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Tlingit Conversation #83b
wjiḵaak wé kaa.
the car sank.
Lʼéiw tóode wjiḵaak wé kaa.
The car sank into the sand.
Singers are Ḵudeik Joe Thomas, K’aanáḵ Ruth Demmert, L’eiwtu Éesh Herman Davis and Kawduk’eit Tláa Vida Davis. Video recorded July 11, 2012 on the beach in Yakutat by Ljáaḵkʼ Alice Taff. Audio recorded July 11, 2012 at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall in Yakutat, AK, by Ljáaḵkʼ Alice Taff. This material is based on work supported by National Science Foundation grant 0853788 to the University of Alaska Southeast with Ljáaḵkʼ Alice Taff as Principal Investigator, and by National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship 266286-19 to Ljáaḵkʼ Alice Taff. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or National Endowment for the Humanities.
Tlingit transcription by Ḵaanáḵ Ruth Demmert. English translation by the singers. Edited by Shag̱aaw Éesh Devlin Anderstrom. SYMBOLS: {false start}, (added for clarity), [translator/transcriber's note]. ??? = canʼt understand. Time-aligned text entry was accomplished using the software, ELAN (Versions 6.0 (2020) and 6.1 (2021)). Nijmegen: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Language Archive. Retrieved from https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan
He, he, hei, heiyaa, aa.
He, he, hei, heiyaa, aa.
Hásch áwé a daa yéi has jeewanei.
Theyʼre the ones who worked on it.
Hásch áwé adaa yéi has jeewanei.
Theyʼre the ones who worked on it.
Hásch áwé adaa yéi has jeewanei.
Thatʼs why they were working on it.
Hásch áwé adaa yéi has jeewanei.
Theyʼre the ones who worked on it.
He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa. Hey, come on you guys. Everybody... He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa.
Yaakwdáat Ḵwáan,
Yakutat people and Juneau residents.
Yaakwdáat Ḵwáan ḵa Jóonu ḵu.oo.
Yakutat people and Juneau residents.
Yaakwdáat Ḵwáan ḵa Jóonu ḵu.oo.
Yakutat people and Juneau residents.
Yaakwdáat Ḵwáan ḵa Jóonu ḵu.oo.
Yakutat people and Juneau residents.
He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa. He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa. He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa.
Wéi táaxʼaa,
Those mosquitoes,
Wéi táaxʼaa naytʼácht yee daadáx̱.
slap those mosquitoes from your bodies.
Wéi táaxʼaa naytʼácht yee daadáx̱.
Slap those mosquitoes from your bodies.
Wéi táaxʼaa naytʼácht yee daadáx̱.
Slap those mosquitoes from your body.
He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa. He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa. He, he, hei, hiyaa, aa. He, he, hei, hiyaa