1896: A sentence a day on a single topic, Part 5
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 kansih sno ankati,
‘They know several years ago,’kansih tanas man chako patlam kopa Kamlups,
‘a bunch of young fellas got drunk at Kamloops,’pi wach man tiki iskom klaska mamuk stop klaska
‘and the watchman intended to stop them,’pi iht tanas man iaka pu wach man, pi iaka
‘and one young man shot the watchman,’mimlus.
‘who died.’
