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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.
Ah, every morning, you wake up.
Gnpoqoneg elisinn.
You are lying in your bed.
Toqo-jiw men'ja'sin.
Then you get up.
Toqo-jiw gesispa'lsin.
Then you wash yourself.
Toqo-jiw geg'na'sin.
Then you get dressed.

Dialog 2

Gisgna'sin, na tujiw wissugwan.
After you get dressed, then you cook for yourself.
Mijji; ilajin ugjit natlugwen. Aq natlugwen. Elien Listugujg. Na'te'l etllugwen.
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.
Then you arrive where you work.
Toqo-jiw poqtlugwen.
Then you start to work.
Ta'n tujiw gispnen na atlasmin.
When you get tired, then you rest.
Toqo-jiw mijjin.
Then you eat.
Toqo-jiw apatlugwen.
Then you go back to work.

Dialog 3

Ta'n tujiw gaqlugwen, na enmien.
When you finish work, then you go home.
Toqo-jiw pegisinn giguaq.
Then you arrive home [lit. 'at your (group's) house'].
Toqo-jiw poqji-wissugwatigen.
Then you start to cook.
Toqo-jiw app mijjin.
Then you eat again.
Ta'n tujiw g's'tann, na getugsien.
When you have eaten, then you get sleepy.
Toqo-jiw nepa'ji'jin.
Then you take a nap.

Dialog 4

Ta'n tujiw tugwien, na 'gtiga'taqang naji-matu'lugwen.
When you wake up, then you go putter around in your garden.
Apaji-pisgwa'n, toqo engopa'sin, aq egijjen.
You go back inside, then you sit down, and you read.
Glapis getugsien.
Eventually you get sleepy.
Toqo-jiw gesispa'tu'nn gipitl.
Then you brush (lit. 'clean') your teeth.
Toqo-jiw naji-npan.
Then you go to sleep.
Toqo-jiw nepan.
Then you sleep.