Leda Jules: Pelly Banks dialect
Verbs – Wash, dry, gather, bring
Perfective, imperfective, optative, future, transitive vs intransitive, reflexive
| Lois: | Ī łą̄́ łedī́h. | |
| That was delicious. | ||
| Netsʼį̄́ʼ nûsdî tsʼáʼ enʼṓdzī́ dé. | ||
| I’ll help you wash the dishes. | ||
| Mary: | Tsʼáʼ sejūléī. | |
| We’ll clear the dishes. | ||
| Ī tlʼą̂ tsʼáʼ dzūʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| Then we’ll wash them. | ||
| Lois: | Ī kólā tsʼā́ʼ sejāslāʼ. | |
| That’s all the dishes (cleared). | ||
| Ī tsʼáʼ kólā sahʼṓdz-am? | ||
| Are those dishes clean? | ||
| Mary: | Ī síkʼādé dūłą̄́ dzenahʼṓts. | |
| Those havenʼt been washed. | ||
| Kū́hyigé metsīnlīʼ. | ||
| Just leave them there. | ||
| Lois: | Tsáʼchō kískʼéh enʼṓdz-am? | |
| Do you wash the pans last? | ||
| Mary: | Ham, tsáʼ ełī́géʼ kíhseh enʼṓts. | |
| Yes, wash one dish first. | ||
| Glasses kíhseh enʼṓts. | ||
| Start with the glasses. | ||
| Lois: | Tsáʼchōʼ łā́néyéh tsʼáʼ eganī keh nístlōn. | |
| There are lots of pans in the dish drainer. | ||
| Áhlādé ūsgánī́ sį̄́. | ||
| I’ll dry some. | ||
| Mary: | Ną́ʼ didī tsʼáʼ echʼeléʼ. | |
| Here’s the dish towel. | ||
| Tsʼáʼ seganī dé kū́hʼáné nénlé. | ||
| When they are dry, put them over there. | ||
| Lois: | Dísdene tsʼáʼ kḗntʼēdé dzesʼṓts. | |
| We have almost washed all the dishes. | ||
| Ī mekahdzetsedzī ūsʼṓdzī́ sį̄́. | ||
| I’ll clean the table. | ||
| Mary: | Béde gūdûslḗ sį̄́. | |
| I’ll put the food away. |