bo:se:

cat

nikya:w

it's big

do'n

for sure

sehłdiday

I have it

xo'ji-nikya:w

it's really big

łiqay

white

I have a big cat living with me, really big and white.

q'osta:n

hat

ye:

it's like

na'ułch'a:t

he's wearing it

ch'inehwa:n

he looks like

haya:ł

and then

He looks like he's wearing a hat, and then ...

xongkin'-q'it

up on his back

me:ne:q'-ch'in'

on the back side

tse:-q'i-ya:ng'ay

squirrel*

ye:

it's like

dahya:ng'ay

sitting up on

-nehwa:n

it looks like

... up on the very ridge of his back, it looks like a squirrel.

haya:ł

and also

tin

really

ch'ingkya:w

he's big

xoke'

his tail

'e'n

[as for] it

łiwhing-xw

a dark color

'unt'e

it is

He's also really big, and his tail is a dark color.

haya:ł

and also

ch'e'iye'n

he stands up

miq'it-dahky'a:n-ding

at the table

And he also stands up at the table.

xa'se'ina:wh

he gets up there

ch'ite:'e'e'n

he looks around

He gets up there and looks around.

xo'ji

really

xoning'

his face

mitis-din-din

up and over it

dahde'e'a'

it's poking over

hayi-xw

that way

'a:'ułkyo:w

he's so big

His face really comes up over the table, he's so big.

'aht'ing-xw-'unt'e:

everything

ch'ohłts'it

he knows

He knows everything.

ła'a-din

sometimes

me'ch'e'na:wh

bathroom

me'

in it

yehch'e'ina:wh

he goes in

haya:ł

and then

Sometimes he goes into the bathroom, and then ...

hayah me'

in there

ch'e'ina:wh

he goes potty

haya:ł

and then

'a:xwe'iłchwe'n

it smells

do: ch'e'ilyo'

he doesn't like it

dahch'ide'inła:t

he takes off running from it

... he goes potty in there, and it smells bad and he doesn't like it, and he runs away from it.

hay

that

whe: me'ch'e'na:wh-ding

my bathroom

yehch'e'inła:t

he runs in

hayah

there

He runs into my bathroom there.

haya:ł

and then

hayi

that

ch'ide'iłma:s

he always flushes it

haya:ł

and then

yehye'iwhiwh-e:

it always sucks it in (he sees)

xowh do'n

I guess

'a:ch'o:'one'

he thinks

do:-xohsle'-te:

it will disappear

hay

that

'a:xołchwin-ne'in

smell that was there

And then he always flushes it, and he sees it sucks it in, and then he always thinks the smell will disappear.

haya:ł

and then

me'-ch'ixine:wh

telephone

dahsa'a:n

sitting up there

me'

in it

ła'a-ding

sometimes

xoch'ing'

to him

xine'iwhye:wh

I talk

haya:ł

and then

And then, sometimes I talk to him in the telephone sitting up there, and then ...

ch'ite'ilda:wh

he comes running in

hayah

right there

ch'ine'itsa:t

he always sits down

ch'ine:'ił'e'n

he looks at it

... he comes running in, sits down there, and looks at the phone.

do: ch'ohłts'it

he doesn't know

hay xwe:di-q' xowh

how it is possible

hayah

there

me'

in

siwhday

I am

He doesn't know how I can be in there.

haya:ł

and then

na:ne'iwhda:wh

I return home

ch'iwhine:'ił'e'n ting

he stares at me

haya:ł

and then

hayi

that (= the phone)

q'in'

also

tin ch'ine:'ił'e'n

he stares at it

'a:ch'o:'ine'

he always thinks

xowh do'n

I guess

And then when I return home, he keeps staring at me, and he also stares at it (the phone) and I guess that he's thinking ...

xwe:di-gya'awh-'ung'

[how is it]

hayah me'

in there (the phone)

ch'e'ida'

she is

haya:ł

and then

ch'e:na'ida:wh

she gets out of it

haya:ł

and then

na'ne'ida:wh

she comes back home

... "How is she in there (in the phone), and then she comes back out of it, and then she comes back home."

ch'o:'one'

he thinks

tah xowh do'n

I guess

do: 'o:lts'it

I don't know

I guess that's what he thinks, I don't know for sure.

haya:ł

and then

mina:di*

around

[de:di]**

[this]

dahsehł'un-ne'in

I used to have sitting up there

na:ła'

another thing

yiwiding-hit

after a time

niwinchwe'n

it got no good

I used to have the answering machine sitting up there beside another thing. After a while it wore out.

hayah

right there

miq'it

up on it

no:de'itul

he puts his paw

haya:ł

and then

k'iye:-de'

every so often

yixe'ine:wh

it talks

xoch'in'

to him

He puts his paw up on it (the machine), and every now and then it talks to him.

haya:ł

and then

dungwho'-tah

somebody

na:łiwun

unknown

ch'ixe'ine:wh

calls

hay 'aht'ing

all that

xwe:da'ay na:de'e'a'

he listens to*

Then when a stranger calls he listens to all that.

mine:jixomił

after a while

do: nulte' sile'n

it's not working anymore

de:d-e:n'

as for now

na:ła'

another one

na:y'a'

I purchased

After a while it wasn't working anymore, so now I purchased another one.

haya:ł

and then

hayi

that

midiłwa:

in its place

dahsa'a:n

is sitting up there

hayi 'e'n

as for that

'ahtin

all

łe:xot'e:n-nehwa:n

they kind of match

And now in its place it (the new one) is sitting there, they (the buttons) all look alike.

haya:ł

and so

do: ch'ohłts'it

he doesn't know

hayi xwe:di xowh ye: 'a'ulah-te:

what he's going to do

haya:ł

and then

hayi

that

diwine'-te:

it's going to play

haya:ł 'e'n q'ut

but then

xwe:da'ay na:de'e'a'

he listens to it

xowh do'n

I'm assuming

And so he doesn't know what he's going to do with it, and then it's going to play, but then I guess he listens to it anyway.

dungwho'

somebody

ch'ixe'ine:wh

calls

do: siwhda:-ding

when I'm not home

Somebody calls when I'm not home.

haya:ł

and then

hay

that

whe:

me

xoch'in'

to him

xine'iwhye:wh-ding

when I talk to him

'e'n

at that time

haya:ł

and then

hayah

right there

ya'a'a'

he sits

ch'ine:'ił'e'n

he looks at it

xwe:di-gya'awh-'ung'

what's going on

ch'o:'ine'

he thinks

When I talk to him, he sits there and looks at it (the phone), and he always wonders what's going on.

haya:ł

and then

na:ne'iwhda:wh

I come home

xonist'e' na:xwe'itiniwh

he becomes happy

haya:ł

and then

And then I come home, and he becomes happy, and then ...

hayi-xw

[that way]

wha:ne

[only]

... that's it, end of story!