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I attended Ralph's Paiute Language class at Wadsworth on Tuesday, May 26

> Ralph reviewed last week's class.  Paiute Ws: Hee, hemma, hayoo, hanoo, haga.  The immersion was added when he'd pick up an object and say "Hee esoo?"  He talked about things from a distance: Ya'a (here), Ma'a (there), O'o (way over there).  Immersion:  "Haga esoo o'o katu?"  Who is this sitting way over there?

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> I really liked his use of eka (this, object) with some phrases:  "Jon, eka gea Christina" Jon, give this to Christina.  Also uses of maka (that object), ooka (that over there).  Other examples included:  "Jon eka wunae."  Jon throw this.  A respone to "give this to someone" phrase could be (I REALLY LIKED THIS!) "Hanootu?" means "which one?" 

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> An action word that could stimulate immersion is a word I've never heard of:  tsekwaha (to point).  Here's the immersion:  Ask students to point to where different cities/bands are.  "Jon, Odenowaetu tsekwaha."  Jon, point to Reno.  "Jon, cui ui dicutta tsekwaha." 

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> Then he used -ha'a (ask questions) in ways that I've not had much practice with.  U ha'a tukawunu? ( may have written the action word incorrectly here).  Are you still eating?  U ha'a eka soopedakwatu?  Do you know this? Response:  aha - yes or ki - no. 

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> Another word that's rarely used (by me that is) is pute (or):  Esoo ha'a kamoo pute padakie?  Is this a rabbit or a raccoon?  Esoo ha'a Jon pute Henry?  Is this Jon or Henry?  I can see constant use of these phrases in class during immersion time. 

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> Hanoo u nobekwae?  Where is your home?  Response:  O'o (way over there). 

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> He went over so much in such a short time:  Tumadaena and Oetse.  Haga u tumadaena katu?  Who sits to your right? 

PRONOUN NOTES

Here are some notes we wrote down introducing pronouns:

Nu - I

E - me

mu - you all

ta - us/you and me

numme - us/we (excluding the person speaking)

tamme - all of us (including the speaker)

oo - him/her

umu - them or they

nugatu - mine

ummetu - yours

tammetu - ours (all of ours)

nummetu - ours (ours only)

hagatu? - whose?

haga?  - who?

tooe haga? - anyone?

pusu'mu - himself/herself

nusu'mu - myself

Nu ka kootsoo poone. - I see the cow.

Ki umu ka kootsoo poone.  - They don't see the cow.

Oosoo ka pookoo poone. - She sees the horse.

Numme ka pookoo poone.  - We see the horse.

Haga ka pookoo poone. - Who sees the horse?

Nusu'mu ka pookoo poone.  - Only I see the horse.

Nu e bua'a no ka pookoo poone. - My friend and I see the horse.

ANIMAL NOTES

To be used in completing the Animals Crossword found in the make up assignments packet:

The kwena'a is the mighty bird of North America

Moohoo'o only comes around when bad news is coming.

Tsagwudu has quills we use for many things.

Hooeda make small hills outside your nobekwae.

padakie'e and pongeta were once friends, but got into a fight a long time ago.

The etza'a (coyote) is the younger brother of the wolf.

The itsy bitsy (spider) sooada.

Nota (Bee) has colors that are primarily yellow and black.

This animal is known as "kills from behind" (Idris' Numu nanea) nagoobatsa.

We get milk from kootsoo.

most people have a dog (sadu'u) for a pet.

Bugs bunny is a kammu.

Etza'a is also known as the trickster.

pamogo (frog) hops and eats insects.

Food words and phrases

Tukana - food (object)
netuka - food (object)
nadukana
ki tukapana - don't heat
ki u mooekoenatukapana - Don't eat your first kill
pasea/tseayae - to be hungry (action word)
watsume - to be full (action word)
kuwayoo - to chew (action word)
nahatugwe
kutsuwe
soo'a
saa - to cook (action word)
tukaba - bread
pehabetukabu - sweet bread (object)
pehabetukape
toesebooe
atsabooe
poohebooe
toobooe
tookoo
tuhudya tookoo
kootsoo tookoo
pawke tookoo
oha yoohoo kootsoo
noho

Monday, March 10
ongabe - salt
too ongabe - pepper
tseda - dish
puma nahebena - cup
puma na'egena - bowl
puma nadakana - plate
puma - instrument you eat with
wehe - knife
tutsekwuhunu - fork
tutseegenoo - spoon
katunoo- chair
tukanoo - table
paasaanoo - pot
saanoo - pan
paasaa - boil water
hebe - to drink (action word)

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