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And then he's picking it there, and he's putting it in something in front of him, like a white apron he's wearing. It has a big pocket made for putting things in on the front side. Then I see he's putting them into it, and then I see he gets down.

me'
in there

no:'oliwh-e:
he puts them

ya:silay
there are

k'iwitł'o:n
baskets

nikya:w
large

me'
[in there]

haya:ł
[and then]

hayi
[that]

me'
in

no'liwh-e:
he's putting it

nahx
two

dehsmin
full

sixa:n-e:
they are sitting there

He puts them in large baskets. He's putting them into the baskets, and there are two full baskets sitting there.

haya:ł
and then

ła'a 'e'n
as for one

do: diywhe'eh
anything

do: me' xole:n-e:
there isn't in it

haya:ł
then

mine:jixomił
after a while

kile:xiji
a boy

qa:l-e:
he is coming

And then, as for one basket, there isn't anything in it, and then there's a boy coming.

miq'i(t)
on it

qa:l-e:
he is coming

nahx ma: xo:'ul
bicycle

-q'it
on it

haya:ł
[and then]

hayah
to it

ningyay-e:
he came

yinehł'e'n-e:
he looked at it

ya:ywilay-e:
he picked them up

He's coming on a bicycle. He came up to it, looked at it, and picked them up.

daw
no

na:yo:ndehsne'
he changed his mind

no:na:ynilay-e:
he put them back

je:nah
up there

dahya'wing'ay
he's sitting

yixone:ł'e'n-e:
he looked at him

"No," he thought, changing his mind. He put them back, and he (the man) is sitting up there, and he (boy) looked at him.

haya:ł
[and then]

mine:jixomił
after a while

ya:ywingxa:n-e:
he picked it up

hay dehsmin -ne'ing*
the one that was full

hayahujit
[then]

Then after a while, he picked up the basket that was full. And then ...

*During transcription session, VP says that she should have said {dehsmin} without {-ne'ing} because at this point the basket is still full. She also says she could have said {hay dehsmin dahsixun-ne'in} because the basket isn't sitting there anymore - the boy took it.

hayi
[that]

ninch'in'
on the ground

no:yniłq'a:s
he threw it down

hay nahx ma: xo:'ul
the bicycle

ya:na:ywing'a:n
he picked it back up

hayahujit
[then]

He threw his bicycle down on the ground and picked it back up. And then ...

na:tehsdiy
he is leaving

na:ytehłma:s
he's rolling it along

mije:'-din
on the front

dahyiwingxa:n-e:
he put it up

He is leaving, rolling his bicycle along. He put the basket up on the front of it.

hayahujit
and then

miq'i(t)
on it

k'e:nahsdiy
he got back up

mił
with him

tehłda:wh-e:
it started to roll along

mił na:ldida:l-e:
he's driving along

mije:'-di(n)
on the front of it

dahsixa:n
[it was sitting there]

hayi me:q'i
in that instant

t'ehxich
girl

qa:l-e:
she was walking along

He got back up on the bicycle and started riding it. He was driving along with the basket on the front, and in that instant a girl was going along.

haya:ł
so

hayi
him

yixone:ł'e'n-e:
she looked at him

xotsehstł'on'
[her braids]

tin
[really]

ne:s
[they are long]

hay t'ehxich
the girl

xwe:da'ay
her hair

łiwhin
it is black

So she looked at him. The girl [has really long braids] and her hair is black.

haya:ł
[then]

xundin
closer

ch'iqa:l -mił
as he is coming

xoq'osta:n'
his hat

yidiwinta:n
she grabbed it

yo:w -xw
way over there

ninch'in'
down

xowh do'n
I guess

no:yniłwa:tł'
she threw it down

Then as he's getting closer to her, she grabbed his hat and I guess she threw it down on the ground way over there.

haya:ł
[and then]

hay
that

dahsixa:n
which is sitting on it in a basket

xoł na:ldida:l
he's driving along

And then that which is sitting in a basket on it (his bicycle), he's driving along (with it).

do: hayi-xw na:ch'ondehsne'
he wasn't paying attention

tse:
a rock

me:nła:t
it ran into it

ninch'in'
on the ground

sa'ung -xola:n
it was sitting

He wasn't paying attention. It (his bicycle) ran into a rock that was sitting on the ground.

haya:ł
[and then]

hay
that

dahsixun -ne'in
which was sitting on it

na:dehsme:tł'
it poured out

yo:w -xw
all over

no:k'iningyo:wh-e:
I see they were scattered

hay
that

me'
in it

dahsixun -ne'ing
they were sitting

That which was sitting on it (the basket on the bicycle) poured out, and I see the things that had been sitting in it were scattered on the ground.

haya:ł
[and then]

hayi -me:q'i
in that moment

ta:q'ini
three people

qa:l
they are walking along

haya:ł
[and then]

And then, in that moment, there's three people walking along. And then ...

ya:lchwil
they're young people

tindil
they are walking along

haya:ł
and then

diywho'owh
some kind of

k'ijiwolch
a little ball

wun -nahłtsis
it is hanging on it

mił
with it

na:ya:ne:l
they are playing

Young people are walking along, and they're playing with a thing that has little ball hanging on it.

haya:ł
[and then]

hayi
him

xoch'in'
to him

na:ya:'nde:tł'
they came back

haya:ł
[and then]

they came back to him, and then

hayi
[those]

ya:na:ya'te:lay
they all start picking them up

hay
the

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

me'
in it

yehna:ya'wilay
they put them back in

hay
[that]

me'
in it

dahsixun -ne'ing
it was sitting on it

hayahujit
[then]

na:ya'tehsde:tł'-e:
I see them leave

haya:ł
and then

diywhe'eh
anything

do: xo:wa:ya'awh
he didn't give them

haya:ł
[and then]

yo:w
way over there

na:ya'widil-e:
they're walking along

hayah
there

'ungya'
they realize

q'osta:n
a hat

[tilwa:tł']
it is laying

They started picking up the pears and putting them back in the basket that used to be sitting on it (the bicycle). I see them leave, and he didn't give them anything. There they go walking away over there, and they realize there's a hat laying there.

q'osta:n
hat

ya:na:ya'winta:n
they picked it up

ch'ixodiwiłye:wh
they whistled at him

haya:ł
and then

hay na:mitł'a'-din
after that

na:ya'tehsde:tł'
they went walking back

xoch'in'
to him

na'tehsta:n
they took it

They picked up the hat, then they whistled at him. And then, after that, they went walking back toward him. They took it back to him.

xowa:na'nta:n-e:
they give it back to him

hay
that

q'osta:n
hat

'a:de:da'ay -q'it
on his own head

dahna'winta:n-e:
he put it back on

haya:ł
[and then]

They give the hat back to him, and he put it back on his own head. And then...

xowa:ya:'ulay-e:
he gives them

ta:q'i
three

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

He gives them three pears.

hayahujit
and then

na'tehsdiyay-e:
he left

haya:ł
[and then]

And then (I see) he left.

hayi
those

xona: ya'dehłts'e:
who are waiting for him

'aht'ing
all of them

xowa:ya:'ulay-e:
he gives them to them

hay
that

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

hayahujit
and then

na:ya'k'iwinya'n
they started eating it

na:ya'tehsde:tł'-e:
they left

hayi 'e'n
as for them

Those who are waiting for him, he gives them (pears) to all of them. Then they started eating a pear, and as for them, they left.

hayah
there

ya'widil-e:
they're going along

hay tin ning'ay
on the road

hay ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

ch'iłchwe:-din
where he is picking

na:ya'unde:tł'
they have come

yo:w
over there

je:nah
way up high

dahna'way-e:
he is moving around up there

hayah
[there]

They're going along on the road where the guy's picking pears. They've come to the place, and as for him he's way up high.

hayi 'e'n
as for him

xa:t'i
still

ch'iłchwe:-ye:
he is picking them

hay
the

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

haya:ł
[and then]

As for him, he's still picking the pears.

na:na'widyay
he got back down

na'ne:ł'e'n
he looked at them

hay nahx
two

dehsmin
full ones

dahsixun -ne'ing
containers were sitting there

He got back down and looked at them. There were two containers full.

ch'o:nahłtuq'
he counted it

nahx
two

wha:ne:
only

dahna:situng*
they are sitting there

hayi ła'a
one

dehsming
it is full

haya:ł
[and]

ła'a 'e'n
as for the other one

diywhe'eh -nehwun
hardly anything

do: me' sa'a:n
it's not in there

ye: nehwa:n-e:
it appears to me

He counted only two sitting there. One is full, but as for the other one, it looks like it doesn't have much in it.

*VP originally said {dahna:situng} here, but during the transcription session changed it to {dahna:sixung} (the baskets are full).

hayah
there

hayi me:q'
in that instant

tindil
they are walking along

hay
those

mije'e:din
kids

hayi 'e'n
as for them

ya:yk'itiwyawhił
they're eating

hay
those

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

haya:ł
[and then]

In that instant, those kids are walking along there. As for them, they're eating those pears.

do: ch'iłtsis
he didn't see it

do: wa:ya'liwh
he didn't give it to them

haya:ł
[and then]

He didn't see it (when the other kid took the basket), and he didn't give them (the pears) to them.

xowh do'ng
I guess

'a:ch'o:ne:
he's thinking

da:ydi -xw -gya'
I wonder where

na:ya:ywile'
they got them

hayi 'e'n
as for them

xe'e:te:de:tł'-e:
they went on by

But I guess he must be thinking, "I wonder where they got their pears?" As for them, they went on by (not all together, kind of spaced off).

hayahujit
and then

hay na:mitł'a'-ding
after that

hayi me'
in it

dung'-xw
again

k'iye:
again

na:'uschwe'n
he started picking them again

haya:ł
and then

hay na:mitł'a'-ding
after that

And then, after that, he started picking pears into it again, and then after that ...

na:yo:w -xw
way around

ch'iwiloy'il-e:
he's leading something along

mina:tse:-ji -xoliwh do'n
before this

ch'iwiloy'il-e:
he was leading it by

He's leading something around - earlier (in the video) he was leading it along.

dungwho'owh
someone

na:łiwun
a different person

ch'iqa:l
was going along

A different person was going along there.

hay goat 'olye:
the thing they call a goat

mining'-q'it -xw
on its face

na:ła'-xw
different

'unt'e:
it looks

The thing they call a goat, its face looks different (from other animals).

haya:ł
[and then]

hayi ch'iwiloy'il
the person that's leading it

xe'e'wiloy'-ye:
he led it on past

hayi 'e'n
as for him

haya:ł
and then

hayi 'e'n
as for him

do: chwin-ch'o:lehł
he didn't bother it

hay
those

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

xowh do'n
I guess

mina'liwh
he remembers

ch'ohłts'it
he knows

And then the person that's leading it, as for him, he led it on by. And as for him, he didn't bother those pears. I guess he (the one who was picking pears) remembers, he knows (that there were more pears).

hay xwe:di xowh
what

'ahdiyaw
it happened to them

hay
the

ts'ehdiwitse' na:ng'e:tł'
pears

do: ch'o:nahłts'it
he doesn't remember

haya:ł
[and then]

hay na:mitł'a'-ding
[after that]

xowh do'n
[I guess]

hayi wha:ne: q'ut
that's all there is

He doesn't remember what happened to the pears. Then that's about it!

hayi -xw wha:ne:
end of yarn

End of yarn!

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