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Describing your routine

Dialog 1

Te'si-gisg'g, tugwiei.
Every morning, I wake up.
N'npoqoneg elisin.
I am lying in my bed.
Toqo-jiw men'ja'si.
Then I get up.
Toqo-jiw gesispa'lsi.
Then I wash myself.
Toqo-jiw geg'na'si.
Then I get dressed.

Dialog 2

Gisgna'si, na tujiw wissugwai.
After I get dressed, then I cook for myself.
Mijji; ilaji ugjit natlugwen. Aq natlugwei. Eliei Listugujg. Na'te'l etllugwei.
I eat; I get ready to go to work. And I go to work. I go to Listuguj. There is where I work.
Toqo-jiw pegisin ta'n etllugwei.
Then I arrive where I work.
Toqo-jiw poqtlugwei.
Then I start to work.
Ta'n tujiw gispnei na atlasmi.
When I get tired, then I rest.
Toqo-jiw mijji.
Then I eat.
Toqo-jiw apatlugwei.
Then I go back to work.

Dialog 3

Ta'n tujiw gaqlugwei, na enmiei.
When I finish work, then I go home.
Toqo-jiw pegisin nignaq.
Then I arrive home [lit. 'at our house'].
Toqo-jiw poqji-wissugwatigei.
Then I start to cook.
Toqo-jiw app mijji.
Then I eat again.
Ta'n tujiw g's'tal, na getugsiei.
When I have eaten, then I get sleepy.
Toqo-jiw nepa'ji'ji.
Then I take a nap.

Dialog 4

Ta'n tujiw tugwiei, na 'ntiga'taqang naji-matu'lugwei.
When I wake up, then I go putter around in my garden.
Apaji-pisgwa'i, toqo engopa'si, aq egijjei.
I go back inside, then I sit down, and I read.
Glapis getugsiei.
Eventually I get sleepy.
Toqo-jiw gesispa'tuann nipitl.
Then I brush (lit. 'clean') my teeth.
Toqo-jiw naji-npai.
Then I go to sleep.
Toqo-jiw nepai.
Then I sleep.