Semester Sentences

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1	Aadóo aayí sá	Lingít	English	Notes
2	X̱ʼunei
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4	Kus.een	Lingít xeinax Kus.een yoo x̱át duwaasaakw.	My Tlingit name is Kus.een.
5		Lukaax̱.adi x̱át sitee, Jilkoot Kwaan.	I am Raven, sockeye from the Chilkoot area.
6		THRHA yéi jinx̲aneich.	I work for THRHA.
7		Lingít sh tóo x̱altóow ka haa ḵusteeyi ách x̱át ḵóok’ gux̱latóow sgóon.	I am learning lingit language and culture so I can teach youth in schools.
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9	Wootsaag̱áa	Wootsaag̱áa áyá ax̱ saayí. Liz yóo x̱at duwasáaku tsú.	My name is Wootsaag̱áa. Iʼm also called Liz.
10		Sheetʼkáxʼ yéi x̱at yatee	I live in Sheetʼká
11		Daaʼxoonínax̱ áwé dachanxíyán - nasʼkginax̱ shatkʼátskʼu ḵa	I have 4 grandchildren, 3 girls and a baby born 10 days ago.
12		jinkaat yagiyee ḵuwdzítee túkanéiyi
13		X̱adatoow nooch – shakalneek, neek, xʼúxʼ - ldakát át ax̱ toowú sigóo	I always read - stories, news, books - I like everything (all of it.)
14		Dleey tlél x̱wax̱á ach áwé g̱uwakaan ḵa dzískʼw tlél toox̱alʼoon	I donʼt eat meat so for that reason I donʼt hunt deer or moose.
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16	Sʼaachtlʼéiḵ	tlél ax̱ ushgú, du jeet x̲’ax̲wditán	I hate talking on the phone.
17		Xwaanlein yáanáx̱ yéi x̱at liyatʼ ḵa Carlos Boozer ḵín yéi x̱at liyát	Xwannlein is shorter than I am, and Carlos Booze is taller than I am
18		Kaa káx̱ yoo x̱’atángi yéi jeewanei, ax̱ éesh	My father was a lawyer
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20	Gush Tlein	Gush Tlein áyá ax̱ saayí	My name is Gush Tlein
21		Naanya.aayí naax̱ x̱at sitee	I am of the Naanya.aayí people
22		Dáx̱náx̱ Teeyhíttaan yatx'i ax̱ jeewú, Yéil Ḵóok ḵa Geigí yoo duwasaakw ax̱ yatx'i sáani	I have two Teeyhíttaan children, their names are Yéil Ḵóok and Geigí
23		Yéil koowú gukkajaashí kax̱asné	I weave ravenstail earrings
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25	Yéil Kágu	Yéil Kágu yóo xat duwasáakw.	I am called Raven's Basket.
26		Hél naax xat ustí. Dleit Káa yádix xat sitee.	I don't have a clan. I am child of the white man.
27		Nas’k yeet has khudziteeyí axh jeewú.	I have three sons.
28			(I'm not remembering the 4th sentence; I tried not to read it but to speak it.)
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