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| Click on a Dena'ina sentence for an explanation. |
| UNHTSAH NINYA NIŁTEH HJA'IDATL' |
WHEN THE ANIMALS DIVIDED INTO PAIRS |
| 1. Unhtsah ninya niłteh ja'idatl' łu. |
In the beginning they say the animals divided up in pairs. |
| 2. Nił'eł hnadulghesh [ch'u] |
They would talk together [and] |
| 3. niłqilket. |
they would take one another as partners. |
| 4. "Gun shida tulał," qetnih. |
They said, "You will be my friend." |
| 5. Ch'u "Yadi nudnelyahi nak'un'a tulał," qetnih. |
And they said, "The plants will be our food". |
| 6. Ch'u eseni ch'u ch'bala kusht'a hqiłkeł. |
And Cottonwood and Spruce had no partners. |
| 7. Ch'bala ghen łu ni, |
Spruce said, |
| 8. "Eseni dench'ułkegh. |
"Cottonwood and I are both tall. |
| 9. niłhuch'ulkitni," yełni. |
We should be partners." |
| 10. Eseni ghen łu ni, |
But Cottonwood said, |
| 11. "Ah shi ki dach' q'u tgheht'ał," ni. |
"Well, I will just remain by myself." |
| 12. Ch'u ninya łik'a k'usht's qełkeł. |
And none of the animals took the dog. |
| 13. Ch'u ch'bala ghen hdi łuq'u bannaztlaq' hez enlan. |
And Spruce is all covered with sores and filled with pus. |
| 14. Yi ghuda k'usht'a qyiłkeł. |
That's why no one took it. |
| 15. Ch'u ch'bala ghen łu ni, |
And spruce said, |
| 16. "Yadi niłtu ch'tulał |
"This is why we will be |
| 17. qutsidghe'i'ina kisht'a shughuhdułt'ał." |
useful to the Campfire People." |
| 18. "Stsen gin k'u hbek'ineshi |
"They will use my flesh [the flesh they take] |
| 19. k'u qyeghudułt'ał," ni łu. |
if they get food poisoning," [it (spruce) said, it is said]. |
| 20. Ch'u łik'a ghen hdi ni łu, |
And dog said, |
| 21. "Shi ki qutsidghe'ich' hdatghelcheł. |
"I too will go to the Campfire People. |
| 22. Qenyi ninya ndahduh danlts'i yeh hbedetgheshnih," ni łu. |
I will tell them about where you are staying," (it is said, it said). |
| 23. Yet łu ninya k'ahdulyak ch'u qengheduk gin k'eli: |
And then the animals sang and danced this song: |
| 24. Łik'a tuyuł. |
The dog will challenge anything. |
| 25. K'a tuyuł. |
He will challenge anything. |
| 26. Dena'ina łu shesh k'eli qyedgheł'an. |
The Dena'ina had that as a hunting song for good luck. |
