wiwhchwił-dun' do'n

when I was young

whił-dinił'a' ch'ischwe'n*

someone taught me

na:k'iwilda:wh

driving

minłun-miwah-na:nahx-din

twelve years old

na:se:ya'-mił

when I was

When I was really young, somebody taught me to drive a car, when I was twelve years old.

'aht'in-din

everyplace

na:k'e'iwhda:wh

I would drive around

I would drive around everyplace.

na:tini-xw

Hoopa

ya:ning'e'tł'-ne'in

they went every which way

There used to be lots of little roads in Hoopa going every which way.

do: 'e'n

it wasn't

xo'ji

actually

ning'ay-wilchwe:n

a road

haya:ł

[and]

hayi-xw

[in that way]

'aht'in-ding

all around

whił

with me

na:'uł'its

it would drive around

haya:ł

and then

mine:jixomił

after a while

It wasn't actually a road-road, and in thaht way I would drive around. And then after a while...

we:kya:w-ji-mił

after I grew up a little

'a:ya:xoł-de:ne'

I told them

After I grew up a little bit I told them:

me:diwhding

I want it

'a:k'iwilaw

paper

hay 'a:diwine'

that says

hay na:k'isehłdahwh-te:

I can drive around

haya:ł

and

'a:ya'de:ne'

they said

"I want the paper that says I can drive around." And they said:

minłun-din-miwah-na:dingk'i-din

fourteen years old

na:singya'-mił

when you are

niwa:yundi'un-te:

we will give it to you

q'ut

okay

"When you are fourteen years old, we will give it to you, okay."

haya:ł

[and then]

'iłwa'k'iliwh-xw-tah

to the store or anyplace

na:xosehłxe'-te:

you can take her

hay nichwo:

your grandma

haya:ł

[and]

da:ywho'-din 'ungya'

someplace else

do:-tah

maybe

k'ima:w-ch'iłchwe:-ch'in'

to the doctor

me'de:ndin'-te:

she will want

ch'itina:wh

she goes

haya:ł

[and then]

hayah-ch'in'

to that place

xote:sehłxin-te:

you will take her

haya:ł

and then

q'ut do'ng

"Okay!"

"You can take your grandma to the store or anyplace, maybe someplace else. Maybe she'll want to go to the doctor, and you will take her." And then (I say), "OK!"

haya:ł

so then

te:se:yay

I went there

haya:ł

[and then]

So then I went there. And then...

'a:k'iwilaw

book

yinehł'ing* ya'whischwing'

they showed me

hay miq'i(t)

on there

'a:diwine'

it said

hay xwe:di-q'i

how

'awhdiyah-te:

I'm supposed to do

hay k'iwiwhda:whił-xolun-te:

if I'm going to be driving along

They showed me a book, and it explained what I'm supposed to do if I'm driving along.

haya:ł q'ut

and so then

hayi 'aht'ing

all of that

'o:yłts'it

I learned it

haya:ł

[and then]

And so then I learned all of that, and then...

'a:ya:xoł-de:n'

I told them

hayi-xw do'n

that's the way

na:k'iwilda:wh

you drive

haya:ł

and so

'a:ya:whił-ch'ide:n'

they told me

q'ut

okay

ch'in

[they said]

niwhong-xw

good

'o:lts'it-xola:n

you learned it

I told them, "That's the way you drive," and so they told me, "Okay, you already learned it good."

haya:ł

so

ch'in

really

q'ut niwa:yunda'ung

we're going to give it to you

"So we're going to give it to you for real."

haya:ł

and so

miq'i(t)

on it

'a:ya'k'ilaw

they wrote

'a:diwine'

saying

hay na:k'isehłdahwh-te:

that I could drive

And so they wrote on it saying that it was okay for me to drive a car.

haya:ł q'ut

so

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

after that

'aht'in-din

all over the place

na:k'isehłda:wh

I drove

yo:w-xw na:yinuq-tah-ne'in

way upriver

xohxo-ch'e:l-xw-ne'in

to Willow Creek

na:dahwilahł-xw-ne'in

even to Eureka

na:k'e'iwhda:wh-e:

I always drive around there

So after that I drove all over the place, way the river, to Willow Creek, even down to Eureka - I always drove around there.

xo'ji

really

whił-diniwił'a'

I learned how

haya:ł

and then

hay xo'ji

real

mił-na:k'iwilda:wh

license

diywho'-ma:n

finally

sa'a:y-e:

it was a long time

sile'n

it seemed like

whił

with me

hay

that

na:y'a'

I got it

I really learned how, and finally it seemed like a long time before I got the real driver's license.

haya:ł q'ut

and so

hayah-dun'-din

ever since

na:k'iwhda:wh

I've been driving

haya:ł

[and]

diywho'

something

do:

never

xo:'-ye:

wrong

'awh'e:n

I do it

do:

never

miwhła:t

I run into it

diywhe'eh

anything

haya:ł

[and then]

And so I've been driving ever since. I never do anything wrong, I never run into anything.

de:de:

I find out

ch'iyniłyo:l

it blew out

ma:-xo:'ul

a tire

hayahujit

and

nohoł

with us

xoda:nła:t

it went down off

I found out it blew it out a tire, and it went down off the road with us.

haya:ł

[and then]

diywho'owh

some kind

k'isxa:n

trees were standing there

me:nła:t

it ran into it

haya:ł

[and then]

And there were some kind of trees standing there, it ran into it. And then...

hayah-dung'

that time

wha:ne:

only

hayi

[that]

nichwing'-xw

a bad thing

whił

with me

'ahdiyaw

it did

haya:ł

[and then]

That was the only time it did a bad thing with me (in the car).

hay-de:di

that time

ye:

still

na:k'iwhda:wh

I was driving

I was still driving up to that time.

de:-xw-tah

here

ne:yay

I moved

na:mitł'a'-ding

after it

hijit

[then]

nahł'its

a car

wilda:l

it was running along

After I moved here (Oregon), there was a car running along.

hayah-dung'

that's the time

wha:ne:

only

haya:ł

but

dungwhe'eh 'e:n'

nobody

do:-heh

not

nikyah-xw

big

'a:k'idilah

it happened to them

łah-xw q'ut

just

mitis

over it

winła:t

it ran

That's the only time, but nobody had anything big happen to them - it just ran off over the bank.