“…keeps changing direction, always angry, always making noise; gets as white as snow, keeps jumping up and down…” – – and they’re not even talking about The White Man! 🙂 (Previous installment here.)… Continue reading
Previous installment here. Practice reading the Chinook Wawa below–I’ll add a translation when I post our next installment. Click to “Follow” my blog, and you won’t miss any of the 64 installments! … Continue reading
Here’s page 4 of the narrative, Chinook first. You still have a chance to post a comment below, with your ideas for an English translation. As I’ve been doing, I’ll add a translation… Continue reading
(Previous intallment here.) Again I’m publishing the Chinuk Wawa first, and a translation in a couple days. Beat me to it with a comment below! Liish <25> Ogyust <04>. <An unexpected Journey.> Wik… Continue reading
(Previous installment here.) <14> Ogyust nsaika kro kopa Liish: <18> son alta nsaika mitlait iakwa. Mitlait <9> lisivik, pi <60> liplit pi ayu wiht brothir kopa ukuk haws. Ukuk… Continue reading
[Edited December 1, 2014 by Dave — Dale McCreery has requested that I add a guide to the probable pronunciation of this Chinook Wawa, so for an illustration of that, I’m adding it… Continue reading
This summer I came into grateful possession of Mitford Mathews’ “Dictionary of Americanisms”, where you know I scoured around for Chinook Jargon-related words. There’s a lot that’s of interest, including the entry for… Continue reading
