Okay, this is a story about part of my life, I guess you can say.

dahungwho'-dung'

a long time ago

ya:dehsdilts'e:-ne'in

we were living

na:tini-xw

in Hoopa

haya:ł

[and then]

mine:jixomił

after a while

A long time ago we were living in Hoopa, and then after a while...

hay whixung'

my husband

'a'de'ine'

he always says

k'e:sinya:-te:

you're going to climb up there

me:ne:q'

on the back

hay-de:di

of this

nahx ma:-wilda:l

motorcycle*

My husband always says, "You're going to climb up on the back of this motorcycle."

whił

with me

te:sinya:-te:

you'll go

"You'll go with me."

daw

no

de'iwhne'

I always say

whe: 'e'n do'n

as for me

xa'unt'e:

that kind of a thing

me:whgit

I'm afraid of it

"No," I always say, "as for me, I'm afraid of that kind of thing."

me:dziwhla:

I don't like it

xong-'e'n

as for him

xoł-na:'uł'its

he rides it around*

I don't like it; as for him, he always rides it around.

haya:ł

[and then]

xoxoch'e:l-ch'in'-tah

sometimes to Willow Creek

ch'ite'ina:wh

he always goes

ła'-ding

sometimes

haya:ł

[and then]

ła'-ding

sometimes

łiwa'iliwh-ch'in'

to the store

ch'ite'ina:wh

he always goes

hayi miq'it

on it

haya:ł

[and then]

'a:whił-ch'ide'ine'

he always tells me

ting gya'

a lot

we:silyo'-te:

you'll like it

He goes to Willow Creek sometimes, then sometimes he rides to the store on it, and then he always tells me, "You'll like it a lot."

haya:ł

[and then]

daw

no

di'iwhne'

I always say

mine:jixomił

after a while

'a:whił-ch'ide:ne'

he told me

keh

hey

to:-xw

down by the river

na:ydił

let's go

And then I always say, "No!" After a while he told me, "Hey, let's go down by the river."

me:ne:q'

in the back

dahnintsah

you sit down

"Sit down in the back."

haya:ł

and then

q'ut do'n

okay then!

ne:sing'

I thought

haya:ł

and then

me:ne:q'

in the back

dahne:se:da:

I sat down

"OK then," I thought, then I sat down in back.

haya:ł

then

tehłda:wh

it started moving

Then it started moving.

yo:w yiduq

up

wilda:l

it was going

hayi whunchwin

my mother

ts'isda:-ne'in-ding

where she used to live

hayahujit

[and then]

It was going up through the field, where my mother used to live. And then ...

tini-q'eh

onto the road

yide'

out the driveway

wilda:l

it's moving along

haya:ł

[and then]

It went out of the driveway onto the main road. And then ...

to:-ch'in'

toward the river

ch'inła:d-e:

it came on down

haya:ł

and then

łich'iwh-q'it

on the sand

nohoł

with us

nahs'its

it ran around

It went down toward the river, and then it ran around on the sand with us (on it).

haya:ł

and then

xolisji

faster

tilda:wh ch'i'iłchwe'

he makes it go

haya:ł

[and then]

yo:w-xw

over around it

xa:k'e'iwhe'

it's digging

'e'ileh

it kind of does it like

Then sometimes he makes it go faster, and it's like it spins out in the sand.

mine:jixomił

after a while

nohoł

with us

na:k'idehswis

it fell over

After a while it fell over with us.

haya:ł

[and then]

yina:na:se:tł'

we got back up

naha:nło'

we laughed

Then we got back up and we laughed.

hayahujit

[and then]

k'iye:

[again]

na:tehłdida:wh

[it started moving again]

k'iye:

[again]

nohoł

[with us]

na:k'idehswis

[it fell over]

Then it started going again, and again it fell over with us.

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-heh

[in spite of that]

q'ut

[now]

hayi

[that]

niwhong-xw

good

'a:niwehst'e'

it was looking

Then in spite of that it was looking good.

haya:ł

and then

k'e:na:sdiya:

I got back on

Then I got back on.

ta:q'i-ding

three times

nohoł na:k'idehswis-mił

after we tipped over

whits'ine'

my leg

na:wilit

it burned

The third time we tipped over, my leg burned.

haya:ł

and then

hay 'e'n

that part

do: we:syo'

I didn't like

xolisji

hurry up

na:whitiłtiwh

take me home

de:n'

I said

na:xontah-ch'in'

back to the house

Then, I didn't like that. "Take me home quickly," I said, "back to the house."

whits'ine'

my leg

na:wilit

it burnt

My leg was burning.

haya:ł

and then

na:te:se:de:tł'

we went

xontah-ch'in'

home

And then we went home.

xa:nahsdiła:d-e:

it came back up

haya:ł

and then

It came back up (to the house). And then ...

we:łiw

I rubbed it on

k'isinto'

grease

whits'ine'

my leg

hay na:wilit-ding

the place where it burned

I rubbed my leg with grease where it was burnt.

haya:ł

and then

ch'e:na:whdiy

I came back out

'a'de:ne'

he said

keh do'n

come on

digyung

here

k'e:sinya:wh

get on it

'e'n do'n

and then

Then I came back out, and he said, "Come on over here and get up on it (the motorcycle)." And then ...

tin

really

do: na:lte'

it's not hard

hay-de:t digyun

right up here

dahne:sinda:-de'

[if] you sit

haya:ł

[and then]

"It's not hard (to run this thing), you sit up here." And then ...

na:ła'

different

'aht'ing

all

yehna:k'iwingqot-te:

you will put it in*

"You'll go through all the different gears."

haya:ł

and then

ła'din-tah

maybe sometime

nił-diniwił'a'-te:

you'll learn it

"Then sometime maybe you'll learn it."

haya:ł

and then

ch'idung'

first

'ayne:se'n

I thought

daaaa

ahhhh

me:whgit

I'm scared of it

Then I first thought, "Ah, I'm scared of it!"

q'ut do'n

okay then!

haya:ł

[and then]

do: me:niwilgidi-heh

don't be afraid of it

whił-ch'ide:n'

he's telling me

digyun

here

dahnintsah

you sit up

"Don't be afraid of it," he told me. "You sit up here."

haya:ł

then

wilchwin

there has been made

dahna:sa'a:n miq'it

a stand*

Then, there was a stand (to put the bike on).

haya:ł

and then

dahne:se:day

I sat up there

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

Then I sat back up there, and he said ...

yehk'ingqot do'n

put it in

ła'-ding

first

haya:ł

and so

hayah

[there]

yehk'e:qot

I put it into

"Shift it into first (gear)," then I shifted there.

haya:ł

[and then]

miq'it

on it

no:dintuł

step

haya:ł

and

miq'it

on it

no:de:ta:tł' sile'n

I just kind of stepped on it

haya:ł

[and then]

Then [he said] "Step on it!" and I just kind of stepped on it a little bit. And then ...

k'iye:

[again]

na:ła'

another

yehna:k'ingqot

put it into

haya:ł

and then

nahx-ding

second

yehk'e:qot

I put it into

[He said] "Shift it into another gear," and I put it in second gear.

haya:ł

and then

midiłwa:

after that

xolisji

faster

te:sinya:-tehł-de' do'n

if you're going to go

ta:q'i-ding

third

yehna:k'iwingqot-te:

put it into

haya:ł

and then

hayi-xw

that way

'awhlah

I did

And then, after that, (he said) "If you're going to go faster, put it into third gear," and then I did that.

q'ut do'n

[okay]

tin

really

nił-diniwił'a'

you learned it

whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

hay xwe:di-q'i

in which way

nahł'its-wilchwe:n

making it drive

"You really learned how to drive it!" he told me.

haya:ł

[and then]

digyun do'n

right here

no:na:yiłditsil-wilchwe:n

brakes

whił-ch'ide:n'

he told me

'aht'in

everything

whił-ch'ixowilik

he told me about

"Right here is the brake," he told me - he told all this to me.

hayahujit q'ut

and then

dahya:we:se:'a'

I sat up there

Then I sat up there.

haya:ł

and then

'a'de:ne'

he said

xa'

okay!

ła'

one

yehna:k'ingqot

put it in

k'iye:

[again]

Then he said, "OK, put it in first gear again."

ła' yehna:k'e:qot-mił

I put it in first again - with that

de:

I wasn't aware

me'niłchwit

he pushed it off

When I put it in first gear, he pushed it off the stand without my seeing it.

me'niłchwit

he pushed it

miq'it

on it

dahya:wh'ay

I was sitting

haya:ł

and then

tehłda:wh

it started running

He pushed it while I was sitting on it, and then it started running.

diywho' do: xole:n 'e'n

there was nothing out there

łah-xw

[just]

q'ut niwho:n-ne'in

it was good

ninis'a:n

land

hayah

[there]

wilda:l

it's running along

whino:ng'ay'din

beside me

ch'iwilda:l

he's running along

haya:ł

so

'a'de:ne'

he told me

There was nothing out there, the land was good then (clear, no objects in the way). It was running along, and beside me he was running along, then he said...

nahx

second

yehna:k'ingqot

put it in

haya:ł

[and then]

nahx

second

yehna:k'e:qot

I shifted it into

haya:ł

[and then]

xolisji xoliwh

faster

tehłda:wh

it started running

whino:ng'ay'din

beside me

ch'iwilda:l

he's running

"Shift it into second!" Then, I shifted it into second. It started running faster, and he was running beside me yet.

de:-xw

back around

na:mis-xw

around

na:tildidahwh

turn

haya:ł

and then

na:mis-xw tilda:wh na:sehłchwe'n

I made it run around

whino:ng'ay'din

beside me

ch'iwilda:l

he's running

"Turn around," [he said], then I turned it around, and he was running beside me still.

na:xontah-ch'in'

back to the house

nundiła:d-e:

it came running back

haya:ł

[and then]

I took it back to the house, and then...

mił-no:na:yiłditsil

the brake

miq'it

on it

no:na:de:ta:tł'

I stepped on again

hayah

there

no:nunłah

it stopped

I stepped on the brake again, and it stopped there.

haya:ł

[and then]

'a'de:ne'

he said

de:di 'e'n

right now

q'ut

okay

nił-diniwił'a'

you learned it

And then he said, "OK, now you learned it."

do'n

all right!

nił na:'ohł'its-ne'

you can go ride around*

"OK, now you can go ride around!"

haya:ł q'ut

and then

whił nahs'its

I started driving it around*

hay whunchwin

my mother

ts'isda:-ne'in-ch'in'

to where she used to live

And then, I started driving it around to where my mother used to live.

hayah-ch'in'

there

whił

with me

xa:se'inła:t

it runs up

haya:ł

and then

hayi 'e'n

as for her

ting whe'niwehst'ił

she was so pround of me

hayi-xw-'unt'e:

something like that

whił-nahs'its-xola:n

I am riding it

I always go to her house on the motorcycle. Then as for her, she was so proud of me because (she sees) I'm riding something like that.

haya:ł

and then

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

after that

q'ut

okay

'aht'in-din

all over the place

na:'iwha'

I go around

na:yo:w-ch'in'-tah

here and there

And then, after that, OK, I go around all over the place, here and there.

whił

with me

-na:'uł'its

it goes around

to:-xw-tah

down by the river

whił

with me

-na:'uł'its

it goes around

haya:ł

[and then]

dungwho'owh

somebody

ya'dehłts'e:-ne'in

they used to live there

hay ch'e:xo:'owh-ding

by the driveway*

haya:ł

[and then]

I drive around down by the river, and some other people lived out there by the driveway, and then...

ch'iwilchwil tsumehstł'o:n

young lady

ch'e'ina:wh

she comes out

haya:ł

and then

'a'de'ine'

she says

whe:

I

ch'in

[she said]

me:ne:q'

behind

dahniwhtsah-'un-do:

I'm going to sit up, okay?

q'ut do'n

okay!

haya:ł

so then

hayah

there

dahch'ine'itsa:t

she sits up

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

... a young lady comes out, and she says, "I'm going to sit up there behind you, okay? (And I say) "OK!" then she sits up behind me, and then ...

te'ilda:wh

it starts going

dahungwho'-gya'

sometimes

na:'e:dil-e:

we go someplace

yo:w to:-xw-tah

sometimes down by the river

haya:ł

and then

tin

[really]

ch'i'ilyo'

she always liked that

haya:ł

[and then]

... it drives around. We would go drive around down by the river sometimes, and she always liked that. And then ...

jahda:

too much

ch'ingkya:w

she's big

na:de:-xw

back around

na:tł'a'

back

na:ła'-ch'in' ye:

in the wrong direction

no:'o:ltsil

she moves over

'e'iliw

it's kind of like

haya:ł

[and then]

na:k'ide'iwis-te:

it's going to fall over

ye: 'e'iliw

it seems like

haya:ł

and then

jahda:-din

very much

do:

not

'iwhyo'

I like

'a:ł

with me

na'xołte:

taking her

hayi 'e'n

as for her

... she's too big, it's like she kind of leans over in the wrong way around the back (of the motorcycle), and it seems like it's going to fall over, so I don't like to take her with me very much.

haya:ł

and then

hay whe:

me

whima:lyo'-xo'ji-ne'in

my relative used-to-be

ch'ine'ina:wh

she always comes

haya:ł

and then

hayi ch'ohłts'it

she found out about it

mine:jixomił

after a while

And my relative (now deceased) would always come too, and she found out about it after a while.

haya:ł

and then

hayi 'e'n

as for her

ting

[really]

xoł-dinił'a:-ne'ing

she knew how

haya:ł

[and then]

And then, as for her, she really used to know it (how to ride on a motorcycle). And then ...

ch'ite:'i'e'n

she always watches

hay da:y-ch'in'

in which direction

tehłdahwh-te:

it's going to run

haya:ł

and then

hay ya:n'ch'in'

on that side

She always watches which way [the motorcycle] is going to go, and then on that side...

hay ya:n'ch'in'

to that direction

no'oxis 'e'iliw

she sort of shifts

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi 'e'n

as for her

niwhong-xw

good way

nohoł

with us

na:'uł'its

it runs around

haya:ł

[and then]

... she sort of shifts her body in that direction. As for her, it (the motorcycle) runs around with us in a good way. And then ...

mine:jixomił

after a while

hay whixung'

my husband

q'in'

also

me:ne:q'

in the back

dahch'ine'itsah

he sits

haya:ł

[and then]

... after a while my husband also sits on the back (of the motorcycle). And then ...

te'e:dil

we always go

yo:w yiduq

from our place

hayi whidehch

my younger sister

ts'isda:-ne'in-ch'in'

to where she used to live

xa:se'inła:d-e:

it runs up there

We always go up there to where my younger sister used to live, it (the motorcycle) runs up there.

haya:ł

and then

hayah

at that place

tsit

a short time

no:'e:dił

we sit down

haya:ł

[and then]

mine:jixomił

after a while

na:te'e:dil

we go back

na:xontah-ch'in'

back to the house

ła'-din

sometimes

diywho'

something

nikya:w

big one

xehł-niyiłxe:-tah

a truck sometimes*

nohna:tse:

in front of us

ch'e:'inła:t

it runs around in front

me:tsah-xosin

that's bad

ya:'uxis-te:

it almost flies

ye: 'e'iliw

it seems like

haya:ł

[and then]

And we sit there for a short period of time, then after a while we go back to our house, and sometimes a big truck, when it passes us, that's bad - it feels like it (the motorcycle) is going to start flying. And then ...

ła'a-ding

sometimes

nehe:

us

mina:tse:

in front of it

ch'e:'e:dil

we go

haya:ł

[and then]

whe:

I

k'iwhda:whił-de'

if I'm driving

xong

him

me:ne:q'

behind

dahya'wing'a:-te:

he'll be sitting

haya:ł

[and then]

... sometimes we pass it. If I'm driving, he'll be sitting in the back, and then ...

ya:'uxis-te:

it's going to fly

ye: 'e'iliw

it seems like

hay wilda:l

that which is running

... it seems like the motorcycle is going to fly.

xowh do'n

I guess

mił

with it

k'iwich'e'il

the wind

mich'in'-ding

because of it

haya:ł

[and then]

na:ne'e:dil-e:

we always return

yiwidin-de'

after a while

xontah-ch'in'

to the house

... I guess because of the wind. Then we always return back after awhile to the house.

haya:ł q'ut

and then

hayi-xw

that way

niwhong-xw

good way

ts'e'idila'n

we are playing around

'e'iliw

it's like

na'e:dil

we go around

haya:ł

[and then]

And then it's like we play around in that good way, we just go around, and then ...

q'ut hayi-xw wha:ne:

that was it

... that's all!