Lesson 25: What do you see? What does he see?

ke'kwa'n (ka'-)wa'pahtaman

'What do you see?', 'What did you (just now) see?'

ke'kwa'n ka'-(ki'-)wa'pahtaman ota'hkosi'hk

'What did you see yesterday?'

ke'kwa'n~iw (ka'-)wa'pahtahk

'What does he see?'

ke'kwa'na (ka'-)wa'pahtahk

'What (plural) does he see?', 'What all does he see?'

ke'kwa'n~iw (ka'-)wa'pahtahkik anikik atimwak

'What do those doges see?'

ke'kwa'n ke'-wa'pahtama'n

'What will I see?'

ke'kwa'n (ka'-)pe'htaman

'What do you hear?'

ke'kwa'n~iw (ka'-)pe'htahk ana atim

'What does that dog hear?'

ke'kwa'n~iw (ka'-)pe'htahkik anikik atimwak

'What do those dogs hear?'

kiske'n~(ih)ta - know It

n(i)kiske'n~(ih)te'n

'I know.', 'I know it.'

kikiske'n~ihte'n na

'Do you know (it)?'

kiske'n~(ih)tam

'He knows (it).'

kiske'n~(ih)tamwak na

'Do they know (it)?'

wapahta - See It

niwa'pahte'n wa'skahikan

'I see a house.'

wa'skahikan niwa'pahte'n

'I see a house.'

niwa'pahte'n wa'skahikana

'I see (some) houses.'

mihce't wa'skahikana niwa'pahte'n

'I see a lot of houses.'

a'tiht piko niwa'pahte'n wa'skahikana

'I see just a few houses.' (many people say poko rather than piko.)

niwa'pahte'n

'I see it or them (inanimate).'

ci'ma'n niwa'pahte'n

'I see a boat.'

nisto ci'mana niwa'pahte'n

'I see three boats.'

ci'ma'n(i)n~iw wa'pahtam

'He sees a boat.'

wa'pahtam ci'ma'n(i)n~iw

'He sees a boat.'

pe'yak ci'ma'n(i)n~iw wa'pahtam

'He sees one boat.'

nisto ci'ma'na wa'pahtam

'He sees three boats.'

wa'pahtam

'He sees it or them (inanimate).'

pehta - Hear It

ke'kwa'n n(i)pe'hte'n

'I hear something.'

kipe'hte'n na

'Do you hear it or them (inanimate)?'

ke'ya'pic na kipe'hte'n

'Do you still hear it or them (inanimate)?'

pe'htam ke'kwa'n~iw

'He hears something.'

ke'kwa'n~iw pe'htam

'He hears something.'

pe'htam

'He hears it.'

ke'kwa'n~iw pe'htamwak

'They hear something.'

pe'htamwak.

'They hear it.'

miska - Find It

awa na'pe'w ota'n(i)sa ki'-miskamin~iwa ke'kwa'n

'This man's daughter found something.'

awa na'pe'w ke'kwa'n ki'-miskamin~iwa ota'n(i)sa

'This man's daughter found something.'

mwac ke'kwa'n~iw ohci-miskam

'He didn't find anything.', 'He found nothing.'

m(i)ki'-miske'n

'I found it.'

New Words

Nouns:

ke'kwa'n

'something, a thing'

ke'kwa'na

'things'

Verbs:

miska

'find it'

pe'hta

'hear it'

wa'pahta

'see it'

Adverbs:

piko

'just, merely' (often pronounced poko)

Old Words

kiske'n~(ih)ta

'know (it)'

mihce't

'many, a lot of (a number)'

a'tiht

'a few'

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