1896: A sentence a day on a single topic, Part 3
From Kamloops Wawa #142 (July 1896), page 155, one of the most vivid reading lessons I could possibly show you…
(A link to all posts in this mini-series.)
Rules:
- I won’t do a lot of explaining.
- You don’t have to be able to read the Chinuk Pipa original text, but I’ll show it to you. You can learn to read it as your Chinook Jargon gets stronger & stronger.
- Learn this:
Klaska komtaks, ankati iht tanas man
‘They know that one time a young man’kopa Kamlups chako patlam, pi iaka kuli kopa
‘at Kamloops got drunk and wandered’aias pulakli, pi iaka fol dawn kopa chok, pi
‘out in the dark night, and fell in the river and’iaka mimlus: pi kaltash ukuk, klaska wiht
‘died; but they don’t care, they still’makmak wiski.
‘drink alcohol.’
