MOOSE HUNTING

Written and Read by Peter Kalifornsky

from: A Dena'ina Legacy, K'tl'egh'i Sukdu. pp. 368-369.
edited by James Kari and Alan Boraas
Alaska Native Language Center: Fairbanks.

Hear Peter Kalifornsky read the story.
Click on a Dena'ina sentence for an explanation.
DNIGI UQUCH'EL'ANI MOOSE HUNTING
1. Gu dach' ses gheneshu. I went this way to a ridge.
2. Dnigi beq' hq'a ghashu. I came upon some moose tracks.
3. Nughełqeh. I tracked them.
4. Qatuldełi niłtu naqadetazdatl'. The moose started to go in a circle, preparing to lie down.
5. Qaniłch'eyi ank'uch'enh ba tanshu. I went against the wind.
6. Nalyu hq'u begh neshu. I came to one lying down.
7. K'eyich'a gheni beł k'danłtetl'. I shot that bull moose.
8. Ts'ił qeyan q'u beq'es eł k'danłtetl', I shot it only once, in its neck,
9.     ch'u chi'ełyuq.      and I killed it.
10. Qudghełu. I butchered it.
11. Łuq'u nugheshdeghak. I packed it all back.
12. Yethdi Qayeht'ana ił luq'u suts'dultuk'. Then, with all the villagers, we ate it all up.
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