1896: A sentence a day on a single topic, Part 4
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 iht man kopa Savona ankati
‘They know that a man at Savona one time’chako patlam pi iaka kuli kopa ilihi kopa pulakli,
‘got drunk and wandered around the place at night;’iaka slip kopa ilihi pi chako drit aias kol
‘he slept on the ground and got terribly cold’pi iaka mimlus kopa kol: pi kaltash ukuk,
‘and froze to death; but they don’t care,’klaska wiht makmak wiski.
‘they go on drinking whiskey.’
