ngot
A. nithё ė shtthёgéyen
What are you doing?
B. mbinthёgé. gda nishokmёw né
I’m cleaning. Can you help me?
A. éhé. nithё da zhetthgéyan
Yes, What can I do?
B. gda thigdёgé. nin thé, ngё gziskёgé.
You can sweep. And I’ll mop.
A. nipithё i thigdёgёn
Where is the broom?
B. azho igwan i gzhapkezgёn gathё toyan.
I put it on the other side of the stove.
A. nétёm zhodё ngё thigdёgé.
iw thé pi, ngё gėzbënanen ni wnagnen
bwamshé thigdёman i ėthё wthandak.
(nétёm - first, iw thé pi - then)
First, I’ll sweep here.
Then, I’ll put the dishes away before I
sweep in the kitchen.
B. ahaw, ngё pitth gziskёgé. (pitth - meanwhile)
Okay, meanwhile I’ll mop.
nish
A. nithё wėshtoyen
What are you doing?
B. pkwakwёt wgi tpёgnandanawa zhi
wasėtthgënêk. anwé zhё pené
ndë gnё’mёwak béshotth ė bwa
pkwakwtowéwat zhodё wigwamêk.
They knocked a ball through (the window).
I’m always warning them not to play ball
close by the house.
A. nithё ga zhёwėbêk
What happened?
B. ndё na’ikanen ni wasetthgёnen.
I’m fixing the windows.
A. gwi wzhёgé ndё zhё nondagé.
I hear you’re going to build.
B. éhé, nwi atsêknan odё wigwamesh.
Yes, I’m going to add a room to this old
house!
A. gin ne shna gwi wzhёgé
Are you going to do the building?
B. wëyé shna nwi nokana ėwi byé wzhёgét.
I’m going to hire someone to come build.
A. nipithё na wa wdenmen ėwi dbё’mёwet
Where’s the money coming from to pay
him?(lit-where you are getting it from)
B. dėpso shna nde ton zhonyawgёmgok.
(dėpso - quite a bit)
I have quite a bit of money in the bank.
B. nomi shna wwi wėbtawêk
bwamshé dgwagёk ėwi gishtowat nnėdwéndan.
(nomi - soon)
They’ll start soon.
I want them to be done before fall.
A. nithёpi wa wėbtawat
When are they going to start?
nswé
A. ahaw, wasėtthgёnen gda gzibinanen, ėpitth ė shobyégéyan.
Okay, you can wash the window, while I
paint.
A. nmanéton wézawak shobyégen.
wiyé i zhna wa abthetoyan.
I have alot of yellow paint.
That’s what I’m going to use.
B. nithё wa nadék
What color is it going to be?
A. ėthё wthandak nwi shobyé’an.
I’m going to paint the kitchen.
B. wégwnithё wa shobyé'men
What are you going to paint?
B. thayék ne zhё gwi shobyé’an odё bidêk
Are you going to paint everything inside?
A. éhé, ngi kish shobyégé wi zhё shpёmségok.
Yes, I already painted the upstairs.
B. ngё o wabdan na ga zhiwiyen.
nithё ga pitthik’ёmen
I’ll go see how you did.
How long did it take you?
A. ahaw, gnёwésh ngi dzhikanen,
ėgi gzibinman ni bmėtsёbgon.
(gnёwésh - a long time)
Okay, it took me a long time to wash the walls.
B. mnowabmёnagwёt!
It looks good!