More humor in Chinuk Wawa: Lost dog?
To be fair, this one’s an example of oldtime humor that might not be so great for everyone nowadays.
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The 13-moons calendar in Chinuk Wawa
Here’s a northern Chinook Jargon lunar calendar from JMR Le Jeune’s 1924 book, “Chinook Rudiments”:
1904: Grandma Hawk sings Chinook by request
I wonder whether “Grandma Hawk” was Sarah Ann Isobelle Griffith Hawk(s) (1832-1916)?
October 1894: “Our Monthly Budget” (Part 2 of 3 — Victor’s letter)
Now, read a companion to Yves Le Jeune’s letter that we saw in Part 1… #2: Wixt iht pipa chako kanamokst ukuk pipa, iaka cim ‘Yet another letter came along with that letter,… Continue reading
Chinook Jargon in the news: Who is Louis Creek named after?
Hollie Ferguson has written an excellent regional news item about a respected kúkpi7 (chief) who spoke and wrote Chinuk Wawa.
1889: A Klonas affair
An out-of-the-ordinary loan from Chinuk Wawa into English:
1912: Address delivered at…Grand Ronde! (Part 1 of 5: earliest ‘room’)
naika wiht wawa mirsi kopa ukuk Qalis pi Alik Kod…
How do you use “tu məch” in northern Chinuk Wawa?
We may only have a couple of examples of tu məch (‘too much’), but they’re indicative…
1916: Annual Reunion of Oregon Pioneers
Every meeting of these oldtimers involved Chinook Jargon …
Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 10: Philibert-Michel Termoz
Chinuk Wawa is a language for talking about your real life — so how about learning to say ‘I had some hard work to do, so I’m running late’?