You Feed Everybody

Start Time	Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
00:00	Nama.	No.
00:00	You know, nit nil mecimiw, iyey...	You know, that's what I used to...
00:02	Opan.	Bread.
00:03	Iya, opan.	Yes, bread.
00:04	Naka, ihil, masqositol.	And baked beans.
00:07	Nipayimiyamok nit mecimi-mihqitahasi	At Christmastime, what I always remember is
00:10	eci-wolimahsihtit payisok etolaqosihtit.	the smell of pies cooking.
00:13	On-oc mehcimiyamk	When mass got over
00:15	on-oc 'peciphan...	he would bring them over...
00:16	Mawsuwinuwok 'peciyahtiniya.	People would come to the house,
00:18	Mecimi-te kisopu, iya, ehem.	and the roast chicken would always be ready.
00:20	Mm-hmm.	Mm-hmm.
00:22	Pehki-te kisaqosu,	It was always ready
00:23	tehpukc wen qeni-monosat.	to be sliced up.
00:26	Ma-te walotihik amalhinaqsiwiyik.	We didn't have fancy dishes to use.
00:30	Nama.	No.
00:31	Tehpu micuwakon nit ehtek.	Food would just be there.
00:32	Tehpu wen wicuhkemsu.	You just helped yourself.
00:34	Iya, psi-te-lu wen.	Yes, everyone had some.
00:36	Nit nil tokec eci...	And when I do
00:39	tan ci keqsey olluhki,	something now,
00:41	ntopitahatomon nit.	I think about that.
00:43	Naka psi-te wen ktahsoman.	And you feed everybody.
00:44	Naka psi-te wen ntahsoman.	And I feed everybody.
00:46	Iya.	Yes.
00:47	Kat-olu.	That's right.
00:48	Jane-na nit eleyit naka Frannie.	Jane and Frannie are the same way.
00:50	Kat-olu: Jane.	That's right: Jane.
00:51	Nil-lu kotama.	I'm not like that.
00:51	Ma-te nil ntihiwon micuwakon	I don't have any food in the house
00:53	half of the time.	half of the time.
00:54	Sikinaqsu not.	She is stingy.
00:55	Sikinaqsu?	Stingy?
00:56	No, Mike not sikinaqsu.	No, Mike is stingy.
00:58	Wen not?	Who is that?
00:58	Mike sikinaqsu.	Mike is stingy.
01:00	U, iya,	Oh, yes,
01:02	kenuk elinaqahk yut	but you have a lot
01:03	keq ma-te knituwiwon, iyey...	of things that you don't need...
01:06	Mecimi-te ktanaqasu.	She always has a lot.
01:08	Ahtoli-milot wen micuwakon,	When you keep giving people food,
01:10	mecimi-tehc micuwakon ktihin,	you will always have some
01:11	ma-tehc-ona wen sesomi-te kotuhpiw.	and you will never go hungry.
01:13	Tan-ote kehsit mawsuwinuwok.	It doesn't matter how many people.
01:15	Tan-ote wen peciyat, nit-te nsoman.	I feed anyone who comes to the house.
01:17	Tan-ote eci-ktomakeyihin.	It doesn't matter how poor you are.
01:18	Mecimi-te ktihin micuwakon.	You always have food.
01:19	Nit mecimi itok Mamam.	That's what Mom used to say.
01:20	Mecimi-te piyemiye micuwakon.	There is always food left over.
01:22	Mecimi-te.	All the time.
01:22	Ntiyahpon, iya...	I told...
01:23	Peci-te yuktok, ihik,	I even feed the
01:24	game wardens ntahsomak.	game wardens.
01:25	Ntiyahpon Cliv, ntiyahpon,	I told Cliv, I told him,
01:27	I don't think tepiye	I don't think there's enough
01:30	psi-wen elahsomuk."	to feed them all."
01:32	Ehtahs-ote nit itoman, cel piyemiye.	Every time I say that, we have some left over.
01:34	Cel piyemiye.	And you did have some left over.
01:34	Aha.	Yes.