1896: A sentence a day on a single topic, Part 45
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:
Klaksta man makmak wiski, iaka mamuk mimlus
‘Any man who drinks alcohol is killing’iaka sili; iaka patlach iaka sili kopa liiam
‘his soul; he’s handing his soul over to the devil’pus liiam lolo iaka kopa kikuli paia.
‘to be taken off to hell.’
