ᎠᎿᏬ Ahnawo ᎯᎠ ᏥᎪᏪᎸ ’-ᎿᏬ’. Hia tsigohwelv ‘-hnawo’. ‘-hnawo’ has been written here. ᎤᏩᏌ ᎨᏒ ᎨᏍᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏯᏗᎠ. Uwasa gesv gesdi gohusdi yadia. On its own, it doesn’t say anything. ᎠᏎᏍᎩᏂ, ᎠᏎ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎧᏁᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᎬᏱᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᏃᏊ ᏐᏊ ᎠᎿᏬ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ. Asesgini, ase, gohusdi kanehisdi agvyii, hia iyusdi, nogwu sogwu ahnawo nigalsdiha. But with a vocalization at the start, like this [a], now it has become one shirt. ᎠᎿᏬ. Ahnawo. A shirt. ᎩᎶ ᎠᏩᏘᏍᎬ ᏗᏓᎾᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᎥ, ᏐᏊ ᏱᎩ, ’ᎠᎿᏬ,’ ᎠᎾᏗᎰᎢ. Kilo ahwatisgv didananv, ale unav, sogwu yigi, ‘ahnawo,’ anadihoi. If someone is buying one at the store, or has one [flexible], if it’s one, ‘a shirt,’ they say. ᏃᏊᏃ, ᏍᎩᏂ, ᎠᏯ, ᎠᏯ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᏱᎩ ᎠᎿᏬ, ᏃᏊ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ: ᎠᏆᎿᏬ. Nogwuhno, sgini, aya, aya agwatseli yigi ahnawo, nogwu hia nigalsdisgo: agwahnawo. And now, like, I, if it is the shirt that is mine, now it becomes this: my shirt. ᏃᏊ ᎠᏯ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎨᏐ ᎠᎿᏬ. Nogwu aya agwatseli geso ahnawo. Now it is mine, the shirt. ᏃᏊᎴ, ᏂᎯ, ᏗᏣᎾᎥ ᏂᎯ, ᏃᏊ ’ᏣᎿᏬ’ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ. Nogwule, nihi, ditsana’v nihi, nogwu ‘tsahnawo’ nigalsdisgoi. But now, you, if it [flexible] comes into your possession, now it becomes ‘your shirt’. ᏣᎿᏬ. Tsahnawo. Your shirt. ᏃᏊᎴ, ᎩᎶ ᏳᎾᎥ, ᎩᎶᎢ, ᏃᏊ ’ᎤᎿᏬ’ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ. Nogwule, kilo yuna’v, kiloi, nogwu ‘uhnawo’ nigalsdisgoi. But now, if someone has it [flexible], some Third Person, now it becomes ‘his/her shirt’. ᏣᎵᏏ ᎠᏧᏣ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏣᏫᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏣᎧᎲ ᏣᏤᎵ ᎠᏧᏣ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᎾᎠ. Tsalisi atsutsa yigi, ale tsawina yigi, ale tsakahv tsatseli atsutsa yigi, unaa. Maybe your grandson, or your male adolescent, or your boy under your guardianship, has it [flexible]. ᏃᏊ ’ᎤᎿᏬ’ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ. Nogwu ‘uhnawo’ nigalsdisgoi. Now it becomes ‘his shirt’. ᏃᏊ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ: Nogwu, hia nigalsdisgoi: Now, this is how it happens: ᎠᏯ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᏱᎩ, ’ᎠᏆᎿᏬ’ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ. Aya agwatseli yigi, ‘agwahnawo’ nigalsdisgoi. If it is mine, it becomes ‘my shirt’. ᏃᏊ ᏂᎯ ᏣᏤᎵ ᏱᎩ: ’ᏣᎿᏬ’ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ. Nogwu nihi tsatseli yigi: ‘tsahnawo’ nigalsdisgoi. Now if it is yours: it becomes ‘your shirt’. ᏃᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏱᎩ: ’ᎤᎿᏬ’ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ. Nole kilo utseli yigi: ‘uhnawo’ nigalsdisgoi. And if it is his or hers: it becomes ‘her/his shirt’. ᎥᏍᎩᏃ ᏓᏍᏕᎵᏴᏍᎪᎢ, Vsgihno dasdeliyvsgoi, And so thus the changes, ’ᎠᎿᏬ,’ ᏣᎾᏗᏍᎪᎢ. ‘Ahnawo,’ tsanadisgoi. ‘A shirt,’ is what they say. ᎥᏍᎩ ᎢᎦ ᏓᏍᏕᎵᏴᏍᎪᎢ, Vsgi iga dasdeliyvsgoi, Thus now the changes, ᎠᎿᏬ. ᎠᏯ, ᎠᏆᎿᏬ. ᏂᎯ, ᏣᎿᏬ. ᎩᎶ, ᎤᎿᏬ. Ahnawo. Aya, agwahnawo. Nihi, tsahnawo. Kilo, uhnawo. A shirt. I, my shirt. You, your shirt. Someone, his/her shirt.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:09:49 +0000
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