[spilleddi]

Heres some reading in Tutelo, it’s based on stuff from the first 5 dialogs. I’ll post the English translation when I get around to it. Enjoy!

Jogdelog widaaxee. Wihóo miñgiláagewa. Potomacmanii watíiwa. Waamixdaagaase. Mihooñnii Yesañ nigás Powhatan. Wáadi maañhganañgaasít nigás maañhganáñhga. Widamañkoñseewa. Nigás waaxdáagaawa. Hooñnii Catawba. Áadi maañhganáñhga. Niisgá láani miñtahoñtaneekiwa, oháañke nóoñsaa nigás háñke nooñbaa. Sóñdga miñtahoñtaneekiwa. Gidamihóñseena. Nigás noñx miñtahañtaneekiwa. Ohañxgihiyé nigás hañxgihiyé tahañtaneeki. Amáañ henáñ tiise.

vocabulary– check first 5 dialogs for more in depth explanation of vocabulary

jogdelog — How do you do, (greetings)

widaaxee — my friend

wihóo — fish

miñgiláage — I’m called

manii — water

watii — I live

waagdáagaa/waaxdáagaa — Indian, he/she is Indian.

waamixdaagaa — I’m Indian

se — assertive mode

mihooñnii — my mother

Yesañ — Tutelo

nigás — and, also

wáadi — my father

maañhganañgaasít — black person

maañhganáñhga — white person

damañkoñsee — take a husband/ she is married

widamañkoñsee — I’m married (said by woman)/ I’ve taken a husdand.

hooñnii — mother, his mother

áadi — father, his father

niisgá — child, children

láani — three

tahoñtaneeki — have, he/she has

miñtahoñtaneeki — I have

oháañke — daughter

nóosaa — one

háñke — son

nóoñbaa — two

sóñdga — younger brother

damihóñsee — take a wife/ he is married

gidamihóñseena — he isn’t married

noñx — elder sister

ohañxgihiyé — step-daughter

hañxgihiyé — step-son

amáañ — land

henáñ — far

tii — live, he/she lives

[spilleddi]

Heres an English translation of the above paragraph.

Greetings friend. I’m called Fish. I live on the Potomac River. I’m Indian. My mother is Tutelo and Powhatan. My father is black and white. I’m married/I have a husband. And he is Indian/he is also Indian. His mother is Catawba. His father is white. I have 3 children, one daughter and two sons. I have a younger brother. He isn’t married/he doesn’t have a wife. And I have an elder sister/I also have an elder sister. She has a step-daughter and a step-son. She lives far away.

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