Lesson 1: Greetings and Polite Formulas
ta''n(i)si
"Hello.", "Hi.", "How are you?", "How are things?"
Literally: "How?"
m''on~(a) na''ntaw.
"Hi.", "Fine." (in response to ta''n(i)si.)
ki''n~a ma''ka.
"And you?"
kinana''skomitin.
"Thank you." (said to one person.)
Literally: "I thank you."
kinana''skomitina''wa''w.
"Thank you." (said to more than one person.)
Literally: "I thank you people."
e''kosi.
"That''s how!", "That''s the way!", also very commonly used for "Thank you."
ki''htwa''m ka-wa''p(a)mit(i)n.
"I''ll see you again." (said to one person.)
ki''htwa''m ka-wa''p(a)mit(i)na''wa''w.
"I''ll see you people again."
ki''htwa''m ka-wa''p(a)mit(i)na''n.
"We''ll see you again." (said to one or more persons.)
The last three sentences are probably the most commonly used equivalents of "Goodbye."
Notes
Greetings and polite formulas are among the first expressions most people seek translations for in another language. But many of these expressions are peculiar to European culture and therefore have no close equivalents in Native North American languages.
Lesson 2: Numbers One Through Ten (and zero)
mwac ke''kwa''n
0 - zero
Literally: not anything
pe''yak
1 - one
n''iso
2 - two
nisto
3 - three
n''ew, ne''wo, ne''yo
4 - four
niya''nan
5 - five
n(i)kotwa''sik or kotwa''sik
6 - six
te''pakohp
7 - seven
ayina''new (dialects: e''na''ne''w)
8 - eight
ke''ka''c mita''taht
9 - nine
Literally: almost ten
mita''taht (W. dialects: mita''yaht for mita''taht)
10 - ten
Extra Numbers (not from the instruction book)
nistosap
13 - thirteen
nisotanaw
20 - twenty
Lesson 3: Comments on the Weather
kimiwan
it is raining
mispon
it is snowing
min~o-kisika''w
it''s nice weather
Literally: it''s a good day
n~o''tin
it''s windy
n~ikwaskwan
it''s cloudy
wa''se''skwan
it''s clear or sunny
kisite''w
it''s hot (speaking of the weather or the temperature of the air)
tahka''ya''w
it''s cold (speaking of ...
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