1896: A sentence a day on a single topic, Part 36
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:
Wik
‘It’s not’iaka, iaka wawa; liiam iaka iskom iaka lalan.g,
‘him that’s talking; the devil’s taken hold of his tongue;’liiam patlach ukuk masachi wawa kopa iaka.
‘the devil gives those bad words to him.’
