Describing another person's routine
Now pretend that you are repeating someone else's description of their daily routine back to them.
Dialog 1
A', te'si-gisg'g, tugwien. |
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Ah, every morning, you wake up. | |
Gnpoqoneg elisinn. |
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You are lying in your bed. | |
Toqo-jiw men'ja'sin. |
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Then you get up. | |
Toqo-jiw gesispa'lsin. |
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Then you wash yourself. | |
Toqo-jiw geg'na'sin. |
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Then you get dressed. |
Dialog 2
Gisgna'sin, na tujiw wissugwan. |
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After you get dressed, then you cook for yourself. | |
Mijji; ilajin ugjit natlugwen. Aq natlugwen. Elien Listugujg. Na'te'l etllugwen. |
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You eat; you get ready to go to work. And you go to work. You go to Listuguj. There is where you work. | |
Toqo-jiw pegisinn ta'n etllugwen. |
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Then you arrive where you work. | |
Toqo-jiw poqtlugwen. |
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Then you start to work. | |
Ta'n tujiw gispnen na atlasmin. |
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When you get tired, then you rest. | |
Toqo-jiw mijjin. |
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Then you eat. | |
Toqo-jiw apatlugwen. |
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Then you go back to work. |
Dialog 3
Ta'n tujiw gaqlugwen, na enmien. |
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When you finish work, then you go home. | |
Toqo-jiw pegisinn giguaq. |
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Then you arrive home [lit. 'at your (group's) house']. | |
Toqo-jiw poqji-wissugwatigen. |
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Then you start to cook. | |
Toqo-jiw app mijjin. |
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Then you eat again. | |
Ta'n tujiw g's'tann, na getugsien. |
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When you have eaten, then you get sleepy. | |
Toqo-jiw nepa'ji'jin. |
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Then you take a nap. |
Dialog 4
Ta'n tujiw tugwien, na 'gtiga'taqang naji-matu'lugwen. |
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When you wake up, then you go putter around in your garden. | |
Apaji-pisgwa'n, toqo engopa'sin, aq egijjen. |
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You go back inside, then you sit down, and you read. | |
Glapis getugsien. |
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Eventually you get sleepy. | |
Toqo-jiw gesispa'tu'nn gipitl. |
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Then you brush (lit. 'clean') your teeth. | |
Toqo-jiw naji-npan. |
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Then you go to sleep. | |
Toqo-jiw nepan. |
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Then you sleep. |