw.	Then it was winter.
03:27	Neket nit iya Kanosi nomihqosin.	That was when Gunsy was born.
03:31	Eci-tkeyik nita,	It was so cold in there.
03:33	tkikuwamokot u, coqahk-al-ote.	Oh, it was a cold house, for sure.
03:36	Nmihqitahama etolotutuwet iyey	I remember him kindling the fire
03:39	piyehsuweyal ihil 'toptanol.	in his fur coat.
03:45	Nil-ona nit-te eli iyey psihkuwuk...	I was wearing one, too...
03:48	... eci-kisuwekit.	... I was warm right away.
03:48	Espeyicik ihik	You had to put on
03:52	nutahat wen nahsonacihi.	tall boots to go out.
03:56	'Tolapasom.	Boots.
03:57	Aha, 'tolapasom.	Yes, boots.
03:59	Nikk ehta yali-psihkuwukik lamikuwam.	That's what I wore around inside.
04:02	Naka ntahcuwi-maspahsewan.	And I had to wear thick clothing.
04:04	Eci-tkeyik.	It was so cold.
04:06	Iya it's a wonder	Gee, it's a wonder
04:07	nsapiphanen nicanon.	we managed to have our child survive.