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| MY FRIEND & I WENT HUNTING |
| 1. Ida ił shtuch'nidatl'. |
My friend and I went hunting. |
| 2. Dnigi ghen yeł k'dałtetl'. |
He shot a moose. |
| 3. ch'u chihuk'dalyuq. |
(and) it pretended to be dead. |
| 4. ch'u beł dghuni yegh taltlet'. |
and then it attacked him. |
| 5. ch'u begh chi'eł:yuq. |
and I killed it while it was beside him. |
| 6. Ch'u udihdi sha chiyiłyuq. |
And he gave the moose to me. |
| 7. Ch'u shik'u chik'ełyuq. |
Then I too killed one. |
| 8. Yighen ba chi'ełyuq. |
I gave that moose to him. |
| 9. ch'u ki chich'k'ełyuq. |
and then we killed another moose. |
| 10. "Giniki ida ghun ghe chinłnah" |
"This one is for your friend"..... |
| 11. shełni. |
he told me. |
| 12. Ch'u ida ghe chi'e$#yuq. |
And I gave the moose to my friend. |
| 13. Ch'u łuq'u niłghe chich'k'ul'ik. |
And we killed them all for each other. |
