In this conversation you will hear Delores Louie | Swustanulwut (A) discussing with her mother-in-law Marjorie Louie | tuy’tth’at (B) about cleaning her house, making a plan about what Delores will do. [You will notice that Delores, as she originates from quw’utsun’ uses kwthu as the out of view determiner, while Marjorie uses kwu.] Donna Gerdts recorded this on February 10, 1998. And Delores and Ruby Peter helped Donna transcribe and translate it.
Listen to the whole conversation:
| A1 | (1) | stem kwu’ yuw’en’teen’ ’u kwthu syaays? | What shall I work on first? | |
| (2) | tun’untsu tsun? | Where shall I start? | ||
| B1 | (3) | na’ut p’uw’ wulh ts’imulh tahw skweyul, xte’um ch ’ukw’ sxlhas tst. | It is now close to lunch time, so you might as well prepare our lunch. | |
| A2 | (4) | ’ah. ’uy’! wa’lu slhap’us, ’a? | Oh. OK. Shall we make soup? | |
| B2 | (5) | hee. ’uy’! | Yes. That is good. | |
| A3 | (6) | ’uw’ ni’ut wulh hayuqun, ni’ ‘u tst ‘uw’ yuw’en’ ‘ul’? stem tse’ kw’u [sla’thut tst]? | After we eat, what do we do first? What will we do? | |
| B3 | (7) | hwtth’uxwiils ch p’e’, suw’ hay kwun’s hwtth’axwiils, sutst ’uw’ ’ixwut tthu lhuxunuptun. | Wash the dishes and when washing the dishes are done, we will sweep the floor. | |
| A4 | (8) | ni’ yuhw tsun tl’uw’ tth’xwunup? | I wonder, do I also wash the floor? | |
| B4 | (9 | hee! tth’xwun’up ch p’e’ ’uw’ ni’uhw hay kw’us ’ixwuthut. | Yes! You will also wash the floor after you sweep the floor. | |
| A5 | (10) | ’oo ‘uy’. ni’ tsun tsta’mut? nem’ ’u tsun tl’uw’ tth’xwul’wut’um? | Okay. Then what shall I do? Shall I also wash clothes? | |
| B5 | (11) | ’aa, ni’ p’e’ ni’ kwunu stth’xwulwutum sun’iw’ ’u kwunu shts’ey’hwul’s. | Oh yes, there’s some of my laundry clothes in my dryer. | |
| (12) | [nem’ ch kwu’elh ’utl’qt]. | [You will take them out .] | ||
| B6 | (13) | ni’ ’u ch wulh thuy’e’lhum ’u tun’a netulh? | Did you straighten /fix the bed this morning? | |
| A6 | (14) | ’ah! ni’ nu smel’q. | Oh! I forgot. | |
| B7 | (15) | nem’ ch p’e’ thuy’e’lhum ’un’suw’ q’put kwu ni’ slhelhuq’ ni’ ’u kwu tumuhw.. lhuxunuptun. | You will go and fix the bed, and then gather whatever is on the ground…floor. | |
| (16) | ’un’suw’ le’sh ’u kwu shni’s tse’. | Then put them away where they belong. | ||
| A7 | (17) | ’ah! ’uy’, tun’a ’u uw’ wulh nilh ’ul’? | Oh! OK, you mean right away? | |
| B8 | (18) | hee! ha’ ch ’uwu thuy’e’lhumuhw, ’i’ ’uw’ sht’ees tse’ ’ul’ ’u tun’a kweyul. | Yes! If you do not make your bed, then that is how your bed will be all day. | |
| A8 | (19) | ’o. | Oh. | |
| B9 | (20) | [’usuw’] ’ixwuthut ’uw’ ni’uhw hwu sthuy’e’lh, le’sh ch kwun’ s’uli’tth’um’. | When you have swept and fixed the bed, put the clothing away. | |
| A9 | (21) | ’uwu niis quliima’ kwthu lhuxunuptun. | The floor is not that dirty. | |
| B10 | (22) | nem’ ’u tsun kwu’elh lemut kwu ni’ ts’twa’ sht’es kwun’ shhw’a’mut? | Shall I go and inspect how your bed(room) is? | |
| A10 | (23) | ’uy’! nem’ ch p’e’ lemut ni’ ’uw’ wulh thuy’e’lh. | OK! Go and see: the bed is already made. | |
| B11 | (24) | ni’ ’u ch hakwush kw’ stth’utth’ixw ’un’ thil’e’lhtun? | Did you change the sheets – put on clean sheets? | |
| A11 | (25) | ni’. ni’ wulh siye’q. ni’ tsun ’uw’ulh ’iye’qt. | Yes! I changed them. |