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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
3732 Sample Sentence Search Results For "a"
English:
The deer died when the man shot him.
Lenape:
A
bkel n
a
k
a
a
htuho ènt
a
n
a
lënu poixkhoo.
English:
Tell a story, you know many things.
Lenape:
A
chimwi, x
a
heli kèku kuw
a
tu.
English:
All the animals were killed.
Lenape:
A
èsësàk wèmih
a
ok.
English:
You must be an animal. (correction to disobedient child)
Lenape:
A
èsës èt ki.
English:
Animal ears.
Lenape:
A
èsësi hwit
a
ok
a
.
English:
My great great grandchild.
Lenape:
A
h
a
nhùkwi nuxwis.
English:
That one has difficulty saying anything.
Lenape:
A
hchinki këku luwe nàn.
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
A
hchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipit
a
kchihëleyok.
English:
He has difficulty walking; He can hardly walk.
Lenape:
A
hchinki pëmëske.
English:
These people look strange.
Lenape:
A
hchipin
a
kwsuwàk yuki
a
wènik.
English:
He is very stubborn.
Lenape:
A
hi
a
hchinkxe.
English:
It is very green.
Lenape:
A
hi àskàskwe.
English:
He is very, very hungry.
Lenape:
A
hi k
a
htupu.
English:
He laughs a lot.
Lenape:
A
hi këkëlëksu.
English:
It is very windy.
Lenape:
A
hi kshàxën.
English:
That is so, my (man) friend.
Lenape:
A
hìkt
a
, nchu.
English:
He is very angry.
Lenape:
A
hi m
a
nunksu.
English:
He was a great man.
Lenape:
A
hìnu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
He was a great man in his lifetime.
Lenape:
A
hìnu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
ènt
a
lehëlexèt.
English:
It is very dark.
Lenape:
A
hi piske.
English:
It tastes very sweet.
Lenape:
A
hi shukelipukòt.
English:
It is very muddy.
Lenape:
A
hi siskuu.
English:
It is very, very green.
Lenape:
A
hi sòmi àskàskwe.
English:
It is very shady here.
Lenape:
A
hi th
a
kòt yu t
a
li.
English:
The water is very cold.
Lenape:
A
hi the në mpi.
English:
He is very smart.
Lenape:
A
hi w
a
tàm.
English:
I ate a long time ago.
Lenape:
A
hi wèski nëmitsi.
English:
The bones are very old.
Lenape:
A
hi xuweyo nèl xkàn
a
.
English:
Hold (restrain) that dog.
Lenape:
A
hkènëm n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
Count the rocks.
Lenape:
A
hkënt
a
nèk
a
hsën
a
.
English:
We discussed work.
Lenape:
A
hkënutàmënèn mikëmòsëw
a
kàn.
English:
He is blind in one eye.
Lenape:
A
hkèpinkwe kwëti wëshkinkw.
English:
The man makes droll remarks.
Lenape:
A
hkikuwe n
a
lënu.
English:
Count the children
Lenape:
A
hkim nèk mimënsàk.
English:
Count the apples.
Lenape:
A
hkim yuk
a
pëlìshàk.
English:
If you were rich what would you buy?
Lenape:
A
hope
a
nè
a
kèku hèch
a
këm
a
hëlàm?
English:
The coffee tastes strong.
Lenape:
A
hopëwe në kàpi.
English:
This coffee tastes strong.
Lenape:
A
hopëwe në kàpi.
English:
This young man is rich.
Lenape:
A
hopeyu w
a
she skìnu.
English:
It is difficult when one wants to say something.
Lenape:
A
hòt ènt
a
a
wèn kèku k
a
ht
a
luwèt.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
A
hòt pëmësk
a
n ènt
a
kshëlàntèk.
English:
The meat is expensive.
Lenape:
A
howtu në wiyus.
English:
It is too expensive, and I have no money.
Lenape:
A
howtu, òk ku nulh
a
tu moni.
English:
He went thereabouts.
Lenape:
A
hp
a
mi è.
English:
The boy is about seven years old.
Lenape:
A
hp
a
mi èt nish
a
sh k
a
htën
a
mu n
a
pil
a
echëch.
English:
It has been about twenty years since I ate that medicine.
Lenape:
A
hp
a
mi èt nishintxke k
a
htëne nochi michin në mpisun.
English:
Perhaps about four (or) five, I think.
Lenape:
A
hp
a
mi èt ntite new
a
, p
a
lenàxk.
English:
Perhaps about eight men.
Lenape:
A
hp
a
mi èt x
a
sh lënuwàk.
English:
He is about twenty years old.
Lenape:
A
hp
a
mi nishintxke k
a
htën
a
mu.
English:
That dog has fleas.
Lenape:
A
hpikwsu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
They all gave each other some bread.
Lenape:
A
hpon miltin.
English:
Bread and meat.
Lenape:
A
hpon òk wiyus.
English:
Is there anyone here who can speak English?
Lenape:
A
hpu hàch
a
wèn kèski shëshew
a
n
a
hkwit?
English:
Is there a warrior here who can call me a coward?
Lenape:
A
hpu hàch il
a
kèski luwihëlit shwil
a
it?
English:
Is your friend here? (man asking another man)
Lenape:
A
hpu hàch kitis?
English:
Does anyone here speak Lenape?
Lenape:
A
hpu hèch
a
wèn kèski
a
lënixsit?
English:
Is your man friend here? (asking another man)
Lenape:
A
hpu hèch n
a
kitis?
English:
Jim is here.
Lenape:
A
hpu n
a
Jim.
English:
Jim is doing the roasting.
Lenape:
A
hpusu n
a
Jim.
English:
Jim is roasting meat.
Lenape:
A
hpusu wiyus n
a
Jim.
English:
There are rocks in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
A
hsën
a
h
a
teyo Lën
a
pehòkink.
English:
The ground is rocky.
Lenape:
A
hsëne në hàki.
English:
He sits on a rock with his head hanging.
Lenape:
A
hsënink n
a
ukwèpu.
English:
I am sitting on a rock.
Lenape:
A
hsënink nt
a
p
a
pi.
English:
The cat laid down on the rock.
Lenape:
A
hsënink shenkixin n
a
pushis.
English:
He placed it on a rock.
Lenape:
A
hsënink tòtun.
English:
This box is square.
Lenape:
A
hsh
a
e yushe puhwexòkw.
English:
I go to Deer Creek.
Lenape:
A
htuhwi Sipunk nt
a
.
English:
deer meat; venison (see also ahtuhweyok)
Lenape:
a
htuhwi wiyus
English:
I gave you a handkerchief.
Lenape:
A
kontpèpi këmilël.
English:
The man stops swimming.
Lenape:
A
l
a
a
shëwil n
a
lënu.
English:
The cloud looks like it is gray.
Lenape:
A
làhshi wipunkòn në kùmhòkw.
English:
I am sorry I stepped on you.
Lenape:
A
làkwi kt
a
phìkul.
English:
I will go to town tomorrow morning if it does not rain.
Lenape:
A
làpàch utènink nt
a
m
a
t
a
sukël
a
nu.
English:
Will it be again tomorrow?
Lenape:
A
làp
a
hèch làpi? {DN}
English:
I can come tomorrow afternoon.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
kìshi p
a
xàkwèke nkàski p
a
.
English:
She will come again tomorrow to cook for us.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
làpi pè m
a
i wixënih
a
okun
a
.
English:
Tomorrow I will make sapan.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
xu nëm
a
nitu s
a
p
a
n.
English:
I will see him tomorrow.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
xu neyo.
English:
Tomorrow is my birthday.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
xu nk
a
tën
a
mi.
English:
He will come tomorrow.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
xu pè.
English:
Tomorrow my daughter will be coming.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
xu pè nich
a
n.
English:
Tomorrow I will go to town.
Lenape:
A
làp
a
xu utènink nt
a
.
English:
Those Delawares talk fast.
Lenape:
A
làpixsuwàk nèk Lën
a
peyok.
English:
Hurry and wash the dishes.
Lenape:
A
làpsi kshixënchuwe.
English:
Hurry, go get ready.
Lenape:
A
làpsi, m
a
i wènch
a
hki.
English:
Hurry and eat.
Lenape:
A
làpsi mitsi.
English:
Hurry, wash the dishes!
Lenape:
A
làpsi, shixënchuwe!
English:
Hurry and come here.
Lenape:
A
làpsi wënt
a
x
a
.
English:
Hurry, you will be late.
Lenape:
A
làpsi, xu këmètxik
a
.
English:
He seemed to be very afraid.
Lenape:
A
l
a
shi
a
hi wish
a
su.
English:
You are just like a thief!
Lenape:
A
l
a
shi kèhk
a
mutkèt t
a
ki!
English:
He seems to smell clean.
Lenape:
A
làshi pilim
a
kwsu.
English:
Like a chicken when he is scratching (the ground).
Lenape:
A
làshi tip
a
s ènt
a
sisënikèt.
English:
It stopped raining.
Lenape:
A
l
a
sukël
a
n.
English:
The dish is empty.
Lenape:
A
làxàt në lokèns.
English:
The woman is resting.
Lenape:
A
làximu n
a
xkwe.
English:
The bucket is empty. (bucket is considered animate)
Lenape:
A
làxsu n
a
hus.
English:
That mouse was rotten.
Lenape:
A
lël n
a
pukwès.
English:
Those frogs jumped.
Lenape:
A
lëm
a
kihëluk nèk ch
a
hkolàk.
English:
He is growing up.
Lenape:
A
lëmi kishiku.
English:
The strawberries are beginning to ripen.
Lenape:
A
lëmi kishteyo nèl tehim.
English:
The strawberries are ripening.
Lenape:
A
lëmi kishteyo nèl tehim.
English:
It is beginning to get cloudy.
Lenape:
A
lëmi kùmhòkòt.
English:
The man began to act manly.
Lenape:
A
lëmi lënuw
a
ihòsu n
a
lënu.
English:
He begins to be big (like a growing child).
Lenape:
A
lëmi màkil.
English:
He began to vomit.
Lenape:
A
lëmi mëlàntàm.
English:
He began to drink because he was afraid.
Lenape:
A
lëmi mëne èli wish
a
su.
English:
The woman began to work.
Lenape:
A
lëmi mikëmòsu n
a
xkwe.
English:
He began to tremble and turn pale.
Lenape:
A
lëmi nànkihële òk òpihële.
English:
I am beginning to get hungry.
Lenape:
A
lëmi nk
a
tupwi.
English:
It is beginning to bloom.
Lenape:
A
lëmi òt
a
eyu.
English:
It is beginning to be daylight.
Lenape:
A
lëmi òxee.
English:
He beginds to walk.
Lenape:
A
lëmi pëmëske.
English:
The leaves will begin to fall from the trees.
Lenape:
A
lëmi pënip
a
hkihëleyok.
English:
It is beginning to sprout.
Lenape:
A
lëmi s
a
kàn.
English:
It begins to sprout.
Lenape:
A
lëmi s
a
kàn.
English:
It is starting to rain.
Lenape:
A
lëmi sukël
a
n.
English:
She began to make her like a person.
Lenape:
A
lëmi wëlih
a
a
làshi
a
wèn.
English:
It is beginning to boil.
Lenape:
A
lëmi wënte.
English:
The water is beginning to boil.
Lenape:
A
lëmi wënte në mpi.
English:
She is beginning to cook.
Lenape:
A
lëmi wixënu.
English:
Drive me to town.
Lenape:
A
lëmsk
a
i utènink.
English:
Leave, all of you, now!
Lenape:
A
lëmsk
a
kw, wèmi, yukwe!
English:
This one (deceased person) has left (this life).
Lenape:
A
lëmskeyo w
a
k
a
.
English:
Those people all left.
Lenape:
A
lëmultuwàk nèk
a
wènik.
English:
Does that boy speak Lenape?
Lenape:
A
lënixsu hàch n
a
pil
a
echëch?
English:
Some near Dewey speak Lenape.
Lenape:
A
lënte
a
lënixsuwàk wënt
a
hkwi Dewey. {DN}
English:
Some of them went east.
Lenape:
A
lënte eyok wehènchiopànk.
English:
Some of the men are across the river.
Lenape:
A
lënte lënuwàk k
a
mink.
English:
Some say medicine (or peyote) songs.
Lenape:
A
lënte luweyok
a
suw
a
kàn
a
mpisuni.
English:
Some of them barked and some of them howled.
Lenape:
A
lënte mëkikeyok,
a
lënte wehuluk.
English:
Some work in the house and some outdoors.
Lenape:
A
lënte mikëmòsuwàk wikw
a
hëmink òk
a
lënte kòchëmink.
English:
Some of them ate.
Lenape:
A
lënte mitsuwàk.
English:
Some of those people are Delawares.
Lenape:
A
lënte nèk
a
wènik Lën
a
peyok.
English:
Some of them went east.
Lenape:
A
lënte wehènchiopànk eyok.
English:
He left because he hated him.
Lenape:
A
lëske èli shink
a
l
a
t.
English:
The horse quickly jumped over the rock.
Lenape:
A
lëw
a
kihële n
a
nehën
a
onkès në
a
hsën.
English:
Our work would go more quickly if we had help.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
làhpi kishën
a
kwsihën
a
wichëmëkwenke.
English:
I would rather stay at home.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
nëwinki nutike.
English:
It is cheaper.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
puw
a
wtu.
English:
It is cheaper for a person to buy them in town.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
puw
a
wtu në utènink
a
wèn mh
a
l
a
musu.
English:
It is cheaper for a person to buy them in town.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
puw
a
wtu në utènink
a
wèn mh
a
l
a
musu.
English:
It would be better to have meat.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
wiyus.
English:
It would be better to have meat.
Lenape:
A
lëwi
a
wiyus.
English:
Perhaps he knows more of the Shawnee language.
Lenape:
A
lëwi èt në Sh
a
onuwii lixsëw
a
kàn w
a
tu.
English:
He stands on the porch.
Lenape:
A
lëwik
a
onink nipu.
English:
I am sitting on the porch.
Lenape:
A
lëwìk
a
onink nt
a
p
a
pi.
English:
We are getting older.
Lenape:
A
lëwi kìk
a
ihën
a
.
English:
We are getting older.
Lenape:
A
lëwi kìk
a
ihën
a
.
English:
You know more.
Lenape:
A
lëwi ki kuw
a
tu.
English:
I would rather go to the mountains.
Lenape:
A
lëwi kit
a
htënink nk
a
t
a
a
.
English:
You are many years older.
Lenape:
A
lëwi ki xeli k
a
htën
a
mi.
English:
He ran faster.
Lenape:
A
lëwi ksh
a
mehële. {DN}
English:
I love you more.
Lenape:
A
lëwi kt
a
holël/
English:
He is madder. He is angrier.
Lenape:
A
lëwi m
a
nunksu.
English:
He ate more than I did.
Lenape:
A
lëwi mitsu n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
ni.
English:
I like him better; I like him more.
Lenape:
A
lëwi nëwink
a
l
a
.
English:
I like him better.
Lenape:
A
lëwi nëwink
a
l
a
nàni.
English:
I admire myself more and more.
Lenape:
A
lëwi nulin
a
o nhàk
a
y.
English:
They would rather gamble.
Lenape:
A
lëwi shëk k
a
ht
a
h
a
tikeyok.
English:
I would rather go to the country.
Lenape:
A
lëwi tekënink nk
a
t
a
a
.
English:
I would rather go to the city.
Lenape:
A
lëwi utènink nk
a
t
a
a
.
English:
The boy is bigger than the girl.
Lenape:
A
lëwi xinkwe n
a
pil
a
echëch n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
It will be colder.
Lenape:
A
lëwi xu thè.
English:
Alice has two kittens.
Lenape:
A
lice wël
a
hële nish
a
pushitët
a
.
English:
He sent us on an errand to bring these good things to give to the chief.
Lenape:
A
luk
a
kehën
a
tìli pètun
a
weltëk kèkun
a
ènt
a
milënt n
a
s
a
kim
a
.
English:
That Delaware is skinny.
Lenape:
A
luku n
a
Lën
a
pe.
English:
He has a hat on his head.
Lenape:
A
lukwèpi wilink.
English:
He speaks Lenape poorly.
Lenape:
A
màchi
a
lënixsu.
English:
Large houses.
Lenape:
A
mànki wikw
a
hëm
a
.
English:
large teeth
Lenape:
A
mànki wipit
a
.
English:
He wastes food.
Lenape:
A
m
a
yàkitun mehëmichink.
English:
He wastes money.
Lenape:
A
m
a
yàkitun moni.
English:
The trees fell over when the wind blew.
Lenape:
A
mihëleyok hìtkuk ènt
a
kshàxink.
English:
He said more.
Lenape:
A
nchi luwe.
English:
He said more.
Lenape:
ànchi luwe.
English:
Jan changed her name.
Lenape:
A
nchuwènsi n
a
J
a
n.
English:
It is extremely cold.
Lenape:
A
ni the.
English:
He died yesterday.
Lenape:
A
nkël lòkëwe.
English:
The deer died when the man shot him.
Lenape:
A
nkël n
a
k
a
a
hutho ènt
a
n
a
lënu pòyoxkhoo.
English:
He had died before I was born.
Lenape:
A
nkëlup nèsko wësk
a
hpi
a
ne.
English:
He lost his language.
Lenape:
A
nkhitun èlixsit.
English:
Shake hands with Jim.
Lenape:
A
nkum n
a
Jim.
English:
My coat is blue.
Lenape:
A
one nsh
a
khùkwiàn.
English:
I put on a blue shirt; I am wearing a blue shirt.
Lenape:
A
onhèmpës ik
a
nt
a
tu.
English:
My eyeglasses are foggy.
Lenape:
A
onihëleyo nushkinkhòk
a
n
a
.
English:
That bird is blue.
Lenape:
A
onsu n
a
chulëns.
English:
The chicken is overcome with the heat.
Lenape:
A
pchës
a
hsu n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
The man is exhausted.
Lenape:
A
pchikweehële n
a
lënu.
English:
I ate an apple and then I went to school.
Lenape:
A
pëlìsh nëmuhò n
a
në shkulink nt
a
n.
English:
You give up easily.
Lenape:
A
pëwi këluk
a
hël
a
.
English:
The food is cheap (inexpensive.
Lenape:
A
puw
a
wtu në mehëmichink.
English:
He swam under the water.
Lenape:
A
shëwìl èkwi mpink.
English:
The man swam.
Lenape:
A
shëwil n
a
lënu.
English:
He swam to the other side of the lake.
Lenape:
A
shëwìl òsi mënëpèkunk.
English:
And so many other tribes in that direction ate it.
Lenape:
A
shìte yuk kènu wënt
a
hkwi
a
wènh
a
keyok xeli mwichineyo,
English:
Attendants, call 'so-and-so'
Lenape:
A
shk
a
sàk, ntum n
a
'so-
a
nd-so'
English:
I put on green pants.
Lenape:
A
skàskwèk pëlëchis ik
a
nt
a
tu.
English:
This frog is green.
Lenape:
Åskàskwsu w
a
ch
a
hkol.
English:
The meat is raw.
Lenape:
àskën në wiyus.
English:
He raised his head toward heaven.
Lenape:
A
sphùkwe lih òs'h
a
k
a
me.
English:
Put the fire out.
Lenape:
A
teh
a
në tënt
a
y.
English:
A person has difficulty using it.
Lenape:
A
wèn
a
hchinki nh
a
k
a
tàmën
English:
I just don't know who you are! (exclamation of frustration)
Lenape:
A
wèn èt t
a
xi ki!
English:
Who is it?
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch?
English:
Who will go and get some fire?
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch
a
n
a
tink tënt
a
y?
English:
Who wants to fight?
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch k
a
ht
a
m
a
ht
a
ke? {DN}
English:
Who taught you?
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch kwënt
a
m
a
kèn?
English:
Who is that?
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch nàni?
English:
Who is the leader?
Lenape:
A
wèn hàch nik
a
nixink? {DN}
English:
Who is the stronger?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch
a
lëwi chit
a
nësu?
English:
Who is singing?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch
a
suu?
English:
Who wants to sing?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch k
a
ht
a
a
suu?
English:
Who wants to go to New York?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch k
a
ht
a
New York e?
English:
Who are you?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch ki?
English:
Who is that man?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch n
a
lënu?
English:
Who is that?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch nàn?
English:
Who is going to New York?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch New York e?
English:
Do did this?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch tëlsin?
English:
Who went to town?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch utènink e.
English:
Who knows it?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch uw
a
tun?
English:
Who will sing?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch xu
a
suu?
English:
Who is going to sing?
Lenape:
A
wèn hèch xu
a
suu?
English:
Whose cat is that?
Lenape:
A
wèni hèch n
a
pushis?
English:
Departed people have left (this life, meaning - they died)
Lenape:
A
wènik
a
hke
a
lëmskeyunk
a
.
English:
Who are those people?
Lenape:
A
wènik hàch nèki?
English:
Who are these people?
Lenape:
A
wènik hàch yuki?
English:
Who are they?
Lenape:
A
wènik hèch nèk?
English:
Who are these men?
Lenape:
A
wènik hèch yuk lënuwàk?
English:
Whose cats are those?
Lenape:
A
wènikii hèch nèk pushisàk?
English:
A person should not play a musical instrument when lying down.
Lenape:
A
wèn m
a
tàch t
a
shenkixinu ènt
a
a
hpikwèt.
English:
Someone is coming
Lenape:
A
wèn pè.
English:
Someone will come when it gets daylight.
Lenape:
A
wèn xu pe ent
a
opànk.
English:
A person will eat with the devil when he does that.
Lenape:
A
wèn xu wipum
a
o
a
m
a
ht
a
n'tu ènt
a
në lësit.
English:
That cat is wild.
Lenape:
A
wsu n
a
pushis.
English:
He slept late and he cannot eat.
Lenape:
A
yëhelunkòm, m
a
t
a
kàski mitsii.
English:
Nevertheless he walked around it.
Lenape:
A
yem
a
òk
a
xwe.
English:
Those frogs can jump.
Lenape:
Ch
a
hkolàk kàski
a
lëm
a
kihëluk.
English:
The dead man is frozen.
Lenape:
Ch
a
k
a
hchënuw
a
n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
The ground is frozen.
Lenape:
Ch
a
k
a
htën h
a
kee.
English:
A rabbit runs fast.
Lenape:
Chëm
a
mës kshihële. {DN}
English:
Rabbit hairs were strewn here and there.
Lenape:
Chëmàmsi mixekën
a
mësi lànkòhte.
English:
Oh, now you scared me.
Lenape:
Che, mèchi kwish
a
mi.
English:
That 'old man' is flirting.
Lenape:
Chëmëshishu n
a
lënu.
English:
The old man is flirting.
Lenape:
Chëmësishu n
a
hilusës.
English:
The old man is flirting.
Lenape:
Chëmësishu n
a
hilusës.
English:
I go up the hill.
Lenape:
Chëweyunk nt
a
. {DN}
English:
He was flirty when he was young.
Lenape:
Chihchëmësu ent
a
wësksite.
English:
He took the cat away from him.
Lenape:
Chikën
a
o nèl pushis
a
.
English:
He took the hat away from him.
Lenape:
Chikënëm në
a
lukwèpi.
English:
Turkeys eat corn.
Lenape:
Chikënëmuk michuwàk xàskwim.
English:
I go to Turkey Creek.
Lenape:
Chikënëmwi Sipunk nt
a
.
English:
It smells under the arms.
Lenape:
Chim
a
kòt
a
hshilunkònink.
English:
You are a stinky person.
Lenape:
Chimàkwës ki.
English:
That old bucket stinks.
Lenape:
Chim
a
kwshishu nàni hus.
English:
That old bucket stinks.
Lenape:
Chim
a
kwshishu nàni hus.
English:
He stinks under his arms.
Lenape:
Chim
a
kwsu
a
hshilunkònink.
English:
He smells under the arms.
Lenape:
Chim
a
kwsu
a
shilunkònink.
English:
When will you do that?
Lenape:
Chinke hàch këmikëntàmën?
English:
When may I visit you?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch
a
kiikàmël?
English:
When do you go home?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch këm
a
chi?
English:
When will the man come?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch n
a
lënu xu pe?
English:
When will you go home?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch xu këm
a
chi?
English:
When will you come back?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch xu kp
a
?
English:
He hollered like an animal.
Lenape:
Chip
a
l
a
mu
a
làshi
a
èsës.
English:
That old woman lives strangely.
Lenape:
Chip
a
wsu n
a
x
a
wshisës.
English:
That dog is dangerous.
Lenape:
Chìpilësu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
Someone who has supernatural powers can do witchcraft.
Lenape:
Chipilësu nàni kàski
a
mët
a
nhike.
English:
That doll has power.
Lenape:
Chipilësu n
a
òht
a
s.
English:
It is dangerous.
Lenape:
Chìpi t
a
le.
English:
If a person whistles in the dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Chipuwète
a
wèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
If a person whistles in the dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Chipuwète
a
wèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
He wiped his shirt.
Lenape:
Chiskh
a
mën tòhèmpsëm.
English:
That horse is strong.
Lenape:
Chit
a
nësu.n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
My uncle Bob is strong.
Lenape:
Chit
a
nësu n
a
nuxtët Bob.
English:
They were tightly closed in.
Lenape:
Chit
a
ni kp
a
hunsuwàk.
English:
He threw the man in the water.
Lenape:
Chòpònihin n
a
lënu.
English:
A strange or different person.
Lenape:
Chpi
a
wèn.
English:
Those people got separated (from each other or from a group).
Lenape:
Chpihëleyok nèk
a
wènik.
English:
This rock looks strange.
Lenape:
Chpin
a
kòt yu
a
hsën.
English:
The birds are singing.
Lenape:
Chulènsàk
a
suwàk.
English:
When the birds made tracks. (such as in mud or snow)
Lenape:
Chulën'sàk ènt
a
pènh
a
tuhtit.
English:
a handful
Lenape:
chuwi nàxkink
English:
I am going to Copan (Oklahoma).
Lenape:
Cop
a
nink nt
a
.
English:
David has one dog.
Lenape:
D
a
vid wël
a
hële kwëti mwek
a
neyo.
English:
David sees Lucy.
Lenape:
D
a
vid wëneyo nèl Lucy
a
.
English:
Debbie and her relatives.
Lenape:
Debbie òk elànkum
a
chi.
English:
Debbie and her family.
Lenape:
Debbie òk tëwèn
a
m
a
.
English:
Debbie went to meet him.
Lenape:
Debbi moy nkisk
a
oo.
English:
I am going to Dewey.
Lenape:
Deweyink nt
a
.
English:
Yes, she went to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
E-e, K
a
mink è.
English:
Yes, I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
E-e, Lën
a
pe t
a
ni.
English:
I bought some clothes.
Lenape:
Eh
a
hkwink nëm
a
hëlàm.
English:
Go west, young man.
Lenape:
Ehëliwsik
a
kw
a
, skìnu.
English:
The woman went into the bedroom.
Lenape:
Ehènt
a
k
a
wink e n
a
xkwe.
English:
The woman entered the bedroom.
Lenape:
Ehènt
a
k
a
wink e n
a
xkwe.
English:
I put it on the table.
Lenape:
Ehènt
a
lipwinkink nt
a
tun.
English:
The molasses is sticking to the table.
Lenape:
Ehènt
a
lipwinkink psàkwixën në mël
a
sh.
English:
The man went into the kitchen.
Lenape:
Ehènt
a
wixënink e n
a
lënu.
English:
He went to the window.
Lenape:
Ehèsh
a
ntèkink e.
English:
I love this land.
Lenape:
Ehot
a
m
a
yu h
a
ki.
English:
I love this land.
Lenape:
Ehot
a
m
a
yu hàki.
English:
Oh, it rained hard and repeatedly there was thunder and lightning.
Lenape:
E, kshil
a
n òk s
a
s
a
pëlehële òk pèpèth
a
khòn.
English:
I placed it under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi èhènt
a
lipwinkink nt
a
tun.
English:
He put a pencil under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi ehënt
a
lipwinkink tòtun pènsìl.
English:
He walked under a bridge.
Lenape:
Ekwi t
a
y
a
hkunink pëmëske.
English:
We sat down on the ground under a big tree.
Lenape:
Ekwi xinkòkunk tënt
a
mëshkenèn.
English:
That man is painted (like for a dance or ceremony)
Lenape:
El
a
hku n
a
lënu.
English:
Both of those people.
Lenape:
Elii nèk
a
wènik.
English:
These dishes look alike.
Lenape:
Elin
a
kohtu yul lokèns
a
.
English:
These flowers look the same.
Lenape:
Elin
a
kwsuwàk nèk òt
a
èsàk.
English:
These flowers look alike.
Lenape:
Elin
a
kwsuwàk yuk òt
a
èsàk.
English:
I have a spoon.
Lenape:
Emhònës nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
When he eats the boy eats with a spoon.
Lenape:
Emhòn's
a
hëm
a
n
a
pil
a
echëch ènt
a
mitsit.
English:
There is that person.
Lenape:
E n
a
a
wèn.
English:
There is Jan.
Lenape:
E n
a
J
a
n.
English:
There is the dog that bit me.
Lenape:
E n
a
mwek
a
ne nt
a
hëmùkw.
English:
There he is.
Lenape:
E nàn.
English:
Angels came from heaven.
Lenape:
Enchëlàk wënchihëleyok os'h
a
k
a
mink.
English:
When he began to fall asleep.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmi k
a
wit.
English:
When it begins to get daylight then the birds begin to sing.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmi òxeek n
a
tòlëmi
a
suwineyo nèk chulënsàk.
English:
When he was leaving he saw the man.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmsk
a
t wëneyoo nèl lënuw
a
.
English:
When we left my house we walked by Walks-Downstream's home.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
lëmskeenkw wiki
a
mpëmsh
a
hën
a
N
a
huxwe wikit.
English:
When a person plays a musical instrument.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
wèn
a
hpikwèt.
English:
When a person wants to put him to sleep.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
k
a
wënhèt.
English:
When a person wants to put a baby to sleep they sing this.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
k
a
wënhèt mimëntët
a
n
a
l në tëli
a
suwin..
English:
When someone gets ready to die.
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
p
a
lilìsit.
English:
When someone sits on (long) logs while (the other end) is burning no one will listen to him when he says anything
Lenape:
Ent
a
a
wèn lëm
a
t
a
hpit xkwìchi mës
a
ko ènt
a
lusink m
a
tàch
a
wèn këlsìt
a
o ènt
a
kèku luwèt.
English:
When he wants to hunt all the animals will start to flee.
Lenape:
Ent
a
k
a
ht
a
a
l
a
it wèmi yuki
a
èsësàk
a
lëmshimuwàk.
English:
When they want to say something they talk too loud.
Lenape:
Ent
a
k
a
ht
a
kèku luwèhtit sòmtunheyok.
English:
When we finished building fence Walks-Downstream went in his house.
Lenape:
Ent
a
kìshi menxkeenkw tëmikèn n
a
N
a
huxwe.
English:
When I finish soaking the dry hides I scraped them.
Lenape:
Ent
a
kishi tòkpey
a
nèk k
a
xxès
a
n
a
nchikhòmën
a
.
English:
When it is a hot day I begin to really feel like I would vomit.
Lenape:
Ent
a
kshëtèk yu kishkwik nt
a
lëmi
a
hi nk
a
t
a
mëlàntàm
a
làshi.
English:
When he writes he uses a (quill) pen.
Lenape:
Ent
a
lekhikèt mikwën nh
a
k
a
le.
English:
When Rosemary goes to a dance she takes Lucy along.
Lenape:
Ent
a
m
a
hwit n
a
Rosem
a
ry tòlëmuxòl
a
o hànkw nèl Lucyo.
English:
When he said that we thought we would help him.
Lenape:
Ent
a
në luwèt ntiteh
a
hën
a
wichëm
a
wën
a
.
English:
He stays around the flowers.
Lenape:
Ent
a
òt
a
èsàk ih
a
hpu.
English:
When we came to visit our older sister.
Lenape:
Ent
a
pèchi kiikàm
a
t w
a
she nëmis.
English:
When I used soap I made a lot of foam.
Lenape:
Ent
a
sop nh
a
k
a
tàmën nëm
a
nitu mëxeli pit
a
y.
English:
When he got there.
Lenape:
Ent
a
t
a
li p
a
t.
English:
When he was fifteen years old he left to go hunting.
Lenape:
Ent
a
tèlën òk p
a
lenàxk k
a
htën
a
mit
a
lëmsk
a
a
l
a
it.
English:
When we went to town.
Lenape:
Ent
a
untènink ey
a
nk.
English:
When it snows I will go hunting.
Lenape:
Ent
a
winèk xu nt
a
l
a
i.
English:
When I eat meat I get choked.
Lenape:
Ent
a
wiyus michi
a
nt
a
luhwi.
English:
When he eats meat.
Lenape:
Ent
a
wiyus michit.
English:
Where it is deep is where the fish are located.
Lenape:
Ent
a
xitkwèk tòpineyo nèk n
a
mèsàk.
English:
When the world was new.
Lenape:
Ent
a
xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
wëskink.
English:
I get dressed every morning.
Lenape:
Entxën opànk mpënchil
a
hsi.
English:
Every morning people shook hands with each other.
Lenape:
Eshi opànk
a
wènik ànkùntin.
English:
Every morning people shook hands.
Lenape:
Eshi opànk
a
wènik ànkùntuwàk.
English:
Every morning he would go to hoe.
Lenape:
Eshi opànk m
a
i l
a
kehëm
a
.
English:
Every spring he makes a garden.
Lenape:
Eshi sikònk h
a
kihe.
English:
Every Spring I make garden.
Lenape:
Eshi sikònk nt
a
kihe.
English:
Oh it rained!
Lenape:
E sukël
a
n!
English:
Here is Jan.
Lenape:
E w
a
J
a
n.
English:
Here is Jim.
Lenape:
E w
a
Jim.
English:
Here he is.
Lenape:
E wàn.
English:
Oh, I am thankful that you came.
Lenape:
E, w
a
nìshi ktìli p
a
n.
English:
O, it tastes good, also these ducks.
Lenape:
E, wink
a
m
a
, òk yuk kwikwink
a
muk.
English:
Oh, that shexkanim (grits) tastes good.
Lenape:
E, winkàn nëni shèxk
a
nim.
English:
Oh, finally the river overflowed.
Lenape:
E, x
a
ntki p
a
lishpe yu sipu.
English:
They live in a jar (or bottle).
Lenape:
Hàkhàkunk wikuwàk.
English:
You sleep of the ground (or floor).
Lenape:
H
a
kink k
a
wi.
English:
He went into the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink lih pënchi.
English:
Put your hand(s) down.
Lenape:
H
a
kink lintxke.
English:
I put the child on the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink nt
a
hël
a
n
a
mimëns.
English:
I put it down on the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink nt
a
tun.
English:
I fell on the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink ntëlihël
a
.
English:
He walks on the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink pëmëske.
English:
He placed it on the ground.
Lenape:
H
a
kink tòtun.
English:
He used a bow when he killed a deer.
Lenape:
H
a
t
a
pi nh
a
k
a
l
a
ènt
a
nhil
a
t
a
htu.
English:
I have a bow.
Lenape:
H
a
t
a
pi nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
Jan is betting.
Lenape:
H
a
tèke w
a
J
a
n.
English:
Hi, how are you my friend?
Lenape:
Hè, kul
a
màlsi hàch nchu?
English:
Hi, my friend, how are you?
Lenape:
Hè, nchu, kul
a
màlsi hàch?
English:
He is skilled at gambling.
Lenape:
Hit
a
i h
a
tike.
English:
You speak well.
Lenape:
Hit
a
i kpëmëtunhe.
English:
You read very well.
Lenape:
Hit
a
i kt
a
hkànsi.
English:
He is a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Hit
a
i muxulhe.
English:
She is skilled at cooking Delaware food.
Lenape:
Hit
a
i wixënu Lën
a
pei mitsuw
a
kàn
a
.
English:
I sat down first.
Lenape:
Hìt
a
mi lëm
a
t
a
hpi.
English:
I will drink water first.
Lenape:
Hìt
a
mi mpi nëmëne.
English:
Some trees and grasses have medicines.
Lenape:
Hìtkuk òk skiko wël
a
tuwàk mpisun
a
lënte.
English:
His hair is braided.
Lenape:
Hok
a
th
a
su mwilàxk.
English:
She has braided hair.
Lenape:
Hòk
a
th
a
su mwilàxk.
English:
Potatoes and corn and onions are everything I can buy.
Lenape:
Hopënisàk òk xàskwim òk ulepënàk wèmi kèku nkàski
a
yëm.
English:
She wears chains on her neck.
Lenape:
Hukwènu suk
a
hël
a
s
a
.
English:
The bird flew up high.
Lenape:
Hukweyunk kënthu n
a
chulëns.
English:
The sun is high.
Lenape:
Hukweyunk tënt
a
n.
English:
If I go there do you want to go along?
Lenape:
Ik
a
a
a
ne k
a
t
a
hèch wichei?
English:
If you happen to go to the north.
Lenape:
Ik
a
a
a
n luwàneunk.
English:
He should go there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
a
e.
English:
He should go there because he'll catch it if he doesn't
Lenape:
Ik
a
a
e, nëpwën m
a
t
a
a
te.
English:
Let's go there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
a
tàm.
English:
You people will get there.
Lenape:
Ikàch kp
a
hëmo.
English:
We will get there.
Lenape:
Ikàch kp
a
hën
a
.
English:
I will get there.
Lenape:
Ikàch mp
a
.
English:
Did you go there?
Lenape:
Ik
a
hàch kt
a
?
English:
He put on a neckerchief.
Lenape:
Ik
a
h
a
tu
a
kontpèpi.
English:
He put on a hat.
Lenape:
Ik
a
h
a
tu
a
lukwèpi.
English:
He put on a shirt; She put on a dress.
Lenape:
Ik
a
h
a
tu hèmpës.
English:
He put on a breechcloth.
Lenape:
Ik
a
h
a
tu s
a
kut
a
kàn.
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and bracelets.
Lenape:
Ik
a
h
a
tu silkhèmpës òk tëpinxkèpi
a
English:
She is wearing bracelets.
Lenape:
Ik
a
h
a
tu tëpinxkèpi
a
.
English:
Did the thing get there (arrive)?
Lenape:
Ik
a
hèch pèchihële në kèku?
English:
Did the thing arrive there?
Lenape:
Ik
a
hèch pèchihële në kèku?
English:
You went there but did not even get out (of a conveyance)
Lenape:
Ik
a
kt
a
shëkw m
a
t
a
ili klixi.
English:
Put them in the basket before we enter.
Lenape:
Ik
a
l
a
nihin në tànkh
a
kànink nèsko pënchiànk.
English:
Something is happening there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
le
English:
I go farther to the north.
Lenape:
Ik
a
lìchi luweyunk nt
a
.
English:
I go farther to the east.
Lenape:
Ik
a
lìchi wehènchiopànk nt
a
.
English:
Go away and go home!
Lenape:
Ik
a
li m
a
chi!
English:
Go off and die!
Lenape:
Ik
a
li m
a
onkël!
English:
Toward the east there is a little town called Grove.
Lenape:
Ik
a
li wehènchiopànk h
a
te utènetët luwènsik Grove.
English:
I went there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
m
a
h nt
a
.
English:
We went there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
m
a
h nt
a
hën
a
.
English:
The time has come.
Lenape:
Ik
a
m
a
httexën
English:
I go there
Lenape:
Ik
a
nt
a
English:
I went there
Lenape:
Ik
a
nt
a
English:
We went there where Freddie lives.
Lenape:
Ik
a
nt
a
hën
a
n
a
Freddie wikit.
English:
We were there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
ntàpihën
a
. {DN}
English:
I went there but I didn't get out (such as from a car).
Lenape:
Ik
a
nt
a
shëkw m
a
t
a
nlixi.
English:
I put on a (finger-) ring.
Lenape:
Ik
a
nt
a
tu sh
a
pwëlënchehun.
English:
I put on a bracelet.
Lenape:
Ik
a
nt
a
tu tëpinxkèpi.
English:
when he got there
Lenape:
ik
a
p
a
t
English:
They placed them in a box.
Lenape:
Ik
a
tël
a
nihineyo puhwexòkunk.
English:
He will be there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
xu
a
hpu. {DN}
English:
I will go there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
xu nt
a
. {DN}
English:
I will stay there.
Lenape:
Ik
a
xu ntàpi. {D}
English:
A warrior said, "Not to me."
Lenape:
Il
a
luwe, "Ni x
a
ne ku."
English:
Even if someone talked about her she would not know it.
Lenape:
Ili
a
a
wèn
a
hkënim
a
o m
a
t
a
uw
a
tuwën.
English:
Even if someone talked about her she would not know it.
Lenape:
Ili
a
a
wèn
a
hkënim
a
o m
a
t
a
uw
a
tuwën.
English:
Sometimes they even bring frybread.
Lenape:
Ili hànkw t
a
mse pètuwàk s
a
làpòn
a
.
English:
It is even said they (dogs) can see witches.
Lenape:
Ili hùnt kàski neyok yuki nuchihëweyok.
English:
Even you can do that.
Lenape:
Ili ki kàski në l
a
ihòsin.
English:
Even this language it is already difficult for a person to use it.
Lenape:
Ili yu lixsëw
a
kàn mèchi
a
wèn
a
hchinki nh
a
k
a
tàmën.
English:
This is Jan.
Lenape:
J
a
n wàn.
English:
Jan is wearing red shoes.
Lenape:
J
a
n wël
a
tu màxke chip
a
hko.
English:
Is Jim going to Copan (Oklahoma)?
Lenape:
Jim hèch n
a
Cop
a
nink e?
English:
Jim had a house.
Lenape:
Jim m
a
h wël
a
tu wikëw
a
m.
English:
Jim made a snowman.
Lenape:
Jim m
a
nih
a
w kuni-lënu.
English:
Jim, give these people something to drink.
Lenape:
Jim, mënihùkw yuk
a
wènik.
English:
Jim wrote it right then.
Lenape:
Jim sh
a
e tëlekh
a
mën.
English:
Jim has a house.
Lenape:
Jim wël
a
tu wikëw
a
m.
English:
We are at John's home in a different land.
Lenape:
John wikit
a
hpihën
a
pili h
a
kink.
English:
Josephine has turtles, I think she has four of them.
Lenape:
Josephine wël
a
hële t
a
xkox
a
, ntite new
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
Don't die, my friend! (man speaking to man only)
Lenape:
Kàchi ànkëluhàn, nchu!
English:
Do not kill anyone.
Lenape:
Kàchi
a
wèn nhil
a
wàn.
English:
Do not ever gamble again.
Lenape:
Kàchi chich h
a
tikeyàn.
English:
Don't whistle outside after dark or your mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Kàchi chipëweyàn kochëmink ènt
a
piskèk, xu kpimtunehël
a
.
English:
Do not point at a rainbow.
Lenape:
Kàchich tp
a
hohàn mënëkòn.
English:
What about the bird that is blue?
Lenape:
Kàchi hàch n
a
chulëns
a
onsit?
English:
How about you?
Lenape:
Kàchi hèch ki?
English:
Don't go there, you will make him worse.
Lenape:
Kàchi ik
a
a
n, xu këm
a
ht
a
p
a
m
a
.
English:
Don't say anything.
Lenape:
Kàchi kèku luweyàn.
English:
Do not curse or you will have pus on your neck.
Lenape:
Kàchi këlukeyàn, xu mëli kukwèni.
English:
Do not curse God.
Lenape:
Kàchi këlul
a
wàn Kishelëmùkònk.
English:
Do not steal.
Lenape:
Kàchi këmutkehàn. [DN]
English:
Don't get down (from something like a wagon or car).
Lenape:
Kàchi lixihìch.
English:
Do not go home.
Lenape:
Kàchi m
a
chihich.
English:
Do not abuse a pitiful dog.
Lenape:
Kàchi mësi lih
a
o kètëm
a
ksit mwek
a
ne.
English:
Do not eat chicken skin when you are young or you will have a wrinkled face.
Lenape:
Kàchi michiyàn tip
a
si xès ènt
a
wësksiàn, xu kpisëlinko.
English:
Don't eat in the dark or your mouth will go crooked
Lenape:
Kàchi mitsihàn ènt
a
piskèk, xu kpimtunehël
a
.
English:
Do not bother me.
Lenape:
Kàchi n
a
chihihàn.
English:
Don't bother with the box.
Lenape:
Kàchi n
a
chituhàn në puhwexùkw.
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kàchi në lësihàn!
English:
Do not crack nuts after it is dark.
Lenape:
Kàchi p
a
hkàsiyàn ènt
a
piskèk.
English:
Don't worry; Don't be depressed.
Lenape:
Kàchi sàkwelìntàmuhàn.
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kàchi t
a
lësihàn!
English:
Don't get burned!
Lenape:
Kàchi t
a
lusihàn!
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kàchi t
a
në lësihàn!
English:
Do not forget when you pray.
Lenape:
Kàchi w
a
nihàn èmt
a
p
a
t
a
m
a
a
n
English:
Don't be afraid.
Lenape:
Kàchi wish
a
sihàn.
English:
Don't be afraid, it's only a light rain.
Lenape:
Kàchi wish
a
sihàn, wëli shëk s
a
sukël
a
n.
English:
Don't act foolishly.
Lenape:
Kàchi x
a
howehòsihàn.
English:
Our mother is very good looking.
Lenape:
K
a
hèsën
a
a
hi wëlin
a
kwsu.
English:
They want to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
a
lènixsuwàk.
English:
He wanted to go fishing.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
a
me.
English:
He must want to sleep.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
èt k
a
wi.
English:
He must have wanted to warm by their fire.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
èt m
a
h
a
osu wtënteyëmëwoo.
English:
He might want to drink some water.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
èt mpi mëne.
English:
They want to go to the north.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
eyok luwàneyunk.
English:
He wants to gamble.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
h
a
tike.
English:
They want to eat first.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
hit
a
mi mitsuwàk
English:
He wants to sleep.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
hùnt k
a
wi.
English:
Go to sleep.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
k
a
wi.
English:
He wants to say a few words.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
kèx
a
pti luwe.
English:
They want three children.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
leyok n
a
x
a
mimënsàk..
English:
He wants to go on a vision quest.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
m
a
y linkwehële.
English:
She is going to have a baby.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
mimëns
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
She is going to have a baby.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
mimëtët
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
Jim wants to move.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
n
a
Jim kwsi.
English:
He wants the way he does it to be seen.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
nenkwësu èlënink.
English:
He wants to come
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
pe.
English:
He wants to speak.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
pëmëtunhe. {DN}
English:
He wants to purify himself (by burning cedar)
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
pilhìksu.
English:
It is going to rain.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
sukël
a
n. {DN}
English:
He wants less than I want.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
tàm kèxiti n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
ni.
English:
He wants more than I want.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
tàm x
a
heli kèku n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
ni.
English:
He wants to come in.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
tëmike.
English:
If he wants to go somewhere.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
tët
a
a
te.
English:
They want to know it.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
w
a
tuneyo.
English:
He wants to have a horse.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
wël
a
hële nehën
a
yunkès.
English:
He wanted to help him wipe his shirt.
Lenape:
K
a
ht
a
wichëm
a
o chiskh
a
mën tòhèpsëm
English:
Last year when I lived in Dewey.
Lenape:
K
a
htëne wiki
a
ne Dewey-ink.
English:
He almost fell into the water.
Lenape:
K
a
hti chòpwihële.
English:
He almost waded.
Lenape:
K
a
hti chusku.
English:
They almost look alike.
Lenape:
K
a
hti èlin
a
kwsuwàk. {DN}
English:
He almost fell.
Lenape:
K
a
hti pënihële.
English:
The baby almost fell.
Lenape:
K
a
hti pënihële n
a
mimëntët.
English:
Are they hungry?
Lenape:
K
a
htupuwàk hàch?
English:
Jim fell down.
Lenape:
K
a
ihële n
a
Jim.
English:
Mary fell down when she hit Bill.
Lenape:
K
a
ihële n
a
M
a
ry ènt
a
p
a
hkàm
a
t nèl Bill.
English:
He unconcernedly went to town.
Lenape:
K
a
ksini utènink e.
English:
He is half Caddo.
Lenape:
K
a
luhël
a
chi p
a
hsi.
English:
He is half Caddo, and half Lenape.
Lenape:
K
a
luhël
a
chi p
a
hsi, p
a
hsi Len
a
pe.
English:
They went across the river.; They went to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
K
a
mink eyok.
English:
Did she go to Bartlesville?
Lenape:
K
a
mink hàch è?
English:
I am going to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
K
a
mink nt
a
.
English:
He quickly hid behind a rock.
Lenape:
Kànchihële òsi
a
hsënink.
English:
He quickly hid behind a big tree.
Lenape:
Kànchihële òsi xinkwi hìtkunk.
English:
Something strange has been placed here.
Lenape:
Kànk
a
mi kèku yushe h
a
te.
English:
Something dangerous happened.
Lenape:
Kànk
a
mi lè.
English:
I want to crack pecans.
Lenape:
K
a
nsèm nk
a
t
a
p
a
hkàsi.
English:
The people were surprised.
Lenape:
K
a
nshelìntàmuk nèk
a
wènik.
English:
Hide the purse.
Lenape:
Kànth
a
tu në mënutès.
English:
Hide the purse under the bed.
Lenape:
Kànth
a
tu në mënutès èkwi x
a
nsunink.
English:
Let's go to Coffeyville.
Lenape:
Kàpink
a
tàm.
English:
I went to Coffeyville.
Lenape:
Kàpink nt
a
.
English:
I came from Coffeyville (KS).
Lenape:
Kàpink num.
English:
I am drinking coffee (with my meal)
Lenape:
Kàpi nt
a
p
a
muhe.
English:
Can you speak Lenape?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch
a
lënixsi?
English:
Can you see her?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch kneyo?
English:
Can you see him?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch kneyo?
English:
Could you stay with me?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch wit
a
èmi?
English:
Could you stay with me for about two months?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch wit
a
èmi
a
hp
a
mi nish
a
kishuxunk?
English:
Can you make frybread?
Lenape:
Kàski hèch s
a
làpònhe?
English:
You can finish making fence before it gets dark.
Lenape:
Kàski kìshi menxkèn nèsko piskèk.
English:
He can get very mad.
Lenape:
Kàski kit
a
nunksu.
English:
Deer can run fast.
Lenape:
Kàski ksh
a
mehëleyok
a
htuhok.
English:
You can do it.
Lenape:
Kàski lësin.
English:
He can bewitch someone.
Lenape:
Kàski mët
a
nhike.
English:
We can kill some waterfowl if we go hunting.
Lenape:
Kàski nhil
a
wën
a
mpi
a
ehëleyok
a
l
a
hòtienkwe.
English:
He can give him a name.
Lenape:
Kàski wihël
a
o.
English:
Do you want to gamble?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hàch h
a
tike?
English:
Do to want to go see the dead deer?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hàch m
a
y neyo n
a
k
a
a
htuho?
English:
Do you want to go see the dead elk?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hàch m
a
y neyo n
a
k
a
mus
a
?
English:
Do you want to eat?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hàch mitsi? {DN}
English:
Do you want to bathe?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hàch tixëmwi?
English:
Do you want to go with me?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hèch wichei?
English:
Do you want to eat with me?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
hèch wipumi?
English:
I want to ask you something.
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
kèku tuxtul.
English:
Do you want a pretty young woman?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
l
a
hàch shiki skixkwe?
English:
Do you want some bread?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
tàm hèch
a
hpòn?
English:
Do you want some water?
Lenape:
K
a
t
a
tàm hèch mpi?
English:
Did you almost get burned?
Lenape:
K
a
ti hàch lusi?
English:
He almost went to sleep.
Lenape:
K
a
ti k
a
wi.
English:
The young woman almost went to sleep.
Lenape:
K
a
ti k
a
wi n
a
skixkwe.
English:
He almost got burned.
Lenape:
K
a
ti lusu.
English:
You almost forgot the purse.
Lenape:
K
a
ti onin në mënutès.
English:
He is a Cherokee.
Lenape:
K
a
tuhò nàn.
English:
You want to eat pecans.
Lenape:
k
a
tutàm k
a
nsèm.
English:
The man is sleeping.
Lenape:
K
a
wi n
a
lënu.
English:
That one is asleep.
Lenape:
K
a
wi nàni.
English:
The black cat is asleep.
Lenape:
K
a
wi n
a
sëksit pushis.
English:
The black cat is asleep.
Lenape:
K
a
wi n
a
sëksit pushis.
English:
Those are asleep.
Lenape:
K
a
wiyok nèki. {DN}
English:
he ties his shoelace
Lenape:
k
a
xktun
a
tònishun
a
English:
Did you comb your hair?
Lenape:
Kchixàm
a
hèch?
English:
Do not break off the icicle.
Lenape:
Këchi tëmën
a
wën në nushhùkòn.
English:
I am very glad.
Lenape:
Kehël
a
nulelìntàm.
English:
There are many of those Cherokees.
Lenape:
Këkhiteluk nèki K
a
tuhòòk.
English:
There is a strong wind.
Lenape:
Këkhit kshàxën.
English:
He speaks Delaware very well.
Lenape:
Këkhìt wëli
a
lënixsu.
English:
What I think
Lenape:
Kèku èliteh
a
a
.
English:
What they think.
Lenape:
Kèku èliteh
a
htit.
English:
I wonder what it is?
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
?
English:
I wonder what?
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
?
English:
I wonder what.
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
.
English:
It is not known what tribe they are.
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
èlh
a
kehtit.
English:
What is that?
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
nàn?
English:
I wonder what that is?
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
nën?
English:
What is it the Delawares call that little dog?
Lenape:
Kèku èt t
a
wàni Lën
a
pe èluwihël
a
t tànktitit mwek
a
ne?
English:
How can I help you?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch
a
ktëli wichëmël?
English:
What should I say?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch
a
me ntëluwe?
English:
What should I eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch
a
nëmitsi?
English:
What do you want me to do, bring you a deer?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch
a
ntëlsi, kpètul hàch
a
htu?
English:
What different things should we talk about?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch
a
pili
a
hkënutàmuhën
a
?
English:
What else should we say?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch
a
pili ktëluwehën
a
?
English:
What do you want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch k
a
t
a
tàm?
English:
What do you want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch k
a
t
a
tàm?
English:
What do you people want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch k
a
t
a
tàmuhëmo?
English:
What do you want to know?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch k
a
t
a
w
a
tu?
English:
What do you smell?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmël
a
m?
English:
What are you doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmikëntàm?
English:
What are you people doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmikëntàmuhëmo?
English:
What are you eating?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmitsi?
English:
What are your thoughts about these dogs?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ki ktëlelëm
a
ok yuki mwek
a
neyok?
English:
What do you see outside?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch knem kòchëmink?
English:
What did you hear?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch kpëntàm?
English:
What are you wearing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktàkwi?
English:
How do you feel?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktël
a
màlsi?
English:
What do you think about this way that we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmen yushe èl
a
wsienk?
English:
What are your thoughts about where we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmën yushe èl
a
wsienkw?
English:
What do you call it? (something not living)
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëluwèntàmën?
English:
What do you call it? (something living)
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëluwihël
a
?
English:
What do you think?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktite?
English:
What do you know?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch kuw
a
tu?
English:
What did you find out?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch kwewsi?
English:
What is happening?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch le?
English:
What is the matter with that dog?; What is that dog doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch lësu n
a
mwek
a
ne?
English:
What is this chicken doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch lësu w
a
tip
a
s?
English:
What color are those beads?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch liksuwàk nèki m
a
nsh
a
piàk?
English:
What color hair does Charley have?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch likte n
a
Ch
a
rley mwilàxk?
English:
What color is that (thing)?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch likte nën?
English:
What does it smell like?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch lim
a
kòt?
English:
What language does he speak?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch lixsu?
English:
What is the name for a Rose, what the White people call a Rose?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch luwènt
a
su Rose, n
a
Shëw
a
nàkw luwèntànk Rose?
English:
What did your late mother tell you?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch n
a
k
a
k
a
hès
a
ktëlùkw?
English:
What did your late mother really like to do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch n
a
k
a
k
a
hès
a
wëli mikëntàm?
English:
What did that dog say?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch n
a
mwek
a
ne luwe?
English:
What am I wearing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ntàkwi?
English:
What do the Delawares call them?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wàni Lën
a
pe tëluwihël
a
ok?
English:
Why did you go to Coffeyville?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi Kàpink kt
a
?
English:
Why did you do that?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi ktëlsin?
English:
What is the reason I cannot eat there at the table?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi m
a
t
a
nkàski mitsi èhènt
a
lipwink t
a
li?
English:
How did you come here?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi p
a
àn?
English:
Why did he go to the creek?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi sipunk è?
English:
What will we all do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch xu ktëls
a
htihënuk?
English:
What shall we do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch xu ktëlsihën
a
?
English:
What is this called?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch yushe luwènt
a
su?
English:
What do you prefer to eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch
a
lëwi kwinkitàm?
English:
What do you prefer to eat, soup or beans?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch
a
lëwi kwinkitàm, kshit
a
y shi m
a
làxkwsit
a
?
English:
What do you want to drink?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch k
a
t
a
mëne?
English:
What do you want to know?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch k
a
t
a
w
a
tu?
English:
What did you eat when you ate?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmitsi ènt
a
mitsiàn?
English:
What did you read?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kt
a
këntàm?
English:
What did you lose?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktànkhìtu?
English:
What do you want to drink with your meal.
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kt
a
p
a
muhe?
English:
What did you tell him?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktël
a
?
English:
What are you doing (making)?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëlën
a
kwsi?
English:
What were you doing yesterday?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëlën
a
kwsi lòkëwe?
English:
What do you call it?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwèntàmën?
English:
What do you call him?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwihël
a
?
English:
Why do you ask me such a strange thing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwënchi ntutëm
a
in wëlelëmi kèku?
English:
Why are you going to town?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwënchi utènink
a
?
English:
What do you like to eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwinkitàm?
English:
What tribe is he?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch l
a
keyu?
English:
What is the weather?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch l
a
pàn? {DN}
English:
What are they doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lën
a
kwsuwàk?
English:
What is the matter with them?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lësuwàk?
English:
What color is Charles hair?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch likte n
a
Ch
a
rles mwilàxk?
English:
What does he look like?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lin
a
kswu?
English:
What does he look like or is he ugly?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lin
a
kwsu shihàch x
a
hin
a
kwsu?
English:
What did that man say?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch luwe n
a
lënu?
English:
What was it that you ate?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch m
a
h këmichi?
English:
What is he doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch mikëntàm?
English:
What is it? It is a frybread.
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nën? S
a
làpòn nën.
English:
What did you read yesterday?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nt
a
këntàm lòkëwe?
English:
What is he doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch tëlën
a
kwsu?
English:
What do you want from town?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch utènink k
a
t
a
?
English:
What will these people have to drink?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch xu mëneyok yuk
a
wènik?
English:
What are they doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch yuki mikënt
a
muk?
English:
What do you want to drink with your meal?
Lenape:
Kèku hlch k
a
t
a
h
a
p
a
muhe?
English:
It is said something was there.
Lenape:
Kèku hùnt ik
a
h
a
te.
English:
Something will chase us.
Lenape:
Kèku kwihëlut
a
kehën
a
.
English:
Surprisingly that one was half fish!
Lenape:
Kèku l
a
hëwàn p
a
hsi n
a
mès!
English:
What color is your dres?
Lenape:
Kèku likte kt
a
hèmpsëm?
English:
What color is your dress?
Lenape:
Kèku likte kt
a
hëmpsëm?
English:
What color is the bead?
Lenape:
Kèku likte në m
a
nsh
a
pi?
English:
What language does he use (speak)?
Lenape:
Kèku lixsëw
a
kàn nh
a
k
a
tàm?
English:
I hear something.
Lenape:
Kèku mpëntàm.
English:
What kind of animals?
Lenape:
Kèkuni
a
èsìsàk?
English:
What in the world are you doing?
Lenape:
Kèku nink l
a
h këmikëntàm?
English:
What is that?!
Lenape:
Kèku nink l
a
h nën?!
English:
What in the world did I say?
Lenape:
Kèku nink l
a
h ntëluwe?
English:
What kind of snake is that?
Lenape:
Kèkuni xkuk hèch nàn?
English:
I told him something.
Lenape:
Kèku ntël
a
.
English:
I really smell something.
Lenape:
Kèku t
a
nëmël
a
m.
English:
Why did you come?
Lenape:
Kèku wënchi kp
a
?
English:
Why don't you know?
Lenape:
Kèku wënchi m
a
t
a
kuw
a
tuu?
English:
The pond has still water.
Lenape:
Kël
a
m në mënëkwpèkwtët.
English:
The man just smiled
Lenape:
këlëksuwinkwèxin shëkw n
a
lënu.
English:
You are holding a stone in your hand.
Lenape:
Këlënëm
a
hsën.
English:
He is holding a mirror,
Lenape:
Këlënëm chichànkw.
English:
They are holding stones in their hands.
Lenape:
Këlënëmuk
a
hsën
a
.
English:
Listen to the locust (cicada).
Lenape:
Këlìst
a
n
a
p
a
s
a
lànke.
English:
Jim is swearing.
Lenape:
Këluke w
a
Jim.
English:
Jan is fibbing.
Lenape:
Këlune n
a
J
a
n.
English:
The lawyer is lying.
Lenape:
Këlune n
a
lòyès.
English:
The child lied, then I caught him.
Lenape:
Këlune n
a
mimëns, n
a
nkëlàkho.
English:
The dog lied. (Lucy jokingly said this because her dog barked at nothing)
Lenape:
Këlune n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The weatherman lied when he said, "It is a good day."
Lenape:
Këlune n
a
'we
a
therm
a
n' ènt
a
luwèt, "Wëli kishku."
English:
You bought a house.
Lenape:
Këm
a
hëlàm wikëw
a
m.
English:
He made the dish for you.
Lenape:
Këm
a
nit
a
kw në lokèns.
English:
You should go lie down.
Lenape:
Këm
a
y
a
shenkixi. {DN}
English:
You must have given it away.
Lenape:
Këmèkën èt m
a
h.
English:
"You will ride bareback" the man told the boy.
Lenape:
"Këmëkuttièpìch" n
a
lënu tël
a
o nèl pil
a
echëch
a
.
English:
"You will tide bareback" the man told the boy.
Lenape:
"Këmëkuttièpìch" n
a
lënu tël
a
o nèl pil
a
echëch
a
.
English:
Do you remember what happened yesterday?
Lenape:
Këmësh
a
tàmën kèku èlèk lòkëwe?
English:
Have you eaten those eggs?
Lenape:
Këmihëmichi hàch nèl òòl
a
?
English:
Did you ever eat that which is called sapan?
Lenape:
Kèmihëmichi hàch në s
a
p
a
n èluwèt
a
sik?
English:
You gave it to Jim.
Lenape:
Këmil
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
Did you give them some candy?
Lenape:
Këmil
a
ok hàch kèntis?
English:
We gave him sugar so they could make it.
Lenape:
Këmil
a
wën
a
shukël tili
a
kàski m
a
nituneyo.
English:
I gave you some bread yesterday.
Lenape:
Këmilël
a
hpòn lòkëwe.
English:
We will give you some corn.
Lenape:
(Kë)milëlhumo xàskwim
English:
I will give you what you want.
Lenape:
Këmilël kèt
a
tàm
a
.
English:
Would you give me some eggs?
Lenape:
Këmili hèch
a
òòl
a
?
English:
Did he give you people some candy?
Lenape:
Këmilkuw
a
hàch kèntis?
English:
Did he give you people a newspaper?
Lenape:
Këmilkuw
a
hàch p
a
mpil?
English:
Have you ever eaten rabbit?
Lenape:
Këmìmhò hèch chëm
a
mës?
English:
Do you feel better?
Lenape:
Këmink
a
hse
a
màlsi hàch?
English:
We should eat.
Lenape:
Këmitsihën
a
a
.
English:
We should eat.
Lenape:
Këmitsihën
a
a
.
English:
We should eat at noon.
Lenape:
Këmitsihën
a
a
p
a
xhàkwèke. {DN}
English:
We eat at the table.
Lenape:
Këmitsihën
a
ehènt
a
lipwinkink.
English:
Did you eat some of the turkey?
Lenape:
Këmuhò hèch n
a
chikënëm?
English:
You ate the apples.
Lenape:
Këmuhòòk nèk
a
pëlìshàk.
English:
You kissed Helen.
Lenape:
Këmustun
a
m
a
n
a
Helen.
English:
Protect our children; Watch over our children
Lenape:
Ken
a
hkih
a
ok nich
a
nënàk.
English:
You take care of these baby eagles.
Lenape:
Ken
a
hkih
a
ok yuk
a
ihàmtëtàk.
English:
She takes care of the faimily.
Lenape:
Ken
a
hkih
a
o towènëm
a
.
English:
I took care of you for many years.
Lenape:
Ken
a
hkihël kèxi k
a
htën.
English:
Watch over this land.
Lenape:
Ken
a
hkitu yu hàki.
English:
Should we stop now?
Lenape:
Kënàkihël
a
n
a
hèch
a
?
English:
I must go to town.
Lenape:
Kënch t
a
utènink
a
.
English:
I must bathe.
Lenape:
Kënch tixëmwi
a
ne,
English:
Do you understand me?
Lenape:
Kënënust
a
i hèch?
English:
I saw you near my house.
Lenape:
Kënewël kixki ènt
a
wiki
a
.
English:
I saw you at my house.
Lenape:
Kënewël wiki
a
.
English:
The squirrel climbed quickly up the tree.
Lenape:
Kënt
a
hkusihële n
a
x
a
nikw hitkunk.
English:
Jan is climbing.
Lenape:
Kënt
a
hkusu n
a
J
a
n.
English:
The bird flew.
Lenape:
Kënthu n
a
chulëns.
English:
The bird flew around the tree.
Lenape:
Kënthu n
a
chulëns òk
a
i n
a
hìtkunk.
English:
The birds are flying north.
Lenape:
Kënthuwàk nèk chulënsàk luwàneyunk.
English:
The birds are flying toward the north.
Lenape:
Kënthuwàk nèk chulënsàk wënt
a
hkwi luwàneyunk.
English:
Those birds are flying.
Lenape:
Kënthuwàk nèki chulën'sàk
English:
There was a dance yesterday.
Lenape:
Këntk
a
n m
a
h lòkëwe.
English:
Did you make buttons?
Lenape:
Kënuphe hàch?
English:
I have a cabbage.
Lenape:
Kèpëch nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
Are you also afraid of the big winds?
Lenape:
Kèpe hàch kwitàmën në xinkwi kshàxink?
English:
Did that man cheat you too?
Lenape:
Kèpe hèch kiòlùkw n
a
lënu?
English:
Do you also own a cat?
Lenape:
Kèpe hèch kulh
a
l
a
pushis?
English:
You too were created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Kèpe t
a
kishelëmùksi.
English:
You people will go along too.
Lenape:
Kèpuwàk xu witehëmo.
English:
This is all I can do.
Lenape:
Kèski t
a
lësi
a
.
English:
If they want a war I will accompany them.
Lenape:
Ket
a
tàmihtit m
a
ht
a
kenk nëwitèch.
English:
How many rocks are there in the house?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch
a
hsën
a
wikw
a
hëmink?
English:
How many rocks are there on the table?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch
a
hsën
a
xkwìchi ehènt
a
lipwinkink?
English:
How many do you want?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch k
a
t
a
tàm?
English:
How old are you?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch k
a
tën
a
mi?
English:
What time is it?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch kël
a
k?
English:
How old do you think I am?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch ktite nk
a
tën
a
mi?
English:
How much does it cost?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch l
a
wtu?
English:
How much does it cost?
Lenape:
Këx
a
hèch l
a
wtu?
English:
How much does the TV cost?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch l
a
wtu në TV?
English:
How much money did you lose?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch moni ktànkhìtu?
English:
How much are three and five?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch n
a
x
a
òk p
a
lenàxk?
English:
How many doors?
Lenape:
Kèx
a
hèch skont
a
y
a
?
English:
I bought a few things.
Lenape:
Kèx
a
kèku nëm
a
hël
a
m.
English:
I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Kèx
a
ptun nk
a
t
a
kèku luwe.
English:
I only know a few of the words.
Lenape:
Kèx
a
ptun shëkw ntëli w
a
tun.
English:
Several white people.
Lenape:
Kèx
a
shëw
a
n
a
hkok.
English:
There are several young men here.
Lenape:
Kèx
a
skìnuwàk
a
hpuwàk.
English:
I saw many kinds of cakes.
Lenape:
Kèxën
a
wki shukëlàpòn
a
nem.
English:
It is a bit cheaper.
Lenape:
Kèxiti
a
puw
a
wtu.
English:
Only a few people can give names to someone.
Lenape:
Kèxiti
a
wènik kàski wihël
a
o
a
wèn.
English:
They want a little.
Lenape:
Kèxiti k
a
ht
a
tàmuk.
English:
I am a little bit Delaware.
Lenape:
Kèxiti Lën
a
pe ni.
English:
It rained and thundered a little bit yesterday.
Lenape:
Kèxiti m
a
h sukël
a
n òk pèpèth
a
khòn lòkëwe.
English:
He only has a few teeth.
Lenape:
Kèxiti mush
a
nike.
English:
I can speak a little Lenape.
Lenape:
Kèxiti nkàski
a
lënixsi.
English:
They look a bit different.
Lenape:
Kèxiti pililin
a
kwsuwàk.
English:
These flowers look a bit different from each other.
Lenape:
Kèxiti pililin
a
kwsuwàk yuk òt
a
èsàk.
English:
They really stink.
Lenape:
Kichi chim
a
kwsuwàk.
English:
It must have been so.
Lenape:
Kichi èt m
a
h në le.
English:
Is it really so?
Lenape:
Kichi hàch?
English:
Are they really spirits?
Lenape:
Kichi hàch m
a
nëtuwàk?
English:
Is it really true?
Lenape:
Kichi hàch në le?
English:
Is it true that everyone shook hands every morning?
Lenape:
Kìchi hàch wèmi ànkunsuwàk èshi shèp
a
è?
English:
That is true, he said, 'I already forgot.'
Lenape:
Kichii, luwe, 'Nonin t
a
mèchi.'
English:
He really was here.
Lenape:
Kìchi t
a
m
a
h
a
hpu.
English:
It is true I do not have any, yesterday I ate it up.
Lenape:
Kicki ku nulh
a
tu, lòkëwe nëwèkwitàmën.
English:
Do you know?
Lenape:
Ki hàch kuw
a
tu?
English:
She gets jealous like all women.
Lenape:
Kihkànkwi
a
làhshi wèmi xkweyok.
English:
You should visit me.
Lenape:
Kiikàmi
a
.
English:
Lend me some money.
Lenape:
Kik
a
ihi moni.
English:
Our elders said "sàpël," they could not say "supper." (note: No R sound in Lenape)
Lenape:
Kik
a
yuyëmën
a
nàk luweyok "sàpël," ku kàski luweyok "supper."
English:
My hand is sore.
Lenape:
Kikiche nàxk.
English:
My leg is sore.
Lenape:
Kikiche nhik
a
t.
English:
My upper arm is sore.
Lenape:
Kikiche tël
a
mànkàn.
English:
My arms are sore.
Lenape:
Kikicheyo n
a
xk
a
.
English:
My legs are sore.
Lenape:
Kikicheyo nhik
a
t
a
.
English:
My thumb is sore.
Lenape:
Kikitsu w
a
nkitëlënch.
English:
We ourselves are full and they are hungry.
Lenape:
Kilun
a
kispwihën
a
nèk
a
o nèk k
a
htupuwàk.
English:
We do live in a rock house.
Lenape:
Kilun
a
wikihën
a
a
hsënik
a
onink.
English:
You people almost forgot the purse.
Lenape:
Kiluw
a
k
a
ti ònineyo në mënutès.
English:
You are a no-good person.
Lenape:
Ki m
a
hchikwi
a
wèn.
English:
This one is our brother.
Lenape:
Kim
a
htësën
a
t
a
nàni.
English:
You must have eavesdropped on me.
Lenape:
Kimsìt
a
i èt.
English:
The bug walks stealthily.
Lenape:
Kimuxwe n
a
muxwès.
English:
The knife is sharp.
Lenape:
Kine në kshikàn.
English:
The axe is sharp.
Lenape:
Kine në tëm
a
hikàn.
English:
Did that man cheat you?
Lenape:
Kiòlùkw hèch n
a
lënu?
English:
Have you finished cooking?
Lenape:
Kisëm
a
hèch?
English:
We could work faster if we had help.
Lenape:
Kishën
a
kwsihën
a
wichëmëkwenke.
English:
The man finished work.
Lenape:
Kishën
a
kwsu n
a
lënu.
English:
The man finished working.
Lenape:
Kishënëkwsu n
a
lënu.
English:
Is the water warm?
Lenape:
Kishëwe hàch në mpi?
English:
Did you finish cooking?
Lenape:
Kìshi hàch wixëni?
English:
The house finished burning.
Lenape:
Kìshi lute në wikëw
a
m.
English:
They finished standing the cupboard up.
Lenape:
Kìshi wënip
a
htuneyo nëni tèxt
a
kàn.
English:
Meet Mr. Smith (as an introduction)
Lenape:
Kisk
a
o w
a
Mr. Smith.
English:
Meet Mr. Smith. (as an introduction)
Lenape:
Kisk
a
o w
a
Mr. Smith.
English:
Chop that tree.
Lenape:
Kiskh
a
o n
a
hìtëkw.
English:
The Cherokees live in the big mountains.
Lenape:
Kit
a
htënink wikuwàk nèk K
a
htuhook.
English:
You are a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Kit
a
i muxulhe.
English:
I saw many cakes.
Lenape:
Kitèli shukëlàpòn
a
nem.
English:
Our friends died last winter.
Lenape:
Kitisënàk ànkëluk luwàne.
English:
Joe is our friend.
Lenape:
Kitisën
a
w
a
Joe.
English:
Near the window there are many birds eating.
Lenape:
Kixki èhèshàntèkink x
a
heli chulënsàk pèchi mitsuwàk.
English:
My house is nearby.
Lenape:
Kixki h
a
te nëwikëw
a
m.
English:
Is the tree near the river?
Lenape:
Kixki hèch sipunk n
a
hìtëkw?
English:
My father is sitting nearby.
Lenape:
Kixki lëm
a
t
a
hpu nux.
English:
I live nearer to the road.
Lenape:
Kixkìti tëm
a
kànink nëwiki.
English:
There is a small lake near where I live.
Lenape:
Kixki wiki
a
mënëpèkwtët h
a
te.
English:
I will call you in the morning.
Lenape:
Kn
a
tumël xu opànke.
English:
I will see you in the evening.
Lenape:
Knewël ènt
a
lòkwik.
English:
Do you see that person?
Lenape:
Kneyo hèch n
a
a
wèn?
English:
The man is outdoors.
Lenape:
Kochëmink
a
hpu n
a
lënu.
English:
We should go outside.
Lenape:
Kochëmink
a
kt
a
hën
a
.
English:
We should go outside, it is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Kochëmink
a
kt
a
hën
a
, sòmi kshëte wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
Let us go outside.
Lenape:
Kòchëmink
a
tàm.
English:
We will go outside and play.
Lenape:
Kòchëmink kt
a
lìch m
a
i p
a
pihën
a
.
English:
We will go outside and play/
Lenape:
Kòchëmink kt
a
lìch m
a
y p
a
pihën
a
.
English:
The man is outdoors.
Lenape:
Kochëmink n
a
lënu.
English:
Can I play outside, the girl said.
Lenape:
Ko hèch
a
kochëmink ntënt
a
p
a
pi, n
a
xkwechëch luwe.
English:
His mother is standing.
Lenape:
Kohès
a
nipu.
English:
He knocked him down when he him hit.
Lenape:
Kohitehoo ènt
a
p
a
hkàm
a
t.
English:
Maybe someone pinched him.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt
a
wèn wsisën
a
o.
English:
Perhaps it even smells because I sweat.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt ili chim
a
kòt èli hànkw nkèt
a
ptiksi.
English:
Perhaps they would like something to drink.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt k
a
ht
a
tàmuk mehëmënink.
English:
Perhaps these people are thirsty.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt k
a
tusëmuwàk yuk
a
wènik.
English:
Pehaps you can say something.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt ki kàski kèku luwèn.
English:
We might get sunburned.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt ksëkhìksihën
a
.
English:
Maybe I stink.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt nchim
a
kwsi.
English:
Perhaps I smell good.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt nëwëlim
a
kwsi.
English:
Perhaps I see him.
Lenape:
Kon
a
et neyo.
English:
Perhaps he fooled me.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt nkiòlùkw.
English:
Perhaps I am tired of him.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt nsèkih
a
.
English:
Maybe it will not snow.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt t
a
wine.
English:
Perhaps I will go to town.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt utènink nt
a
.
English:
Does he have an older sister named Mary Jones?
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt wël
a
hële hèch mwis
a
luwènsu M
a
ry Jones?
English:
Maybe all the people went swimming.
Lenape:
Kon
a
et wèmi
a
wènik
a
shëwihëleyok.
English:
Maybe everyone wanted to go swimming.
Lenape:
Kon
a
et wèmi
a
wènik k
a
ht
a
a
shëwihëleyok.
English:
Perhaps the man will be able to work tomorrow.
Lenape:
Kon
a
et xu kàski mikëmòsu
a
làp
a
n
a
lënu.
English:
Perhaps it will snow again.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt xu làpi wine.
English:
Perhaps I will see the thunderbeings.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt xu neyok pèth
a
kuweyok.
English:
Perhaps it will rain. / It might rain.
Lenape:
Kon
a
èt xu sukël
a
n.
English:
Perhaps it will rain before it gets dark.
Lenape:
Kon
a
et xu sukël
a
n nèsko piskèke.
English:
Let me warm by the fire.
Lenape:
Kon
a
lin
a
i
a
osin.
English:
Let me eat.
Lenape:
Kon
a
lin
a
i nëmitsin.
English:
Let me read the newspaper.
Lenape:
Kon
a
lin
a
i ntàkim
a
n
a
newsp
a
per.
English:
let there be light
Lenape:
kon
a
lin
a
òxeèk
English:
let there be rain; let it be rainy
Lenape:
kon
a
lin
a
sukël
a
a
n
English:
let him be angry or mad
Lenape:
kon
a
lin
a
w m
a
nunksin
English:
Let me walk.
Lenape:
Kone lin
a
i pëmësk
a
n.
English:
Let him go, he will have to carry that on his own back (such as a bad deed).
Lenape:
Konëlin
a
w, nihëlàchi noyuntàmën.
English:
He wants that rabbit.
Lenape:
Kòt
a
l
a
o nèl chëmàms
a
.
English:
He wants to catch him.
Lenape:
Kòt
a
twën
a
o.
English:
He wants to catch that eagle.
Lenape:
Kòt
a
twën
a
o nèl
a
yhàm
a
.
English:
He wants to know him.
Lenape:
Kòt
a
w
a
h
a
oo.
English:
He wants to eat that rabbit.
Lenape:
Kòtupoo nèl chëmàms
a
.
English:
He is afraid of those wolves.
Lenape:
Kòx
a
o nèl tëmeyo.
English:
We are afraid of those wolves.
Lenape:
Kòx
a
wën
a
nàk nèki tëmeyok.
English:
Close the windows.
Lenape:
Kp
a
h
a
nèl ehèsh
a
ntèk
a
.
English:
Close the door.
Lenape:
Kp
a
h
a
në skont
a
y.
English:
Lock up that man.
Lenape:
Kp
a
h
a
su n
a
lënu.
English:
They are locked up so they cannot escape.
Lenape:
Kp
a
h
a
suwàk xu t
a
l
a
pulëweiyok.
English:
Close the book.
Lenape:
Kp
a
ho n
a
lekhikàn.
English:
They locked up that man.
Lenape:
Kp
a
hoo n
a
lënu.
English:
The woman had a tantrum.
Lenape:
Kpëchehële n
a
xkwe.
English:
The insects will crawl into your rectum.
Lenape:
Kpëchtiek
a
kuk xu muxwèsàk.
English:
You should think about it.
Lenape:
Kpën
a
elìntàm
a
.
English:
The bugs will go into your rectum.
Lenape:
Kpënchtiek
a
kuk nèk muxwèsàk.
English:
Do you hear me?
Lenape:
Kpënt
a
i hèch?
English:
Do you hear us?
Lenape:
Kpënt
a
ihën
a
hèch?
English:
Do you hear him?
Lenape:
Kpënt
a
o hàch?
English:
Did you hear the Shawnees singing at Whiteoak?
Lenape:
Kpënt
a
ok hàch nèk Sh
a
onuwàk pe
a
suwihtit yu t
a
li Whiteo
a
k?
English:
You brought him food.
Lenape:
Kpèt
a
o mehëmichink.
English:
Did you bring your shawl?
Lenape:
Kpètu hàch kshòlëm?
English:
I will hold you by the hand wherever you go.
Lenape:
Ks
a
hk
a
kwënël tët
a
pe
a
n.
English:
That deer runs fast.
Lenape:
Ksh
a
mehële n
a
a
htu.
English:
Are you weak?
Lenape:
Ksh
a
wsi hèch?
English:
Take off the shirt.
Lenape:
Kshàxkëni në hèmpës.
English:
Jan has a fever.
Lenape:
Kshëlèxe w
a
J
a
n.
English:
Heat that rock.
Lenape:
Kshësëni në
a
hsën.
English:
I like to eat hot food (hot in temperature, does not mean spicy)
Lenape:
Kshëtèk mehëmichink ni nëwinkitàm.
English:
The rabbit ran around the house.
Lenape:
Kshihële n
a
chëm
a
mës òk
a
i wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
The man ran.
Lenape:
Kshihële n
a
lënu.
English:
They are running in the fields (or gardens)
Lenape:
Kshihëleyok h
a
kih
a
kànink.
English:
You hate Jim.
Lenape:
Kshink
a
l
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
Wash the car.
Lenape:
Kshixëm n
a
tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
That person walks fast.
Lenape:
Kshuxwe n
a
a
wèn.
English:
That Delaware walks fast.
Lenape:
Kshuxwe n
a
Len
a
pe.
English:
The man walked fast because he was following Jim.
Lenape:
Kshuxwe n
a
lënu èli n
a
ol
a
t nèl Jim.
English:
Please give me some bread.
Lenape:
Ksi mili
a
hpon.
English:
You are very good looking.
Lenape:
Kt
a
hi wëlësi.
English:
You wash (bathe) every day.
Lenape:
Kt
a
hixëmwi èshi kishkwik.
English:
Did you bathe?
Lenape:
Kt
a
hixëmwi hèch?
English:
Do you wash (bathe) every day?
Lenape:
Kt
a
hixëmwi hèch èshi kishkwik?
English:
We will soon experience Autumn.
Lenape:
Kt
a
hkokënëmihën
a
xulëniti.
English:
Did you make a garden?
Lenape:
Kt
a
kihe hèch?
English:
Are you afraid?
Lenape:
Kt
a
lëmi hèch?
English:
You began to vomit.
Lenape:
Kt
a
lëmi mëlàntàm.
English:
You have begun to forget it.
Lenape:
Kt
a
lëmi wànin.
English:
Do you speak Lenape?
Lenape:
Kt
a
lënixsi hàch?
English:
Are you lost?
Lenape:
Kt
a
onkël hàch?
English:
Are you people lost?
Lenape:
Kt
a
onkëluhëmo hàch?
English:
Jan is sweating.
Lenape:
Kt
a
ptiksu n
a
J
a
n.
English:
The man is sweating.
Lenape:
Kt
a
ptiksu n
a
lënu.
English:
The man is sweating.
Lenape:
Kt
a
ptiksu n
a
lënu.
English:
You should tell some wintertime stories.
Lenape:
Kt
a
thiluhe
a
.
English:
Did you tell a winter story?
Lenape:
Kt
a
thiluhe hàch?
English:
They told you people when someone wants peace he is a coward.
Lenape:
Ktëlkëwoo ènt
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
tànk wëlànkuntëw
a
kàn shwil
a
i.
English:
Do you think it will rain?
Lenape:
Ktite hàch xu sukël
a
n?
English:
He is not very tall.
Lenape:
Ku
a
hi kwën
a
kwsii.
English:
It does not look like mud.
Lenape:
Ku
a
làhshi sisku lin
a
kòt.
English:
It will not rain tomorrow.
Lenape:
Ku
a
làp
a
sukël
a
nu.
English:
He is not quick like other cats.
Lenape:
Ku
a
làpihële
a
làshi pili pushisàk.
English:
No one wanted to take it away.
Lenape:
Ku
a
wèn kòt
a
chikënëmën.
English:
No one heard about it.
Lenape:
Ku
a
wèn pihpënt
a
muwën.
English:
No one recognized him.
Lenape:
Ku
a
wèn wënën
a
oo.
English:
Didn't the man say anything?
Lenape:
Ku hàch kèku luwe n
a
lënu?
English:
Don't you like to eat it?
Lenape:
Ku hèch kwinkitàmuwën?
English:
Do you not have any friends?
Lenape:
Ku hèch witisàk kulh
a
l
a
?
English:
He is not there.
Lenape:
Ku ik
a
a
hpi.
English:
I was not there.
Lenape:
Ku ik
a
ntàpi.
English:
The younger Delawares cannot even talk Delaware.
Lenape:
Ku ili kàski
a
lënixsiiyok nèk wëski Lën
a
peyok.
English:
They do not even use a toothbrush and even so they have good teeth.
Lenape:
Ku ili nh
a
t
a
muiyok 'toothbrush' n
a
hëli owël
a
nikeyok.
English:
They would not even go along on a hunt.
Lenape:
Ku ili wichi
a
l
a
iyok.
English:
He doesn't want to.
Lenape:
Ku k
a
ht
a
.
English:
He doesn't want to.
Lenape:
Ku k
a
ht
a
.
English:
He cannot read.
Lenape:
Ku kàski
a
hkënsi.
English:
The man cannot read.
Lenape:
Ku kàski
a
hkësi n
a
lënu.
English:
He cannot say anything.
Lenape:
Ku kàski kèku luwe.
English:
They could not eat him.
Lenape:
Ku kàski mhòiyo,
English:
They could not eat him.
Lenape:
Ku kàski mhòiyo.
English:
He could not eat him.
Lenape:
Ku kàski mhòò.
English:
He could not eat him.
Lenape:
Ku kàski mhòò.
English:
We cannot pray.
Lenape:
Ku kàski p
a
t
a
m
a
hùmën
a
.
English:
He could not do anything else.
Lenape:
Ku kàski pili kèku lësii.
English:
It is worthless.
Lenape:
Ku kèku l
a
wtu.
English:
I do not know anything.
Lenape:
Ku kèku nuw
a
tuu.
English:
Nothing is sprouting.
Lenape:
Ku kèku s
a
kànu. {DN}
English:
Do you all feel well?
Lenape:
Kul
a
màlsihëmo hàch?
English:
Are you glad because we did well?
Lenape:
Kulelìntàm hàch èli nul
a
ihòsihën
a
?
English:
Are you glad?
Lenape:
Kulelìntàm hèch?
English:
Do you have a quarter (25¢)?
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu hàch kwëti n
a
hënëm?
English:
Do you have a rattle?
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu hàch shuhënikàn?
English:
Do you have (something)?
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu hèch?
English:
Do you have food?
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu hèch mehëmichink?
English:
Do you have any money?
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu hèch moni?
English:
Do you have any eggs?
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu hèch òòl
a
?
English:
You have money.
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu moni.
English:
You have some money.
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu moni.
English:
You have money, let us go to town.
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu moni, utènink
a
tàm.
English:
You have some eggs and I want four.
Lenape:
Kulh
a
tu òòl
a
òk nk
a
t
a
tàm new
a
.
English:
Did you sleep well?
Lenape:
Kuli hèch k
a
wi?
English:
Did you sleep well last night?
Lenape:
Kuli hèch k
a
wi wel
a
kwike?
English:
You have good luck.
Lenape:
Kuli linàm.
English:
You prayed well.
Lenape:
Kuli p
a
t
a
m
a
.
English:
You look at me well the way I look.
Lenape:
Kuli pën
a
i shè në ni ntëlin
a
kwsin.
English:
It is not winter now.
Lenape:
Ku luwànu mèchi.
English:
It did not go well.
Lenape:
Ku m
a
y
a
y le.
English:
I am not going to the store.
Lenape:
Ku mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink nt
a
.
English:
It is cloudy and it might rain.
Lenape:
Kùmhòkòt, kon
a
èt xu sukël
a
n.
English:
I never heard that word (or saying).
Lenape:
Ku mpipëntàmuwën në luweokàn.
English:
I couldn't find where you were.
Lenape:
Ku nëmàxkëmuwën èpi
a
.
English:
I couldn't find where you were.
Lenape:
Ku nëmàxkëmuwën èpiàn.
English:
I do not recognize him.
Lenape:
Ku nën
a
o.
English:
I never saw birds dance.
Lenape:
Ku neneyo chulënsàk tìli këntk
a
neyo.
English:
I do not like to eat the rabbit.
Lenape:
Ku nëwink
a
m
a
n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
I do not like to eat peaches.
Lenape:
Ku nëwink
a
m
a
pilkëshàk.
English:
I did not like it when they were fighting.
Lenape:
Ku nëwink
a
tàmuwën ènt
a
m
a
ht
a
kenk.
English:
I do not like watermelon.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkitàmu èskitàmink.
English:
I do not like to eat it.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkitàmuwën
English:
We don't like to eat it.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkitàmuwënèn.
English:
I did not use a gun.
Lenape:
Ku nh
a
k
a
t
a
mu p
a
y
a
xkhikàn.
English:
I did not use a spear.
Lenape:
Ku nh
a
k
a
t
a
mu tànk
a
mikàn.
English:
I never heard him myself.
Lenape:
Ku ni mpipënt
a
o,
English:
I never did use it.
Lenape:
Ku ni nình
a
k
a
t
a
mu.
English:
I do not want to go there.
Lenape:
Ku ni nk
a
t
a
ik
a
a
.
English:
I do not know everything.
Lenape:
Ku ni wèmi kèku nuw
a
tu.
English:
I cannot come there.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski ik
a
mp
a
.
English:
I cannot say anything.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski kèku luwe.
English:
I cannot say it now.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski luweyàn yukwe.
English:
I cannot drink those Pepsi's.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mënewën
a
nèl Pepsi's.
English:
I cannot drink those Pepsi's.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mënewën
a
nèl Pepsi's.
English:
I cannot drink them.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mënewënèn.
English:
I cannot remember it.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mësh
a
t
a
muwën.
English:
I cannot see it.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski nemuwën.
English:
It seems like I cannot understand them.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski nënust
a
iyok hànkw.
English:
I cannot wait.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski pehëwe.
English:
I cannot hear him.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski pënt
a
oo.
English:
I do not want to smoke.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
hupo.
English:
I do not want to live.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
lehëlexe.
English:
I don't want to make you crazy.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
m
a
nihulu këpëcheonkël.
English:
I do not want to work.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
mikëmòsi.
English:
I do not want to leave him.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
nk
a
l
a
.
English:
I do not want to leave my younger brother.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
nk
a
l
a
n
a
xisëmës.
English:
We do not want anything unclean in that place.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
t
a
muwën kèku niskèk në t
a
t
a
li.
English:
I do not want to go to town.
Lenape:
Ku nk
a
t
a
utènink
a
.
English:
I did not wash the child.
Lenape:
Ku nkëshix
a
m
a
n
a
mimëns.
English:
I did not wash the child.
Lenape:
Ku nkëshix
a
m
a
ne mimëns.
English:
I never was afraid of anyone who eats rotten fish.
Lenape:
Ku nkwixwim
a
a
wèn
a
lëmèko mèmhòt.
English:
I am not hungry, but it is already noon.
Lenape:
Kun nk
a
tupwi, shëk mèchi p
a
xàkwe.
English:
I am not a skilled dancer.
Lenape:
Ku nt
a
hi hit
a
wk
a
.
English:
I do not think I know your father.
Lenape:
Ku ntite nuw
a
h
a
a
n
a
kux.
English:
I do not have a cat.
Lenape:
Ku nuh
a
ll
a
pushis.
English:
I don't have any bread, whiteman's bread (light bread)
Lenape:
Ku nulh
a
tu
a
hpòn, shëw
a
nàhkwi
a
hpòn.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Ku nulh
a
tu mehëmichink n
a
l në wënchi K
a
mink nt
a
.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to town.
Lenape:
Ku nulh
a
tu mehëmichink n
a
l në wënchi utènink nt
a
.
English:
I have no money.
Lenape:
Ku nulh
a
tu moni.
English:
I have no money.
Lenape:
Ku nulh
a
tu moni.
English:
I had no money yesterday.
Lenape:
Ku nulh
a
tu moni lòkëwe.
English:
I do not hear him well.
Lenape:
Ku nuli pënt
a
oo.
English:
I do not know him.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
h
a
a
.
English:
I do not know your father.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
h
a
a
n
a
kux.
English:
I did not know him so I thought he lived nearby.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
h
a
a
n
a
ntite n
a
èt yu kixki wikit.
English:
I don't know what is the matter with him.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tu kèku èlsit.
English:
I do not know.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuu.
English:
I do not know the reason.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuu wënchi.
English:
I don't know why.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tu wënchi.
English:
I don't know where he is.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën èpit.
English:
I do not know where it came from.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
èt wënchihëlèk.
English:
I do not know where I went.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
ey
a
a
.
English:
I don't know where I went.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
ey
a
a
.
English:
I don't know where he went.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
ey
a
t.
English:
I do not know where he went.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
ey
a
t.
English:
I don't know where you went.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
ki ey
a
a
n
English:
I do not know where you went.
Lenape:
Ku nuw
a
tuwën tët
a
ki ey
a
a
n.
English:
He is not well dressed,
Lenape:
Ku òwël
a
nku.
English:
They never heard it because of what was said, breakfast, dinner, supper, nothing but eating together.
Lenape:
Ku pihpëntàmënuwiyo èli luwènt
a
sik "bre
a
kf
a
st, dinner, supper," m
a
t
a
shùkw mits
a
htin.
English:
We should run away; We should flee.
Lenape:
Kushimwihën
a
a
.
English:
He is not very tall.
Lenape:
Ku sòmi kwën
a
kwsii.
English:
It is not raining.
Lenape:
Ku sukël
a
nu.
English:
It is not blue.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
a
oneiyo.
English:
No one else ever fed him.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
a
wèn pili tòx
a
m
a
iyo.
English:
Jim is not going to Copan (Oklahoma).
Lenape:
Ku t
a
n
a
Jim Cop
a
nink e.
English:
Not me!
Lenape:
Ku t
a
ni!
English:
I am not an old man, I am an elderly man.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
ni hilusës, kìkuwìnu.
English:
We are not Delawares.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
nilun
a
Lën
a
peyok.
English:
I do not understand the Shawnee when he says something.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
ni mpënt
a
o w
a
Sh
a
wnu ènt
a
kèku luwèt.
English:
I never ate the thing called a xoy.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
ni nëmimichi në kèku xoy.
English:
I do not want to return.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
ni nk
a
t
a
kwëtki.
English:
They cannot escape.
Lenape:
Ku t
a
pulëweiyok.
English:
He is not quick enough.
Lenape:
Ku tèpi
a
làpihële.
English:
It has not rained enough.
Lenape:
Ku tëpi sukël
a
nu.
English:
I am not going to town, I will go elsewhere.
Lenape:
Ku utenink nt
a
, p
a
li xu nt
a
.
English:
I am not going to town, I am going elsewhere.
Lenape:
Ku utènink nt
a
, p
a
li xu nt
a
.
English:
He does not know the Lenape language.
Lenape:
Ku uw
a
tu Lën
a
pei lixsëw
a
kàn.
English:
He does not know where he is.
Lenape:
Ku uw
a
tuwën tët
a
èpit.
English:
He doesn't know many things.
Lenape:
Ku uw
a
tu x
a
heli kèku.
English:
Do you know that man?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
hèch n
a
lënu?
English:
Do you know that young man?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
hèch n
a
skìnu?
English:
Do you know that woman?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
hèch n
a
xkwe?
English:
Do you know those young Delawares?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
ok hèch nèk wëskëlën
a
peyok?
English:
Do you know those women?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
ok hèch nèk xkweyok?
English:
Do you know those young people?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
ok nèk wëski
a
wènik?
English:
You people should know him.
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h
a
w
a
a
.
English:
Do you know that young woman?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
h hèch n
a
skixkwe?
English:
Do you know any songs?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tu hàch
a
suw
a
kàn
a
?
English:
Do you know any songs from the Big House Church??
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tu hàch
a
suw
a
kàn
a
Xinkwik
a
oni?
English:
Do you know many of the Lenape stories?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tu hàch x
a
heli
a
chimëw
a
kàn
a
Lën
a
pei?
English:
You know what I look like.
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tun èlin
a
kwsi
a
.
English:
You will know how I look.
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tun èlin
a
kwsi
a
.
English:
Do you understand it when a person says, Ahkënsi (to read)?
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tun hèch n
a
ènt
a
a
wèn luwèt,
A
hkënsi?
English:
You know the road.
Lenape:
Kuw
a
tun në tëm
a
kàn.
English:
They did not all live together.
Lenape:
Ku wèmi kwëtèli wikh
a
tiiyok.
English:
There is a pine tree near my house.
Lenape:
Kuweòkw kixki nëwikw
a
hëmink.
English:
It does not taste good.
Lenape:
Ku winkànu.
English:
This rabbit does not taste good.
Lenape:
Ku winkëlu w
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
Do you not have any friends?
Lenape:
Ku witisàk kulh
a
l
a
?
English:
I really do not know.
Lenape:
Ku x
a
ne nuw
a
tu.
English:
I did not see many cakes.
Lenape:
Ku xèli shukëlàpòn
a
nemu.
English:
The house is not large, it is small.
Lenape:
Ku xinkwe në wikëw
a
m, tànkètu.
English:
No snakes were there on the land.
Lenape:
Ku xkukàk
a
hpiyok në h
a
kink.
English:
Try out that person (such as for a job or work).
Lenape:
Kwëchihël
a
l
a
l n
a
a
wèn.
English:
Try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwëchihël
a
l
a
l n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
You try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwëchihël
a
l
a
n
a
nehën
a
okès.
English:
They took out their smoking pipes.
Lenape:
Kwëchil
a
tunëwoo upokànëmëwoo.
English:
He tries to do good.
Lenape:
Kwëchi wël
a
ihòsu.
English:
It is hoped that everyone will remember the Lenape forever.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
a
pchìch wèmi
a
wèn mwësh
a
l
a
woo yuk Lën
a
peyok.
English:
I wish he would be quiet.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
chitkwësin.
English:
I wish you would return.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
ktëki.
English:
I wish you good luck.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
kuli linàmën.
English:
I hope we will see each other again.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
làpi knewtihën
a
.
English:
I wish I could stop smoking.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski
a
l
a
hupoo.
English:
I wish I could flirt.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski chëmësin.
English:
I wish I could see Shamokin again.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski làpi nemën Sh
a
hëmokink.
English:
I wish I could eat some turkey.
Lenape:
Kwèl
a
h
a
nkàski muhòn chikënëm.
English:
I wish I could see the ocean.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski nemën kit
a
hikàn.
English:
We hope that we will have good thoughts.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski wëliteh
a
nèn.
English:
I wish I could send for him.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nkàski wènchim
a
.
English:
I wish I was rich.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
nt
a
hopein.
English:
I wish it would rain.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
sukël
a
n.
English:
I really wish you people would help me.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
t
a
kwichëmihëmo.
English:
I hope they will sing the Cherokee Dance.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
tòsuwineyo në K
a
tuhowk
a
n.
English:
I wish I had a cow.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
wèhshùmwis nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
I wish I had a cow so he could graze there.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
wèhshùmwis nulh
a
l
a
n
a
hànk nti
a
sin në t
a
t
a
li..
English:
I wish it would be good weather.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
wël
a
pàn.
English:
I hope you will say good things when you talk about me.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
wëli kèku ktëluwe ent
a
a
hkënimi
a
.
English:
I wish the cake tasted good.
Lenape:
Kwël
a
h
a
winkàn në shukëlàpon.
English:
We were gone a long time and went a long way.
Lenape:
Kwën
a
kehën
a
òhëlëmi nt
a
hën
a
.
English:
A tall person.
Lenape:
Kwèn
a
kwsit
a
wèn.
English:
That man is tall.
Lenape:
Kwën
a
kwsu n
a
lënu.
English:
He is tall and skinny.
Lenape:
Kwën
a
kwsu òk
a
luku.
English:
This Jim is Tall.
Lenape:
Kwën
a
kwsu w
a
Jim.
English:
Finally she was a big woman.
Lenape:
Kwèn
a
yki xinkwi xkwe.
English:
You are from New York.
Lenape:
Kwënchi
a
i New York.
English:
They gathered wood for a long time.
Lenape:
Kwëni m
a
n
a
xeyok.
English:
We have waited a long time.
Lenape:
Kwëni mpehëwehën
a
.
English:
Swallow the water.
Lenape:
Kwënt
a
në mpi.
English:
The bow is long.
Lenape:
Kwënusu n
a
h
a
t
a
pi.
English:
The feather is long.
Lenape:
Kwënusu n
a
mikwën.
English:
He hurt himself.
Lenape:
Kwëshin
a
l
a
o hòk
a
y
a
.
English:
He hurt Jim.
Lenape:
Kwëshin
a
l
a
o nèl Jim.
English:
He hurt himself with an axe.
Lenape:
Kwëshin
a
lùkòn në tëm
a
hikàn..
English:
They washed their ears.
Lenape:
Kwëshixtuneyo whit
a
okëwoo.
English:
He has hogs (or) he raises hogs.
Lenape:
Kwëshkwësh
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
One hundred dollars.
Lenape:
Kwët
a
pxki p
a
lëp
a
y
a
.
English:
six horses
Lenape:
kwët
a
sh nehën
a
onkèsàk
English:
Six cats.
Lenape:
Kwët
a
sh pushisàk.
English:
He took out some finger-rings.
Lenape:
Kwëtënëmën
a
sh
a
pwëlënchehun
a
.
English:
He was once chief.
Lenape:
Kwëtën m
a
h nèk
a
s
a
kim
a
.
English:
I once liked him.
Lenape:
Kwëtèn m
a
h nëwehink
a
l
a
.
English:
At one time I hated him.
Lenape:
Kwëtën m
a
h nshihshink
a
l
a
.
English:
I once had it.
Lenape:
Kwëtën m
a
h nulh
a
tun.
English:
At one time I had many friends.
Lenape:
Kwëtën m
a
h xeli witisàk nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
One frog.
Lenape:
Kwëti ch
a
hkol.
English:
I have one shoe.
Lenape:
Kwëti chipàkw nulh
a
tu.
English:
I have one pumpkin.
Lenape:
Kwëti kèskùnth
a
k nulh
a
tu.
English:
He slept all day.
Lenape:
Kwëtikishku k
a
wi.
English:
I get dressed every day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishku mpënchil
a
hsi.
English:
The boy slept all day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishkwi k
a
wi n
a
pil
a
echëch.
English:
A person will be lazy all day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kiskwi
a
wèn nulhànt.
English:
One hot day my mother told me, "Come here."
Lenape:
Kwëti kshëlànte nk
a
hès ntëlùkw, "Wënt
a
x
a
."
English:
It is spring once again.
Lenape:
Kwëti làpi sikòn.
English:
One winter the big wolf said, 'I am already cold.'
Lenape:
Kwëti luwàn n
a
xinkwtëme luwè, 'Mèchi t
a
ni nt
a
hkochi.'
English:
He has one dog.
Lenape:
Kwëti mwek
a
neyo wël
a
hële.
English:
I have one older brother.
Lenape:
Kwëti n
a
x
a
ns nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
One gallon.
Lenape:
Kwëti nkëlàntink.
English:
one dollar
Lenape:
kwëti nt
a
l
a
s
English:
I ate one pancake.
Lenape:
Kwëti p
a
n'kuk nëmichi.
English:
I only have one.
Lenape:
Kwëti shëk ni nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
I ate one plum.
Lenape:
Kwëti sipuw
a
s nëmuhò.
English:
One young woman was stubborn.
Lenape:
Kwëti skixkwe
a
hchinkxe.
English:
Do you want some more?
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi hèch?
English:
Do you want some more bread?
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi hèch
a
hpòn?
English:
Do you want some more coffee?
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi hèch kàpi?
English:
Are you still mad?
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi hèch këm
a
nunksi?
English:
The little one wants more.
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi k
a
ht
a
t
a
ntu.
English:
I still love you.
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi kt
a
holël.
English:
He is still alive.
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi lehëlexe. {DN}
English:
He is still alive.
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi pëm
a
wsu. {DN}
English:
He is still lying down.
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi shenkixin. {DN}
English:
It is still raining.
Lenape:
Kwi
a
kwi sukël
a
n. {DN}
English:
I will go with you, grandfather.
Lenape:
Kwichewël, muxums
a
.
English:
You always like to talk about your friend, I would like to meet him.
Lenape:
Kwihinki hànkw
a
hkënim
a
n
a
kitis, nëwinki
a
nkisk
a
o.
English:
The girl had nothing to do,.
Lenape:
Kwil
a
kèku mikënt
a
n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
Swallow that pill.
Lenape:
Kwìl n
a
pìl.
English:
Do you like to eat crows?
Lenape:
Kwink
a
m
a
ok hàch
a
h
a
sàk?
English:
We like to go swimming if it is hot weather.
Lenape:
Kwink
a
shëwìlhùmën
a
shëlàntèke.
English:
Do you like the Go-Get-Em dance?
Lenape:
Kwink
a
tàmën hèch n
a
lhultin?
English:
Are you having a good time?
Lenape:
Kwinkh
a
tèn
a
mi hèch?
English:
Would you like to come visit me?
Lenape:
Kwinki hèch
a
kiikàmi?
English:
Would you like to come visit me and you stay all night?
Lenape:
Kwinki hèch
a
kiikàmi òk këm
a
ike?
English:
You like to have dolls.
Lenape:
Kwinki òht
a
si.
English:
You should eat with me.
Lenape:
Kwipumi
a
.
English:
Were you scared, son?
Lenape:
Kwish
a
si, nkwis?
English:
He cut himself (on purpose).
Lenape:
Kwishksh
a
o hòk
a
y
a
.
English:
The man cut the meat.
Lenape:
Kwishkshëmën në wiyus n
a
lënu.
English:
Are you bashful?
Lenape:
Kwit
a
y
a
si hèch?
English:
Jim is bashful.
Lenape:
Kwit
a
y
a
su w
a
Jim.
English:
You should go along.
Lenape:
Kwite
a
.
English:
Let's go with them.
Lenape:
Kwitehën
a
a
.
English:
It is a taboo to a woman who is expecting a baby.
Lenape:
Kwitël
a
o hunt n
a
xkwe ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
wël
a
hël
a
t mimëntët
a
.
English:
John moved to a different place.
Lenape:
Kwsi n
a
John.
English:
The car (or wagon) is heavy.
Lenape:
Kwsùksu n
a
tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
The car (or wagon) is heavy.
Lenape:
Kwsùksu n
a
tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
Taste the meat.
Lenape:
Kwtànt
a
në wiyus.
English:
Taste this turkey.
Lenape:
Kwtëm w
a
chikënë,.
English:
Let me go see them.
Lenape:
L
a
h
a
p
a
m
a
y neyook.
English:
Let's eat for a while.
Lenape:
L
a
h
a
p
a
mitsit
a
muk.
English:
He tells wintertime stories again and again.
Lenape:
L
a
hëlàpi
a
thiluhe.
English:
I shot it again and again.
Lenape:
L
a
hëlàpi mp
a
ixkh
a
mën.
English:
I swam to the middle of the lake.
Lenape:
L
a
i nt
a
shëwìl mënëpèkunk.
English:
Inside my father's house.
Lenape:
L
a
munkwe nux wikit.
English:
It is beginning to rain again, I hear it.
Lenape:
Làpi
a
lëmi sukël
a
n, mpëntàmën.
English:
I will come again.
Lenape:
Làpìch mp
a
.
English:
He will come again.
Lenape:
Làpìch pe.
English:
They will come again.
Lenape:
Làpìch peyok.
English:
Say it again.
Lenape:
Làpi ktëluwe.
English:
You see well again.
Lenape:
Làpi kuli nem
a
.
English:
Tell me again.
Lenape:
Làpi lëli.
English:
They came again.
Lenape:
Làpi m
a
h peyok.
English:
There is fighting again.
Lenape:
Làpi m
a
ht
a
kèn.
English:
It is bloody again.
Lenape:
Làpi mhukwe.
English:
Give me one more frybread.
Lenape:
Làpi mili kwëti s
a
làpòn.
English:
He bothered me again.
Lenape:
Làpi n
a
chihùkw.
English:
He bothered me again.
Lenape:
Làpi n
a
chihùkw.
English:
You must come back.
Lenape:
Làpi p
a
l.
English:
He put the things back in his pocket.
Lenape:
Làpi pòkìtëmink h
a
tun
a
.
English:
He stuck his head up again.
Lenape:
Làpi s
a
khùkwe.
English:
He went to town again.
Lenape:
Làpi utènink e.
English:
I will eat again tomorrow.
Lenape:
Làpi xu nëmitsi
a
làp
a
.
English:
He will come again.
Lenape:
Làpi xu pè.
English:
Put it on the chair. (refers to something considered animate)
Lenape:
Lehëlëm
a
t
a
hpinkink h
a
l.
English:
We are sitting in some chairs.
Lenape:
Lehëlëm
a
t
a
hpinkink lëm
a
t
a
hpihën
a
.
English:
He put the books on the chair.
Lenape:
Lehëlëm
a
t
a
hpinkink tòh
a
l
a
o nèl lekhik
a
n
a
.
English:
Those are books (or letters).
Lenape:
Lekhikànàk nèk.
English:
These are books.
Lenape:
Lekhikànàk yuk.
English:
I have a fork.
Lenape:
Lèlx
a
oluwèk nulh
a
tu.
English:
Sit down, warm yourself by the fire.
Lenape:
Lëm
a
t
a
hpi,
a
osi.
English:
Sit down and eat little one.
Lenape:
Lëm
a
t
a
hpi òk mitsiti.
English:
What the Delaware said.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pe èluwèt.
English:
Is that person a Lenape?
Lenape:
Lën
a
pe hàch nàn?
English:
I am here in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pehòkink ntàpi.
English:
I am here in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pehòkink ntàpi.
English:
He stays among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peik
a
ih
a
hpu.
English:
I go among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peike nt
a
.
English:
I will go among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peike xu nt
a
.
English:
Delaware man.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pei lënu.
English:
He is a Lenape.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pe nàn.
English:
I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pe t
a
ni.
English:
This one is a Lenape, not French.
Lenape:
Lën
a
pe wàn, ku t
a
Pël
a
nshëm
a
n.
English:
The Delawares are now few.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peyok mèchi txituwàk.
English:
The Delawares call the telephone sëkahsën.
Lenape:
Lën
a
peyok tëluwènt
a
mëneyo në telephone sëk
a
hsën.
English:
If I had some moccasins I would go to town.
Lenape:
Lënhàksënëm
a
ne utènink
a
nt
a
.
English:
I am just resting.
Lenape:
Lëni shëk nt
a
y
a
l
a
ximwi.
English:
They just want to trade.
Lenape:
Lëni shùk k
a
ht
a
a
shùntèsuwàk
English:
He is a mongrel dog.
Lenape:
Lënxàm t
a
nàn.
English:
That man is crying.
Lenape:
Lëpàkw n
a
lënu.
English:
Our councilmen accepted a bloody wampum belt.
Lenape:
Lëpweìnuyëmën
a
nàk pwètëmëneyo mhukhòsik kèkwi kël
a
m
a
pisun.
English:
Our councilmen accepted it.
Lenape:
Lëpweìnuyëmën
a
nàk pwètënëmëneyo.
English:
That person is smart.
Lenape:
Lëpwe n
a
a
wèn.
English:
That white person is smart.
Lenape:
Lëpwe n
a
shëw
a
nàkw.
English:
The woman is smart.
Lenape:
Lëpwe n
a
xkwe.
English:
At first it seemed like he had just come for a visit.
Lenape:
Lin
a
kòt hìt
a
mi lëni kiike.
English:
It looks like it will rain.
Lenape:
Lin
a
kòt xu sukël
a
n.
English:
She looks pregnant. (lit.- 'she looks like she will have more relatives')
Lenape:
Lin
a
kwsu xu ànchi lànkuntàm.
English:
The snow has melted.
Lenape:
Linksu n
a
kun.
English:
He must think it will rain.
Lenape:
Litehe èt xu sukël
a
n.
English:
He thinks perhaps it will rain.
Lenape:
Litehe èt xu sukël
a
n.
English:
He thinks it will rain.
Lenape:
Litehe xu sukël
a
n.
English:
They have some dishes.
Lenape:
Lokèns
a
wël
a
tuwàk.
English:
I have a dish.
Lenape:
Lokèns nulh
a
tu.
English:
Yesterday I went to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
h K
a
mink nt
a
.
English:
Yesterday I went to Bartlesville and I saw many Delawares.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
h K
a
mink nt
a
, x
a
heli Lën
a
peyok neyo.
English:
He ate yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
h mitsu.
English:
I saw him yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
h neyo.
English:
Yesterday I saw a young man who is half Delaware.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
h neyo skìnu p
a
hsi Lën
a
pe.
English:
Yesterday I went to town.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
h utènink nt
a
.
English:
He died yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe m
a
t
a
a
hpii.
English:
Yesterday a little dog came.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mwek
a
netët pètu.
English:
I fell down yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe nk
a
ihël
a
.
English:
Yesterday I burned myself.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe nlus
a
nhàk
a
y.
English:
I ate yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkwe m
a
h nëmitsi.
English:
In the evening she came to visit her father.
Lenape:
Lòkwëni kiikàm
a
o nèl uxò.
English:
I will call you tomorrow evening.
Lenape:
Lòkwike
a
làp
a
xu kn
a
tumël.
English:
Long ago when the Delawares lived in the east.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènt
a
yuki Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke wikh
a
tihtit wehènchiopànk.
English:
Long ago John Wilson he brought it here.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe èt n
a
k
a
John Wilson tìli pètun.
English:
It is said that long ago a man lived in a big forest.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe hùnt lënuw
a
xinkwi shinkèkink wiku.
English:
Long ago my late father had a dog named He-Found-It.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe m
a
h n
a
k
a
nuxò wël
a
hële mwek
a
neyo luwènsu Mòxkàmën.
English:
A long time ago my late father told me a story.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe n
a
k
a
nuxò ntihëlùkwë
a
chimëw
a
kàn.
English:
Long ago there was a boy named Round Moon.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe pil
a
echëch luwènsu Tùkwikishux.
English:
I saw you not too long ago.
Lenape:
Lòmisëwe m
a
h knewël.
English:
I saw you not long ago.
Lenape:
Lòmisëwe m
a
h knewël.
English:
Jim came here not long ago.
Lenape:
Lòmisëwe m
a
h pe n
a
Jim.
English:
Long ago when I lived in Dewey I sewed.
Lenape:
Lòmwe ènt
a
wiki
a
ne Dewey-ink nkëlixike.
English:
A long time ago they said sëkahsën when they talked about the telephone.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hànkw tëluwèneyo sëk
a
hsën ènt
a
a
hkënutëmihtit në telephone.
English:
It is a long time since I ate dried meat (jerky).
Lenape:
Lòmwe i
a
pchi michi
a
ne px
a
shik
a
n
a
.
English:
Long ago when the world was new.
Lenape:
Lòmwe m
a
h ènt
a
wëskh
a
k
a
mike.
English:
Long ago there was a young Lenape man named Chichham.
Lenape:
Lòmwe m
a
h Lën
a
pei skìnu luwènsu Chìchhàm.
English:
Long ago they said.
Lenape:
Lòmwe m
a
h luweyok.
English:
You have been sick for a long time.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi kp
a
lsi.
English:
I heard a long time ago that these dogs can speak Delaware.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi mpihpëntàmen yuki mwek
a
neyok kàski
a
lënixsuwàk.
English:
That is the way they have lived for many years.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi n
a
èl
a
wsihtit.
English:
It has long been known.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi w
a
hkòt.
English:
Long ago my late mother said she had danced with the Cheyennes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe ntëlke n
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
witke Shëlëtihk
a
ike
English:
Long ago when I lived in Dewey.
Lenape:
Lòmwe wiki
a
ne Dewey-ink.
English:
The child got burned.
Lenape:
Lusu n
a
mimëns.
English:
The house burned.
Lenape:
Lute në wikëw
a
m.
English:
Go to the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk
a
.
English:
Those nasty people are there in the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk
a
hpuwàk nèk niski
a
wèni.
English:
He looked to the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk linkwèxin.
English:
He came from the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk um.
English:
The wind is blowing from the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk wëntxën.
English:
The wind is from the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk wëntxën.
English:
The people who live in the north.
Lenape:
Luwàneyunk wikihtit
a
wènik.
English:
A wintertime story. (referring to an athiluhakàn)
Lenape:
Luwàni
a
chimëw
a
kàn.
English:
He said, 'Certainly! Not long ago I killed a deer.'
Lenape:
Luwe, '
A
hìkt
a
! Chinke nhil
a
a
htuho.'
English:
On the other hand it is said a person is hungry,
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt
a
wèn
a
shìte k
a
htupu.
English:
The man is supposed to have said, 'I am very handsome!'
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt n
a
lënu, 'Nulsi t
a
!'
English:
It is said that if a dog eats grass he is sick.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt p
a
lsu n
a
mwek
a
ne ènt
a
mitsit skiko.
English:
He said, You all stop, but it did no good.
Lenape:
Luwe, N
a
hkihël
a
kw, shëkw nuchkwe.
English:
Walks-Downstream said, 'Oh yes!'
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
N
a
huxwe, 'Osòmi!'
English:
The chief said, 'What in the world can we do?'
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
s
a
kim
a
, 'Kèku nink l
a
h ktëlsihën
a
?'
English:
The woman said, "I almost got pregnant."
Lenape:
Luwe n
a
xkwe, "Nk
a
ti ànchi lànkuntàm."
English:
He said, 'My friend, I am beginning to get old.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nchu, mèchi nt
a
lëmi khik
a
y.'
English:
It is said a person will live a long life if he gives him something.
Lenape:
Luwèn hùnt kwën
a
wsu ènt
a
a
wèn mil
a
te kèku.
English:
She is named Pretty Leaves Woman.
Lenape:
Luwènsu Welip
a
hkuxkwe,
English:
That place is named Seton Hall University.
Lenape:
Luwènt
a
su në t
a
t
a
li Seton H
a
ll University.
English:
He said, 'I bathed last night.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Ntixëmwi t
a
wel
a
kwike.'
English:
He said, 'Father, the time has come.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nux
a
, mèchi tpëskwihële.'
English:
The deceased old men had said, 'I will end this wintertime story'.
Lenape:
Luweyok hilusësink
a
hke, 'Nk
a
xpil
a
'.
English:
They said there are no pecans here.
Lenape:
Luweyok ku t
a
k
a
nsèm yu t
a
li.
English:
They said they could not find him.
Lenape:
Luweyok ku t
a
kàski màxk
a
o.
English:
The white people long ago said we will live so long and finally we will lose everything.
Lenape:
Luweyok lòmëwe yuki shëw
a
n
a
hkok x
a
ntki pèt
a
wsinèn tìlìch ànkhitunèn wèmi kèku.
English:
Take this food home.
Lenape:
M
a
ch
a
htu yu mehëmichink.
English:
Let's go home, I am hungry.
Lenape:
M
a
chitàm, nk
a
tupwi.
English:
There will be a gathering on Friday.
Lenape:
M
a
ehël
a
n Fritèke.
English:
They began to gather bones.
Lenape:
M
a
ehëmëneyo xkàn
a
.
English:
You are a bad person.
Lenape:
M
a
hchikwi
a
wèn kàk
a
y.
English:
Something bad.
Lenape:
M
a
hchikwi kèku.
English:
Something bad happened.
Lenape:
M
a
hchikwi kèku le.
English:
Something bad happened.
Lenape:
M
a
hchikwi lè.
English:
The water is bad.
Lenape:
M
a
hchikwi në mpi.
English:
This meat is bad.
Lenape:
M
a
hchikwi yu wiyus.
English:
The water tastes bad.
Lenape:
M
a
hchipukòt në mpi.
English:
There was a fight here.
Lenape:
M
a
ht
a
kèn yu t
a
li.
English:
That deceased man was homely.
Lenape:
M
a
htësisu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
There is a light wind.
Lenape:
M
a
htiti kshàxën.
English:
I looked at him a little.
Lenape:
M
a
htiti mpën
a
w.
English:
Just a little bit.
Lenape:
M
a
htiti shëkw.
English:
It rained a little.
Lenape:
M
a
htiti sukël
a
n. {DN}
English:
I went to a dance.
Lenape:
M
a
hwink nt
a
.
English:
I went to a dance last night.
Lenape:
M
a
hwink nt
a
wel
a
kwike.
English:
There was a dance here.
Lenape:
M
a
hwink yu t
a
li.
English:
Go turn out the light.
Lenape:
M
a
i
a
teh
a
në òsëlenikàn.
English:
Go sit down.
Lenape:
M
a
i lëm
a
t
a
hpi.
English:
Go get water.
Lenape:
M
a
i n
a
ti mpi.
English:
Let's go outside and play.
Lenape:
M
a
i p
a
pitàm kòchëmink.
English:
Go close the door.
Lenape:
M
a
i tunkshëni.
English:
Those skunks are striped.
Lenape:
M
a
m
a
lsuwàk nèk shk
a
kok.
English:
He made some sharpened little sticks.
Lenape:
M
a
nitu kinh
a
sik hìtkwëtët
a
.
English:
He made an island.
Lenape:
M
a
nitu mën
a
t
a
y.
English:
She did beadwork for a month.
Lenape:
M
a
nsh
a
pi
a
he kwëti kishux.
English:
Are they all mad? or Are they all angry?
Lenape:
M
a
nunks
a
htuwàk hèch?
English:
He would be angry if I blamed him.
Lenape:
M
a
nunksu
a
nt
a
kwimàke.
English:
He is mad because he said that.
Lenape:
M
a
nunksu èli në luwèt.
English:
The old woman was mad because the old man winked at her.
Lenape:
M
a
nunksu n
a
x
a
wshisës èli n
a
hilusës pòkinkwel
a
ht
a
ot.
English:
The Delawares were supposedly mad.
Lenape:
M
a
nunksuwàk hànkw nèk Len
a
peyok.
English:
They are not at this council.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
a
hpiyok yushe
a
chimulsin.
English:
No one is permitted to drink soup.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
a
wèn lelëm
a
tìlìch mënèn kshit
a
y.
English:
We heard no one.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
a
wèn mpënt
a
wiwën
a
.
English:
One should not go to sleep with a wet head.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch
a
wèn k
a
wi ènt
a
skàp
a
ntp
a
t.
English:
A person should not brag about himself.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch
a
wèn kshàkënim
a
hòk
a
y
a
.
English:
He could never again see.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
chich nem
a
.
English:
He never could see again.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
chich nem
a
.
English:
I don't like her anymore.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
chich nëwink
a
l
a
.
English:
I don't see him anymore.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
chich neyo.
English:
I don't love her anymore.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
chich nt
a
hol
a
a
.
English:
He will never again eat too much.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
chich us
a
mëluli.
English:
I won't say anything to him
Lenape:
M
a
tàch kèku ntël
a
.
English:
I will not say anything to him.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch kèku ntël
a
.
English:
I will not say anything.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch kèku ntëluwe.
English:
We will not eat.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch nëmitsihëmën
a
.
English:
I will not marry her.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch nushilëm
a
o.
English:
A person should not whistle when he is eating.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn chipuwe ènt
a
mitsit.
English:
No one should eat chicken soup.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn michii tip
a
sii kshit
a
y.
English:
A person should not cut his nails. [This is a portion of a longer correction.]
Lenape:
M
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn tëmik
a
hshehwi.
English:
A person should not marry a White person.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch t
a
a
wèn wicheo Shëw
a
nàkw.
English:
If we do not feed them they will finally starve.
Lenape:
M
a
tàch tàx
a
m
a
wën
a
nàk x
a
ntki xu sh
a
wl
a
muwàk.
English:
It will never end.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
h
a
shi wikwèk.
English:
No one could even say anything.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
ili
a
wèn kèku luwe.
English:
That man did not even sweat.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
ili kt
a
ptiksii n
a
lënu.
English:
The man didn't even get sweaty when he chopped wood.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
ili kt
a
ptiksi n
a
lënu ènt
a
kiskh
a
kwèt.
English:
He does not want less.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
k
a
ht
a
tàmu kèxiti.
English:
If I cannot find some coffee I'll kill him.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kàpi màxk
a
m
a
ne nhil
a
.
English:
No one could eat.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kàski
a
wèn mitsii.
English:
I cannot remember anything.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kàski kèku nëmësh
a
tàmuu.
English:
He cannot see.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kàski nem
a
.
English:
Nothing will happen to them.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kèku mwëshik
a
kwëneyo.
English:
He doesn't know anything.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kèku w
a
tu.
English:
If you cannot see him how do you know he is Jim?
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
kneiyo t
a
sh kwënchi n
a
l n
a
Jim?
English:
Nothing is happening.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
lè.
English:
If you cannot do that.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
në kàski lësiàne.
English:
That is not so. - That is not true.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
në le.
English:
I would tell you if it was not so.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
në lèke ktëlën
a
.
English:
I have not eaten rabbit before.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
nëmìmhò chëm
a
mës.
English:
He never reads the same book twice.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
nishën tòkim
a
o nèl lekhikàn
a
.
English:
I never told a winter story.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
nti
a
thiluhe.
English:
I do not have a quarter, but I do have a dollar.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
nulh
a
tuu kwëti n
a
hënëm, shëk nulh
a
tu kwëti p
a
lëp
a
y.
English:
I really do not have it.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
t
a
nulh
a
tu.
English:
He does not have a good mind; He does not have good sense.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
w
a
tàmu.
English:
They don't have a name for coconut.
Lenape:
M
a
t
a
wël
a
tuwiyok coconut.
English:
Pluck that chicken.
Lenape:
M
a
wën n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
She gathers pokeberries.
Lenape:
M
a
wënsu chàkinkwèm.
English:
Those buckets are rusty.
Lenape:
Màxk
a
lësuwàk nèk husàk.
English:
The wire is rusty.
Lenape:
Màxk
a
lët në sëk
a
hsën.
English:
Find the biggest stick for me.
Lenape:
Màxk
a
m
a
i hìtùkw nèkwti xinkwèk.
English:
That woman is redheaded.
Lenape:
Màxk
a
ntpe n
a
xkwe.
English:
Jan has a red nose.
Lenape:
Màxkch
a
le n
a
J
a
n.
English:
Your flat nose is red.
Lenape:
Màxke kpàkch
a
l,
English:
My flat nose is red.
Lenape:
Màxke mpàkch
a
l.
English:
The mud is red.
Lenape:
Màxke në sisku.
English:
That house is red.
Lenape:
Màxke në wikëw
a
m.
English:
The meat is red.
Lenape:
Màxke në wiyus.
English:
His arrow is red.
Lenape:
màxke wip.
English:
Her dress is a reddish color.
Lenape:
Màxkin
a
kòt tohèmpsëm.
English:
That bird is red.
Lenape:
Màxksu n
a
chulëns.
English:
That bird is red.
Lenape:
Màxksu n
a
chulëns.
English:
The books are red.
Lenape:
Màxksuwàk yuki lekhikànàk.
English:
It is a very hot day.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y kshëlànte.
English:
It is certainly true.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y në le.
English:
Here it is nothing but cold and windy.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y shëk the òk kshàxën.
English:
You certainly can speak good Lenape already.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y t
a
ki kàski wëli
a
lënixsi mèchi.
English:
He really told the truth.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y t
a
wël
a
mëwe.
English:
It is very cold.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y the.
English:
It is really wonderful.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y wëlët.
English:
It really will.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y xu.
English:
This is very nice.
Lenape:
M
a
y
a
y yu wëlët.
English:
Go tell him.
Lenape:
M
a
y lël.
English:
He goes to work every morning.
Lenape:
M
a
y mikëmòsu èntxën opànk.
English:
Let's go eat.
Lenape:
M
a
y mitsitàm.
English:
Go lie down.
Lenape:
M
a
y shenkixi. {DN}
English:
She would go play with many children.
Lenape:
M
a
y wìchi p
a
pi x
a
heli mimënsàk.
English:
The doll is already dressed.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
hkon
a
n
a
òht
a
s.
English:
Winter is over.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
l
a
luwàn.
English:
It is time to make garden again.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
làpi h
a
kihèn.
English:
It already stopped raining.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
l
a
sukël
a
n. {DN}
English:
It had already begun to stink.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
lëmi
a
lim
a
kòt.
English:
It is already beginning to be evening.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
lëmi lòku.
English:
It has already begun to sprout.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
lëmi s
a
kàn.
English:
It has already begun to sprout.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
lëmi s
a
kàn.
English:
It has already begun to rain.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
lëmi sukël
a
n.
English:
He just came from hunting.
Lenape:
Mèchi
a
p
a
l
a
i.
English:
You must have already lost your mind!
Lenape:
Mèchi èt t
a
kt
a
l
a
w
a
tàm!
English:
Is it already cooked?
Lenape:
Mèchi hàch kisëm
a
?
English:
Have you people finished cleaning that house?
Lenape:
Mèchi hàch kìshi kpilit
a
mëneyo nëni wikëw
a
m?
English:
Have you had supper?
Lenape:
Mèchi hàch kìshi sàpëli?
English:
Has it stopped raining?
Lenape:
Mèchi hèch
a
l
a
sukël
a
n?
English:
He is already there.
Lenape:
Mèchi ik
a
a
hpu. {DN}
English:
He can already speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Mèchi kàski
a
lënixsu.
English:
They could already fly.
Lenape:
Mèchi kàski kënthuwàk.
English:
He is already asleep.
Lenape:
Mèchi k
a
wi.
English:
He already finished sleeping.
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi k
a
wi. {DN}
English:
They finished flying.
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi kënthuwà. {DN}
English:
It is already windy.
Lenape:
Mèchi kshàxën.
English:
There is an eclipse now.
Lenape:
Mèchi kwt
a
i kishux.
English:
It is now spring again.
Lenape:
Mèchi làpi sikòn.
English:
He is already sitting.
Lenape:
Mèchi lëm
a
t
a
hpu. {DN}
English:
He already went home.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
chi.
English:
He already went home because he was sleepy.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
chi èli k
a
htunkòm.
English:
He already went home because he was thirsty.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
chi èli k
a
tusëmwit.
English:
He already went home because he was very sleepy.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
chi èli sòmi k
a
htunkòm.
English:
He already went home because it was raining.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
chi èli sukëlànk.
English:
He already went home because he was hungry.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
chii èli k
a
tupwit.
English:
Now the time is here.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
htèxën yukwe.
English:
He is going to go sit down.
Lenape:
Mèchi m
a
y lëm
a
t
a
hpu. {DN}
English:
I am already here.
Lenape:
Mèchi mp
a
.
English:
The corn is already tasseling.
Lenape:
Mèchi n
a
x
a
skwim sëw
a
li.
English:
It has already been two weeks.
Lenape:
Mèchi nish
a
wik.
English:
We are pitiful now because we have lost so many things.
Lenape:
Mèchi nkëtëm
a
ksihën
a
ànkhitunèn x
a
hèli kèku.
English:
I already fogot some of these other tribes.
Lenape:
Mèchi nonin
a
lënte yuki
a
wènh
a
keyok.
English:
I have already forgotten what many of these Indian tribes are called.
Lenape:
Mèchi nonin x
a
heli yuki mèxkeòhkësichik èluwènsihtit.
English:
I am beginning to get dried off.
Lenape:
Mèchi nt
a
lëmi penkwsi. {DN}
English:
I am leaving now.
Lenape:
Mèchi nt
a
lëmsk
a
.
English:
Now I know who that person is who is stealing.
Lenape:
Mèchi nuw
a
tun n
a
a
wèn kèhkëmutke.
English:
It is already morning.
Lenape:
Mèchi opàn.
English:
He is already gray-headed.
Lenape:
Mèchi opàntpe. {DN}
English:
It is already noon.
Lenape:
Mèchi p
a
xàkwe.
English:
It already stopped raining.
Lenape:
Mèchi pàxkël
a
n. {DN}
English:
Today it is already Autumn.
Lenape:
Mèchi t
a
hkokën yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik.
English:
I am already cold and hungry.
Lenape:
Mèchi t
a
ni nt
a
hkochi òk nk
a
tupwi.
English:
It is already fifteen after eleven o'clock.
Lenape:
Mèchi tèlën òk p
a
lenàxk kìshi tèlën òk kwëti kël
a
k.
English:
The baby was awake.
Lenape:
Mèchi tukihële n
a
mimëntët.
English:
She already had a baby.
Lenape:
Mèchi unich
a
nu.
English:
I already went to town.
Lenape:
Mèchi utènink nt
a
. {DN}
English:
It is already just like mud.
Lenape:
Mèchi wëli
a
làhshi sisku.
English:
It will soon be noon.
Lenape:
Mèchi xuniti p
a
xàkwe.
English:
Now on this day the time has come.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik ik
a
m
a
htexën.
English:
Now that came to pass for us (or) Now we came to that.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe ìk
a
kp
a
hën
a
.
English:
He had already died.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe ku
a
hpii.
English:
I hear him now.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe mpënt
a
o.
English:
Now we are already pitiful.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe nkëtëm
a
ksihën
a
.
English:
He does his best to escape.
Lenape:
Mëchke k
a
ht
a
pulëwe.
English:
The food is on the table.
Lenape:
Mehëmichink èhènt
a
lipwinkink h
a
te.
English:
Do you have food?
Lenape:
Mehëmichink hèch kulh
a
tu?
English:
He barked when he saw him. (refers to a wolf or dog)
Lenape:
Mëkike ènt
a
neyot.
English:
He barked when he looked at him. (refers to a wolf or dog)
Lenape:
Mëkike ènt
a
pën
a
ot.
English:
He barked when he saw him.
Lenape:
Mëkike ènt
a
pën
a
ote.
English:
He barks and sometimes he howls.
Lenape:
Mëkike t
a
mse wehul.
English:
The dogs are barking.
Lenape:
Mëkikeyok nèki mwek
a
neyok.
English:
The dogs barked together.
Lenape:
Mëkikh
a
tuwàk nèki mwek
a
neyok.
English:
Is this molassas?
Lenape:
Mël
a
sh hàch yushe?
English:
That man is crying.
Lenape:
Mëlimu n
a
lënu.
English:
He went to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink e.
English:
You came to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink kp
a
.
English:
I am going to the store because I need bread.
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink nt
a
èli
a
hpòn n
a
k
a
tàm.
English:
They came to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink peyok.
English:
The lawyer's house is on the left.
Lenape:
Mënànchi h
a
te në lòyèsik
a
on.
English:
They are on an island.
Lenape:
Mën
a
teyunk
a
hpuwàk.
English:
You people came to the lake.
Lenape:
Mënëpèkunk kp
a
hëmo.
English:
We came to a lake.
Lenape:
Mënëpèkunk mp
a
hën
a
.
English:
Give Jan a drink.
Lenape:
Mënih
a
n
a
J
a
n.
English:
Give Jan a drink.
Lenape:
Mënik
a
w n
a
J
a
n.
English:
I put the money in the purse.
Lenape:
Mënutèsink nt
a
tun në moni.
English:
I put the money in the purse.
Lenape:
Mënutèsink nt
a
tun në moni.
English:
There is a fence around the house.
Lenape:
Menxkh
a
su òk
a
i wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
Are you a fullblood?
Lenape:
Mèschèsit hàch ki?
English:
That person talks this way and that.
Lenape:
Mësëtunhe n
a
a
wèn.
English:
Remember that many of our friends died last winter.
Lenape:
Mësh
a
tàmën x
a
heli kitisënàk ànkëluk luwàne.
English:
He received a vision because he lives a pure life.
Lenape:
Mëshënëm linkwehëleokàn èli pil
a
wsit.
English:
He ate different kinds of animals.
Lenape:
Mësi
a
èsìsàk mhwe.
English:
He walked here and there.
Lenape:
Mësi
a
hp
a
mske.
English:
They do various things.
Lenape:
Mësi kèku mikëntàmuwàk.
English:
I do this and that.
Lenape:
Mèsi kèku ntëlën
a
kwsi.
English:
We should hurry and eat.
Lenape:
Mèthàki
a
këmitsihën
a
. {DN}
English:
We could finish our work sooner.
Lenape:
Mètxàki
a
kishën
a
kwsihën
a
.
English:
He walked when he went to town.
Lenape:
Mhituxwe ènt
a
utènink
a
t.
English:
We walked for about an hour.
Lenape:
Mhituxwehën
a
a
hp
a
mi kwëti
a
wëlink.
English:
Eat that plum.
Lenape:
Mho n
a
sipuw
a
s.
English:
A cardinal said, I want to help.
Lenape:
mhukwinùnt luwe, k
a
t
a
wichëmël.
English:
Eat this peach.
Lenape:
Mhu w
a
pilkësh.
English:
Let's eat dumplings.
Lenape:
Michitàm pàk
a
wënikàn
a
.
English:
Let's eat frybreads.
Lenape:
Michitàm s
a
làpòn
a
.
English:
He eats cranberries.
Lenape:
Michu p
a
kim.
English:
He is working in the field (or garden).
Lenape:
Mikëmòsu h
a
kih
a
kànink. {DN}
English:
He uses a (quill) pen when he writes.
Lenape:
Mikwën nh
a
k
a
l
a
ènt
a
lekhikèt.
English:
We will give them corn and women to help them plant it.
Lenape:
Mil
a
wën
a
xàskwim òk xkweyok wichëmëkuk tìli hàkihèneyo
English:
Give me some bread.
Lenape:
Mili
a
hpòn.
English:
Give me some coffee.
Lenape:
Mili kàpi.
English:
Give me some ice water.
Lenape:
Mili kun
a
pu.
English:
Give me a quarter (25¢).
Lenape:
Mili kwëti n
a
hënëm.
English:
Give me one horse.
Lenape:
Mili kwëti nehën
a
onkès.
English:
Give me one horse.
Lenape:
Mili kwëti nehën
a
onkès.
English:
Give me more coffee.
Lenape:
Mili kwi
a
kwi kàpi.
English:
Give me that horse.
Lenape:
Mili n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
Give me that chicken.
Lenape:
Mili n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
Give me the bread.
Lenape:
Mili në
a
hpòn.
English:
Give me the legging.
Lenape:
Mili në k
a
kun.
English:
Give me those arrows.
Lenape:
Mili nèl
a
luns
a
.
English:
Give me two frybreads.
Lenape:
Mili nish
a
s
a
làpòn
a
.
English:
Give me my sinew.
Lenape:
Mili nt
a
hàtës.
English:
Give me a frybread.
Lenape:
Mili s
a
làpòn.
English:
Give me a frybread and give this woman two frybreads, she is hungry.
Lenape:
Mili s
a
làpòn òk mil w
a
xkwe nish
a
s
a
làpòn
a
, k
a
htupu.
English:
Give me a chicken.
Lenape:
Mili tip
a
s.
English:
Give me some chicken, and give this young man some pork.
Lenape:
Mili tip
a
s, òk mil w
a
skìnu kwëshkwësheyok.
English:
Give me some meat and potatoes, I am hungry.
Lenape:
Mili wiyus òk hopënisàk, nk
a
tupwi.
English:
Give me lots of frybreads.
Lenape:
Mili xeli s
a
làpòn
a
.
English:
It was given to me long ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Milkèn ni lòmëwe ènt
a
skixkwei
a
ne.
English:
Give him one frybread.
Lenape:
Mil kwëti s
a
làpòn.
English:
Give Helen the bread.
Lenape:
Mil n
a
Helen në
a
hpòn.
English:
Give Jim the money.
Lenape:
Mil n
a
Jim në moni.
English:
Give Mike some bread.
Lenape:
Mil n
a
Mike
a
hpòn.
English:
Give the girl the food.
Lenape:
Mil n
a
xkwechëch në mehëmichink.
English:
Give him the dog.
Lenape:
Mil nèl mwek
a
neyo.
English:
Give that woman two frybreads.
Lenape:
Mil w
a
xkwe nish
a
s
a
làpòn
a
,
English:
She is expecting a child.
Lenape:
Mimëns
a
k
a
ht
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
She is expecting a baby.
Lenape:
Mimëns
a
k
a
ht
a
wël
a
hële. {DN}
English:
Are those seeds?
Lenape:
Minko hàch nèk? [DN]
English:
Let's eat some pork and a frybread.
Lenape:
Mitsitàm kwëshkwësheyok òk s
a
làpòn.
English:
That person is eating.
Lenape:
Mitsu n
a
a
wèn.
English:
The man had an embarrassed look.
Lenape:
Mix
a
ninkwehële n
a
lënu.
English:
I used a hammer.
Lenape:
Mòkël nh
a
k
a
tàm.
English:
I found some money.
Lenape:
Moni màxkàm.
English:
They gave each other some money.
Lenape:
Moni miltuwàk.
English:
He made the dish for him.
Lenape:
Mònit
a
oo në lokèns.
English:
I close the door.
Lenape:
Mp
a
hëmën në skont
a
y.
English:
We came to the store.
Lenape:
Mp
a
hën
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink.
English:
I hit the little one (animate)
Lenape:
Mpàk
a
m
a
n
a
tànktitit.
English:
I hit the little person.
Lenape:
Mpàk
a
m
a
n
a
tànktitit
a
wèn.
English:
I talk with him on the telephone.
Lenape:
Mpàkànt
a
m
a
on sëk
a
hsën. {DN}
English:
I talk on the telephone.
Lenape:
Mpàkàntàm sëk
a
hsën. {DN}
English:
I slapped the child's rear.
Lenape:
Mp
a
ktieho n
a
mimèns.
English:
I hit him on his head.
Lenape:
Mpàl
a
m
a
wilink.
English:
We were sick when we went there.
Lenape:
Mp
a
lsihën
a
p
a
ànkwe.
English:
I will knock him in the head when I see him.
Lenape:
Mp
a
pelpiteho ènt
a
neyok.
English:
I play with the dog.
Lenape:
Mp
a
pih
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I play with the kitten.
Lenape:
Mp
a
pih
a
n
a
pushitët.
English:
I played with the kitten.
Lenape:
Mp
a
pih
a
n
a
pushitët.
English:
We play in the water.
Lenape:
Mp
a
pihën
a
mpink.
English:
I broke it in half, I used a hammer.
Lenape:
Mp
a
sitehëmën, mòkël nh
a
k
a
tàm.
English:
I shot the rabbit. (with a gun)
Lenape:
Mp
a
xkho n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
I shot the rabbit.
Lenape:
Mp
a
xkho n
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
My knife is sharp.
Lenape:
Mp
a
xkshikàn kine. {DN}
English:
I shot the rabbit.
Lenape:
Mp
a
y
a
xkho n
a
chëm
a
mës. {DN}
English:
I came to gamble.
Lenape:
Mpèchi m
a
y h
a
tike.
English:
I am waiting for Tom Chulens.
Lenape:
Mpeh
a
n
a
Tom Chulens.
English:
My pants are green.
Lenape:
Mpëlchis
a
skàskwe.
English:
I am talking on the tape recorder today.
Lenape:
Mpëmëtunhe sëk
a
hsënink t
a
li yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik.
English:
We walked past Nahuxwe's house.
Lenape:
Mpëmsk
a
hën
a
N
a
huxwe wikit
English:
We looked at those things.
Lenape:
Mpën
a
mën
a
nèl kèku.
English:
I watched TV for three hours.
Lenape:
Mpën
a
mën TV n
a
x
a
a
wëlink.
English:
I was looking at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Mpën
a
o n
a
chulëns ent
a
kënthwihël
a
t.
English:
I dress myself every day; I get dressed every day.
Lenape:
Mpënchil
a
hsi èdhi kishku.
English:
I stuck my finger in my cat's mouth.
Lenape:
Mpënchtunèn
a
mpushisëm.
English:
I stuck my finger in the snake's mouth.
Lenape:
Mpënchtunèn
a
n
a
xkuk.
English:
I put my finger in my mouth.
Lenape:
Mpënchtunèn
a
nh
a
k
a
i.
English:
I am gong to the bank.
Lenape:
Mpen'kink nt
a
. {DN}
English:
I heard that he had died,
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
mëm tìli ànkëlën.
English:
I heard the (wintertime) story and I believe it.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në
a
thiluh
a
kàn, nul
a
mhìtàmën.
English:
I hear the creek flowing.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në sipu pèmitàn.
English:
I hear the rain hitting the window.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në sukel
a
n ehèsh
a
ntèkink.
English:
I heard insane laughter when they laughed.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm këkpëchei këlëks
a
htin.
English:
I hear something.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm kèku.
English:
I heard that it might be a deep snow.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm kon
a
èt mëx
a
te.
English:
I hear the wind.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm në kèshxink.
English:
I hear the door.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm në skont
a
y.
English:
I hear a bird.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o chulëns.
English:
I hear a bird singing.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o chulëns pe
a
suwit.
English:
I hear the thunderbeings,
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
ok Pèth
a
kuweyok.
English:
I hear that person.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o n
a
a
wèn. {DN}
English:
I heard Bill Shawnee when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o n
a
Bill Sh
a
wnee ènt
a
a
suwit.
English:
I heard Doug when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o n
a
Doug ènt
a
a
suwit.
English:
I heard Doug when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o n
a
Doug ènt
a
a
suwit.
English:
I heard Doug while he sang.
Lenape:
Mpënt
a
o n
a
Doug pe
a
suwit.
English:
I showed her my dress.
Lenape:
Mpënundël
a
nt
a
hèmpsë,m.
English:
I brought the book.
Lenape:
Mpèshëw
a
n
a
lekhikàn.
English:
I brought the puppy.
Lenape:
Mpèshëw
a
n
a
mwek
a
netët.
English:
I brought him some food.
Lenape:
Mpèt
a
o mehëmichink.
English:
I brought the basket.
Lenape:
Mpètun në tànkh
a
kàn.
English:
A whale swam where it was deep.
Lenape:
Mpiàxkw
a
shëwìl ènt
a
xitkwèk.
English:
I met Jan accidentally.
Lenape:
Mpìchi kisk
a
o n
a
J
a
n.
English:
I heard it long ago.
Lenape:
Mpihpënt
a
mën lòmëwe.
English:
I heard it long ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Mpihpënt
a
mën lòmëwe ènt
a
uskixkwei
a
ne.
English:
I cleaned (purified) this house (with cedar smoke).
Lenape:
Mpilhìksëmën yu wikëw
a
m.
English:
Water gives u health.
Lenape:
Mpi milkun
a
wël
a
màlsëw
a
kàn.
English:
Go get some water.
Lenape:
Mpi n
a
ti.
English:
Go get some water.
Lenape:
Mpi n
a
ti.
English:
The fish is in the water.
Lenape:
Mpink
a
hpu n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
I want to drink water.
Lenape:
Mpi nk
a
t
a
mëne. {DN}
English:
We selected the dress.
Lenape:
Mpipin
a
mënèn në hèmpës.
English:
I selected the dress.
Lenape:
Mpipin
a
mën në hèmpës.
English:
I selected the bird.
Lenape:
Mpipin
a
o n
a
chulëns.
English:
We will eat medicine together when it gets cool weather.
Lenape:
Mpisun michh
a
tihën
a
ènt
a
th
a
pànke,
English:
He uses medicine.
Lenape:
Mpisun nh
a
k
a
tàm.
English:
I took medicine
Lenape:
Mpisun nkwëntàmën. {DN}
English:
I bit myself by accident and I disliked doing it.
Lenape:
Mpitàbt
a
m
a
nhàk
a
i, nshinki në lësin.
English:
I bit myself by accident, I hate doing that,
Lenape:
Mpitànt
a
m
a
nh
a
k
a
i, nshinki në lìsin.
English:
I bit myself by accident, I hate doing that,
Lenape:
Mpitànt
a
m
a
nh
a
k
a
i, nshinki në lìsin.
English:
I accidentally bit my tongue.
Lenape:
Mpitàntàmën nil
a
nu.
English:
Water is everywhere.
Lenape:
Mpi wèmi yu t
a
li.
English:
I broke the eggs open.
Lenape:
Mpòkh
a
mën
a
nèl òòl
a
.
English:
I will crack the eggshells.
Lenape:
Mpòkh
a
mën
a
nèl òòl
a
.
English:
The skunk sprayed me.
Lenape:
Mpukchilùkw n
a
shk
a
kw,
English:
I broke the window,
Lenape:
Mpukwënëmën në ehèsh
a
ntèk.
English:
He gave him my cat.
Lenape:
Mpushisëm
a
mwil
a
o.
English:
He gave my cat to him.
Lenape:
Mpushisëm mwil
a
o,
English:
I got into a car.
Lenape:
Mpusi tëpchehël
a
sink.
English:
A woodchuck dug a hole in the garden.
Lenape:
Munh
a
ke òlhe h
a
kih
a
kànink.
English:
The girl cut her own hair.
Lenape:
Mush
a
o hòk
a
y
a
n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
She cut that person's hair.
Lenape:
Mush
a
o nèl
a
wèni.
English:
Grandfather, what do you have?
Lenape:
Muxums
a
, kèku hàch kulh
a
tu?
English:
That deceased one was my grandfather.
Lenape:
Muxums
a
m
a
h n
a
k
a
.
English:
My late grandfather was Pètuxòlënt.
Lenape:
Muxums
a
n
a
k
a
Pètuxòlënt.
English:
A dog went to the doghouse.
Lenape:
Mwek
a
ne è mwek
a
neik
a
onink.
English:
He went to the doghouse.
Lenape:
Mwek
a
neik
a
onink è.
English:
I went to a doghouse.
Lenape:
Mwek
a
neik
a
onink nt
a
.
English:
A dog came a while ago.
Lenape:
Mwek
a
ne m
a
h wèski pè.
English:
He gave him the neckerchief he had around his own neck.
Lenape:
Mwil
a
o në
a
kontpèpi nèk
a
hukwènit.
English:
He gave him the dish.
Lenape:
Mwil
a
o në lokèns.
English:
They gave it to Jim.
Lenape:
Mwil
a
woo nèl JIm.
English:
He was given the book.
Lenape:
Mwilku nèl lekhikàn
a
.
English:
He gave him the hat.
Lenape:
Mwilkwën në
a
lukwèpi.
English:
His older sister is named Sarah.
Lenape:
Mwis
a
luwènsu S
a
r
a
h.
English:
His older sister goes to school.
Lenape:
Mwis
a
m
a
y shkulu.
English:
Nux xònsa.
Lenape:
My f
a
ther's older brother.
English:
The running man escaped.
Lenape:
N
a
a
lëmh
a
t
a
hkixin lënu pulëwe.
English:
Then the water began to boil.
Lenape:
N
a
a
lëmi wënte në mpi.
English:
The apple is redder than the strawberry.
Lenape:
N
a
a
plëlìsh
a
lëwi màxksu n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
në tehim.
English:
That green frog began to jump.
Lenape:
N
a
àskàskwsit ch
a
hkol
a
lëm
a
kil.
English:
That person was seen on top of the water.
Lenape:
N
a
a
wèn nèhkwësu xkwëchi mpinkink.
English:
That stinky man.
Lenape:
N
a
chim
a
kwsit lënu.
English:
That strong horse is eating corn.
Lenape:
N
a
chit
a
nësit nehën
a
onkès michu xàskwim.
English:
I will do that.
Lenape:
Nàch në ntëlsin.
English:
The bird flew high.
Lenape:
N
a
chulëns kënthu hukweyunk.
English:
The bird is sitting on the nest.
Lenape:
N
a
chulëns lëm
a
t
a
hpu òhshix
a
ink.
English:
The bird occasionally eats peas.
Lenape:
N
a
chulëns mihëmichu tùkòl
a
xksit
a
.
English:
The bird flew around (something).
Lenape:
N
a
chulëns òk
a
i kënthu.
English:
The bird flew over the roof.
Lenape:
N
a
chulëns xkwit
a
ke kënthu.
English:
You will stay here.
Lenape:
Nàch yu ktàpi.
English:
I will stay here until you arrive.
Lenape:
Nàch yu ntàpi xu kènch p
a
a
ne.
English:
David hears Lucy.
Lenape:
N
a
D
a
vid pwënt
a
o nèl Lucy
a
.
English:
Then when it has gotten extremely hot.
Lenape:
N
a
ènt
a
kìshi këkhichi kshëtèk.
English:
Those Quapaw (Indians) bring the food.
Lenape:
N
a
hànk nèk Ok
a
hp
a
ok tëli pètuneyo në mehëmichink.
English:
Is that Charles' book?
Lenape:
N
a
hèch n
a
Ch
a
rles tëlekhikàn
a
?
English:
I simply won't go back.
Lenape:
N
a
hëli
a
m
a
t
a
nkwëtki.
English:
He ate a raccoon.
Lenape:
N
a
hënëm
a
mhwe.
English:
I saw a raccoon.
Lenape:
N
a
hënëm m
a
h neyo.
English:
I see a raccoon.
Lenape:
N
a
hënëm neyo.
English:
I go to Coon Creek
Lenape:
N
a
hënëmwi Sipunk nt
a
.
English:
Some wild potatoes grew downstream.
Lenape:
N
a
hi ènt
a
s
a
kihtit tekënei hopënisàk.
English:
I go downriver.
Lenape:
N
a
hi nt
a
.
English:
Stop, I want to tell you something.
Lenape:
N
a
hkihël
a
, nk
a
t
a
kèku lël.
English:
Those people stopped.
Lenape:
N
a
hkihëleyok nèk
a
wènik.
English:
They stopped there.
Lenape:
N
a
hkihëleyok t
a
li.
English:
They stopped in the east.
Lenape:
N
a
hkihëleyok wehènchiopànk.
English:
The road is blocked.
Lenape:
N
a
hkixën në tëm
a
kàn.
English:
The white man is catching rain water.
Lenape:
N
a
hkupèhike n
a
shëw
a
nàkw.
English:
He is catching rain water.
Lenape:
N
a
hkupèhike sukëlàntpi.
English:
Then he went there.
Lenape:
N
a
ik
a
tòn.
English:
Jan gathered some things.
Lenape:
N
a
J
a
n m
a
ehàm.
English:
That Jim is lying.
Lenape:
N
a
Jim këlune.
English:
Jim slept in the middle.
Lenape:
N
a
Jim lel
a
i k
a
wi.
English:
Jim thinks he will be sweaty when he chops wood.
Lenape:
N
a
Jim litehe xu kt
a
ptiksu ènt
a
kiskh
a
kwèt.
English:
Jim came from the east.
Lenape:
N
a
Jim op
a
neyunk wënchi
English:
Jim came from the east quickly.
Lenape:
N
a
Jim op
a
neyunk wënchihële.
English:
Jim missed what he shot at.
Lenape:
N
a
Jim pòlh
a
mën.
English:
John's mother is named Eliza.
Lenape:
N
a
John kohès
a
luwènsu Eliz
a
.
English:
Then the dog turned around and he looked at me.
Lenape:
N
a
kwëlpihël
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne, mpën
a
kw.
English:
Then the man turned around.
Lenape:
N
a
kwëlpihël
a
n n
a
lënu.
English:
That one person got separated (from others).
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti
a
wèn chpihële.
English:
That one-drop Quapaw made me mad.
Lenape:
N
a
kwëti pànkpèk Ok
a
hp
a
nt
a
hihùkw.
English:
I go upstream by canoe.
Lenape:
N
a
l
a
hi nëmuxulh
a
m
a
.
English:
I go upstream.
Lenape:
N
a
l
a
hi nt
a
.
English:
I brought Jim.
Lenape:
N
a
l
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
The man is at the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
hpu Lën
a
pehòkink.
English:
The man is in the house.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
hpu wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
The man stopped swimming.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
l
a
a
shëwìl.
English:
The man cannot swim.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
l
a
a
shëwìl.
English:
The man quit working.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
l
a
mikëmòsu.
English:
The man is meaner than the woman.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu
a
lëwi m
a
ht
a
peyu n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
n
a
xkwe.
English:
That man is strong.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu chit
a
nësu.
English:
The man who follows another man because he is afraid of ridicule.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu ènt
a
n
a
ol
a
t pili lënuw
a
èli kwitànk p
a
wchètëw
a
kàn.
English:
The man put the child on the ground.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu h
a
kink tòhol
a
o nèl mimëntët
a
.
English:
The man put the hat one the ground.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu h
a
kink tòtun në
a
lukwèpi.
English:
The man put on his pants.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu ik
a
tòtun pëlchis.
English:
The man is putting on his shirt.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu ik
a
tòtun tòhèmpsëm.
English:
The man put on his shirt.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu ik
a
tòtun tòhèmpsëm.
English:
The man put on his hat.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu ik
a
tòtun tòlukwèpi.
English:
The man fell down in the middle of the room.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu k
a
ihële l
a
wënte.
English:
The man finished working.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu kishi mikëmòsu.
English:
The man finished working.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu kishi mikëmòsu.
English:
The man thought the boy told the truth.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu litehe n
a
pil
a
echëch wël
a
mëwe.
English:
The man thinks the boy told the truth.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu litehe n
a
pil
a
echëch wël
a
muwe.
English:
The man thought the woman would feed him.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu litehe tòx
a
mùku nèl xkweyo.
English:
The man thought he would be fed.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu litehe xu xàm
a
.
English:
The man said, "Soon I will go to sleep."
Lenape:
N
a
lënu luwe, "Xuniti nëm
a
y k
a
wi."
English:
The man did not sleep very long.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu m
a
t
a
kwëni k
a
wi.
English:
The man did not feed hi pet.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu m
a
t
a
tòx
a
m
a
o nèl tòlëmuns
a
.
English:
The man did not feed his dog.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu m
a
t
a
tòxëm
a
o nèl mwek
a
neyëm
a
.
English:
The man did not feed the dog.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu m
a
t
a
tòxëm
a
o nèl mwek
a
neyo.
English:
The man did not feed his dog.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu m
a
t
a
tòxm
a
o nèl mwek
a
neyëm
a
.
English:
The man built a house.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu mònitu wikëw
a
m.
English:
The man gave a house to his children.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu mwil
a
o wikëw
a
m tòmimënsëm
a
.
English:
The man standing near the house.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu nip
a
it kixki wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
The man carried the dead deer on his shoulders.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu noyum
a
o n
a
k
a
a
htuho.
English:
The man carried the saddle on his back.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu noyuntàm në eh
a
p
a
hpink.
English:
The man shot at the fence post.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu p
a
y
a
xkhoo nèl pòst
a
.
English:
The man got dressed.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu pënchil
a
hsu.
English:
The man is getting dressed.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu pënchil
a
hsu.
English:
The man shot at the rock but he missed.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu poy
a
xkh
a
mën në
a
hsën shëkw pòlh
a
mën.
English:
The man shot the bird.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu poyòxkhoo nèl chulëns
a
.
English:
That man looks like a skunk.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu shk
a
kwin
a
kwsu.
English:
The man has scratches on his face.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu sistëlinkwexin.
English:
The man slept just a short time.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu tàkiti k
a
wi.
English:
The man didn't sleep for long.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu tànkiti k
a
wi.
English:
The man told his mother I might go to town.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu tël
a
o kohès
a
kon
a
èt utènink nt
a
.
English:
The man fed the dog.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu tòxàm
a
o nèl mwek
a
neyo.
English:
The man owns a dog.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wël
a
hële mwek
a
neyo.
English:
The man owns a gun.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wël
a
tu poy
a
xkhikàn.
English:
The man lost everything.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wèmi tònkhitu.
English:
The man killed the deer.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wënihël
a
o nèl
a
htuho.
English:
The man built a house for them.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wikh
a
o.
English:
The man built a house.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wikhe.
English:
The man lives in a rock (stone) house.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wiku
a
hsënik
a
onink.
English:
The man lives on the other side of the road.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wiku òsi tëm
a
kànink.
English:
The man likes money.
Lenape:
N
a
lënu wink
a
tàm moni.
English:
Leonard is eighty eight years old.
Lenape:
N
a
Leon
a
rd x
a
sh txinxke òk x
a
sh k
a
htën
a
mu.
English:
Leonard is eighty eight years old and he can still jump.
Lenape:
N
a
Leon
a
rd x
a
sh txinxke òk x
a
sh k
a
htën
a
mu kwi
a
kwi kàski àsp
a
kil..
English:
Bring that person.
Lenape:
N
a
l n
a
a
wèn.
English:
Go get Jim.
Lenape:
N
a
l n
a
Jim.
English:
Go get that Delaware woman.
Lenape:
N
a
l n
a
Lën
a
pèxkwe.
English:
Go get that dog.
Lenape:
N
a
l n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
Go get that kitten.
Lenape:
N
a
l n
a
pushitët.
English:
Go get those men.
Lenape:
N
a
l nèk lënuwàk.
English:
Go get those cats.
Lenape:
N
a
l nèk pushisàk.
English:
That is the way he began to grow up.
Lenape:
N
a
l në lih
a
lëmikin.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shëk nkàski luwèn.
English:
That is all that I know.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shëk ntëli w
a
tun.
English:
All I know is what the old people said a long time ago.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shëk ntëli w
a
tun èluwèhtit lòmëwe kik
a
ink
a
hke.
English:
That is all that I can recall at this time.
Lenape:
N
a
l në shëkw nkàski mësh
a
tàmën yukwe.
English:
That is where he began to grow up.
Lenape:
N
a
l në tënt
a
a
lëmikin.
English:
That is why.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi.
English:
That is why a person is corrected.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi
a
wèn kwitël
a
n.
English:
That is why you went home.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi këm
a
chin.
English:
That is why he went home.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi m
a
chin.
English:
That is why we went home.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi m
a
chinèn.
English:
That is why Jim went home.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi m
a
chin n
a
Jim.
English:
That is the reason why all the animals fled.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi wèmi yuki
a
èsësàk shimuwàk.
English:
That is why he is tired.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi wikwihële.
English:
That is why he was tired.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi wikwihële..
English:
That is why we are friends.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi witisinèn.
English:
That is why we are friends, we help each other.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi witisinèn, nëwichëntihën
a
.
English:
That is the reason these dogs and wolves fear each other.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi yuki mwek
a
neyok òk tëmeyok xwëntuwàk.
English:
That is the reason why they still use it.
Lenape:
N
a
l në wënchi yukwe mèchi nh
a
k
a
tàmëneyo.
English:
This is neverending.
Lenape:
N
a
l në yuni m
a
t
a
wikwèk.
English:
That is all Jim talks when we talk on the telephone.
Lenape:
N
a
l w
a
shùkw Jim ènt
a
hànkw
a
lënixsienkw sëk
a
hsënink.
English:
This is what was told to me by my late mother.
Lenape:
N
a
l yushe ntëlkwën n
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
This is where a correction comes from.
Lenape:
N
a
l yushe wënchixën kwìtëlëtëw
a
kàn.
English:
The daughter of the manëtu.
Lenape:
N
a
m
a
nëtu tòn
a
.
English:
The child got burned.
Lenape:
N
a
mimëns lusu.
English:
The child said, 'Oh, that little dog is cute.'
Lenape:
N
a
mimëns luwe, 'E, ninkëmin
a
kwtitit n
a
mwek
a
ne.'
English:
The child sucked on his thumb.
Lenape:
N
a
mimëns sipàntàmën kit
a
lënch
a
.
English:
The child caught the cat.
Lenape:
N
a
mimëns tòhon
a
o nèl pushis
a
.
English:
The child caught leaves.
Lenape:
N
a
mimëns twën këmp
a
hko,
English:
The baby is here [can also mean 'born']
Lenape:
N
a
mimëntët
a
hpu.
English:
The baby wants to sleep.
Lenape:
N
a
mimëntët k
a
ht
a
k
a
wi.
English:
I will eat soup tomorrow.
Lenape:
N
a
muhwèch
a
làp
a
.
English:
The groundhog dug a hole in the garden.
Lenape:
N
a
munh
a
ke òlhe h
a
kih
a
kànink.
English:
The dog jumped over the rock.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne
a
lëw
a
kihële në
a
hsën.
English:
The dog is outside.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne kòchëmink.
English:
The dog does not like to eat sapan (corn gruel).
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne ku wink
a
tàmu s
a
p
a
n.
English:
The dog did not hear the bird when he sang.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne m
a
t
a
pwënt
a
o nèl chulëns
a
ènt
a
a
suwit.
English:
The dog it walking upright (on his hind legs).
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne nip
a
uxwe.
English:
That dog bit me.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne nt
a
hëmùkw.
English:
The dog dug a hole in the yard.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne òlhe l
a
m
a
menxke.
English:
The dog walked behind the wagon.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne pëmëske wtenk në tëchehël
a
sink.
English:
The dog heard the hoe when it fell over.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne pwëntàmën në kwipëlën
a
y ènt
a
a
mwihëlèk.
English:
The dog heard the bird singing.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne pwënt
a
o nèl chulëns
a
pe
a
suwit,
English:
The dog heard the bird when he sang.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne pwënt
a
oo nèl chulëns
a
ènt
a
a
suwit.
English:
The dog is lying under the table.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne shenkixin èkwi èhènt
a
lipwinkink.
English:
The puppy plays.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
netët p
a
pu.
English:
The puppy plays.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
netët p
a
pu.
English:
That little dog came.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
netët pe.
English:
The puppy is playing with the kitten.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
netët pòpih
a
o nèl pushitët
a
.
English:
The puppy plays with the kitten.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
netët pòpih
a
o nèl pushitët
a
.
English:
The dog bit the man.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne tòhom
a
o nèl lënuw
a
.
English:
The dog nipped the puppy.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne tòhom
a
o nèl mwek
a
netët
a
.
English:
The dog sat up well.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne wëlàpihële.
English:
The dog likes to eat sapan.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne winkitàm s
a
p
a
n
English:
The dog likes to eat sapan. (corn gruel)
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne winkitàm s
a
p
a
n.
English:
The dog like porridge.
Lenape:
N
a
mwek
a
ne winkitàm s
a
p
a
n.
English:
The raccoon found the dog's bowl.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
hënëm mòkàmën në mwek
a
nei lokèns.
English:
The raccoon found the food.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
hënëm mòxkàmën në mehëmichink.
English:
The raccoon made tracks.
Lenape:
N
a
n
a
hënëm pènh
a
tu.
English:
That is the way the Delawares lived.
Lenape:
N
a
në èl
a
wsihtit wàni Lën
a
pe.
English:
The horse is grazing.
Lenape:
N
a
nehën
a
okès nti
a
su.
English:
Then those sulfa drugs I cannot 'drink' them.
Lenape:
N
a
nèk sulf
a
drugs ku nkàski mënewën.
English:
I did it.
Lenape:
N
a
në ntëlsin.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
N
a
në ntënxi luwèn.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
N
a
në she nkàski luwèn.
English:
It will be so.
Lenape:
N
a
në xu lè.
English:
There is where I will go.
Lenape:
N
a
në xu nt
a
n.
English:
I am shivering from the cold wind.
Lenape:
Nànk
a
hchi èli thàxink.
English:
Then I told him, 'Okay! Let's ask him.'
Lenape:
N
a
ntëkwën, 'Nëpe! Ntutëm
a
wtàm.'
English:
Then I told them, 'Wait for me a little while.'
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
neyo, 'Pèhi t
a
kiti.'
English:
Then I said, "Turn around."
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
n, "Kwëpihël
a
."
English:
Then I told him, 'Of course.'
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
n, mink
a
hsekòk.
English:
Then I said, 'My friend, we came to help.'
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
n, 'Nchu, pèchi nh
a
kewsihën
a
.'
English:
Then I said, "Thank you, mother."
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
n, "W
a
nìshi, àn
a
."
English:
Then I told him, It is a nice day.
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
n, Wëli kishku.
English:
I told these children that I am like Wehixamukes, a person must speak correctly to me.
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
ok yuki mimënsàk wëli t
a
ni
a
làshi Wehix
a
mukes, kënch t
a
m
a
y
a
y
a
wèn keko lite.
English:
Then we told him, 'Okay, all right, we are glad.'
Lenape:
N
a
ntël
a
wën
a
, 'Yuh n
a
l t
a
nën, nulelìntàmuhën
a
.'
English:
Then I told him, 'Okay, let's ask him.'
Lenape:
N
a
ntëlkwën, 'Nëpe, ntutëm
a
wt
a
m.'
English:
The cat follows him.
Lenape:
N
a
ol
a
o n
a
pushis.
English:
He followed the raccoon.
Lenape:
N
a
ol
a
o nèl n
a
hënëmo.
English:
The man followed me.
Lenape:
N
a
olukw n
a
lënu.
English:
He will follow me wherever I go or himself be a coward.
Lenape:
N
a
olùkw tët
a
yu t
a
ey
a
a
shìt
a
ko nèk
a
ne shwil
a
it.
English:
White-Wing said, 'Okay, let's smoke!'
Lenape:
N
a
Opilunkòn luwe, 'Nëpèht
a
hupotàm!'
English:
White-Wing was looking for some help.
Lenape:
N
a
Opilunkòn pèchi nh
a
kewsu.
English:
The white dog.
Lenape:
N
a
òpsit mwek
a
ne.
English:
That white dog came.
Lenape:
N
a
òpsit mwek
a
ne pe.
English:
The bloated cow.
Lenape:
N
a
p
a
sit wèhshëmwis.
English:
The boy wants an apple.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
ecëch k
a
ht
a
le
a
pëlësh
a
.
English:
The boy wants some pie.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch k
a
ht
a
tàm p
a
i.
English:
The boy wants to eat some pie.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch k
a
htutàm p
a
i.
English:
The boy got lost.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch kènu t
a
onkël.
English:
The boy wanted to help the girl.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch kòt
a
wichëm
a
o nèl xkwechëch
a
.
English:
The boy does not want any pie.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch ku k
a
ht
a
tàmu p
a
i.
English:
The boy went after water.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch n
a
thëpi
a
.
English:
The boy set the tree on fire.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
èchëch nòxkws
a
o nèl hìtko.
English:
The boy took the dog to a far place.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch ohëlëmi tëluxòl
a
o nèl mwek
a
neyo.
English:
The boy took the dog a long way off.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
èchëch òhëlëmi tëluxòl
a
o nèl mwek
a
neyo.
English:
The boy waited for his father.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
èchëch pwèh
a
o nèl uxò.
English:
The boy arrived with the water.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch pwètun në mpi.
English:
The boy brought the water.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
èchëch pwètun në mpi.
English:
The boy drank all the water.
Lenape:
N
a
pil
a
echëch wèkusëmu në mpi.
English:
The mouse bit a piece out of my ear.
Lenape:
N
a
pukwès kohshàntàmën nhit
a
ok.
English:
The mouse was afraid of the cat.
Lenape:
N
a
pukwès kòx
a
o nèl pushis
a
.
English:
The mouse bit me on my ear.
Lenape:
N
a
pukwès nt
a
hëmùkw nhit
a
okink.
English:
The cat dislikes dogs.
Lenape:
N
a
pushi
a
shink
a
le mwek
a
neyo.
English:
The cat is smaller than the dog.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis
a
lëwi tànktitu n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne..
English:
The cat does not like to eat peaches.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis ku winkòme pilkësh
a
.
English:
The cat tried to kill the mouse.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis kwëchi nhil
a
o nèl pukwès
a
.
English:
The cat killed a mouse.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis nhile pukwès
a
.
English:
The cat looked for the mouse.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis nòtun
a
oo nèl pukwès
a
.
English:
The cat looked for a place to sleep.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis ntunëm tëtàch ènt
a
k
a
wit.
English:
That cat is black.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis sëksu.
English:
The cat carries the kitten in her mouth.
Lenape:
N
a
pushis tënt
a
m
a
o nèl pushitët
a
.
English:
I told him right away; I told him immediately.
Lenape:
N
a
sh
a
i ntël
a
n.
English:
That greasy man.
Lenape:
N
a
sh
a
mësit lënu.
English:
That greasy man went to town.
Lenape:
N
a
sh
a
mësit lënu utènink e.
English:
That one is bigger.
Lenape:
N
a
she kwëti
a
lëwi xinkwi.
English:
That white man there.
Lenape:
N
a
shè shëw
a
nàkw.
English:
That white woman will wash my hair.
Lenape:
N
a
shëw
a
nàkuxkwe kwëshixtun yu nëmilàxk.
English:
The white man was just sitting there.
Lenape:
N
a
shëw
a
nàkw wëli lëm
a
t
a
hpu.
English:
The pretty young woman ran through the tall grass.
Lenape:
N
a
shiki skixkwe èsh
a
mehële kwënàskunk.
English:
The young woman loves him.
Lenape:
N
a
skixkwe tòhol
a
o.
English:
The short man went to town.
Lenape:
N
a
tàkòkwsit lënu utènink è.
English:
Get me some water.
Lenape:
N
a
t
a
m
a
i mpi.
English:
The little man knows the big man.
Lenape:
N
a
tànkìnu uw
a
h
a
o nèl xinkwìnuw
a
.
English:
The small man knows the large man.
Lenape:
N
a
tànktitit lënu uw
a
h
a
o nèl xinkwi lënuw
a
.
English:
The little man knows the big man.
Lenape:
N
a
tànktitit lënu uw
a
h
a
o nèl xinkwi lënuw
a
.
English:
That little dog came.
Lenape:
N
a
tànktitit mwek
a
ne pe.
English:
Then he told his mother and father, "this is what I saw."
Lenape:
N
a
tël
a
n nèl kohès
a
òk uxò, "ntëlinàmën."
English:
Go get me some water.
Lenape:
N
a
tëm
a
i mpi.
English:
Go get the purse.
Lenape:
N
a
tëmën në mënutès.
English:
I brought water.
Lenape:
N
a
tëm mpi.
English:
Go get some food.
Lenape:
N
a
ti mehëmichink.
English:
Go get some water.
Lenape:
N
a
ti mpi.
English:
Go get those dishes.
Lenape:
N
a
ti nèl lokèns
a
.
English:
Go get the little dishes.
Lenape:
N
a
ti nèl lokèntët
a
.
English:
Go get that dish.
Lenape:
N
a
ti në lokèns.
English:
Go get the little dish.
Lenape:
N
a
ti në lokèntët.
English:
Go get the little white dishes.
Lenape:
N
a
ti nèl opënchutët
a
.
English:
Go get the white dishes.
Lenape:
N
a
ti nèl opënchuw
a
.
English:
Go get the white dish.
Lenape:
N
a
ti në opèk lokèns.
English:
Go get the white dish.
Lenape:
N
a
ti në opënchu.
English:
Go get the little white dish.
Lenape:
N
a
ti në opënchutët.
English:
That chicken went to the chicken house or coop.
Lenape:
N
a
tip
a
s tip
a
sik
a
onink è.
English:
They looked for sunbeams.
Lenape:
N
a
tun
a
muk wipèko.
English:
He went to look for some other women.
Lenape:
N
a
tun
a
o pili xkweyok.
English:
I am looking for a cat.
Lenape:
N
a
tun
a
o pushis.
English:
We will look for some deer.
Lenape:
N
a
tun
a
wën
a
nàk
a
htuhuk.
English:
Then when Jim called me he said it was thundering and raining hard.
Lenape:
N
a
w
a
Jim ènt
a
a
htumit luwe pèth
a
khòn òk kshil
a
n.
English:
Then I told Jim on the telephone that there was repeatedly lightning and thunder here last night.
Lenape:
N
a
w
a
Jim ntël
a
ènt
a
sëk
a
hsënink s
a
s
a
pëlehële m
a
h òk pèpèth
a
khòn yu t
a
li wel
a
kwike.
English:
The good looking man knows what to say.
Lenape:
N
a
welin
a
kwsit lënu uw
a
tun kèku kèt
a
luwèt.
English:
Then we all left.
Lenape:
N
a
wèmi nt
a
lëmsk
a
nèn.
English:
Then the young woman got scared.
Lenape:
N
a
wish
a
hël
a
n n
a
skixkwe.
English:
They want three (of something).
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
k
a
ht
a
t
a
muk.
English:
Beware of that man.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
l n
a
lënu.
English:
The squirreel ran down the tree.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
nikw pën
a
kusihële hìtkunk.
English:
My older brother went to the creek.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
ns sipunk è.
English:
Now it is already spring.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
ntki mèchi sikòn.
English:
Three cups.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
p
a
ent
a
.
English:
That eight year old boy came to the house.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
sh k
a
htën
a
mit pil
a
echëch wikw
a
hëmink pe.
English:
Three turtles.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
t
a
hkoxàk.
English:
Three turtles and one snake.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
t
a
hkoxàk òk kwëti xkuk.
English:
Three chickens.
Lenape:
N
a
x
a
tip
a
sàk.
English:
You will lie about me three times.
Lenape:
N
a
xëch kp
a
hsuwe nhàk
a
i,
English:
You lied three times.
Lenape:
N
a
xën kp
a
hsuwe,
English:
The big chicken.
Lenape:
N
a
xinkwsit tip
a
s.
English:
My younger brother plays with his food.
Lenape:
N
a
xisëmës pòpitun mehëmichink.
English:
That snake will come.
Lenape:
N
a
xkuk xu pe.
English:
The woman rested.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe
a
l
a
ximu.
English:
The woman began to work.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe
a
lëmi mikëmòsu.
English:
The girl is prettier than the woman.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch
a
lëwi wëlësu n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
n
a
xkwe.
English:
The girl is prettier than the woman.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch
a
lëwi wëlësu n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
n
a
xkwe.
English:
That girl is bigger than the others.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch
a
lëwi xinkwi n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
nèk t
a
kokik.
English:
The girl bought clothes.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch
a
yem eh
a
hkwink.
English:
The girl clother.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch
a
yëm eh
a
hkwink.
English:
The girl picked up shells (like seashells)
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch èhès'he.
English:
The girl put the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch ehèt
a
lipwinkink nèl chikënëm
a
.
English:
The girl put the lid on the box.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch kòph
a
mën në puhwehòk.
English:
The girl cut the other girl's hair.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch mush
a
o nèl xkwechëch
a
.
English:
The girl grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch òhkën
a
o nèl òt
a
ès
a
.
English:
The girl picked flowers.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch òt
a
ès'he,
English:
The girl is sad.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch shih
a
ten
a
mu.
English:
The girl was sad.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch shih
a
ten
a
mu.
English:
The little girl is in a sad state of mind.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch shih
a
tèn
a
mu.
English:
The girl placed the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch tòhël
a
o nèl chikënëm
a
èhènt
a
lipwinkink.
English:
The girl picked onions.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch ulepën
a
he.
English:
The girl grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch wèchihël
a
l
a
o nèl òt
a
ès
a
.
English:
The girl walks with the boy.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch wënishuxweyo nèl pil
a
echëch
a
.
English:
The girl cooked the food which was given to her.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwechëch wixëni në mehëmichink milënt.
English:
The woman put on the old dress.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe ik
a
tòtun në xuhèmpës.
English:
The woman makes buttons.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe kënuphe.
English:
The woman wanted to wear the new dress.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe kot
a
ik
a
tòtun në wëskhèmpës.
English:
The woman had a tantrum.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe kpëchehële.
English:
The woman carried the baby in her arms.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe kwën
a
o nèl mimëntët
a
.
English:
The woman cut the little piece of cloth.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe kwishkshëmën në hèmptët.
English:
The woman made soup.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe m
a
nitu kshit
a
y.
English:
The woman made the baby sickly (by her bad actions)
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe mikòl
a
he mimëntët
a
.
English:
The woman distributed the food.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe mwekën në mehëmichink.
English:
The woman gave away free food.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe mwèkën nochi mehëmichink.
English:
The woman carried the baby in her arms.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe pwën
a
o nèl mimëntët
a
.
English:
The woman laughed loudly,
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe sòmi këkëlëksu.
English:
The woman told the man to stand up straight.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe tël
a
o nèl lënuw
a
shëx
a
hkik
a
p
a
y.
English:
The woman told the man to stand up straight.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe tël
a
o nèl lënuw
a
shëx
a
xkik
a
p
a
i.
English:
The woman told the boy to sit on the rock,
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe tël
a
o nèl pil
a
echëch
a
a
hsënink kt
a
h
a
hpi.
English:
The woman told the boy, 'You stay home.'
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe tël
a
o nèl pil
a
echëch
a
, 'Kënutike.'
English:
The woman told the boy, you will bring the water.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe tël
a
o nèl pil
a
èchëch
a
, kpètunch në mpi.
English:
The woman told the boy, "Bring the water."
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe tël
a
o nèl pil
a
echëch
a
, "Pètunch në mpi."
English:
The woman had the basket on her head.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe wilink në tànkh
a
kàn.
English:
The woman felt sorry for the kitten.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe wshielëm
a
o nèl pushitët
a
.
English:
The woman opened the box.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe wtunkshenëmën në puhwexòkw.
English:
He is the woman's older brother.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe xòns
a
.
English:
He is the woman's older brother.
Lenape:
N
a
xkwe xòns
a
.
English:
I have even eaten crows.
Lenape:
N
a
xpëne
a
h
a
sàk nëmìmhò.
English:
Even their (Shawnee) word elakuchiakwe is like our elànkuntiànk.
Lenape:
N
a
xpëne në (Sh
a
wnee) 'el
a
kuchi
a
kwe'
a
làshi kilun
a
elànkuntiànk.
English:
Then when I finish eating I have to get ready to go to town.
Lenape:
N
a
xu kìshi mitsi
a
ne nt
a
lëmi wènch
a
hki èli nk
a
t
a
utènink
a
.
English:
Three days from now you will be lying under the red dirt.
Lenape:
N
a
xukwënàkhàke këmàxkh
a
kièxi.
English:
Light the lantern.
Lenape:
N
a
xwsu në òsëlenikàn.
English:
Now that is what I can say.
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe kënch nkàski ntëluwèn.
English:
Now I see the sun.
Lenape:
N
a
yukwe neyo n
a
kishux. {DN}
English:
He carries the deer on his shoulder.
Lenape:
N
a
yum
a
o nèl
a
htuhò.
English:
The water is getting closer (like in a flood).
Lenape:
N
a
yu pèchi kixki në mpi.
English:
I made a mistake when I sewed.
Lenape:
Nch
a
nitun ènt
a
këlixe
a
.
English:
I took the ball away.
Lenape:
Nchikën
a
n
a
p
a
hs
a
hikàn.
English:
The land was taken away from us.
Lenape:
Nchikënëmukehën
a
në h
a
ki.
English:
That dog licked me.
Lenape:
Nchisk
a
mùkw n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I combed Jim's hair.
Lenape:
Nchixàm
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
I waded quickly through the water.
Lenape:
Nchuskihël
a
mpink.
English:
I waded quickly through the muddy water.
Lenape:
Nchuskihël
a
në sisku
a
pe.
English:
ND: What is your name? FF: Ehëluxòlënt.
Lenape:
ND: Kèku hàch ki ktëluwènsi? FF: Ehëluxòlënt.
English:
The little rock fell.
Lenape:
Në
a
hsën'tët pënihële.
English:
The hat on his head is grooked.
Lenape:
Në
a
lukwèpi wilink pimixën.
English:
I rode over the hill on horseback.
Lenape:
Nehën
a
onkès
a
hpi òs
a
onkwe..
English:
Horses drink.,
Lenape:
Nehën
a
onkèsàk mëneyok.
English:
A horse is grazing.
Lenape:
Nehën
a
onkès nti
a
su.
English:
He will go with them.
Lenape:
Nèkàch wite.
English:
I left Oklahoma.
Lenape:
Nëk
a
htëmën Okl
a
hom
a
.
English:
Those deer came.
Lenape:
Nèk
a
htuhuk peyok.
English:
I left this dog.
Lenape:
Nëk
a
l
a
w
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The train left me.
Lenape:
Nëk
a
lùkw n
a
tëntei-tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
I left Oklahoma, I am going to New York.
Lenape:
Nëk
a
tàmën Okl
a
hom
a
, New York nt
a
.
English:
The birds started to sing when it got to be daylight.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk hànkw
a
lëmi
a
suwàk ènt
a
òxeèk.
English:
The birds came to get something to eat.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk pèchi m
a
i mitsuwàk.
English:
The birds come to be fed.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk pèchi m
a
y mitsuwàk.
English:
The Juncos (type of bird) returned.
Lenape:
Nèki Chëlilisàk ktëkiyok.
English:
The trees are beginning to bloom.
Lenape:
Nèki hìtkuk
a
lëmi òt
a
eyuwàk.
English:
Those dogs were all scared.
Lenape:
Nèki mwek
a
neyok wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk.
English:
Those young men looked at the old house.
Lenape:
Nèki skìnuwàk pwën
a
mëneyo në xuwik
a
on.
English:
Those Delawares did not know it.
Lenape:
Nèk Lën
a
peyok t
a
ku w
a
tuneyok,
English:
Those raccoons came.
Lenape:
Nèk n
a
hënëmuk peyok.
English:
Those three were wanted.
Lenape:
Nèk n
a
x
a
k
a
ht
a
lsuwàk.
English:
The chickens were afraid when it repeatedly thundered.
Lenape:
Nèk tip
a
sàk wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk ènt
a
pèpèth
a
khòn.
English:
Those old women were pleased.
Lenape:
Nèk x
a
wshisësàk wëlelìntàmuk.
English:
While he was beginning to fall asleep.
Lenape:
Nëli
a
lëmi k
a
wit.
English:
The leaves are beginning to be red and yellow because it is already Autumn.
Lenape:
Nèl këmp
a
hko
a
lëmi màxkeyo òk wis
a
eyo èli mèchi t
a
hkokën.
English:
The leaves are yellow and red.
Lenape:
Nèl këmp
a
hko wis
a
eyo òk màxkeyo.
English:
Those large houses are ugly.
Lenape:
Nèl xinkwèke wikw
a
hëm
a
x
a
hin
a
kohtu.
English:
I bought a dog.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
hël
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I bought many things.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
hëlàm xeli kèku.
English:
I bought the horse.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
hël
a
n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
I buy an apple.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
hël
a
o
a
pëlìsh.
English:
I bought a horse.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
hël
a
o nehën
a
okès.
English:
I am on my way to work.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
i mikëmòsi.
English:
I am going to work. (in sense of to go to)
Lenape:
Nëm
a
i mikëmòsi.
English:
I am going to take a sweat bath.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
i mpimëwe.
English:
I made him go there.
Lenape:
Nèm
a
nih
a
tìli ik
a
a
a
n. {DN}
English:
He made the dish for me.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
nit
a
kw në lokèns.
English:
She made the dish for me.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
nit
a
kw në lokëns.
English:
I made two baskets.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
nitun
a
nish
a
tànkh
a
kàn
a
.
English:
I made a pancake.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
nitu p
a
n'kuk.
English:
I made a peach cobbler.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
nitu 'pe
a
ch cobbler.'
English:
I am mad at him because he lied.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
nunksit
a
o èli këlune.
English:
I went to pick pokeberries.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
wënsi chàkinkwèm.
English:
I think highly of myself
Lenape:
nëm
a
xinkwelëm
a
nhàk
a
y
English:
I found the dish.
Lenape:
Nëmàxk
a
m në lokèns.
English:
I will find a friend.
Lenape:
Nëmàxk
a
o wink
a
lit.
English:
I will find a friend.
Lenape:
Nëmàxk
a
o wink
a
lit.
English:
I went to touch him.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
y kikën
a
.
English:
I go to dig them up.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
y kt
a
hòòk
English:
I will go shopping.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
y mh
a
l
a
musìch.
English:
I am going to look at some shoes.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
y pën
a
mën
a
chip
a
hko.
English:
I went to see the man but he was asleep.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
y pën
a
o shëk k
a
wi n
a
lënu .
English:
I went to help him.
Lenape:
Nëm
a
y wichëm
a
,
English:
I rode bareback over the hill.
Lenape:
Nëmëkuttièpi òs
a
onkwe.
English:
I vomited blood.
Lenape:
Nëmëlàntàm mhùkw.
English:
I smell this flower.
Lenape:
Nëmël
a
o w
a
òt
a
ès.
English:
The store is near the house.
Lenape:
Në mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
on kixki wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
We all drink the same water.
Lenape:
Nëmënehën
a
kwëtèli mpi.
English:
I drink coffee.
Lenape:
Nëmëne kàpi.
English:
I am drinking ice water.
Lenape:
Nëmëne kun
a
pu.
English:
I can see the forest.
Lenape:
Nemën ènt
a
shinkèk.
English:
I drank milk.
Lenape:
Nëmëne nun
a
kàn.
English:
I will drink it here.
Lenape:
Nëmënèn yushe t
a
li.
English:
I see the creek flowing slowly.
Lenape:
Nemën në sipu pèm'pehël
a
k.
English:
I sat on the floor near the table.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
a
ke kixki ehènt
a
lipwink.
English:
I remember those who are deceased.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
a
l
a
ok
a
wènik
a
.
English:
I remember those who are deceased.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
a
l
a
ok
a
wènik
a
.
English:
I should have remembered it.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
a
tàmën
a
.
English:
I should have thought of it.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
a
tàmën
a
m
a
h.
English:
I remember an old story.
Lenape:
nëmësh
a
tàm xuwi
a
chimëw
a
kàn.
English:
I gave him a knife for his birthday.
Lenape:
Nëmil
a
kshikàn ènt
a
k
a
htën
a
mit.
English:
I gave him a Delaware name.
Lenape:
Nëmil
a
Lën
a
pei luwènsëw
a
kàn.
English:
I gave him money.
Lenape:
Nëmil
a
moni.
English:
I gave him my knife for his birthday.
Lenape:
Nëmil
a
mpàxkshikànëm ènt
a
k
a
htën
a
mit.
English:
My woman friend gave me many books.
Lenape:
Nëmilùkw n
a
nichus x
a
heli lekhikàn
a
.
English:
He have me the handkerchief.
Lenape:
Nëmilùkw në
a
kòntpèpi.
English:
I have eaten rabbit before.
Lenape:
Nëmìmhò chëm
a
mës.
English:
My older sister is hungry, give her some food.
Lenape:
Nëmis k
a
htupu, mil mehëmichink.
English:
My older sister said, our mother is very good looking.
Lenape:
Nëmis luwe, k
a
hèsën
a
a
hi wëlin
a
kwsu.
English:
My older sister is eating steam-fried meat.
Lenape:
Nëmis michu s
a
làsikàn.
English:
My older sister is playing with my father.
Lenape:
Nëmis pòpih
a
o nux
a
.
English:
I saw the ocean when I went to the east.
Lenape:
Nem kit
a
hikàn ènt
a
ik
a
a
wehènchiopànk.
English:
I ate an apple.
Lenape:
Nëmuhò
a
pëlìsh.
English:
I ate one plum.
Lenape:
Nëmuhò kwëti sipuw
a
s.
English:
I ate a plum.
Lenape:
Nëmuhò sipuw
a
s.
English:
I ate a squirrel.
Lenape:
Nëmuhò x
a
nikw.
English:
I plucked that turkey.
Lenape:
Nëmunën
a
n
a
chikënëm.
English:
I go downriver by canoe.
Lenape:
Nëmùxulh
a
m
a
n
a
hi.
English:
My grandfather looks at my grandmother.
Lenape:
Nëmuxumës pwën
a
oo nuhëm
a
.
English:
My dog is smart.
Lenape:
Nëmwek
a
neyëm lëpwe.
English:
He knows me now that he stopped disliking me.
Lenape:
Nën
a
kw èli
a
l
a
shink
a
lit.
English:
That is what we people should have done.
Lenape:
Nëni
a
m
a
h lësièkpàne.
English:
I too will help them.
Lenape:
Nèpèch nëwichëm
a
ok.
English:
Okay, let's smoke!
Lenape:
Nëpèht
a
hupotàm!
English:
Okay, my friend, let's go hunting.
Lenape:
Nëpèht
a
, nchu,
a
l
a
itàm.
English:
I am not hungry either.
Lenape:
Nèpe ku nk
a
tupwi.
English:
I too am sleepy.
Lenape:
Nèpe nk
a
tunkòm.
English:
Me neither!
Lenape:
Nèpe t
a
ku!
English:
I too was created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Nèpe t
a
nkishelëmùksi.
English:
The box is empty.
Lenape:
Në puhwexòkw
a
làxàt.
English:
That black rock fell.
Lenape:
Në sëkèk
a
hsën pënihële.
English:
The coat cost three dollars.
Lenape:
Në sh
a
khùkwiàn n
a
x
a
nt
a
l
a
s
a
l
a
wtu.
English:
They put it over there.
Lenape:
Në she h
a
tuneyo,
English:
I am not hungry yet.
Lenape:
Nèsko nk
a
tupwi.
English:
The door opened suddenly.
Lenape:
Në skont
a
y tunkshèni s
a
làxki.
English:
Jim has not come yet.
Lenape:
Nèsko pe n
a
Jim.
English:
That other rock looks different.
Lenape:
Në t
a
kok
a
hsën pili lin
a
kòt.
English:
The axe is dull.
Lenape:
Në tëm
a
hikàn wikòn.
English:
Four minus two equals two.
Lenape:
New
a
chitën nish
a
m
a
nitu nish
a
.
English:
It is four o-clock.
Lenape:
New
a
kël
a
k.
English:
Four knives.
Lenape:
New
a
kshikàn
a
.
English:
Four hogs.
Lenape:
New
a
kwëshkwëshàk.
English:
The child read four books.
Lenape:
New
a
lekhik
a
n
a
a
hkime n
a
mimëns.
English:
There were four of those now deceased men.
Lenape:
New
a
m
a
h nèk lënunk
a
he.
English:
Four horses.
Lenape:
New
a
nehën
a
okèsàk.
English:
There are four of those men.
Lenape:
New
a
nëk lënuwàk.
English:
I grabbed a broom.
Lenape:
nëwèchil
a
htu chikhikàn.
English:
I grabbed a broom.
Lenape:
Nëwèchil
a
htu chikhikàn.
English:
I grabbed it quickly because it was falling.
Lenape:
Nëwèchil
a
htu èli
a
lëmi pënihëlèk.
English:
I ate it all up yesterday.
Lenape:
Nëwèkwitàmën lòkëwe.
English:
I boiled the eggs.
Lenape:
Nëwënsëmën
a
nèl òòl
a
.
English:
My eyeglasses are dirty.
Lenape:
Nëwëshkinkhòkàn
a
niskeyo.
English:
I was born near Glen Oak.
Lenape:
Nëwësk
a
hpi kixki Glen O
a
k.
English:
I stirred the meat.
Lenape:
Nëwiàxkh
a
mën në wiyus.
English:
I should have helped.
Lenape:
Nëwichinke
a
m
a
h.
English:
I helped when they pounded corn.
Lenape:
Nëwichinke ènt
a
kohokh
a
tink.
English:
I helped when they all ground corn.
Lenape:
Nëwichinke ènt
a
kohòkh
a
tink.
English:
She named me because she could sing her vision song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Nëwihëlùkw èli kàski
a
tehumu Xinkwik
a
onink.
English:
My late mother named me.
Lenape:
Nëwihëlùkw n
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
I live in an old house.
Lenape:
Nëwiki xuwik
a
onink.
English:
I am tired, and a bit angry/
Lenape:
Nëwikwihël
a
, xèxiti nëm
a
nunksi.
English:
My nose is sore.
Lenape:
Nëwin
a
màntàmën nhikiyon.
English:
My nose hurts.
Lenape:
Nëwin
a
màntàmën nhikiyon.
English:
I like her but I seldom see her.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
l
a
shëk m
a
t
a
nineyo chuxkwe.
English:
I like to eat rabbit.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
chëm
a
mës.
English:
I would like to eat a pear.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
hàkhàkopëlìsh.
English:
I like to eat buffalo.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
n
a
sisilie.
English:
I like to eat chicken.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
I like to eat it when it is fried.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
ni nàn ènt
a
s
a
làs
a
sik.
English:
I like to eat potatoes.
Lenape:
Nëwinkàm
a
ok nèk hopënisàk.
English:
I like onions.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
ulepënàk.
English:
I like to eat squirrel.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
x
a
nikw.
English:
I like to eat Lamb's Quarters. (the plant)
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
m
a
xk
a
nës
a
.
English:
I like to eat Lamb's Quarters (a plant).
Lenape:
Nëwinkàm
a
xkànësàk.
English:
I like money.
Lenape:
Nëwink
a
tàm moni.
English:
We like to read.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
hkënsihën
a
.
English:
I like to throw stones in the water.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
hsën
a
chòpònihi.
English:
I must go shopping.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
m
a
y mh
a
l
a
musi.
English:
I should go shopping.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
mh
a
l
a
musi.
English:
I would like to meet him.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
nkisk
a
o.
English:
I would like to teach him some songs.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
wënt
a
m
a
o
a
suw
a
kàn
a
.
English:
I really would like to help.
Lenape:
Nëwinki
a
wichinke.
English:
I like to travel by boat or canoe.
Lenape:
Nëwinki hànkw muxulh
a
m
a
.
English:
I like to sleep.
Lenape:
Nëwinki k
a
wi.
English:
I like to dance.
Lenape:
Nëwinki këntk
a
.
English:
I like to travel by boat or canoe.
Lenape:
Nëwinki muxulh
a
m
a
.
English:
I like the taste of that bread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàmën në
a
hpon.
English:
I like the taste of this bread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàmën yu
a
hpòn.
English:
I like to eat pork.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm kwëshkwësheyok.
English:
I like to eat that meat.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm në wiyus.
English:
I like to eat eggs.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm òòl
a
.
English:
I like to eat pizza.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm pits
a
.
English:
I like to eat frybread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm s
a
làpòn.
English:
I like to eat beef.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm wèhshùmwisi wiyus.
English:
I like to eat meat.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm wiyus.
English:
I like to eat liver.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm xkwën.
English:
I like to go to town.
Lenape:
Nëwinki utènink
a
.
English:
I like this saying (or word).
Lenape:
Nëwinksìtàmën yu luweokàn.
English:
I like to hear Nora when she talks Lenape.
Lenape:
Nëwinksìt
a
w hànkw w
a
Nor
a
ènt
a
a
lënixsit.
English:
We ate with him when it was noon.
Lenape:
Nëwipum
a
wën
a
ènt
a
p
a
xàkwèk.
English:
I scared the dog.
Lenape:
Nëwish
a
l
a
n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I scared those birds.
Lenape:
Nëwish
a
l
a
ok nël chulënsàk.
English:
The water scared me.
Lenape:
Nëwish
a
lukwën në mpi.
English:
The dog scared me.
Lenape:
Nëwish
a
lùkw n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I said something to Jim that scared him.
Lenape:
Nëwish
a
m
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
My husband went to work today.
Lenape:
Nëwit
a
emàk m
a
y mikëmòsu yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik.
English:
I will go along because I do not think anything of my life.
Lenape:
Nëwitèch èli m
a
t
a
kèku ntëlelìntàmuwën në lehëlexeokàn.
English:
I will go along as I do not dislike doing anything.
Lenape:
Nëwitèch m
a
t
a
ntih
a
shi shinki lësin kèku.
English:
I danced with Mike when he did the Bean Dance.
Lenape:
Nëwitkèm
a
n
a
Mike ènt
a
m
a
làxkwsitk
a
n.
English:
We cook in water.
Lenape:
Nëwixënihën
a
mpink.
English:
There were four now deceased men.
Lenape:
Newunk
a
m
a
h mèk lënywàk.
English:
That large house is red.
Lenape:
Në xinkwèk wikëw
a
m màxke.
English:
That large house is red.
Lenape:
Në xinkwi wikëw
a
m màxkèk.
English:
There are four of those men.
Lenape:
Neyëwàk
English:
There were four of them when they danced.
Lenape:
Neyëwàk ènt
a
këtk
a
htit.
English:
There are four of those men.
Lenape:
Neyëwàk nèki lënuwàk.
English:
I see (or saw) the horses.
Lenape:
Neyok nèki nehën
a
onkèsàk.
English:
I saw him standing in the water.
Lenape:
Neyo mpinkink ni
a
pit.
English:
I see the moon in your eyes.
Lenape:
Neyo n
a
kishux këshkinkwink.
English:
I see a fish in the water.
Lenape:
Neyo n
a
mès mpink.
English:
He saw the big wolf sticking his head in the door.
Lenape:
Neyo n
a
xinkwtëme pe s
a
khùkwet skontink.
English:
I saw him standing in the water in the creek.
Lenape:
Neyo nip
a
it mpinkink sipunk.
English:
I saw him standing by the creek. (or) I saw him standing in the creek.
Lenape:
Neyo nip
a
it sipunk.
English:
I saw my mother.
Lenape:
Neyo nk
a
hès.
English:
We saw him when he was butchering.
Lenape:
Neyowën
a
ènt
a
wiyus'hèt.
English:
Charley sees me.
Lenape:
neyùkw w
a
Ch
a
rley.
English:
Four were traveling by water.
Lenape:
Neyuwàk pëmil
a
ht
a
ok.
English:
This rocks were seen.
Lenape:
Neyuw
a
nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
We saw him butchering.
Lenape:
Neyuwën
a
pè wiyus'hèt,
English:
I often eat chicken.
Lenape:
Ngëme nëmuhò tip
a
s.
English:
That person killed someone.
Lenape:
Nhiluwe n
a
a
wèn.
English:
My female friend's mother.
Lenape:
Nichus kohès
a
.
English:
He carries his own sins on his back.
Lenape:
Nihëlàchi n
a
yuntànk m
a
ht
a
wsëw
a
kàn
a
.
English:
It is my fault.
Lenape:
Nihëlàchi ntël
a
ihòsin.
English:
We stand in front.
Lenape:
Nik
a
ni knip
a
ihën
a
.
English:
The dog is there in front of the tree.
Lenape:
Nik
a
ni n
a
hìtkunk n
a
mwek
a
ne tòpin.
English:
I stand in front.
Lenape:
Nik
a
ni nip
a
y.
English:
The man is in front of the house.
Lenape:
Nik
a
ni wikw
a
hëmink
a
hpu n
a
lënu.
English:
The road is in front of the house.
Lenape:
Nik
a
ni wikw
a
hëmink në tëm
a
kàn.
English:
He stands in front.
Lenape:
Nik
a
nki nipu.
English:
Long ago when a girl had a baby.
Lenape:
Nìke lòmëwe ènt
a
xkwechëch wël
a
hël
a
t mimëns
a
.
English:
I bit my tongue by accident.
Lenape:
Nil
a
nu mpitàntàmën.
English:
I am a Delaware, are you a Delaware?
Lenape:
Ni Lën
a
pe, Lën
a
pe hèch ki?
English:
That is my cat.
Lenape:
Ni n
a
mpushisëm.
English:
That is my book.
Lenape:
Ni në ntëlekhikàn.
English:
Have you ever used that Vicks (Vaporub)?
Lenape:
Nình
a
k
a
tàmèn hàch nàni Vicks?
English:
I myself have used it.
Lenape:
Nình
a
k
a
tàmèn t
a
ni.
English:
I am the one who did that.
Lenape:
Ni ntël
a
ihòsin.
English:
I am the one who did not return.
Lenape:
Ni ntëli m
a
t
a
kwëtkiwën.
English:
I myself led these of the Turtle Clan when there was a war.
Lenape:
Ni ntëli s
a
hk
a
kwën
a
neyo yuki Puku
a
nkuichik ènt
a
m
a
ht
a
kenk.
English:
I am a half Caddo woman.
Lenape:
Ni p
a
hsi K
a
luhël
a
chixkwe.
English:
I want two watermelons.
Lenape:
Nish
a
èskit
a
mink
a
nk
a
t
a
tàm.
English:
Two potatoes.
Lenape:
Nish
a
hopënisàk.
English:
Two years ago White-Wing looked for me.
Lenape:
Nish
a
k
a
htëne n
a
Opilunkòn nutxùkw.
English:
I read two books.
Lenape:
Nish
a
lekhikàn
a
ntàkim
a
.
English:
two dishes
Lenape:
nish
a
lokèns
a
English:
Two dogs.
Lenape:
Nish
a
mwek
a
neyok.
English:
Two dollars.
Lenape:
Nish
a
nt
a
l
a
s
a
.
English:
Two plus two equals four.
Lenape:
Nish
a
òk nish
a
m
a
nitu new
a
.
English:
Two and two are four.
Lenape:
Nish
a
òk nish
a
; new
a
.
English:
Two eggs.
Lenape:
Nish
a
òl
a
.
English:
Two flowers.
Lenape:
Nish
a
òt
a
èsàk.
English:
I have two pairs of pants.
Lenape:
Nish
a
pëlëchis
a
nulh
a
tu.
English:
I have two pairs of pants.
Lenape:
Nish
a
pëlëchis
a
nulh
a
tu.
English:
seven deer
Lenape:
nish
a
sh
a
htuhok
English:
Two young men said, 'We will.'
Lenape:
Nish
a
skìnuwàk luweyok, 'Nilun
a
t
a
.'
English:
Two young men came.
Lenape:
Nish
a
skìnuwàk peyok.
English:
I have two strawberries.
Lenape:
Nish
a
tehim nulh
a
tu.
English:
He has two girls.
Lenape:
Nish
a
xkwechëchàk wël
a
hële.
English:
Two times two.
Lenape:
Nishën nish
a
.
English:
Two times two equals four.
Lenape:
Nishën nish
a
m
a
nitu new
a
.
English:
He is twenty years old.
Lenape:
Nishintke k
a
htën
a
mu.
English:
It is twenty-five after four (time).
Lenape:
Nishinxke òk p
a
lenàxk kìshi new
a
.
English:
In twenty days.
Lenape:
Nishinxke txukwën
a
kh
a
ke.
English:
In twenty days we will go home.
Lenape:
Nishinxke txukwën
a
kh
a
ke xu këm
a
chihën
a
.
English:
It has been cold here for two days.
Lenape:
Nishukwëne the yu t
a
li.
English:
The man walks with his daughter,
Lenape:
Nishuweyok tòn
a
òk nèl uxò.
English:
We will walk together by twos.
Lenape:
Nishuxwehën
a
xu.
English:
The girl and boy the two are walking together.
Lenape:
Nishuxweyok n
a
xkwechëch òk pil
a
echëch.
English:
I am a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Nit
a
i muxulhe.
English:
I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
Ni t
a
Lën
a
pe.
English:
I can go and kill the serpent.
Lenape:
Ni t
a
m
a
y nhil
a
n
a
màx
a
xkuk.
English:
I am riding horseback.
Lenape:
Ni t
a
nehën
a
onkès
a
hpi.
English:
I myself really hold dogs in high regard.
Lenape:
Ni t
a
ni nëmàxinkwelëm
a
wàni mwek
a
ne.
English:
We are now friends.
Lenape:
Nitis'hëmën
a
yukwe
English:
I do my best alone.
Lenape:
Ni xuh
a
nt
a
lënuwihël
a
.
English:
Our mother said, "You-all play."
Lenape:
Nk
a
hèsën
a
luwe, "Këp
a
pihëmo."
English:
My mother's mother.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès kohès
a
.
English:
My mother is carrying the soup.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès kwëlënëm në kshit
a
y.
English:
My mother said, 'This bread tastes good.'
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès luwe, 'Winkàn yu
a
hpon.'
English:
My mother said, tonight I want to go visit my older sister.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès luwe, yukwe ènt
a
lòkwik nk
a
t
a
m
a
ike nëmis.
English:
My mother's older sister is coming tomorrow.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès mwis
a
xu pè
a
làp
a
.
English:
My mother told me on the telephone.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès ntëlùkw sëk
a
hsënink.
English:
My mother and my father.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès òk nux. [DN]
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès x
a
heli s
a
làpon
a
michu.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès x
a
heli s
a
làpòn
a
michu.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nk
a
hès xèli s
a
làpòn
a
michu.
English:
We want some of the hot ashes.
Lenape:
Nk
a
k
a
t
a
muhën
a
në kèshtèk punkw.
English:
I can speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nkàski
a
lënixsi.
English:
We can tell wintertime stories.
Lenape:
Nkàski
a
thiluhehën
a
.
English:
I can give a person a name.
Lenape:
Nkàski
a
wèn wihël
a
.
English:
I can do it.
Lenape:
Nkàski në lësin.
English:
I can see a flirty man.
Lenape:
Nkàski neyo chëmìnu.
English:
We can kill him.
Lenape:
Nkàski nhil
a
wën
a
.
English:
I want to tell a story.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
chimwi.
English:
I want to dress myself.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
hkon
a
nhàk
a
y.
English:
I want to rest.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
l
a
ximwi.
English:
I want to fish.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
me.
English:
I want to get up.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
mwi.
English:
I want to sing.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
suwi.
English:
I want to sing for a little while.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
a
suwi t
a
kiti.
English:
I want to make garden.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
h
a
kihe.
English:
First I want to finish fixing my fence.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
hìt
a
mi kishixtun nëmenàxk.
English:
I want to go far away.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
ik
a
lichi
a
.
English:
I want to hide quickly (polite saying for 'I want to use toilet')
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kànchihël
a
.
English:
I want to sleep.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
k
a
wi.
English:
I want to sleep.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
k
a
wi.
English:
I want to sleep.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
k
a
wi.
English:
I want to tell you something.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kèku lël.
English:
I want to give him something.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kèku mil
a
.
English:
I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kèx
a
ptun kèku luwe.
English:
I want to heat it.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kshësëmën.
English:
I want to smell it (intentionally).
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kwësi
a
mën.
English:
I want one frybread.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kwëti s
a
làpòn.
English:
I want to move.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
kwsi.
English:
I want an apple.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
l
a
a
pëlìsh.
English:
I want a chicken.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
l
a
tip
a
s.
English:
I want to live the Delaware way.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
Lën
a
peowsi.
English:
I want to dance the Delaware way.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
Lën
a
pewk
a
.
English:
I want to burn cedar.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
lus
a
pëphòkwës.
English:
I want to go to a dance.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
m
a
hwink
a
.
English:
I want to go to help him.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
m
a
i wichëm
a
.
English:
I want to gather wood.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
m
a
nàxe.
English:
I want to make a clay pot.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
m
a
nih
a
siskuw
a
hus.
English:
I want to go to wash.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
m
a
y kshixtike. {DN}
English:
I want to go look at him.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
m
a
y pën
a
o.
English:
I want to smell it.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mël
a
mën.
English:
I want to vomit.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mëlàntàm.
English:
I want to buy land.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mh
a
làmën hàki.
English:
I want to buy food.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mh
a
l
a
mën mehëmichink.
English:
I want to sell something.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mh
a
lëm
a
ke.
English:
I want to sell my house.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mh
a
lëm
a
ke nëwikw
a
m.
English:
I want to sell a house.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mh
a
lëm
a
ke wikëw
a
m.
English:
I want to work
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mikëmòsi.
English:
I want to work.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mikëmòsi.
English:
I want to give her a dress.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mil
a
hèmpës.
English:
I want to give them a dress.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
mil
a
ok hèmpës.
English:
I want to soften it.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
ntòkënëmën.
English:
I want to stay at home.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
nutike. {DN}
English:
I want to crack some nuts.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
p
a
hkàsi.
English:
I want to crack pecans.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
p
a
hkàsi k
a
nsèm.
English:
I want to crack some pecans.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
p
a
hkàsi k
a
nsèm.
English:
I want to shoot him.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
p
a
y
a
xkho. {DN}
English:
I want to shoot an owl.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
p
a
y
a
xkho kukhus. {DN}
English:
I want to wash my hair.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
shixhùkò
English:
I want to urinate.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
shki.
English:
We want some seeds.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàmënèn xkànim.
English:
I want that white dish.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàmën në opèk lokèns.
English:
I want a hug.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàm kàsk
a
htèn
a
.
English:
I want pie.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàm p
a
i.
English:
I want a small piece.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàm tànkiti pàke.
English:
We want some corn.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàmuhën
a
xàskwim.
English:
I want some boiled corn.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tàm wëns
a
sik xàskwim.
English:
I want to bathe soon.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tixëmwi xulëniti.
English:
I want to ask you something.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
tutëmul.
English:
I want to go to town.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
utènink
a
.
English:
I want to know it.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
w
a
tun. {DN}
English:
I want to give names to my relatives.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
wihël
a
neyo nèk el
a
nkumàkik.
English:
I want to beg of you.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
winëw
a
mël.
English:
I want to cross the water.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
xkoxk
a
. {DN}
English:
I want to go to sleep now.
Lenape:
Nk
a
t
a
yukwe k
a
wi.
English:
I almost got pregnant.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti ànchi lànkuntàm
English:
I am almost frozen.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti ch
a
k
a
hchi.
English:
I almost fell down.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti k
a
ihël
a
. {DN}
English:
I almost went to sleep.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti k
a
wi
English:
I almost went to sleep.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti k
a
wi.
English:
I almost went to sleep.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti k
a
wi.
English:
I almost got burned.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti lusi.
English:
I almost cried.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti mëlimwi.
English:
We almost forgot the purse.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti òninen në mënutès.
English:
I almost forgot the purse.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti onin në mënutès.
English:
I almost fell.
Lenape:
Nk
a
ti pënihël
a
.
English:
I am sleepy now.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tunkòm yukwe.
English:
I want to eat a potato.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tupo hopënis.
English:
I'm hungry, give me that cake.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tupwi, mili në shukëlàpòn.
English:
I am hungry and I want to eat.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tupwi, nk
a
t
a
mitsi.
English:
I am hungry, feed me.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tupwi, x
a
mi.
English:
I want to eat some gravy.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tutàm ehëmàxkenk.
English:
I want to eat some pecans.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tutàm k
a
nsèm.
English:
I want to eat pie.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tutàm p
a
i.
English:
I want to eat some meat.
Lenape:
Nk
a
tutàm wiyus.
English:
I dried that dead squirrel until he was almost brittle.
Lenape:
Nk
a
xks
a
o n
a
k
a
x
a
niko.
English:
'I will end this wintertime story'.
Lenape:
Nk
a
xpil
a
a
thiluh
a
kàn.
English:
I will tie it up for a while. (Said by storyteller at end of session)
Lenape:
Nk
a
xpil
a
l
a
h
a
p
a
.
English:
I caught him telling a lie.
Lenape:
Nkëlàkho tìli këlunèn.
English:
I carried a handkerchief.
Lenape:
Nkëlënëm
a
kontpèpi.
English:
I am holding a stone in my hand.
Lenape:
Nkëlënëmën
a
hsën.
English:
I am holding a fork.
Lenape:
Nkëlëntàm lèlx
a
oluwèk.
English:
Those people listened to me.
Lenape:
Nkëlëst
a
kun
a
nèki
a
wènik.
English:
The man listens to me.
Lenape:
Nkëlëst
a
kw n
a
lënu.
English:
The man listened to me.
Lenape:
Nkëlët
a
kw n
a
lënu.
English:
I sewed my dress.
Lenape:
Nkëlix
a
mën nt
a
hèmpsëm.
English:
I sewed on my shirt. ; I sewed on my dress.
Lenape:
Nkëlixh
a
mën nt
a
hèmpsëm
English:
We eat all the time.
Lenape:
Nkëme mitsihën
a
. {DN}
English:
They are always eating.
Lenape:
Nkëme mitsuwàk.
English:
I always think about Jim.
Lenape:
Nkëme mpën
a
elëm
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
I often eat chicken.
Lenape:
Nkëme nëmuhò tip
a
s.
English:
I kidnapped a person.
Lenape:
Nkëmutëm
a
a
wèn.
English:
I must go back.
Lenape:
Nkënch t
a
kwëtki
a
ne.
English:
I hid the money then I showed Jim where the money is.
Lenape:
Nkënth
a
tun m
a
h moni n
a
n
a
Jim nëwënt
a
m
a
o tët
a
etèk në moni.
English:
I went crazy in a wagon (or car) as the wagon spun around.
Lenape:
Nkëpchehël
a
tëpchehël
a
sink ènt
a
tëpchehël
a
t n
a
tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
I locked up the dog.
Lenape:
Nkëpho n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I washed the windows,
Lenape:
Nkëshixtun
a
nèl ehèsh
a
ntek
a
.
English:
I washed the windows.
Lenape:
Nkëshixtun
a
nèl ehèsh
a
ntèk
a
.
English:
We washed our legs.
Lenape:
Nkëshixtun
a
nhik
a
tën
a
.
English:
We washed out ears.
Lenape:
Nkëshixtun
a
nhit
a
okën
a
.
English:
I washed the window,
Lenape:
Nkëshixtu në ehèsh
a
ntèk.
English:
I itched when a mosquito bit me.
Lenape:
Nkëshuwsi ènt
a
punkwës thòmit.
English:
I pitied these people.
Lenape:
Nkëtëm
a
kelëm
a
ok yuki
a
wènik.
English:
I pity these people.
Lenape:
Nkëtëm
a
kelëm
a
ok yuki
a
wènik.
English:
I went to visit my uncle (mother's brother).
Lenape:
Nkiikàm
a
nshis.
English:
I visited the west.
Lenape:
Nkiikàmën në ehëliwsike.
English:
It hurts when I swallow, or, I have a sore throat.
Lenape:
Nkikichi kwënt
a
m
a
.
English:
I walked silently but the dog growled, he must have heard me.
Lenape:
Nkimuwe shek n
a
mwek
a
ne lùkwixin, mpënt
a
kw èt.
English:
I fooled Mike.
Lenape:
Nkiòl
a
n
a
Mike.
English:
The sun warms me.
Lenape:
Nkishëwëkwën n
a
kishux.
English:
I warm my hand in my coat.
Lenape:
Nkishëwënëm nàxk nsh
a
khùkwiyànink.
English:
I finished sleeping.
Lenape:
Nkìshi k
a
wi. {DN}
English:
I raised a lot of watermelons.
Lenape:
Nkishikënëm x
a
heli èskit
a
mink.
English:
I raised a lot of corn.
Lenape:
Nkishikënëm xeli xàskwim.
English:
I finished gathering things.
Lenape:
Nkìshi m
a
ehàm.
English:
I finished eating.
Lenape:
Nkìshi m
a
h mitsi.
English:
I finished making it.
Lenape:
Nkìshi m
a
nitun.
English:
I finished dirtying it.
Lenape:
Nkìshi niskitàmën.
English:
I finished playing.
Lenape:
Nkìshi p
a
pi.
English:
I have already thought about it.
Lenape:
Nkìshi pën
a
elìnt
a
mën.
English:
I finished getting ready.
Lenape:
Nkishi wènch
a
hki.
English:
I finished getting ready.
Lenape:
Nkìshi wènch
a
hki.
English:
I brush or wash my teeth.
Lenape:
Nkishixtun nipit
a
.
English:
I met Jan.
Lenape:
Nkisk
a
o w
a
J
a
n.
English:
I met Jan.
Lenape:
Nkisk
a
o w
a
J
a
n.
English:
Gold earrings.
Lenape:
Nkuli s
a
hk
a
xehun
a
.
English:
A gold watch and chain.
Lenape:
Nkuli w
a
ch òk suk
a
hël
a
s.
English:
I should try.
Lenape:
Nkwëchi
a
.
English:
I try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nkwëchi
a
lënixsi.
English:
I will try to do so.
Lenape:
Nkwëchi
a
lësin.
English:
I will try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nkwëchìch
a
lënixsi.
English:
I will try out the bravery of the Munsee warrior.
Lenape:
Nkwëchil
a
htunch il
a
w
a
kàn n
a
il
a
i Monsi.
English:
I try to help my my fellow tribespeople.
Lenape:
Nkwëchi wichëm
a
ok nith
a
keyok.
English:
I tried on dresses (or shirts) all day long.
Lenape:
Nkwëchixtu hèmps
a
kwëti kishkwik.
English:
I am afraid that I will starve.
Lenape:
Nkwitàmën tìlìch sh
a
wl
a
mwin.
English:
I went around the tree.
Lenape:
Nòk
a
hël
a
n
a
hìtùkw.
English:
He left his home.
Lenape:
Nòk
a
htun wikit
English:
He stopped the car.
Lenape:
Nòkën
a
o nèl tëpchehël
a
s
a
.
English:
He followed the other man as he walked down the road.
Lenape:
Nòòl
a
o nèl t
a
kok lënuw
a
ènt
a
pëmësk
a
t tëm
a
kànink.
English:
He set the tree on fire.
Lenape:
Nòxkws
a
o nèl hìtko.
English:
He carries Debbie on his back.
Lenape:
Nòyum
a
o nèl Debbie.
English:
He carries the saddle on his back.
Lenape:
Noyuntàm në eh
a
p
a
hpink.
English:
I looked at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Npën
a
o n
a
chulëns ènt
a
këthwihël
a
t.
English:
The flies annoy me.
Lenape:
Nsàkwihkuk nèk ucheyok.
English:
It annoyed me and finally I left it alone.
Lenape:
Nsèkihkwën x
a
ntki mpunitun.
English:
I am weak because I am a broken down old woman.
Lenape:
Nsh
a
wsi èli pòkx
a
wësh ni.
English:
We are sorry for what we said.
Lenape:
Nshielìntàmuhën
a
èluweyànk.
English:
I got married yesterday.
Lenape:
Nshilìntàm lòkëwe.
English:
I hate dogs.
Lenape:
Nshink
a
l
a
mwek
a
neyok.
English:
I hate cats.
Lenape:
Nshink
a
l
a
ok pushisàk.
English:
I hate those rocks.
Lenape:
Nshink
a
t
a
mën
a
nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
I hated it when they were fighting.
Lenape:
Nshink
a
tàmën ènt
a
m
a
ht
a
kenk.
English:
I hate that rock.
Lenape:
Nshink
a
tu në
a
hsën.
English:
I am very sad now.
Lenape:
Nshinkh
a
tèn
a
mi yukwe.
English:
I hate to leave.
Lenape:
Nshinki
a
lëmsk
a
.
English:
I hate to go places when it is raining.
Lenape:
Nshinki hànkw tët
a
a
ènt
a
sukëlànk.
English:
I hate to go places when it is cold.
Lenape:
Nshinki hànkw tët
a
a
ènt
a
thèk.
English:
I do not like to listen to bad talk (news) now because there is a war.
Lenape:
Nshinki këlìst
a
m
a
hchikwi luweokàn èli m
a
ht
a
kèn yukwe.
English:
He hates to see me go outside because he thinks I am leaving. (Lucy is speaking of her dog.)
Lenape:
Nshinki neyùkw ntëli kochëmink
a
litehe nt
a
lëmsk
a
.
English:
I don't like this saying (or word).
Lenape:
Nshinksìtàmën yu luweokàn.
English:
I am tired of hearing him, I wish he would shut up.
Lenape:
Nshinksìt
a
o, kwël
a
h
a
chitkwësin.
English:
I was so sick of hearing that person I just wanted to vomit.
Lenape:
Nshinksìt
a
o n
a
a
wèn wëli nk
a
t
a
mëluntàm.
English:
Our uncle built a house.
Lenape:
Nshisën
a
wikhe.
English:
My uncle ate steam-fried meat. (mother's brother)
Lenape:
Nshis michu s
a
làsikàn.
English:
My uncle and my father and I hunted near a creek.
Lenape:
Nshis òk nux òk nèpe nt
a
l
a
ihën
a
kixki sipunk.
English:
We washed our hair this morning.
Lenape:
Nshixùkohën
a
shèp
a
e.
English:
I pinched that woman on her rear.
Lenape:
Nsistien
a
n
a
xkwe.
English:
I was upside down when I was hanging.
Lenape:
Nt
a
chichkoli ènt
a
shehël
a
n.
English:
I feel congested when I smoke too much.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hchihële
a
màlsi ènt
a
sòmipoàn.
English:
I feel congested here in my lung.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hchihële
a
màlsi yushe nopànink.
English:
My dress is in the house.; My shirt is in the house.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hèmpsëm wikw
a
hëmink h
a
te.
English:
That dog bit me.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hëmùkw n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The snake bit me.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hëmukw n
a
xkuk.
English:
We went to his house.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hën
a
wikit.
English:
I might have made him mad.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hih
a
èt.
English:
I am very sleepy.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hi k
a
htunkòm.
English:
I am very tired.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hi wikwihël
a
.
English:
I love the Delaware language.
Lenape:
Nt
a
hotàmën Lën
a
pei lixsëw
a
kàn.
English:
I talk about animals
Lenape:
Ntàkënim
a
ok
a
èsësàk
English:
I will talk about animals.
Lenape:
ntàkënutëmàok
a
èsësàk.
English:
I read the (news)paper.
Lenape:
Nt
a
kim
a
n
a
p
a
mpil.
English:
I cannot talk Delaware.
Lenape:
Nt
a
l
a
a
lënixsi.
English:
I stopped swimming.
Lenape:
Nt
a
l
a
a
shëwil.
English:
We cannot swim.
Lenape:
Nt
a
l
a
a
shuwihën
a
.
English:
I will go hunting if it snows.
Lenape:
Nt
a
l
a
i winèke.
English:
I go home quickly.
Lenape:
Nt
a
làpi m
a
chi.
English:
I wrote this.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lekhikàmën yun.
English:
I began to feel like I really wanted to vomit.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi
a
hi nk
a
t
a
mëlàntàm
a
làshi.
English:
I began to want to vomit.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi k
a
ht
a
mëlàntàm.
English:
I am getting to be an old person.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi kìk
a
y.
English:
I am beginning to get hot.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi kshësi.
English:
I began to vomit.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi mëlàntàm.
English:
I began to watch those two.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lemi pën
a
ok nèk nish
a
.
English:
I have begun to forget it.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi wànin.
English:
We have begun to forget it.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmi wàninèn.
English:
I leave to go prepare it for you.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmsk
a
m
a
y wëlixtulën..
English:
My pets, I have two.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmunsàk, nish
a
nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
My animal is strong. (horse, dog, etc.)
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmuns chit
a
nësu. {DN}
English:
My pet (or dog) is smart.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmuns lëpwe.
English:
My pet is smart.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmuns lëpwe.
English:
My pet is also a Beagle, a little male.
Lenape:
Nt
a
lëmuntët òk nàni Be
a
gle, lënuwexàmëtët.
English:
I felt it when that fly bit me.
Lenape:
Ntàm
a
m
a
ènt
a
n
a
uche thomit.
English:
I sense that person's presence.
Lenape:
Ntàm
a
m
a
n
a
a
wèn.
English:
I went to the store.
Lenape:
Nt
a
mèmh
a
l
a
mùntik
a
onink.
English:
I speared the fish.
Lenape:
Ntànk
a
m
a
n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
The bee stung me.
Lenape:
Ntànk
a
mùkw n
a
a
mëwe.
English:
I drank milk with my meal.
Lenape:
Nt
a
p
a
muhe nun
a
kàn.
English:
I am in Dewey.
Lenape:
Nt
a
pi Dewey-ink.
English:
I am in Dewey.
Lenape:
Ntàpi Dewey-ink.
English:
I roast the meat
Lenape:
Ntàpusi në wiyus.
English:
I had a dream last night.
Lenape:
Nt
a
shimwi wel
a
kwike.
English:
I walked fast when we went to the creek.
Lenape:
Ntàshxëmuxwe sipunk ènt
a
eenkw.
English:
I fed his dog (or his pet).
Lenape:
Ntàx
a
m
a
tòlëmuns
a
.
English:
I fed his dog.
Lenape:
Ntàxëm
a
tòlëmuns
a
.
English:
I bought some clothes.
Lenape:
Nt
a
yë eh
a
hkwink.
English:
I took the saddle off of him.
Lenape:
Ntèchkënëm
a
o në eh
a
p
a
hpink. {DN}
English:
I took the saddle off.
Lenape:
Ntèchkënëmën në eh
a
p
a
hpink. {DN}
English:
I got fastened in (the branches of) a tree
Lenape:
Ntèchkihël
a
hìtkunk.
English:
I took my dress off.
Lenape:
Ntëkënëmën nt
a
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
My upper arm is sore.
Lenape:
Ntëlàmànkànink kikiche.
English:
I told my older sister, 'Don't say anything.'
Lenape:
Ntël
a
n
a
nëmis, 'Kàchi kèku luweyàn.'
English:
I am related to Jim.
Lenape:
Ntëlànkum
a
n
a
Jim
English:
I told Nora, 'Tomorrow they will be coming.'
Lenape:
Ntël
a
Nor
a
, '
A
làp
a
xu peyok.'
English:
I told these children now I will smoke to death.
Lenape:
Ntël
a
ok yuki mimënsàk mèchi xu nt
a
ptipo.
English:
I told him, "Phooey," when he said something.
Lenape:
Ntël
a
, "Phwit," ènt
a
kèku luwèt.
English:
I wrote some words.
Lenape:
Ntëlekh
a
mën
a
luweokàn
a
.
English:
I wrote to my older sister.
Lenape:
Ntëlekhik
a
o nëmis.
English:
I wrote and I read.
Lenape:
Ntëlekhike òk nt
a
hènsi.
English:
So that I can speak well.
Lenape:
Ntëli kàski wël
a
ptune.
English:
It was told to me by my late mother.
Lenape:
Ntëlkup
a
nik n
a
k
a
nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
He told it to me.
Lenape:
Ntëlkwën m
a
h.
English:
I heard that that Wehixamukes spoke incorrectly.
Lenape:
Ntëlsìtàm
a
màchixsu n
a
k
a
Wèhix
a
mukès
a
.
English:
He told me to go home.
Lenape:
Ntëlùkw m
a
chi.
English:
The doctor told me, 'Don't ever come here again.'
Lenape:
Ntëlùkw n
a
nt
a
ktël, 'Kàchi chich p
a
hich.'
English:
I said to hurry up.
Lenape:
Ntëluwe
a
làpsi.
English:
I said, Go home!
Lenape:
Ntëluwe, m
a
chi!
English:
My name is Touching Leaves Woman.
Lenape:
Ntëluwènsi Weènchip
a
hkihëlèxkwe.
English:
I am cutting grass now.
Lenape:
Ntëmàskhike yukwe.
English:
I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Ntënxi k
a
ht
a
kèx
a
ptun luwe.
English:
I saw Jim a few times.
Lenape:
Ntënxi neyo n
a
Jim.
English:
I am tired of hearing that saying.
Lenape:
Ntèpsìtàm yu wënt
a
mokàn.
English:
I use sign language with Jan.
Lenape:
Ntëtpik
a
o n
a
J
a
n.
English:
He grazes near a lake.
Lenape:
Nti
a
su kixki mënëpèkunk. {DN}
English:
He grazes near a road.
Lenape:
Nti
a
su kixki tëm
a
kànink. {DN}
English:
The horse is grazing.
Lenape:
Nti
a
su n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
I think that I can do that.
Lenape:
Ntite
a
kàski lësin.
English:
I think he is hungry.
Lenape:
Ntite k
a
htupu.
English:
I think they want that which we want.
Lenape:
Ntite k
a
t
a
tàmëneyok kilun
a
kèt
a
t
a
mink.
English:
I thought you went home.
Lenape:
Ntite këm
a
chi èt.
English:
I think it will snow again tomorrow.
Lenape:
Ntite làpi wine
a
làp
a
.
English:
I thought perhaps he lived nearby.
Lenape:
Ntite n
a
èt yu kixki wikit.
English:
I think she has four of them. (AN)
Lenape:
Ntite new
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
I think it might rain.
Lenape:
Ntite xu èt sukël
a
n.
English:
I think I will jump over that tree limb.
Lenape:
Ntite xu nt
a
lëm
a
kil në tuhòn.
English:
I think it will rain.
Lenape:
Ntite xu sukël
a
n.
English:
I thought they would feed me.
Lenape:
Ntite xu x
a
mkuk.
English:
I thought they would feed me.
Lenape:
Ntite xu xàmkuk.
English:
I should bathe.
Lenape:
Ntixëmwi
a
.
English:
Call the man.
Lenape:
Ntum n
a
lënu. {DN}
English:
Call Tudge (person's nickname).
Lenape:
Ntum n
a
Tudge.
English:
He looks for horses.
Lenape:
Ntun
a
o nehën
a
onkès
a
.
English:
I open the door
Lenape:
Ntunkshènëmën skont
a
y.
English:
You blame me for nothing. (falsely)
Lenape:
Nuchkwe kt
a
kwimi.
English:
My grandmother said.
Lenape:
Nuhàm tëluwe.
English:
My grandmother has some chickens.
Lenape:
Nuhàm wël
a
hële tip
a
sàk.
English:
My grandmother looked at my mother.
Lenape:
Nuhëm pwën
a
oo nk
a
hès
a
.
English:
I should feel well when I stop smoking.
Lenape:
Nul
a
màlsi
a
ènt
a
a
l
a
hupoàn.
English:
I feel really well.
Lenape:
Nul
a
màlsi t
a
.
English:
I am glad because I can still speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli kwi
a
kwi kàski
a
lënixsi
a
.
English:
I am glad that I am again at my home.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli làpi p
a
a
n wiki
a
.
English:
I am glad because you came. (welcome)
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli p
a
a
n.
English:
I am glad that you came. (Welcome!)
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli p
a
a
n.
English:
I am glad that you all came. (Welcome!)
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli p
a
èk.
English:
I am glad because you people came.
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli p
a
èkw
English:
I am glad because I have lived until this day.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli pèt
a
wsi
a
yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik.
English:
I am glad because you did well.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli wëlësit.
English:
I am glad because you came here.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli yu p
a
a
n.
English:
I am glad that I came here.
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli yu p
a
a
yu t
a
li.
English:
I am glad that I can again walk around on this earth.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàmën èli kàski làpi pëmësketàmën yushe xkwith
a
k
a
mik
a
.
English:
I was glad when she said that because I like her.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm ènt
a
në luwèt èli nëwink
a
l
a
.
English:
I have a bird.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
chulëns.
English:
I have a bow.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
h
a
t
a
pi.
English:
I own a bow.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
h
a
t
a
pi.
English:
I have sinew.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
hàtës.
English:
I have a pothook.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
hùkòn.
English:
I have a bucket.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
hus.
English:
I have a feather.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
mikwën.
English:
I have a bulldog.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
mpùlxëm.
English:
I have a dog.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
I have two dogs.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
nish
a
mwek
a
neyok.
English:
I have a ball.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
p
a
hs
a
hikàn .
English:
I have a peach tree.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
pilkësh
a
kw.
English:
I have thirty six little fishes.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
l
a
xintxke òk kwët
a
sh n
a
mètëtàk.
English:
I am happy at this place when I visit.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
ten
a
mi yushe ènt
a
kiikeyàn.
English:
I have some bread.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu
a
hpòn.
English:
I own a mat.; I have a mat.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu
a
n
a
kàn.
English:
I have some land.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu h
a
ki.
English:
I have candy.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu kèntis
a
.
English:
I have a knife.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu kshikàn. {DN}
English:
I have one pumpkin.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu kwëti kèskùnthàkw.
English:
I have a chair.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu lehëlëm
a
t
a
hpink.
English:
I have a dish.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu lokèns.
English:
I have (some) money.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu moni.
English:
I have some money, let's go to town.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu moni, utènink
a
tàm.
English:
I have medicine.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu mpisun.
English:
We have an old document.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tunèn xuwi p
a
mpil.
English:
I have a little piece of paper.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tun p
a
mpiltët.
English:
I keep it in my heart.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu ntèhink.
English:
I have a gun.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu p
a
y
a
xkhikàn. {DN}
English:
I have a drum.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu puhënikàn.
English:
I have a black purse or billfold (wallet).
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu sëke mënutès.
English:
I have (some) strawberries.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu tehim.
English:
I have a tomato
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu tëmètos.
English:
I have a yellow dress.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu wis
a
whèmpës.
English:
I own a large red house.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu xinkwi màxkèk wikëw
a
m.
English:
I have a big red house.
Lenape:
Nulh
a
tu xinkwi màxkèk wikëw
a
m.
English:
We had a good meeting.
Lenape:
Nuli
a
chimulsihën
a
.
English:
I fixed the car. (or wagon)
Lenape:
Nulih
a
n
a
tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
I repaired the car (or wagon).
Lenape:
Nulih
a
n
a
tëpchehël
a
s.
English:
Dr. Scott cured me.
Lenape:
Nulihùkw n
a
Dr. Scott.
English:
I slept well.
Lenape:
Nuli k
a
wi.
English:
We ate well.
Lenape:
Nuli mitsihën
a
.
English:
I like the way he dresses.
Lenape:
Nulinàmën eh
a
hkwit.
English:
I like the way they dress.
Lenape:
Nulin
a
ok el
a
hkwihtit.
English:
I hear him well.
Lenape:
Nuli pënt
a
o.
English:
I know him well.
Lenape:
Nuli w
a
h
a
.
English:
I laughed too much.
Lenape:
Nus
a
mi nkëkëlëksi.
English:
I got married in Dewey.
Lenape:
Nushilìntàm Dewey-ink.
English:
He/she walks with his/her daughter.
Lenape:
Nushuxweyok tòn
a
,
English:
We will stay at home if it gets too hot.
Lenape:
Nutikehënàch shëlàntèke.
English:
The man and his friend hunted squirrels.
Lenape:
Nutx
a
nikweyok n
a
lënu òk nèl witis
a
.
English:
I know a Choctaw named Sarah Jones.
Lenape:
Nuw
a
h
a
Ch
a
ht
a
luwènsu S
a
r
a
h Jones.
English:
I know his older sister.
Lenape:
Nuw
a
h
a
nèl mwis
a
English:
I know something.
Lenape:
Nuw
a
tun kèku. {DN}
English:
I know that all good things come from our Father [God].
Lenape:
Nuw
a
tun weltëk wèmi kèku Kuxën
a
wënchixën.
English:
I know that it should be good.
Lenape:
Nuw
a
tu wëlët
a
.
English:
Come, let's dance.
Lenape:
Nuwi, këntk
a
tàm.
English:
Come here, let's dance.
Lenape:
Nuwi, këntk
a
tàm.
English:
Come here little one, let us eat pork and frybread.
Lenape:
Nuwiti, michitàm kwëshkwësheyok òk s
a
làpon.
English:
Father, what do you think?
Lenape:
Nux
a
, kèku hàch ktite?
English:
Father, will you sing tomorrow?
Lenape:
Nux
a
, kt
a
suwi hàch
a
làp
a
?
English:
My father is that ugly man.
Lenape:
Nux n
a
x
a
hin
a
kwsit lënu.
English:
My father and my mother.
Lenape:
Nux òk nk
a
hès. [DN]
English:
My father told my mother that everything looks good.
Lenape:
Nux tël
a
o nk
a
hès
a
wèmi kèku wëlin
a
kòt.
English:
My father told my mother that everything looks good.
Lenape:
Nux tël
a
o nk
a
hès
a
wèmi kèku winkin
a
kòt.
English:
My uncle ate steam-fried meat (father's brother)
Lenape:
Nuxtët michu s
a
làsikàn.
English:
My father's older brother.
Lenape:
Nux xòns
a
.
English:
I cross the lake.
Lenape:
Nxkohk
a
mënëpèkw.
English:
Go far away.
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi
a
.
English:
He is far away.
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi
a
hpu.
English:
How far is the town?
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi hàch në utèn
a
y?
English:
She held the flower.
Lenape:
Ohkèn
a
o nèl òt
a
ès
a
.
English:
The birds make a nest.
Lenape:
Ohshixheyok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
That cat is slow.
Lenape:
Oht
a
msu n
a
pushis.
English:
She had a doll that looked different that she made of sticks.
Lenape:
Oht
a
su hìtko mësilin
a
kòhtu wëlitu.
English:
They flew around the red flowers.
Lenape:
Ok
a
i kënthuwàk màxksichik òt
a
èsàk.
English:
I walked around the tree.
Lenape:
Ok
a
i mpëmsk
a
n
a
hìtkunk.
English:
There are flowers all around.
Lenape:
Ok
a
i òt
a
èsàk.
English:
There is a fence around the house.
Lenape:
Ok
a
i wikw
a
hëmink menxkh
a
su.
English:
And there must have been two young men long ago.
Lenape:
Ok èt m
a
h nish
a
skinuwàk lòmëwe.
English:
And is Joe your friend?
Lenape:
Òk hàch w
a
Joe kitis?
English:
And they do not even want to understand the Delaware language.
Lenape:
Ok m
a
t
a
ili kòt
a
nënust
a
mëneyo në Lën
a
peixsëw
a
kàn.
English:
And he too went to town.
Lenape:
Ok nèk
a
utènink e.
English:
He walked around outside the house.
Lenape:
Okuxwe wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
And this Jim speaks good Lenape.
Lenape:
Ok w
a
she Jim wëli
a
lënixsu.
English:
Oh, your older brother wanted to go fishing.
Lenape:
O, kx
a
ns k
a
ht
a
a
me.
English:
Oh, so that's it!; Oh, in that case!
Lenape:
O, l
a
hënën!
English:
Oh, I am going to go to town anyhow.
Lenape:
O, n
a
hëli utènink nt
a
.
English:
Shake hands with Jim.
Lenape:
Onkum n
a
Jim.
English:
Jim lived to see the morning.
Lenape:
Op
a
nàsu w
a
Jim.
English:
He went to the east.
Lenape:
Opàneyunk e.
English:
Next morning he went to the garden.
Lenape:
Opànke h
a
kih
a
kànink tòn.
English:
He is an Iroquois.
Lenape:
Op
a
nu nàn.
English:
The road is white.
Lenape:
Opèk tëm
a
kàn.
English:
My gloves are white
Lenape:
Opeyu nëwixkwelënchèpi
a
.
English:
White-Wing's daughter was there.
Lenape:
Opilunkòn wënich
a
n
a
a
hpu.
English:
Are there many opossums around here?
Lenape:
Opinkwike hàch yu t
a
li?
English:
Is that cat white?
Lenape:
Opsu hèch n
a
pushis?
English:
The bucket is white.
Lenape:
Opsu n
a
hus.
English:
That dog is white.
Lenape:
Opsu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
That cat is white.
Lenape:
Opsu n
a
pushis.
English:
This chicken is white.
Lenape:
Opsu w
a
tip
a
s.
English:
I went to the other side of the hill
Lenape:
òs
a
htënink nt
a
English:
I went over the hill.
Lenape:
Os
a
onkwe nt
a
.
English:
The cat is sleeping on his back.
Lenape:
Os
a
tèxin n
a
pushis ènt
a
k
a
wit.
English:
The house is lighted.
Lenape:
Osële në wikëw
a
m.
English:
Oh, there is that cute little person.
Lenape:
O, shè l
a
h n
a
ninkëmin
a
kwtitit
a
wèn.
English:
That person came across from another land.
Lenape:
Osi hàkink wënchi pe n
a
a
wèn.
English:
The man sat on the other side of the tree.
Lenape:
Osi hìtkunk n
a
lënu lëm
a
t
a
hpu.
English:
We went behind the house.
Lenape:
Osik
a
mike nt
a
nèn.
English:
On the other side of town.
Lenape:
Osi utèn
a
y.
English:
On the other side of the house.
Lenape:
Osi wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
The leaf is thin.
Lenape:
Oskee në këmpàkw.
English:
The board is thin.
Lenape:
Oskee në sik
a
xkw.
English:
Fine, and you?
Lenape:
Osòmi, kèpe hàch?
English:
Flowers are beginning to bloom.
Lenape:
Ot
a
èsàk
a
lëmi òt
a
eyëwàk.
English:
There are flowers all around.
Lenape:
Ot
a
èsàk òk
a
i.
English:
The beans in your garden are blooming.
Lenape:
Ot
a
eyuw
a
nèl m
a
l
a
xkwsit
a
kt
a
kih
a
kànink.
English:
These dogs have good teeth.
Lenape:
Owël
a
nikeyok yuki mwek
a
neyok.
English:
Oh, that little dog was glad.
Lenape:
O, wëlelìntàm n
a
mwek
a
netët.
English:
Later on you will play the flute.
Lenape:
Owiye ktàpikwe.
English:
He is still coughing.
Lenape:
Òxùkwine kwi
a
kwi.
English:
Hit Jim.
Lenape:
Pàhk
a
m n
a
Jim.
English:
Hit that chicken.
Lenape:
P
a
hkàm n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
I am already very old.
Lenape:
P
a
hkànchi mèchi kik
a
y nhàk
a
y.
English:
I am very glad.
Lenape:
P
a
hkànchi nulelìntàm.
English:
I am very glad to see you.
Lenape:
P
a
hkànchi nulelìntàm èli newëlàn.
English:
He is very lazy.
Lenape:
P
a
hkànchi nulhànd.
English:
He is certainly lazy.
Lenape:
P
a
hkànchi nulhànt.
English:
Jan is eating nuts.
Lenape:
P
a
hkàsu n
a
J
a
n.
English:
I have a ball.
Lenape:
P
a
hs
a
hikàn nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
Half Lenape.
Lenape:
P
a
hsi Lën
a
pe.
English:
I am half Delaware.
Lenape:
P
a
hsi Lën
a
pe ni.
English:
Jan clapped her hands.
Lenape:
P
a
këlënchehe w
a
J
a
n.
English:
Those people clapped their hands.
Lenape:
P
a
këlënchhuwàk nèk
a
wènik.
English:
One who eats cranberries.
Lenape:
P
a
kim mehëmichit.
English:
He eats cranberries.
Lenape:
P
a
kim michu.
English:
They eat cranberries.
Lenape:
P
a
kim wichuwàk.
English:
That person said it incorrectly.
Lenape:
P
a
l
a
chimu n
a
a
wèn.
English:
five rocks
Lenape:
p
a
lenàxk
a
hsën
a
English:
He has five rabbits.
Lenape:
P
a
lenàxk chëm
a
ms
a
wël
a
hële.
English:
Five potatoes.
Lenape:
P
a
lenàxk hopënisàk.
English:
five dogs
Lenape:
p
a
lenàxk mwek
a
neyok
English:
I was five years old.
Lenape:
P
a
lenàxk nkàtën
a
mi.
English:
I drank five glasses of milk.
Lenape:
P
a
lenàxk sh
a
pontèkink nun
a
kàn nëmëne.
English:
I have five tails.
Lenape:
P
a
lenàxk shkwën
a
y
a
nulh
a
tu.
English:
We should go to a different place.
Lenape:
P
a
li
a
kt
a
hën
a
.
English:
He went away.
Lenape:
P
a
li e.
English:
They went somewhere else.
Lenape:
P
a
li eyok.
English:
They went elsewhere.
Lenape:
P
a
li eyok.
English:
He moved to a different chair.
Lenape:
P
a
li lehëlëm
a
t
a
hpink è.
English:
Take the rock away.
Lenape:
P
a
li lënëmën në
a
hsën.
English:
Take away the sickness.
Lenape:
P
a
li lëni në p
a
lsuw
a
kàn.
English:
The people from the north speak differently.
Lenape:
P
a
lilixsuwàk nèk luwàneyunki
a
wènik.
English:
The man will go somewhere else.
Lenape:
P
a
lil xu è n
a
lënu.
English:
The creek overflowed.
Lenape:
P
a
lishpe yu sipu.
English:
He lives elsewhere.
Lenape:
P
a
li wiku.
English:
The man will go elsewhere.
Lenape:
P
a
li xu e n
a
lënu.
English:
I will go elsewhere.
Lenape:
P
a
li xu nt
a
.
English:
He was sick every time he came here.
Lenape:
P
a
lsu èntxën p
a
t.
English:
He must have been sick.
Lenape:
P
a
lsu èt m
a
h.
English:
That man is sick.
Lenape:
P
a
lsu n
a
lënu.
English:
Those men are sick.
Lenape:
P
a
lsuwàk nèki lënuwàk.
English:
They were sick when they went there.
Lenape:
P
a
lsuwàk p
a
htite.
English:
He walks on the ice.
Lenape:
P
a
mpëmëske nushhùkònink.
English:
Is this paper?
Lenape:
P
a
mpil hàch yushe?
English:
he went down the hill.
Lenape:
P
a
nkh
a
nunk e.
English:
I go down the hill.
Lenape:
P
a
nkh
a
nunk nt
a
.
English:
He got power from that tree.
Lenape:
P
a
ol
a
o nèl hìtko.
English:
They pray in the Big House Church for twelve nights.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
m
a
ok l
a
munkwe Xinkwik
a
onink tèlën òk nish
a
piskèk.
English:
You came from church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink kum.
English:
You came from church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink kum.
English:
We came from church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink kumën
a
.
English:
We came to church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink mp
a
hën
a
.
English:
I came from church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink num.
English:
I came from church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink num.
English:
We came from church.
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweik
a
onink numën
a
.
English:
Prayer that Jesus said (Lord's Prayer)
Lenape:
P
a
t
a
mweokàn èluwèt Jesus.
English:
The birds are singing.
Lenape:
Pe
a
suwichik nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He is in the act of going (somewhere).
Lenape:
Pè
a
t.
English:
He often comes for a visit.
Lenape:
Pèchi hànkw kiike.
English:
Those birds flew toward me.
Lenape:
Pèchihëleyok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He came to gamble.
Lenape:
Pèchi m
a
y h
a
tike.
English:
The Golden eagles came there to eat.
Lenape:
Pèchi m
a
y mitsuwàk nèk
a
ihàmuk.
English:
He came to see us.
Lenape:
Pèchi m
a
y nèhkun
a
.
English:
Now that daylight is shining on us.
Lenape:
Pèchi òxek
a
m
a
kun
a
.
English:
The snow is waiting.
Lenape:
Pèhëwe n
a
kun.
English:
Wait for me a while, I will go dig them up.
Lenape:
Pèhi t
a
kiti, xu nëm
a
i kt
a
hòòk.
English:
A preacher baptized that man.
Lenape:
Pèhpëmëtunhès chòpwën
a
o nèl lënuw
a
.
English:
Those boys and girls are all walking together.
Lenape:
Pëmëskh
a
tuwàk nèk pil
a
echëchàk òk xkwechëchàk.
English:
He sits beside me.
Lenape:
Pëmichi lëm
a
t
a
hpu.
English:
The man flew inside an airplane.
Lenape:
Pëmihële n
a
lënu l
a
munkwe pëmihël
a
kink.
English:
Look at that.
Lenape:
Pën
a
nëshe.
English:
The road goes downhill.
Lenape:
Pënàse në tëm
a
kàn.
English:
Just look at all the things I won!
Lenape:
Pën
a
t
a
mwe wèmi kèku nsihëwe!
English:
Look, chicken and dumplings.
Lenape:
Pën
a
, tip
a
si pàk
a
wënikàn
a
.
English:
The tree limb was blown off.
Lenape:
Pënàxën në tuhòn.
English:
Look at this thing.
Lenape:
Pën
a
yushe kèku.
English:
He went into a hole in a tree.
Lenape:
Pënchi hìtkunk ènt
a
òlèk.
English:
They drove a big stick up his anus.
Lenape:
Pënchtièn
a
o xinkwi hìtùkw.
English:
That dog is tracking.
Lenape:
Pènh
a
like n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The man fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële n
a
lènu.
English:
The broom fell down.
Lenape:
Pënihële në chikhikàn.
English:
My brooch fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële nkël
a
khun.
English:
The dishes fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihëleyo nèl lokèns
a
.
English:
Those earrings fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihëleyo nèl s
a
hk
a
xehun
a
.
English:
The leaves fell off the trees because it was windy.
Lenape:
Pënip
a
hkihëleyòk hìtkuk èli kshàxën.
English:
Dry those dishes.
Lenape:
Penkòkho nèl lokèns
a
.
English:
The dishes are drey.
Lenape:
Penkònu nèl lokëns
a
.
English:
The clothes are drying.
Lenape:
Penkwihëleyo nèl hèmps
a
.
English:
The ground is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Penkwihële yu hàki.
English:
My shirt is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Penkwte nt
a
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
Look at that Osage.
Lenape:
Pënow n
a
Wësh
a
shi.
English:
Oh, look at him!
Lenape:
Pënow t
a
mwe!
English:
I used cedar because I wanted to purify myself.
Lenape:
Pëphòkwës n
a
k
a
l
a
èli k
a
t
a
pilhìksi.
English:
He knocked on the door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmën skont
a
y.
English:
He stuck his head in the door.
Lenape:
Pe s
a
khukwèt skonteyunk.
English:
He brought them a deer.
Lenape:
Pèshëw
a
o
a
htuhu.
English:
I ate nine mulberries.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk òkh
a
tim nëmichi.
English:
He is ninety years old.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk txinxke k
a
htën
a
mu.
English:
I am ninety years old.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk txinxke nkàtën
a
mi.
English:
Bring the man.
Lenape:
Pèshu n
a
lënu.
English:
Bring him to my house.
Lenape:
Pèshu nëwikw
a
hëmink.
English:
Bring him to my house.
Lenape:
Pèshu nëwikw
a
hëmink.
English:
The white people brought us whiskey.
Lenape:
Pèt
a
kun
a
wàni weòpsit wëshki.
English:
Drive that cow in this direction.
Lenape:
Pètsk
a
o n
a
wèhshùmwis.
English:
The smoke came this way.
Lenape:
Pètuxweyu nëni kwèshh
a
tèk.
English:
Those two young men came.
Lenape:
Peyok nèki nish
a
skinuwàk.
English:
They came to where I live.
Lenape:
Peyok yushe ènt
a
wiki
a
.
English:
The smoke is coming this way.
Lenape:
Peyu në kwèshh
a
tèk.
English:
Boys and girls are walking together.
Lenape:
Pil
a
echëchàk òk xkwechëchàk p
a
pëmësk
a
tuwàk.
English:
Boys and girls are walking.
Lenape:
Pil
a
echëchàk òk xkwechëchàk p
a
pëmëskeyok.
English:
They say it is a taboo for boys.
Lenape:
Pil
a
echëchi kwël
a
kàn nën luweyok.
English:
I am a boy.
Lenape:
Pil
a
echëch ni.
English:
Boy, go get that Shawnee child.
Lenape:
Pil
a
èchi, n
a
l n
a
Sh
a
onutët.
English:
Boy, go get that Shawnee woman.
Lenape:
Pil
a
echi, n
a
l n
a
Sh
a
onuxkwe.
English:
It was clean inside the council house.
Lenape:
Pilët l
a
munkwe n
a
a
chimulsik
a
on.
English:
The house was purified (by using cedar smoke).
Lenape:
Pilhìksëmën në wikëw
a
m.
English:
He cleaned the squirrel.
Lenape:
Pilih
a
n
a
x
a
nikw.
English:
The Delawares live differently from the White people.
Lenape:
Pilil
a
wsuwàk yuki Len
a
peyok n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
Shëw
a
n
a
hkok.
English:
This flower is a different color.
Lenape:
Pililiksu w
a
òt
a
ès.
English:
This flower is a different color.
Lenape:
Pililikwsu w
a
òt
a
ès.
English:
This flower looks different.
Lenape:
Pililin
a
kwsu w
a
òt
a
ès.
English:
I want to talk about something different.
Lenape:
Pili nk
a
t
a
kèku
a
hkënutàm.
English:
Tonight I will not sleep.
Lenape:
Piskèke ku nk
a
wii.
English:
Tonight he will sleep.
Lenape:
Piskèke xu k
a
wi.
English:
Tonght there will be a dance.
Lenape:
Piskèke xu m
a
hwiink.
English:
tonight there will be a dance
Lenape:
Piskèke xu m
a
hwink (tonight there will be
a
d
a
nce)
English:
Tonight I will sleep.
Lenape:
Piskèke xu nk
a
wi.
English:
The preacher misspoke when he preached.
Lenape:
Pit
a
peune n
a
pèpëmëtunhèt ènt
a
pëmëtunhèt.
English:
The woman has pierced ears.
Lenape:
Pkòlxe n
a
xkwe.
English:
He hit the ball.
Lenape:
Pòhkàm
a
o nèl p
a
hs
a
hikàn
a
. (Obv.)
English:
He hit him and then he fell down.
Lenape:
Pòkàm
a
o n
a
koihël
a
n.
English:
He bumped him and he fell down)
Lenape:
Pòkëm
a
o ne puwihël
a
n.
English:
He buried the hatchet.
Lenape:
Pòkh
a
keh
a
në tëm
a
hikàn.
English:
He buried the man.
Lenape:
Pòkh
a
keho n
a
lënu.
English:
She broke the egg.
Lenape:
Pòkh
a
mën në òòl.
English:
The bottle is broken.
Lenape:
Pòkihële në hàkhàkw.
English:
The rocks got broken.
Lenape:
Pòkihëleyo nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
He winked at the young woman.
Lenape:
Pòkinkwel
a
ht
a
o nèl skixkweyo.
English:
He spoiled them all.
Lenape:
Pòlih
a
o wèmi
a
wèni.
English:
He hit the ball over the fence.
Lenape:
Pòxk
a
m
a
o n
a
p
a
hs
a
hikàn òsi menxkink.
English:
The molasses is sticky..
Lenape:
Psàkwe në mël
a
sh.
English:
The chairs are stuck together.
Lenape:
Psàkwixënu nèk lehëlëm
a
t
a
hpinkok.
English:
The people all cling together.
Lenape:
Psàkwixinuk wèmi
a
wènik.
English:
This person is sticking too close by.
Lenape:
Psàkwsu w
a
a
wèn.
English:
The young man is wearing a feather on his head.
Lenape:
Psike n
a
skìnu.
English:
He has a drum.
Lenape:
Puhënikàn wël
a
tu.
English:
The pumpkins were yellowed by weeds growing around them.
Lenape:
Pukchit
a
mëneyo kèskunth
a
k
a
.
English:
His hands are broken.
Lenape:
Pukòhtu nèl nòxk
a
.
English:
His feet are broken.
Lenape:
Pukòhtu nèl sit
a
.
English:
The table is broken.
Lenape:
Pukòt në ehènt
a
pipwink.
English:
I placed a mouse on my head. (from song sung by a cat)
Lenape:
Pukwès nilink nt
a
hël
a
.
English:
The old man went broke (no money).
Lenape:
Pukwihële n
a
hilusës.
English:
The man escaped from the Indians.
Lenape:
Pulëwe n
a
lënu
a
wènh
a
keike.
English:
The man escaped from the Indians.
Lenape:
Pulëwe n
a
lënu
a
wènh
a
keike.
English:
All of his friends deserted him.
Lenape:
Punihku wèmi witis
a
.
English:
Levae it alone or it will hurt you.
Lenape:
Punit
a
xu kwëshin
a
lùkòn.
English:
Leave the dog alone.
Lenape:
Puniw n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
Leave that rotten-mouthed thing alone! (speaking of a cat)
Lenape:
Puniw n
a
niski
a
lëtun!
English:
Leave that cat alone.
Lenape:
Puniw n
a
pushis.
English:
I play in the dust (dirt).
Lenape:
Punkunk mp
a
pi.
English:
I used ashes.
Lenape:
Punkw n
a
k
a
tàm.
English:
I like cats.
Lenape:
Pushisàk nëwink
a
l
a
.
English:
He gave him a cat.
Lenape:
Pushis
a
mwil
a
o.
English:
He gave the cat to him.
Lenape:
Pushis
a
mwil
a
o.
English:
Do you have a cat?
Lenape:
Pushis hèch kulh
a
l
a
?
English:
A cat is sitting on the porch.
Lenape:
Pushis lëm
a
t
a
hpu
a
lëwik
a
onink.
English:
He must have smelled himself for so long he could no longer smell himself.
Lenape:
Pusi
a
o èt hòk
a
y
a
.
English:
He waits for him to get home.
Lenape:
Pwèh
a
o tìlìch m
a
chin.
English:
He wants that rabbit that he is looking at.
Lenape:
Pwën
a
o nèl chëmàms
a
kòt
a
l
a
o.
English:
He looks at my grandmother.
Lenape:
Pwën
a
oo nuhëm
a
.
English:
They heard those things.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
mëneyo nël këku.
English:
He heard everything that he said.
Lenape:
Pwënt
a
o wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
Peel this apple.
Lenape:
Pxàkh
a
w
a
a
pèlìsh.
English:
Skin the squirrel.
Lenape:
Pxin n
a
x
a
nikw.
English:
Quapaw Oklahoma is the name of the town where I live.
Lenape:
Qu
a
p
a
w Okl
a
hom
a
luwènsu në utènink èpi
a
.
English:
Lead Jim by the hand wherever he goes.
Lenape:
S
a
hk
a
kwën
a
n
a
Jim tët
a
pey
a
t.
English:
Lead me by the hand wherever I go.
Lenape:
S
a
hk
a
kwënich tët
a
pe
a
àn.
English:
Lead the boy by his hand.
Lenape:
S
a
hk
a
kwën n
a
pil
a
echëch,
English:
The flowers are coming up.
Lenape:
S
a
khukweyok nèk òt
a
èsàk.
English:
Jim is chief.
Lenape:
S
a
kim
a
n
a
Jim.
English:
That person is worried.
Lenape:
Sàkwelìntàm n
a
a
wèn.
English:
They were sad because where they were was spoiled.
Lenape:
Sàkwelìntàmuk èli p
a
litun
a
sik në èpihtit.
English:
He ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
S
a
làpòn
a
xeli michu.
English:
It is a frybread.
Lenape:
S
a
làpòn nën.
English:
She fries meat.
Lenape:
S
a
làsëmën wiyus.
English:
Fry the meat.
Lenape:
S
a
làsi në wiyus.
English:
Suddenly I saw Jan.
Lenape:
S
a
làxki neyo n
a
J
a
n.
English:
All at once I met Jan.
Lenape:
S
a
làxki nkisk
a
o n
a
J
a
n.
English:
Sunday I go to Bartlesville, those Delawares want to try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Sàntèke B
a
rtlesville nt
a
, nèk Lën
a
peyok kèt
a
kwchi
a
lënixsihtit.
English:
I will make sapan tomorrow morning.
Lenape:
S
a
p
a
n nëm
a
nitu sëtpukw.
English:
He was bald when he was born.
Lenape:
S
a
pëlàntpe ènt
a
mhit
a
hpit.
English:
The brooch is shiny.
Lenape:
S
a
pëlee në kël
a
khun.
English:
He is a Black person.
Lenape:
Sëk
a
hkolès nàn.
English:
Tom has black hair.
Lenape:
Sëkàntpe n
a
Tom.
English:
That rock is black.
Lenape:
Sëke në
a
hsën.
English:
The coat is black.
Lenape:
Sëke në sh
a
khùkwi
a
n.
English:
Those rocks are black.
Lenape:
Sëkeyo nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
My shoes are black.
Lenape:
Sëkeyo nëm
a
chip
a
hko.
English:
These rocks are black.
Lenape:
Sëkeyo yuli
a
hsën
a
.
English:
This rock is black.
Lenape:
Sëke yu
a
hsën.
English:
The cat has black fur.
Lenape:
Sëkixèkëne n
a
pushis.
English:
Is that bird black?
Lenape:
Sëksu hàch n
a
chulëns?
English:
That crow is black.
Lenape:
Sëksu n
a
a
h
a
s.
English:
That cat is black.
Lenape:
Sëksu n
a
pushis.
English:
That chicken is black.
Lenape:
Sëksu n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
This bird is black.
Lenape:
Sëksu w
a
chulëns.
English:
Those cats are black.
Lenape:
Sëksuwàk nèki pushisàk.
English:
These cats are black.
Lenape:
Sëksuwàk yuki pushisàk.
English:
This cat is black.
Lenape:
Sëksu w
a
pushis.
English:
This cat is black.
Lenape:
Sëksu w
a
pushis.
English:
The bird is spotted.
Lenape:
Sësàpsu n
a
chulëns.
English:
That dog has black spots.
Lenape:
Sësëkisàpsu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
That horse has black spots.
Lenape:
Sësëkisàpsu n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
Does Sue have eyes that are black?
Lenape:
Sësëkshkinkwe hèch n
a
Sue?
English:
Early in the morning we might have good luck.
Lenape:
Sëtpuk kon
a
èt tëmin
a
mihënuk.
English:
Tomorrow morning he will make sapan (corn gruel).
Lenape:
Sëtpuk xu s
a
p
a
n m
a
nitu.
English:
Crawdads are there in the water.
Lenape:
Sh
a
hëmwisàk
a
hpuwàk mpink.
English:
That dog is starving.
Lenape:
Sh
a
ol
a
mu n
a
mwek
a
ne,
English:
He went to the south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
oneyunk e.
English:
I go to the south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
oneyunk nt
a
.
English:
The wind is from the south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
oneyunk wëntxën.
English:
The wind is blowing from the south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
oneyunk wëntxën.
English:
I will go south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
oneyunk xu nt
a
.
English:
Shawnee war dance song
Lenape:
Sh
a
onuwi il
a
wke
a
suw
a
kàn
English:
The glass is on the table.
Lenape:
Sh
a
pontèk h
a
te èhènt
a
lipwinkink.
English:
I am sitting by the fire.
Lenape:
Sh
a
wiskte nlëm
a
t
a
hpi.
English:
I am here by the fire.
Lenape:
Sh
a
wiskte ntàpi.
English:
He looked to the south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
wneyunk linkwèxin.
English:
The wind is from the south.
Lenape:
Sh
a
wneyunk wëntxën.
English:
I am here south of the house.
Lenape:
Sh
a
wneyunk wikw
a
hëmink ntàpi.
English:
Those are the ones who like us.
Lenape:
She l
a
h nèki eholkwenkik.
English:
There it is!
Lenape:
She l
a
h nën!
English:
I will used this as a breechcloth.
Lenape:
She l
a
h yu nsàkut
a
n.
English:
This is our land.
Lenape:
Shè l
a
h yu nt
a
kiyëmën
a
.
English:
There is that man.
Lenape:
Shè n
a
lënu.
English:
There is a man coming this way.
Lenape:
She n
a
lënu pey
a
t.
English:
That is my daughter.
Lenape:
Shè n
a
nich
a
n.
English:
That is my son.
Lenape:
Shè n
a
nkwis.
English:
That is the way it is done.
Lenape:
Shè në èlën
a
kwsit.
English:
Here are two of them. (animate)
Lenape:
Shè nishuwàk.
English:
The cat is lying down.
Lenape:
Shenkixin n
a
pushis.
English:
The cat is lying down and sleeping.
Lenape:
Shenkixin òk k
a
wi n
a
pushis.
English:
There is someone else who is gathering acorns.
Lenape:
Shè òk n
a
pili
a
wèn pè ònàxkwimhèt
English:
That is it.
Lenape:
Shè t
a
nën.
English:
Here it is.
Lenape:
Shè t
a
yu.
English:
Here is someone I would like you to know (meet).
Lenape:
Shè w
a
a
wèn kwël
a
h
a
kuw
a
h
a
n.
English:
Here is Jan.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
J
a
n.
English:
Here is Jim.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
Jim.
English:
This is John.
Lenape:
She w
a
John.
English:
This is a cucumber hanging here.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
kukumës shehël
a
k.
English:
The milk is sour.
Lenape:
Shëw
a
lët në nun
a
kàn.
English:
The milk is sour.
Lenape:
Shëw
a
lët në nun
a
kàn.
English:
The beans are sour (spoiled).
Lenape:
Shëw
a
lsu nèl m
a
làxkwsit
a
.
English:
Here he is.
Lenape:
Shè wàn.
English:
Are you people white people?
Lenape:
Shëw
a
n
a
hkok hèch kiluwàk?
English:
We are white people.
Lenape:
Shëw
a
n
a
hkok nilun
a
.
English:
Are you a white person?
Lenape:
Shëw
a
nàkw hèch ki?
English:
A white person made the peach cobbler.
Lenape:
Shëw
a
nàkw m
a
nitu në 'pe
a
ch cobbler.'
English:
He is a white person.
Lenape:
Shëw
a
nàkw nàn.
English:
This is my daughter.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
nich
a
n.
English:
Here is Jim.
Lenape:
Shè wàni Jim.
English:
Here is someone named Jim Rementer.
Lenape:
Shè wàni luwènsu Jim Rementer.
English:
I am holding him here.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
nkën
a
.
English:
This is my son.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
nkwis.
English:
The meat is salty.
Lenape:
Shëwàn në wiyus.
English:
The ocean water is salty.
Lenape:
Shëwàntpi në kit
a
hikàn.
English:
This is my father.
Lenape:
Shè w
a
nux.
English:
The chicken is salty.
Lenape:
Shëwël n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
The wood is straight.
Lenape:
Shëx
a
hke në t
a
xàn.
English:
That tree is straight.
Lenape:
Shëx
a
hkësu n
a
hìtùkw.
English:
Place him here.
Lenape:
She yu h
a
l.
English:
Place it here.
Lenape:
She yu h
a
tu.
English:
Here are two of these.
Lenape:
She yuk nish
a
.
English:
Here are two of them (animate).
Lenape:
Shè yuk nish
a
.
English:
There are two chickens.
Lenape:
Shè yuk nish
a
tip
a
sàk,
English:
Here are some Lenape words.
Lenape:
She yu Lën
a
pei
a
ptun
a
kàn
a
.
English:
Here is something to read.
Lenape:
She yul kèku
a
hkënt
a
.
English:
I am right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpi.
English:
We are right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpinèn.
English:
The leaves are pretty because they are all different colors.
Lenape:
Shiki nèl këmp
a
hko èli wèmi likteyo.
English:
The cat dislikes water.
Lenape:
Shinkpie n
a
pushis.
English:
Stretch out the tent.
Lenape:
Shipënëmën në hèmpsik
a
on.
English:
This hand of mine is numb.
Lenape:
Shipëne yu nàxk.
English:
Spread out the blanket.
Lenape:
Shipën në
a
hkwiyàn {DN}
English:
I am sitting on the edge of the bed.
Lenape:
Shòwi x
a
nsunink nlëm
a
t
a
hpi.
English:
The fish is slippery.
Lenape:
Shòxsu n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
The cookie crumbled.
Lenape:
Shukëlàpòn'tët pikihële.
English:
The peach tastes sweet.
Lenape:
Shukëlipukwsu n
a
pilkèsh.
English:
Grasshoppers like to eat grass.
Lenape:
Shùkwìlkèsàk skiko winkitàmuk.
English:
Grasshoppers like to eat grass.
Lenape:
Shùkwìlkèsàk winkitàmuk skiko .
English:
I used a board.
Lenape:
Sik
a
xkw nëm
a
nitu. {DN}
English:
Salt and pepper.
Lenape:
Sikh
a
y òk pèpël.
English:
Is it ribbonworked?
Lenape:
Sìlkh
a
su hàch?
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and a bracelet.
Lenape:
Silkhèmpse òk tëpinxkèpi ik
a
h
a
tu.
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and a bracelet.
Lenape:
Sìlkhèmpse òk tëpinxkèpi ik
a
h
a
tu.
English:
Let us go to the creek.
Lenape:
Sipunk
a
tàm.
English:
I go to the creek.
Lenape:
Sipunk nt
a
.
English:
He pinched Jim.
Lenape:
Sisën
a
o nèl Jim.
English:
Pinch Jim.
Lenape:
Sisën n
a
Jim.
English:
Land of buffaloes.
Lenape:
Sisiliei h
a
kink.
English:
The old man bathed in the muddy river. (or) The old man bathed in the Susquehanna River
Lenape:
Siskuwih
a
nink tixëmu n
a
kìkuwìnu.
English:
My shirt is wet.
Lenape:
Skàpe nt
a
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
He waters the garden.
Lenape:
Skàph
a
tun në h
a
kih
a
kàn/
English:
Young women, are you Delawares?
Lenape:
Skixkweyok, Lën
a
pe hèch kiluw
a
?
English:
I have to get ready when I finish eating.
Lenape:
Sòkënch wènch
a
hki
a
ne ènt
a
kìshi mitsi
a
.
English:
I killed a mouse this long. (from song sung by a cat)
Lenape:
Sòkèn pukwès nihël
a
.
English:
He is very rich.
Lenape:
Sòmi
a
hopeyu.
English:
It is very difficult.
Lenape:
Sòmi
a
hòt.
English:
It is very difficult.
Lenape:
Sòmi
a
hòt.
English:
It is very expensive.
Lenape:
Sòmi
a
howtu.
English:
It is very rotten.
Lenape:
Sòmi
a
lët.
English:
Is that boy too hot?
Lenape:
Sòmi hèch kshësu n
a
pil
a
èchëch?
English:
He is very hungry.
Lenape:
Sòmi k
a
htupu.
English:
You really stink.
Lenape:
Sòmi kchim
a
kwsi.
English:
The woman laughs too much.
Lenape:
Sòmi këkëlëksu n
a
xkwe.
English:
You are acting very foolish in this house.
Lenape:
Sòmi kpëchehòsi yu wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
It is very windy.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshàxën.
English:
That man is too hot.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshësu n
a
lënu.
English:
It is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshëte wikw
a
hëmink.
English:
You are talking too fast.
Lenape:
Sòmi kt
a
làpixsi.
English:
It is very cloudy, it looks like it will rain.
Lenape:
Sòmi kùmhòkòt, èlin
a
kòt xu sukël
a
n.
English:
I was very tired.
Lenape:
Sòmi m
a
h nëwikwihël
a
.
English:
I am already a very old person.
Lenape:
Sòmi mèchi xuwi
a
wèn nhàk
a
y.
English:
I got so mad I threw a tantrum.
Lenape:
Sòmi nëm
a
nunksi wëli nkëpchehël
a
.
English:
I am very tired.
Lenape:
Sòmi nëwikwihël
a
.
English:
I am very sleepy.
Lenape:
Sòmi nk
a
tunkòm.
English:
I am very hungry.
Lenape:
Sòmi nk
a
tupwi.
English:
Her dress is too thin and I can see through it.
Lenape:
Sòmi òskee tòhèmpsëm, ntesh
a
p
a
mën.
English:
He really makes a lot of noise.
Lenape:
Sòmi p
a
kuwe.
English:
It is very sour.
Lenape:
Sòmi shëw
a
lët.
English:
It is too salty
Lenape:
Sòmi shëwàn
English:
If I lie down too close to the edge of the bed I might fall off.
Lenape:
Sòmi shòwi nshenkixi xu mpënihël
a
.
English:
That cat is very cold.
Lenape:
Sòmi t
a
hkòchu n
a
pushis.
English:
This is a very small town.
Lenape:
Sòmi tànkètu yu utèn
a
y.
English:
This town is too small.
Lenape:
Sòmi tànkètu yu utèn
a
y.
English:
My ears are very cold.
Lenape:
Sòmi the nhit
a
ok
a
.
English:
It is too cold to go to town.
Lenape:
Sòmi the tëli
a
utènink
a
n.
English:
The bed is too soft.
Lenape:
Sòmi tòke në x
a
nsun.
English:
He is very smart.
Lenape:
Sòmi w
a
tàm.
English:
It has a good sound.
Lenape:
Sòmi wëlit
a
kòt.
English:
That fish tastes very good.
Lenape:
Sòmi winkël n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
It is too bitter.
Lenape:
Sòmi wis
a
hkàn.
English:
He found it in Mexico.
Lenape:
Sp
a
n
a
yuwink wënchi m
a
xkàmën.
English:
I went to the stable.
Lenape:
Stèpëlink nt
a
.
English:
Is it raining?
Lenape:
Sukël
a
n hàch?
English:
It rained a little.
Lenape:
Sukël
a
n m
a
htiti {DN}
English:
It rained last night.
Lenape:
Sukël
a
n tpukwe.
English:
Where should we go?
Lenape:
T
a
ch
a
kt
a
hën
a
?
English:
How do I do this?
Lenape:
T
a
chëch ntënëm?
English:
How do I do this?
Lenape:
T
a
chëch ntënëm.
English:
I will never see you again.
Lenape:
T
a
chich knewëlu.
English:
Where should we go today?
Lenape:
T
a
hàch
a
kt
a
hën
a
yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik?
English:
How do you make frybread?
Lenape:
T
a
hàch ki ks
a
l
a
ponhe?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
T
a
hàch kt
a
?
English:
How do you feel?
Lenape:
T
a
hàch ktël
a
màlsin?
English:
How is Mr. Jones feeling?
Lenape:
T
a
hàch tël
a
màlsin n
a
Jones?
English:
Where shall we eat?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch
a
ktënt
a
mitsinèn?
English:
How do you make frybread?
Lenape:
T
a
hëch ki ks
a
làpònhe?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch kt
a
?
English:
Where will you people be?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch ktàpineyo kiluw
a
?
English:
Where do you hurt?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch ktint
a
màlsi?
English:
Where did you come from?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch kum?
English:
Where do you live?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch kwikin?
English:
What color eyes does Mary have?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch likte n
a
M
a
ry wëshkinko?
English:
What color are those beads?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch tòliksin nèk m
a
nsh
a
piàk?
English:
Where has he been?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch um?
English:
Where did he come from?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch um?
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch wënchi?
English:
Where do you live?
Lenape:
T
a
hèch wikin?
English:
A turtle cannot fly away because he does not have any wings.
Lenape:
T
a
hkox ku kàski kënthwihële èli m
a
t
a
wëlunkòn
a
wël
a
tu.
English:
He cannot do anything.
Lenape:
T
a
kàski kèku lësi.
English:
We could not say.
Lenape:
T
a
kàski luwehùmën
a
.
English:
A little blouse was made.
Lenape:
Tàkhwèmptët wëlit
a
onu.
English:
I stopped for a while.
Lenape:
T
a
kiti n
a
kihël
a
. {DN}
English:
I rest for a little while.
Lenape:
T
a
kiti nt
a
l
a
ximwi.
English:
I rested a while.
Lenape:
Tàkiti nt
a
l
a
ximwi.
English:
Those wolves are cold.
Lenape:
T
a
kòchuwàk nèki tëmeyok.
English:
He is short and fat.
Lenape:
T
a
kòkwsu òk wisu.
English:
I really do not know.
Lenape:
T
a
ku nuw
a
tuwën.
English:
I will not cook for you.
Lenape:
T
a
kwixënihuli.
English:
I will not see her again.
Lenape:
T
a
làpi neyo.
English:
Take these two men along with you.
Lenape:
T
a
lëmuxòl
a
ok yukishe nish
a
lënuwàk.
English:
Sometimes we eat fish.
Lenape:
T
a
mse hànkw nëmuhòhën
a
n
a
mès.
English:
Sometimes Uncle Bob comes.
Lenape:
T
a
mse hànkw pe n
a
nuxtët Bob.
English:
Sometimes they bring soup and meat and hominy.
Lenape:
T
a
mse pètuwàk kshit
a
y òk wiyus òk sëteyo.
English:
I will never forget when I was sick.
Lenape:
T
a
nëwiwàniwën ènt
a
p
a
lsi
a
.
English:
Where did the 'old thing' go?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch èshu?
English:
Where did the 'old thing' go?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch èshu?
English:
Where did the 'little fellow' go?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch ètu?
English:
Where did the Delawares go?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch eyok nèki Lën
a
peyok?
English:
Where is your mother?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch k
a
hès?
English:
Where are you?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch ki?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch kt
a
?
English:
Where did you put it?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch kt
a
tun?
English:
Where is the drumhide?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch n
a
puhënikàni xès?
English:
Where is the coward?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch n
a
shwil
a
it?
English:
Where is the drum hide?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch në puhënikàni xès?
English:
Where is the hide?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch në xès?
English:
Where does he live?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch wiku?
English:
Where is your spouse?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch wit
a
emàk?
English:
Where is this place?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hàch yu t
a
li?
English:
Where is it?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch h
a
te?
English:
Which one do you want (animate form)
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch k
a
t
a
l
a
?
English:
Where are you feeling bad?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch ki ktënt
a
m
a
hch
a
màlsin?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch kt
a
?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch kt
a
?
English:
Where did you put it? (something animate)
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch kt
a
hël
a
?
English:
Where did you put (or place) him?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch kt
a
hël
a
?
English:
Where have you been?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch kum?
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch wënchi?
English:
Where is it coming from?
Lenape:
T
a
ni hèch wënchi?
English:
Where did that person come from?
Lenape:
T
a
ni wënchi n
a
a
wèn pe?
English:
I used a spear when I killed the fish.
Lenape:
Tànk
a
mikàn nh
a
k
a
tàm ènt
a
nhil
a
t n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
he has a small head
Lenape:
tànkàntpe
English:
The dog has a small head.
Lenape:
Tànkàntpe n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
Jan has a small waist.
Lenape:
Tànkche w
a
J
a
n.
English:
A small house.
Lenape:
Tànkètik wikëw
a
m.
English:
The bow is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu n
a
h
a
t
a
pi.
English:
The man is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu n
a
lënu.
English:
The mourning dove is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu n
a
m
a
mèth
a
kemu.
English:
The woman is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
The girl is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu n
a
xkwechëch. [DN]
English:
The rock is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu në
a
hsën.
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
T
a
sh kt
a
? (contr
a
ction)
English:
Where are you?
Lenape:
T
a
sh ktàpi?
English:
Where did you come from?
Lenape:
T
a
sh kum?
English:
How do you make it?
Lenape:
T
a
sh kwënchi m
a
nitu?
English:
How do you know that he is skinny?
Lenape:
T
a
sh kwënchi w
a
tun tìli
a
lukin?
English:
Where is the soap?
Lenape:
T
a
sh në sop?
English:
Where is he?
Lenape:
T
a
sh tòpin?
English:
They have some wood.
Lenape:
T
a
xàn
a
ulh
a
tuwàk.
English:
There is a cold wind from the north.
Lenape:
Tàxën luwàneyunk wënchi.
English:
There are strawberries and onions there.
Lenape:
Tehim në shè t
a
li òk ulepënàk.
English:
He sounds slow when he speaks
Lenape:
Tëk
a
it
a
kwsu ènt
a
kèku luwèt.
English:
You will drink it slowly.
Lenape:
Tëk
a
itìch këmënèn.
English:
He drank his whiskey slowly.
Lenape:
Tëk
a
iti mwënèn wëshikyëm.
English:
Let us go to the woods.
Lenape:
Tekënink
a
tàm.
English:
I went to the woods
Lenape:
Tekënink nt
a
.
English:
He told those Indians, Dafinen (here we are, said incorrectly).
Lenape:
Tël
a
woo nèl
a
wènh
a
keyok, 'Dàfinen, Dàfinen.'
English:
ten birds
Lenape:
tèlën chulënsàk
English:
It has been ten years since I saw my late friend.
Lenape:
Tèlën k
a
htëne i
a
pchi neyoke n
a
k
a
nitis
a
.
English:
It is ten minutes until five.
Lenape:
Tèlën mìnët xu p
a
lenàxk.
English:
It is ten minutes after four.
Lenape:
Tèlën mìnìt kìshi new
a
.
English:
I can count to ten.
Lenape:
Tèlën nkàski lih
a
hkëntàm.
English:
He has eleven fireflies.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk kwëti s
a
s
a
pisàk wël
a
hële.
English:
I have fourteen birds.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk new
a
chulënsàk nulh
a
l
a
.
English:
I am seated on twelve skunk hides.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk nish
a
shk
a
kwxès
a
nt
a
p
a
hpi.
English:
It is fifteen after four (time).
Lenape:
Tèlën òk p
a
lenàxk kìshi new
a
.
English:
The year is 1971.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk pèshkunk òk nish
a
sh òk kwëti k
a
htëne.
English:
I ate ten pieces of meat.
Lenape:
Tèlën pàke wiyus
a
nëmichi.
English:
Ten crawdads.
Lenape:
Tèlën sh
a
hëmwisàk.
English:
He ran around something ten times.
Lenape:
Tèlën txën òk
a
hële.
English:
I have ten grapes.
Lenape:
Tèlën wis
a
hkim nulh
a
tu.
English:
He looked to the north.
Lenape:
Tëlinkwèxin luwàneyunk.
English:
I walk up the road.
Lenape:
Tëm
a
kànink mpëmsk
a
.
English:
That man is missing a finger or hand.
Lenape:
Tëmëlënche n
a
lënu.
English:
The man's finger or hand is broken off or missing.
Lenape:
Tëmëlënche n
a
lënu.
English:
Come in, sit down, and you should eat.
Lenape:
Tëmike, l
a
lëm
a
t
a
hpi, òk
a
këmitsi.
English:
He went into the tent.
Lenape:
Tëmike n
a
èmpsik
a
onink.
English:
They went into the man's bedroom.
Lenape:
Tëmikèneyo n
a
lënu kèhk
a
wit.
English:
Cut off that snake's head.
Lenape:
Tëmikweho n
a
xkuk.
English:
The tree is fully grown.
Lenape:
Tèpiku n
a
hìtùkw.
English:
The tree is fully grown.
Lenape:
Tèpiku n
a
hìtùkw.
English:
That (cooked) chicken is cold.
Lenape:
Tësu n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
Whatever he will do.
Lenape:
Tëtàch èlsit.
English:
Wherever they starved to death.
Lenape:
Tët
a
ènt
a
sh
a
wl
a
mwihtit.
English:
Where is Lucy?
Lenape:
Tët
a
hàch Lucy?
English:
Where is he?
Lenape:
Tët
a
hèch tòpin?
English:
You go with me wherever.
Lenape:
Tët
a
kwichei.
English:
Wherever they go.
Lenape:
Tët
a
pey
a
htit.
English:
Wherever I go lead me by the hand.
Lenape:
Tët
a
pey
a
s
a
hk
a
kwènìch.
English:
Wherever he goes.
Lenape:
Tët
a
pey
a
t.
English:
Those people are using sign language.
Lenape:
Tëtpiyok nèk
a
wènik.
English:
Moni ta nëni.
Lenape:
Th
a
t is money.
English:
Is the water cold?
Lenape:
The hàch në mpi?
English:
I am going to the chicken house (coop)
Lenape:
Tip
a
sik
a
onink nt
a
.
English:
Chicken egg.
Lenape:
Tip
a
si òl.
English:
Chicken bones.
Lenape:
Tip
a
si xkàn
a
.
English:
I eat chicken.
Lenape:
Tip
a
s nëmuhò.
English:
I ate a chicken.
Lenape:
Tip
a
s nëmuhò.
English:
I want to eat a chicken.
Lenape:
Tip
a
s nk
a
tupo.
English:
The old man bathed in the muddy river. (or) The old man bathed in the Susquehanna River.
Lenape:
Tixëmu n
a
kìkuwìnu siskuwih
a
nink.
English:
Jim bathed.
Lenape:
Tixëmu w
a
Jim.
English:
He flew slowly.
Lenape:
Tk
a
iti kënthu.
English:
The dog is tame.
Lenape:
Tk
a
wsu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
He caught the gobbler (turkey)
Lenape:
Tohëwën
a
o nèl xinkwëlëkòhsën
a
.
English:
He loves that woman.
Lenape:
Tòhol
a
o nèl xkweyo.
English:
He caught the baby.
Lenape:
Tòhon
a
o nèl mimëntët
a
.
English:
The bed is soft.
Lenape:
Tòke në x
a
nsun.
English:
They speak softly when they talk together.
Lenape:
tòkënixsuwàk ènt
a
pèmtunhèhtit.
English:
He jumped over the moon.
Lenape:
Tòlëm
a
kihël
a
o nèl kishux
a
.
English:
The birds began to sing.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi
a
suwineyok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He began to gather the things that he used.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi m
a
ehëmën kèku nènh
a
k
a
tànk.
English:
He pushed the dog over.
Lenape:
Tòm
a
nihin
a
nèl mwek
a
neyo.
English:
He lifted the man.
Lenape:
Tòspën
a
o nèl lënuw
a
.
English:
Wake up, it is already morning.
Lenape:
Tukihël
a
, mèchi opàn.
English:
Wake up, it is already dawn.
Lenape:
Tukihël
a
, mèchi opàn.
English:
Wake up you lazy person!
Lenape:
Tukihël
a
nulhàntës!
English:
I go to Turtle Creek -or- Turtle River.
Lenape:
Tulpeh
a
nink nt
a
.
English:
A turtle went there.
Lenape:
Tulpe m
a
h ik
a
e.
English:
Did he open the book (or letter)?
Lenape:
Tunkshen
a
o hèch nèl lekhikàn?
English:
He opens the book (or letter)
Lenape:
Tunkshen
a
o nèl lekhikàn.
English:
Open the door.
Lenape:
Tunkshèni në skont
a
y.
English:
Catch that man.
Lenape:
Twën n
a
lënu.
English:
Catch that white chicken.
Lenape:
Twën n
a
òpsit tip
a
s.
English:
Catch that beaver.
Lenape:
Twën n
a
tëm
a
kwe.
English:
It is light green; it is sort of green.
Lenape:
Txi àskàskwe.
English:
That woman owns those canoes.
Lenape:
Ulh
a
l
a
n
a
n
a
xkwe nèl muxul
a
.
English:
Let us go to town.
Lenape:
Utènink
a
tàm.
English:
You will go to town.
Lenape:
Utèninkch kt
a
.
English:
Did you come from town?
Lenape:
Utènink hàch kum?
English:
Do you want to go to town?
Lenape:
Utènink hèch k
a
t
a
a
?
English:
Did you go to town?
Lenape:
Utènink hèch kt
a
?
English:
you people go to town
Lenape:
Utènink kt
a
hëmo
English:
You all went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink kt
a
hëmo.
English:
we go to town.
Lenape:
Utènink kt
a
hën
a
.
English:
You went to town then you gave her a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink kt
a
n
a
këmil
a
n hèmpës.
English:
You went to town then you gave me a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink kt
a
n
a
këmili hèmpës.
English:
You went to town and then you gave us dresses.
Lenape:
Utènink kt
a
n
a
këmilinèn hèmps
a
.
English:
If I had gone to town I would have been glad.
Lenape:
Utènink m
a
h
a
a
ne nulelìntàm.
English:
If he had gone to town I would have been happy.
Lenape:
Utènink m
a
h
a
te nulelìntàm.
English:
The man walked to town.
Lenape:
Utènink mhituxwe n
a
lënu.
English:
I am going to town.
Lenape:
Utènink nt
a
.
English:
I went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink nt
a
.
English:
We went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink nt
a
hën
a
.
English:
I am going to town, I will leave. (Ginger was her dog's name)
Lenape:
Utènink nt
a
, nk
a
l
a
w
a
Ginger.
English:
I am going to town and leaving Ginger.
Lenape:
Utènink nt
a
, nk
a
l
a
w
a
Ginger (dog's n
a
me).
English:
They live together in town.
Lenape:
Utènink wikh
a
tuwàk.
English:
I will go to town tomorrow.
Lenape:
Utènink xu nt
a
a
làp
a
.
English:
I will go to town in the afternoon.
Lenape:
Utènink xu nt
a
kìshi p
a
xàkweke.
English:
I will go to town but it is not yet afternoon.
Lenape:
Utènink xu nt
a
shùkw nèsko p
a
xàkwe.
English:
He knew those people.
Lenape:
Uw
a
h
a
ok nèk
a
wènik.
English:
He knew that person.
Lenape:
Uw
a
h
a
o nèl
a
wèni.
English:
Her father is playing with our baby.
Lenape:
Uxo pòpih
a
o këmimëntëtën
a
.
English:
This Munsee war captain.
Lenape:
W
a
il
a
Monsii nik
a
nixink.
English:
This deceased beloved person.
Lenape:
W
a
k
a
a
holënt
a
wènik
a
.
English:
This one our friend White-Wing's house.
Lenape:
W
a
kitisën
a
Opilunkòn wikit.
English:
My younger brother Bill Shawnee himself has already begun to forget.
Lenape:
W
a
n
a
xisëmës kènu Bill Sh
a
wnee mèchi nèk
a
tolëmi wànin.
English:
The Delaware said long ago.
Lenape:
Wàni Lën
a
pe m
a
h lòmëwe luwe.
English:
These Delawares are happy.
Lenape:
Wàni Lën
a
pe wël
a
tèn
a
mu.
English:
The Delawares will walk in the frost.
Lenape:
Wàni Lën
a
pe xu tupànuxweyok.
English:
He forgot that he was alone.
Lenape:
Wànin tili xuh
a
nin.
English:
Thank you because we lived to see the morning again.
Lenape:
W
a
nìshi èli op
a
nàsnèn làpi.
English:
I am glad when I come to visit.
Lenape:
W
a
nishi t
a
ènt
a
pèchi kiikeyàn.
English:
This is my four-legged friend (refers to a pet).
Lenape:
W
a
nitis newk
a
t
a
t.
English:
My mother here ate a lot.
Lenape:
W
a
nk
a
hès xeli michu.
English:
Rosemary will soon be coming.
Lenape:
W
a
Rosem
a
ry xuniti pe.
English:
Jim can already speak Delaware very well.
Lenape:
W
a
she Jim mèchi këkhìt kàski
a
lënixsu.
English:
This young woman feeds her pets in a dish.
Lenape:
W
a
skixkwe tòxàm
a
o nèl tòlëmuns
a
lokènsink.
English:
This chicken is white.
Lenape:
W
a
tip
a
s opsu.
English:
I wonder if I should use cedar smoke when I purify the house.
Lenape:
Wechi
a
pëphòkwësi kwèshh
a
tèk nh
a
k
a
tàm ènt
a
pilhìksëmën në wikëw
a
m.
English:
I wonder if I should go to town?
Lenape:
Wèchi
a
utènink nt
a
?
English:
I wonder if I should go to town.
Lenape:
Wèchi
a
utènink nt
a
.
English:
I wonder if she wants to sew?
Lenape:
Wèchi èt k
a
ht
a
këlixike?
English:
Maybe it is what they eat that cleans their teeth.
Lenape:
Wèchi èt kèku ènt
a
mitsihtit pilituneyo nèl wipitëmëwo.
English:
Perhaps you do not have the spiritual power.
Lenape:
Wechi èt ki m
a
t
a
kulh
a
tu në m
a
nëtuw
a
kàn.
English:
Perhaps he thinks when he talks that way he can scare someone.
Lenape:
Wèchi èt litehe ènt
a
në lëtunhèt kàski wish
a
m
a
o.
English:
Perhaps he is angry.
Lenape:
Wechi èt m
a
nunksu.
English:
I guess it is true.
Lenape:
Wèchi èt n
a
në le.
English:
Perhaps it will rain.
Lenape:
Wechi èt sukël
a
n.
English:
I wonder if there is any cold coffee.
Lenape:
Wechièt tehèk kàpi.
English:
She grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Wèchihël
a
l
a
o nèl òt
a
ès
a
.
English:
Let's go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk
a
tàm.
English:
You go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk kt
a
.
English:
The road goes to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk l
a
kèxën.
English:
They all went east together.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk lìltin.
English:
He looked to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk linkwèxin.
English:
They once lived in the east.
Lenape:
Wehikihtit wèhènchiopànk.
English:
He liked to hunt when he was young.
Lenape:
Wehink
a
l
a
i ènt
a
wësksite.
English:
That man (now deceased) liked to hunt.
Lenape:
Wehink
a
l
a
i m
a
h n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
That man now deceased liked to hunt.
Lenape:
Wehink
a
l
a
i m
a
h n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
The dog likes to sleep.
Lenape:
Wehinki k
a
wi n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The dog likes to sleep.
Lenape:
Wehinki k
a
wi n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
He will kill a cow.
Lenape:
Wèhshùmwis xu nhil
a
.
English:
The dog howled when the bird sang.
Lenape:
Wehul n
a
mwek
a
ne ènt
a
n
a
chulëns
a
suwit.
English:
That ugly dog is howling.
Lenape:
Wehul n
a
x
a
hin
a
kwsit mwek
a
ne.
English:
Perhaps they have the ghost dance.
Lenape:
Weitët èt ghost d
a
nce wël
a
tuwàk.
English:
I guess the people used a corn pounder.
Lenape:
Weitët èt kohòkàn nh
a
k
a
tàm
a
wènik.
English:
Perhaps they have used it.
Lenape:
Weitët èt nình
a
k
a
tàmëneyo.
English:
This Jim did good.
Lenape:
Wël
a
ihòsu w
a
Jim.
English:
Last night I went to a dance.
Lenape:
Wel
a
kwike m
a
hwink nt
a
.
English:
Last night I went to a dance among the Shawnees.
Lenape:
Wel
a
kwike m
a
wink nt
a
Sh
a
onuwike.
English:
Last night it was too hot, I could not sleep.
Lenape:
Wel
a
kwike sòmi nkeshsi, nt
a
l
a
k
a
wi.
English:
It frosted last night.
Lenape:
Wel
a
kwike tupàn.
English:
The weatherman told the truth when he said, "It will snow."
Lenape:
Wël
a
mëwe n
a
'we
a
therm
a
n' ènt
a
luwèt, "Xu wine."
English:
Our visitors are friendly.
Lenape:
Wëlànkunsuwàk kiikàmàchik.
English:
Does Mary have a reddish color dress? (or pink)
Lenape:
Wël
a
ntu hàch n
a
M
a
ry màxkin
a
kòt tohèmpsëm?
English:
If you have some eggs I want four.
Lenape:
Wël
a
t
a
ne òòl
a
nk
a
t
a
tàm new
a
.
English:
He has a cane.
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu
a
l
a
hun.
English:
He has a mat.
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu
a
n
a
kàn.
English:
Does Mary have a blue underskirt?
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu hàch n
a
M
a
ry
a
onèk èthun?
English:
Does Mary have a pink (or reddish) color dress?
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu hàch n
a
M
a
ry màxkin
a
kòt në tohèmpsëm?
English:
Does Mary have a blue coat?
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu hèch n
a
M
a
ry
a
onèk sh
a
khùkwi
a
n?
English:
Does Mary have a red dress?
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu hèch n
a
M
a
ry màxkhèmpës?
English:
Does Mary have a black purse?
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu hèch n
a
M
a
ry sëke mënutès?
English:
He has a lot of money.
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu xeli moni.
English:
He has a large navel.
Lenape:
Wël
a
tu xinkwi wilhwi.
English:
He had a strange look on his face when I betrayed him.
Lenape:
Wëlelëminkwèxin ènt
a
mikwih
a
kit.
English:
He sounds strange when he talks.
Lenape:
Wëlelëmixsu ènt
a
pëmëtunhèt.
English:
She was glad because Walks Downstream and I came to help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm èli N
a
huxwe òk nèpe pèchi wichinkeyànkw.
English:
He was glad when he found out that we would help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm ènt
a
w
a
t
a
kw tìli wichëntihënuk.
English:
The girl set the table.
Lenape:
Wëlënchëwèxt
a
n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
The girl prepared (or set) the table.
Lenape:
Wëlënchuwèxt
a
n
a
xkwechëch.
English:
That is a handsome man.
Lenape:
Wëlësu n
a
lënu.
English:
He is good looking and smart.
Lenape:
Wëlësu òk
a
hi lëpwe.
English:
Those rocks are good.
Lenape:
Wëlët
a
nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
It would be good if it was so. ; It would be good if it was true,
Lenape:
Wëlët
a
në leke.
English:
It is good when someone harvests oysters.
Lenape:
Wëlët
a
wèn m
a
yhòn sis
a
winàk.
English:
It is good what you said.
Lenape:
Wëlët në èluweà.
English:
That is good.
Lenape:
Wëlët t
a
nën.
English:
It is just like mud.
Lenape:
Wëli
a
làhshi sisku.
English:
He talks just like a Lenape.
Lenape:
Wëli
a
làshi Lën
a
pe pëmëtunhe.
English:
He talks good Delaware.
Lenape:
Wëli
a
lënixsu.
English:
He spoke Delaware well when he read the papers.
Lenape:
Wëli
a
lënixsu ènt
a
a
hkim
a
t nèl p
a
mbil
a
.
English:
A good person.
Lenape:
Wëli
a
wèn.
English:
I must look like a Unalachtigo.
Lenape:
Wëli èt ni
a
làshi Wënil
a
xtiku ntëlin
a
kwsin.
English:
Did you have a good look at him before?
Lenape:
Wëli hàch knihëneyo?
English:
I just wanted to vomit.
Lenape:
Wëli hànk nk
a
t
a
mëlàntàm.
English:
He didn't even say anything.
Lenape:
Wëli hànkw m
a
t
a
kèku luwe.
English:
He didn't even see (something).
Lenape:
Wëli hànkw m
a
t
a
nehku.
English:
That man has good luck.
Lenape:
Wëli linàm n
a
lënu.
English:
He is very mad.
Lenape:
Wëli m
a
nunksu.
English:
Your mother is good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsu k
a
hès.
English:
His mother is good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsu kohès
a
.
English:
That Delaware woman is good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsu n
a
Lën
a
pexkwe.
English:
The man is handsome.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsu n
a
lënu.
English:
That man looks good.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsu n
a
lënu.
English:
Those Delaware women are good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsuwàk nèk Lën
a
pexkweyok.
English:
Those are handsome men.
Lenape:
Wëlin
a
kwsuwàk nèk lënuwàk.
English:
Happy New Year!
Lenape:
Wëli Newiy
a
l!
English:
I know him well.
Lenape:
Wëli nuw
a
h
a
.
English:
The soup tastes good.
Lenape:
Wëlipukòt në kshit
a
y.
English:
The cat has pretty fur.
Lenape:
Wëlixekëne n
a
pushis.
English:
A beautiful person.
Lenape:
Welsit
a
wèn.
English:
That is a good thing.
Lenape:
Weltëk t
a
në kèku.
English:
They all left.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
lëmskeyok.
English:
Let's all go.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
tàm.
English:
All of them.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wènik.
English:
Everyone came there.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn ik
a
pe.
English:
Everyone left him alone.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wènik punih
a
o.
English:
Everyone knows about it.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wènik uw
a
tuneyo.
English:
Everyone who can pray should pray.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn kàski p
a
t
a
m
a
t p
a
t
a
m
a
.
English:
Everyone is smiling.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn këlësëwinkwèxin.
English:
Everyone is bashful.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn kwit
a
y
a
su.
English:
Everyone who saw him was surprised.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn neyòte chipelìntàm.
English:
Everyone who comes to help me can get full (of food).
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn pèchi m
a
y wichëmite kàski kispu.
English:
Everyone hated him.
Lenape:
Wèmi
a
wèn shink
a
l
a
o.
English:
I will bet everything.
Lenape:
Wèmìch kèku nt
a
tikèn.
English:
All of you people came from New York.
Lenape:
Wèmi èntxiek wënch
a
ihëmo New York.
English:
Everything is difficult.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku
a
hòt.
English:
Everything blew over.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku
a
mxën.
English:
Everything is green.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku àskàskwe.
English:
Everything is dry (like in a drought).
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku k
a
xkte.
English:
Everything is green again.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku làpi àskàskwe.
English:
Everything that I was told when I was young.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku ntihëlëkenèp ènt
a
wësksi
a
.
English:
Everything is bright.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku s
a
pëlee.
English:
The wind causes everything to make a rustling noise.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku shàpxën.
English:
Everything looks good
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku wëlin
a
kòt
English:
Everything is all mixed up.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku wiàmkixën.
English:
They are all flying.
Lenape:
Wèmi kënthuwàk. {DN}
English:
The lightning repeatedly flashed everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi li s
a
s
a
pëlehële.
English:
All bears are said to be asleep. (discussing hibernation)
Lenape:
Wèmi màxkok hànkw k
a
wiyok.
English:
They all trembled.
Lenape:
Wèmi nànkihëleyok.
English:
They (women only) are all friends.
Lenape:
Wèmi nichusàk.
English:
All who came here were tired.
Lenape:
Wèmi pey
a
chik wikwihëleyok.
English:
He spoiled all of them.
Lenape:
Wèmi pòlih
a
o.
English:
All little mice are gray.
Lenape:
Wèmi pukwètëtàk wipunkwsuwàk.
English:
They are all united or close together.
Lenape:
Wëmi t
a
hkwixinuk.
English:
They all loved him.
Lenape:
Wèmi t
a
hol
a
woo.
English:
It rolled everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi t
a
li tëpchehële.
English:
They all have friendly feelings to one another.
Lenape:
Wèmi wëlànkuntuwàk.
English:
He came from everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi wënchi t
a
li pe.
English:
All these women like me.
Lenape:
Wèmi yuki xkweyok wink
a
lkuk.
English:
He is from New York.
Lenape:
Wënchi
a
yu New York.
English:
Call that man.
Lenape:
Wènchim n
a
lënu.
English:
He left him in the nest.
Lenape:
Wënëk
a
l
a
o òhshix
a
ink.
English:
He saw those rocks.
Lenape:
Wënemën
a
nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
He is a Nanticoke.
Lenape:
Wënètko nàn.
English:
He saw him when he left.
Lenape:
Wëneyo ènt
a
a
lëmsk
a
t.
English:
He saw him when he left town.
Lenape:
Wëneyo ènt
a
a
lëmsk
a
t wënchi utènink.
English:
He saw the horse.
Lenape:
Wëneyo nèl nehën
a
okès
a
.
English:
He killed the deer when he shot him.
Lenape:
Wënihël
a
o nèl
a
htuho ènt
a
pòyàxkhòt.
English:
The bear killed him
Lenape:
Wënilko nèl màxko.
English:
He sat with the boy.
Lenape:
Wënishhukwèp
a
o nèl pil
a
echèch
a
.
English:
he dirtied himself
Lenape:
wëniskh
a
hòk
a
y
a
English:
Pass me the potatoes.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
hlëni nèk hopënisàk.
English:
Come and eat.; Come here and eat.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
x
a
mitsi. {DN}
English:
Hand me that chicken.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlënëm
a
i n
a
tip
a
s.
English:
Hand those things to me.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlënëm
a
i nèl kèku.
English:
Hand me that ____
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni në ____
English:
Hand me those ____
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni nèk ____
English:
Hand me the sweet potatoes.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni nèk shukëlipënisàk.
English:
Hand me the beans; Pass me the beans.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni nèl m
a
làxkwsit
a
.
English:
Hand me the sweet potatoes.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni nèl shukëlipënàk.
English:
Hand me the pie.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni në p
a
e.
English:
Hand me the stream fried meat.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlëni në s
a
làsikàn.
English:
Hand me the boy.
Lenape:
Wënt
a
xlën n
a
pil
a
echëch.
English:
The house leaks.
Lenape:
Wëntpe në wikëw
a
m.
English:
Are you an Osage?
Lenape:
Wësh
a
shi hàch ki?
English:
Is he an Osage?
Lenape:
Wësh
a
shi hàch nàn?
English:
He is an Osage.
Lenape:
Wësh
a
shi nàn.
English:
I snowed a while ago.
Lenape:
Wèsk
a
m
a
h wine.
English:
Do you have some fresh meat at your house?
Lenape:
Wëskeyok hàch kulh
a
tu wiki
a
?
English:
I went there a while ago.
Lenape:
Wèski m
a
h ik
a
nt
a
.
English:
I saw a raccoon a while ago.
Lenape:
Wèski m
a
h neyo n
a
hënëm.
English:
A while ago there was a meeting here.
Lenape:
Wèski m
a
h yu t
a
li m
a
ehël
a
n.
English:
Pass the corn.
Lenape:
Wët
a
hlëni në xàskwim.
English:
He picked up his pipe.
Lenape:
Wètënëmën upokàn.
English:
Did you stir it?
Lenape:
Wiàmxkh
a
mën hèch?
English:
He stirred the coffee.
Lenape:
Wiàmxkhe në kàpi.
English:
She stirred the soup.
Lenape:
Wiàmxkhe në kshit
a
y.
English:
Help me when I fix up where I live.
Lenape:
Wichëmi ènt
a
k
a
ht
a
wëlixtun ènt
a
l
a
wsi
a
.
English:
Help me so that I can stand up well in this life.
Lenape:
Wichëmi tëli nkàski wëli nip
a
in yushe ènt
a
l
a
wsienkw.
English:
They help them to plant (or to make graden).
Lenape:
Wichëmùkuk tìli h
a
kihèneyo.
English:
Help this sick person.
Lenape:
Wichëm w
a
she p
a
lsit
a
wèn.
English:
He went with them when they went hunting.
Lenape:
Wicheoo ènt
a
a
l
a
ihtit.
English:
They eat cranberries.
Lenape:
Wichuwàk p
a
kim.
English:
Have you ever owned a canoe?
Lenape:
Wihwël
a
tu hàch muxul?
English:
I went to my house.
Lenape:
Wiki
a
nt
a
.
English:
If they live there I will live here.
Lenape:
Wikihtite nëshe t
a
li ni yu nëwikin.
English:
He lives in a rock house.
Lenape:
Wiku
a
hsënik
a
onink.
English:
He lives in a hut.
Lenape:
Wiku y
a
k
a
onink.
English:
He lives at the place.
Lenape:
Wiku yushe t
a
li.
English:
The man is in the house.
Lenape:
Wikw
a
hëmink
a
hpu n
a
lënu.
English:
A little house was blown over.
Lenape:
Wikw
a
mtët
a
mxën.
English:
The basket is on her head.
Lenape:
Wilink h
a
te në tànkh
a
kàn.
English:
The basket is placed on her head.
Lenape:
Wilink h
a
tu në tànkh
a
kàn.
English:
Is it snowing?
Lenape:
Wine hàch?
English:
My mink coat.
Lenape:
Wininkwsii nsh
a
khùkwiyàn.
English:
That boy is likeable.
Lenape:
Wink
a
lsu n
a
pil
a
echëch.
English:
Perhaps the white meat will taste good. (like from a chicken)
Lenape:
Winkàn èt në opèk wiyus.
English:
Was it good? (tasting); Was it tasty?
Lenape:
Winkàn hàch?
English:
Did it taste good?
Lenape:
Winkàn hèch?
English:
The water tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në mpi.
English:
The grape dumplings taste good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në shëw
a
hs
a
pàn.
English:
The strawberry tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në tehim.
English:
The chicken soup tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në tip
a
si kshit
a
y.
English:
The strawberries taste good.
Lenape:
Winkànu nèl tehim.
English:
This bread tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu
a
hpon.
English:
This bread tastes good, mother.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu
a
hpon,
A
n
a
.
English:
This coffee tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu kàpi.
English:
This water tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu mpi.
English:
This steam fried meat tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu s
a
làsikàn.
English:
This cake tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu shukëlàpòn.
English:
He likes the shore.
Lenape:
Wink
a
tàmën në shohpe.
English:
Those people lived contentedly because they were always happy.
Lenape:
Wink
a
wsuwàk nèk
a
wènik èli nkëme wël
a
tuwàk.
English:
That fish tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkël n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
Those potatoes and onions taste good.
Lenape:
Winkëluk nèk hopënisàk òk ulepënàk.
English:
This chicken tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkël w
a
tip
a
s.
English:
The man likes potatoes.
Lenape:
Winkhopënise n
a
lënu.
English:
He likes to read.
Lenape:
Winki
a
hkënsu.
English:
He would like to go along.
Lenape:
Winki
a
wite.
English:
He likes to sleep.
Lenape:
Winki k
a
wi.
English:
He likes to sit.
Lenape:
Winki lëm
a
t
a
hpu.
English:
This flower smells good.
Lenape:
Winkim
a
kwsu w
a
òt
a
ès.
English:
They like to eat cranberries.
Lenape:
Winki p
a
kim michh
a
tuwàk.
English:
He likes to watch them.
Lenape:
Winki pën
a
oo.
English:
He liked to watch fireflies in a bottle.
Lenape:
Winki pën
a
oo s
a
s
a
pisàk hàkhàkwink.
English:
He likes to eat deer's tongue.
Lenape:
Winkitàm
a
htuhwi wil
a
nu.
English:
The cat likes water.
Lenape:
Winkpie n
a
pushis.
English:
The dog likes to sleep.
Lenape:
Winkumkòm n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The dog likes to sleep.
Lenape:
Winkumkòm n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The dog likes to sleep.
Lenape:
Winkunkòm n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
We ate with her when it was noon.
Lenape:
Wipum
a
wën
a
ènt
a
p
a
xàkwèk.
English:
The coat is gray.
Lenape:
Wipunkwe në sh
a
khùkwiàn.
English:
That horse is gray.
Lenape:
Wipunkwsu n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
That squirrel is gray.
Lenape:
Wipunkwsu n
a
x
a
nikw.
English:
Does Mary have a yellow scarf?
Lenape:
Wis
a
èk
a
kontpèpi hèch wël
a
tu n
a
M
a
ry?
English:
The plum is bitter (or sour).
Lenape:
Wis
a
hkël n
a
sipuw
a
s.
English:
Does Tom have yellowish hair?
Lenape:
Wis
a
ontpe hèch n
a
Tom?
English:
Does Tom have light color hair?
Lenape:
Wis
a
ontpe hèch n
a
Tom?
English:
The yellow cows ate the white grass.
Lenape:
Wis
a
wsichik wèhshùmwisàk michuwàk opèk skiko.
English:
A yellow butterfly said, I want to help.
Lenape:
Wis
a
wsit memek
a
s luwe, k
a
t
a
wichëmël.
English:
A yellow cow.
Lenape:
Wis
a
wsit wèhshëmwis.
English:
That bird is yellow.
Lenape:
Wis
a
wsu n
a
chulëns.
English:
He spoiled it immediately.
Lenape:
Wish
a
i pòlitu.
English:
They are afraid of the water as it is getting deeper.
Lenape:
Wish
a
lëkwëneyo në mpi èli
a
lëmi xitkwe.
English:
He showed something to Jim that scared him.
Lenape:
Wish
a
m
a
o nèl Jim.
English:
They said something to Jim that scared him.
Lenape:
Wish
a
m
a
woo nèl Jim.
English:
The chickens were all afraid.
Lenape:
Wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk nèk tip
a
sàk.
English:
All the Delawares were afraid.
Lenape:
Wish
a
s'h
a
tuwàk wèmi nèk Lën
a
peyok.
English:
The chickens were afraid when it thundered.
Lenape:
Wish
a
suwàk nèk tip
a
sàk ènt
a
pèpèth
a
khòn.
English:
We will be fat if we eat too much.
Lenape:
Wisihënàch sòmipwienkwe.
English:
That hog is fat.
Lenape:
Wisu n
a
kwëshkwësh
English:
My spouse is across the river.
Lenape:
Wit
a
emàk òspèkwe.
English:
We should go with them.
Lenape:
Witehën
a
a
.
English:
Jim is doing the cooking.
Lenape:
Wixënàsu n
a
Jim.
English:
Jan is cooking.
Lenape:
Wixënu n
a
J
a
n.
English:
She cooks and cleans house.
Lenape:
Wixënu òk pilikw
a
hëme.
English:
Is she going to cook or heat things up?
Lenape:
Wixënu shihàch kshësëm
a
?
English:
Suddenly the long-waisted dog stood up.
Lenape:
Wixk
a
ochi n
a
kwën
a
h
a
kwch
a
t chëminkw nipu.
English:
Suddenly I remembered it.
Lenape:
Wixk
a
ochi nëmësh
a
tàmën.
English:
Suddenly a wolf came.
Lenape:
Wixk
a
ochi tëme pe.
English:
Suddenly he saw a squirrel on a branch.
Lenape:
Wixk
a
ochi wëneyo x
a
niko tuhònink.
English:
This hand was wrapped up.
Lenape:
Wixkwèpisu m
a
yu nàxk.
English:
The dog is wrapped up (in something).
Lenape:
Wixkwèpisu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The sticks are all wrapped up.
Lenape:
Wixkwèpisuw
a
nèl t
a
xàn
a
.
English:
Meat, bread, and water.
Lenape:
Wiyus,
a
hpon, òk mpi.
English:
I will give you meat and bread.
Lenape:
Wiyus òk
a
hpon këmilël.
English:
Meat and bread and water.
Lenape:
Wiyus òk
a
hpon òk mpi.
English:
Meat and ketchup with it.
Lenape:
Wiyus òk h
a
pi kèchëp.
English:
Meat and ketchup with it.
Lenape:
Wiyus òk h
a
pi kèchëp.
English:
He got married to a woman named Kathy.
Lenape:
Wshilìntàm
a
o nèl xkweyo èluwènsit K
a
thy.
English:
They hate that rock.
Lenape:
Wshink
a
t
a
mëneyo në
a
hsën.
English:
They hate those rocks.
Lenape:
Wshink
a
t
a
mëneyo nèl
a
hsën
a
.
English:
He pinched that woman on her rear.
Lenape:
Wsistien
a
o nèl xkweyo.
English:
He spilled it on his pants.
Lenape:
Wsukh
a
mën pwëlchisink.
English:
He spilled it on his shirt. -or- She spilled it on her dress.
Lenape:
Wsukh
a
mën tòhèmpsëmink.
English:
He spilled it on his shirt and on his pants.
Lenape:
Wsukh
a
mën tòhèmpsëmink òk pwëlchisink.
English:
He is sitting behind; He is sitting in the back.
Lenape:
Wtenk lëm
a
t
a
hpu.
English:
I walked behind.
Lenape:
Wtenk mpëmsk
a
.
English:
The man is behind the house.
Lenape:
Wtenk wikw
a
hëmink
a
hpu n
a
lënu.
English:
He bathed the child.
Lenape:
Wtòxixëmuhël
a
o nèl mimëns
a
.
English:
He bathed the horse.
Lenape:
Wtòxixëmuhël
a
o nèl nehën
a
onkès
a
.
English:
There is much work to be done where I live.
Lenape:
X
a
helët mikëmòsëw
a
kàn h
a
te wiki
a
.
English:
There are many animals.
Lenape:
X
a
hèli
a
èsësàk.
English:
Many stones are there.
Lenape:
X
a
heli
a
hsën
a
h
a
teyo.
English:
A great many people.
Lenape:
X
a
heli
a
wènik. {DN}
English:
Many people came to the dance.
Lenape:
X
a
heli
a
wènik peyok ènt
a
m
a
hwink.
English:
Many went to the east.
Lenape:
X
a
heli eyok wehènchiopànk.
English:
There are many trees.
Lenape:
X
a
hèli hìtkuk.
English:
You want a lot.
Lenape:
X
a
heli k
a
t
a
tàmën.
English:
Many things.
Lenape:
X
a
heli kèku.
English:
I saw many things.
Lenape:
X
a
heli kèku nem.
English:
I won many things.
Lenape:
X
a
heli kèku nsihëwe.
English:
He had told me many things.
Lenape:
X
a
heli kèku ntëlkenèp.
English:
He told me many things.
Lenape:
X
a
heli kèku ntëlùkw.
English:
There are many ducks there.
Lenape:
X
a
heli kwikwinkëmuk tòpineyo.
English:
Many Lenape were there long ago.
Lenape:
X
a
heli Lën
a
peyok
a
hpup
a
nik lòmëwe.
English:
There are many Delawares here.
Lenape:
X
a
heli Lën
a
peyok
a
hpuwàk yu t
a
li.
English:
Many spirits live there under the water.
Lenape:
X
a
heli m
a
nëtuwàk tënt
a
l
a
wsineyo èkwpiyink.
English:
There are many medicines where I eat.
Lenape:
X
a
heli mpisun
a
ènt
a
mitsi
a
ik
a
h
a
te.
English:
There were many at that time.
Lenape:
X
a
heli nìki lëkhìkwi.
English:
There are many cranberries here.
Lenape:
X
a
heli p
a
kim h
a
te.
English:
Dogs definitely know many things.
Lenape:
X
a
heli t
a
w
a
mwek
a
ne uw
a
tun kèku.
English:
Many went to the east.
Lenape:
X
a
heli wehènchiopànk eyok..
English:
Much of the earth is covered with water.
Lenape:
X
a
heli yu h
a
ki èkwpie.
English:
There are many people.
Lenape:
X
a
heluk
a
wènik.
English:
For many days they gathered wood.
Lenape:
X
a
helukwëni m
a
n
a
xeyok.
English:
That doghouse is ugly.
Lenape:
X
a
hin
a
kòt në mwek
a
neik
a
on.
English:
That big red house is ugly.
Lenape:
X
a
hin
a
kòt në xinkwi màxkèk wikëw
a
m.
English:
That dog is ugly.
Lenape:
X
a
hin
a
kwsu n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
The cars are noisy.
Lenape:
X
a
huwet
a
kwsuwàk nèk tëpchehël
a
sàk.
English:
Spiders live in a bottle.
Lenape:
X
a
l
a
hputisàk hàkhàkunk wikuwàk.
English:
Feed me some bread.
Lenape:
X
a
mi
a
hpon.
English:
Feed me some turkey.
Lenape:
X
a
mi chikënëm.
English:
Feed me a frybread.
Lenape:
X
a
mi s
a
làpòn.
English:
Feed me some steam-fried meat and corn.
Lenape:
X
a
mi s
a
làsikàn òk xàskwim.
English:
Feed me some meat and bread.
Lenape:
X
a
mi wiyus òk
a
hpon,
English:
Feed the bird.
Lenape:
Xàm n
a
chulëns.
English:
Feed the dog.
Lenape:
Xàm n
a
mwek
a
ne.
English:
He ate a squirrel.
Lenape:
X
a
niko mhwe.
English:
Our elder brother the sun.
Lenape:
X
a
nsën
a
kishux.
English:
I put the child on the bed.
Lenape:
X
a
nsunink nt
a
hël
a
n
a
mimëns.
English:
Lie down in bed.
Lenape:
X
a
nsunink shenkixi.
English:
He placed him on the bed.
Lenape:
X
a
nsunink tòhël
a
o.
English:
Finally I found some buffaloes.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki nëmàxk
a
ok sisilieyok.
English:
Finally I found a buffalo.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki nëmàxk
a
o sisiliy
a
.
English:
Finally I told him, because he was writing, 'You doing your homework?'
Lenape:
X
a
ntki ntël
a
n, èli lekhikèt, 'You doing your homework?'
English:
Finally we heard him behind the house.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki òsik
a
mike mpënt
a
wën
a
.
English:
Finally that man, now deceased, was hated.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki shink
a
lkwësu n
a
k
a
lënuw
a
.
English:
Finally he told the elder, Show them to me.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki tël
a
o nèl kìk
a
y
a
, Mpën
a
mënàkw.
English:
Finally they all went outside.
Lenape:
X
a
ntki wèmi kchiyok.
English:
Finally we hollered, 'Are you here?'
Lenape:
X
a
ntki xinkol
a
mwihën
a
, 'Kt
a
pi hàch?'
English:
I awoke at eight o'clock.
Lenape:
X
a
sh kël
a
k ntukihël
a
.
English:
eight cats
Lenape:
x
a
sh pushisàk
English:
He plants corn.
Lenape:
Xàskwim h
a
kihe.
English:
You eat corn.
Lenape:
Xàskwim këmichi.
English:
I alternate corn and beans.
Lenape:
X
a
skwim nt
a
xkomi òk m
a
làxkwsit
a
. {DN}
English:
There are many people.
Lenape:
Xèli
a
wènik.
English:
Many people came.
Lenape:
Xeli
a
wènik peyok
English:
Were many people killed?
Lenape:
Xeli hèch
a
wènik nhil
a
ok?
English:
Many trees were blown over.
Lenape:
Xèli hìtkuk
a
mxuk.
English:
There must have been many Indians.
Lenape:
Xeli hunt yuk
a
wènh
a
keyok.
English:
He bought many things.
Lenape:
Xeli kèku mh
a
làm.
English:
I want to know many things.
Lenape:
Xeli kèku nk
a
t
a
w
a
tu.
English:
You have a lot of money, I'll take it away from you.
Lenape:
Xeli moni kulh
a
tu, kchikënël.
English:
I have a lot of money.
Lenape:
Xeli moni nulh
a
tu.
English:
He has a lot of money.
Lenape:
Xeli moni wël
a
tu.
English:
A lot was spoiled.
Lenape:
Xeli p
a
lit
a
su.
English:
There are many houses near the river.
Lenape:
Xeli wikw
a
hëm
a
kixki sipunk.
English:
The log is big and round.
Lenape:
Xinkòkòt në mës
a
kw.
English:
That kettle is big and round.
Lenape:
Xinkòkwsu n
a
hus.
English:
The buckets are big and round.
Lenape:
Xinkòkwsuwàk nèk husàk.
English:
A big person.
Lenape:
Xinkwi
a
wèn.
English:
Is the river big or is it small?
Lenape:
Xinkwi hàch në sipu shihàch tànkètu?
English:
I heard it in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Xinkwik
a
onink mpënt
a
mën.
English:
A big dog.
Lenape:
Xinkwi mwek
a
ne.
English:
The bird called a great horned owl is big.
Lenape:
Xinkwi n
a
chulëns ohuntàm èluwènsit.
English:
The owl is big.
Lenape:
Xinkwi n
a
kukhus.
English:
A large horse.
Lenape:
Xinkwi nehën
a
onkès.
English:
A large piece of meat.
Lenape:
Xinkwi pàke wiyus.
English:
A loud bang.
Lenape:
Xinkwi p
a
y
a
hkh
a
mën.
English:
A big boy, almost a young man.
Lenape:
Xinkwi pil
a
echëch, k
a
ti skìnu.
English:
I went to a big town.
Lenape:
Xinkwi utènink nt
a
.
English:
I am thirty years old.
Lenape:
Xintxke nk
a
tën
a
mi.
English:
The fish is bony.
Lenape:
Xkànuu n
a
n
a
mès.
English:
Girls and boys are walking together.
Lenape:
Xkwechëchàk òk pil
a
echëchàk pëmësk
a
tuwàk.
English:
Girl, get me something to smoke.
Lenape:
Xkwèchi, n
a
tàm
a
i wehupònk.
English:
They are ruled by a woman called a queen.
Lenape:
Xkwe nihël
a
lkuk luwènsu 'queen.'
English:
Women, dance with me, my shoes are wearing out.
Lenape:
Xkweyok, witkèmi, nëmèth
a
ksënehël
a
.
English:
It is placed on top of a hat.
Lenape:
Xkwìchi h
a
tu
a
lukwèpi.
English:
Put the dish on top.
Lenape:
Xkwìchi h
a
tu në lokèns.
English:
The man is on top of the house.
Lenape:
Xkwìchi wikw
a
hëmink
a
hpu n
a
lënu.
English:
I live on a mountain.
Lenape:
Xkwit
a
htëne nëwiki.
English:
I live on a mountain and I have a garden.
Lenape:
Xkwit
a
htëne nëwiki òk nul
a
tu h
a
kih
a
kàn.
English:
I go to the top of the hill.
Lenape:
Xkwit
a
htëne nt
a
.
English:
He was the older brother to Billy Wilson who was my grandfather.
Lenape:
Xòns
a
n
a
k
a
Billy Wilson n
a
n
a
k
a
muxums
a
.
English:
My older brother plays ball.
Lenape:
Xòns
a
p
a
hs
a
hën
a
.
English:
It might rain.
Lenape:
Xu èt sukël
a
n.
English:
When are you going to eat the meat?
Lenape:
Xu hàch këmichin në wiyus?
English:
The house is alone (no others around it).
Lenape:
Xuh
a
nte në wikëw
a
m.
English:
The man lives alone.
Lenape:
Xuhànu n
a
lënu.
English:
He lives alone.
Lenape:
Xuh
a
wiku.
English:
Will I see you again?
Lenape:
Xu hèch làpi knewël?
English:
We will go there this evening.
Lenape:
Xu ik
a
kt
a
hën
a
lòkwike.
English:
I will come there.
Lenape:
Xu ik
a
mp
a
.
English:
I will go there.
Lenape:
Xu ik
a
nt
a
.
English:
I will go to where you are.
Lenape:
Xu ik
a
nt
a
ki èpiàn.
English:
We will be able to converse.
Lenape:
Xu kàski
a
chimulsihën
a
.
English:
If I say anything.
Lenape:
Xu kèku luwe
a
ne.
English:
They will take you home.
Lenape:
Xu këm
a
ch
a
lukuk.
English:
You will make him worse. (referring to someone who is sick).
Lenape:
Xu këm
a
ht
a
p
a
m
a
.
English:
You will be mad.
Lenape:
Xu këm
a
nunksi.
English:
You will make a mess in bed (like defecating)
Lenape:
Xu këmikoihòsi x
a
nsunink.
English:
I will need to make bread so I can eat bread.
Lenape:
Xu kënch
a
hponhe
a
xu nkàski michi
a
hpon.
English:
This afternoon it might be a very hot day.
Lenape:
Xu kìshi p
a
xàkweke kon
a
èt xu
a
hi kshëlànte.
English:
When it is finished cooking we will eat it.
Lenape:
Xu kishtèke xu këmitsihën
a
.
English:
I will see you tomorrow.
Lenape:
Xu knewël
a
làp
a
.
English:
I will see you in three months.
Lenape:
Xu knewël n
a
x
a
kishux
a
.
English:
I will see you three days from now.
Lenape:
Xu knewël n
a
xukwënàkhàke.
English:
You will fall off.
Lenape:
Xu kpënihël
a
.
English:
You will bring them.
Lenape:
Xu kpèt
a
ook.
English:
You will starve.
Lenape:
Xu ksh
a
ol
a
mwi.
English:
The wind will blow. ; It will be windy.
Lenape:
Xu kshàxën
English:
You will make him mad.
Lenape:
Xu kt
a
hih
a
.
English:
You will anger the winter spirit.
Lenape:
Xu kt
a
hih
a
n
a
luwànàn'tu.
English:
You will anger the winter spirit.
Lenape:
Xu kt
a
hih
a
n
a
luwànàn'tu.
English:
You will anger the spirits
Lenape:
Xu kt
a
hih
a
ok nèk m
a
nëtuwàk.
English:
When you go back I will give you some corn.
Lenape:
Xu ktëki
a
ne xu këmil xàskwim.
English:
Jan coughs.
Lenape:
Xùkw n
a
J
a
n.
English:
You will call me again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kën
a
tumi.
English:
You must visit me again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kik
a
li.
English:
You will come again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kp
a
.
English:
We will talk again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kp
a
kuwehën
a
.
English:
We will talk together again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kt
a
chimwihën
a
.
English:
We will come again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi mp
a
hën
a
.
English:
He will sit down.
Lenape:
Xu lëm
a
t
a
hpu. {DN}
English:
It will rain soon.
Lenape:
Xu lëniti sukël
a
n.
English:
When I go home I will take a lunch.
Lenape:
Xu m
a
chi
a
ne nim
a
.
English:
There will be a gathering.
Lenape:
Xu m
a
ehël
a
n.
English:
He will be mad; He will be angry.
Lenape:
Xu m
a
nunksu.
English:
When they have the payment everyone will be rich.
Lenape:
Xu moni miltin nèk wèmi
a
wèn
a
hopei.
English:
I will come.
Lenape:
Xu mp
a
.
English:
I will think about it.
Lenape:
Xu mpën
a
elìntàmën.
English:
They will bring me some food so I can eat.
Lenape:
Xu mpèt
a
kuk mehëmichink xu nkàski mitsi.
English:
That woman will wash my hair.
Lenape:
Xu n
a
xkwe kwëshixtun yu nëmilàxk.
English:
I will go home.
Lenape:
Xu nëm
a
chi.
English:
I will go shopping.
Lenape:
Xu nëm
a
y mh
a
l
a
musi.
English:
I will work tomorrow.
Lenape:
Xu nëmikëmòsi
a
làp
a
.
English:
I'll kill him.
Lenape:
Xu nhil
a
.
English:
I will take a lunch when I go home.
Lenape:
Xu nim
a
m
a
chi
a
ne.
English:
We will eat soon. (incl.)
Lenape:
Xuniti këmitsihën
a
.
English:
It will soon be a hot day.
Lenape:
Xuniti kshëlànte.
English:
I will come soon.
Lenape:
Xuniti mp
a
.
English:
I will return soon.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpàskwi.
English:
Soon I will speak better than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtunhe
a
lëwi wëlët n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
ki.
English:
Soon I will speak rather than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtunhe n
a
wèn
a
ht
a
ki.
English:
Soon the Delawares will shiver from the cold.
Lenape:
Xuniti nànk
a
hchuwàk Lën
a
peyok.
English:
Soon we (excl.) will eat.
Lenape:
Xuniti nëmitsihën
a
.
English:
I will bathe pretty soon.
Lenape:
Xuniti nt
a
hixëmwi.
English:
Soon it will be nine o'clock.
Lenape:
Xuniti pèshunk kël
a
k.
English:
Soon this tape will come to the end.
Lenape:
Xuniti wikwe yushe sëk
a
hsën.
English:
Someone will soon visit us.
Lenape:
Xuniti xu
a
wèn kiikàmàkun
a
.
English:
I will leave her.
Lenape:
Xu nk
a
l
a
.
English:
I will smoke to death.
Lenape:
Xu nt
a
ptipo.
English:
I will tell my grandfather, Look at me!
Lenape:
Xu ntël
a
nëmuxumës, Pën
a
i!
English:
I will tell them, "Count."
Lenape:
Xu ntël
a
ok, "
A
hkëntike."
English:
I will drink five glasses of milk.
Lenape:
Xu p
a
lenàxk sh
a
pontèkink nun
a
kàn nëmëne.
English:
The woman will come here.
Lenape:
Xu pe n
a
xkwe.
English:
The woman will be coming here.
Lenape:
Xu pe n
a
xkwe.
English:
You will call me again on Sunday.
Lenape:
Xu Sàntèke làpi kën
a
tumi.
English:
It will rain.
Lenape:
Xu sukël
a
n.
English:
We must strike them.
Lenape:
Xu t
a
mpàk
a
m
a
wën
a
nàk.
English:
It will not fall off.
Lenape:
Xu t
a
pënihële.
English:
My shirt is old.
Lenape:
Xuwe nt
a
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
An old person.
Lenape:
Xuwi
a
wèn.
English:
I will build a house and we will live in it.
Lenape:
Xu wikheyàn xu iki wikhehën
a
.
English:
This fish will taste good.
Lenape:
Xu winkël w
a
n
a
mès.
English:
They will be friends.
Lenape:
Xu witisëwàk.
English:
She will cook for us when we are working.
Lenape:
Xu wixënih
a
okun
a
ènt
a
mikëmòsienkw.
English:
He will have many of them.
Lenape:
Xu xeli wël
a
hële.
English:
The horse is jumpy (nervous).
Lenape:
Xwësu n
a
nehën
a
onkès.
English:
He lives in a hut.
Lenape:
Y
a
k
a
onink wiku.
English:
These people who have gathered.
Lenape:
Yuk
a
wènik ènt
a
m
a
ehël
a
htit.
English:
These people are all different sizes.
Lenape:
Yuk
a
wènik wèmi lìlkuk.
English:
These trees already have many leaves.
Lenape:
Yuk hìtkuk mèchi x
a
heli wël
a
tuwàk këmp
a
hko.
English:
These dogs and wolves were friends a long time ago.
Lenape:
Yuki mwek
a
neyok òk tëmeyok witisëwàk lòmëwe.
English:
These white people do this and that.
Lenape:
Yuki shëw
a
nàhkok mësil
a
ihòsuwàk.
English:
These Creek Indians and Quapaw Indians.
Lenape:
Yuk Màshkuwàk òk yuk Ok
a
hp
a
ok.
English:
From now on he will be known by his name.
Lenape:
Yukwèch wënchi
a
lëmi w
a
hkwësu tìlìch luwènsin.
English:
It is difficult today.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik
a
hòt.
English:
Today is the beginning of Autumn.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik
a
lëmi t
a
hkokën.
English:
Today it is cold and it is snowing.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
kishkwik the òk wine.
English:
Now on this morning.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
opànk.
English:
Now at this noontime.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènt
a
p
a
xàkwe.
English:
He wants to sleep now.
Lenape:
Yukwe k
a
ht
a
k
a
wi.
English:
We are experiencing cool weather.
Lenape:
Yukwe kt
a
h
a
p
a
nëmihën
a
.
English:
Now you people know him.
Lenape:
Yukwe kuw
a
h
a
w
a
.
English:
Now we are experiencing winter.
Lenape:
Yukwe mèchi luwànëmihën
a
.
English:
Now I am scared.
Lenape:
Yukwe nëwish
a
si.
English:
Now three were traveling by water.
Lenape:
Yukwe nèxuwàk pëmil
a
ht
a
ok.
English:
Now I want to go home.
Lenape:
Yukwe nk
a
t
a
m
a
chi.
English:
Now I am very sad.
Lenape:
Yukwe nshinkh
a
tèn
a
mi.
English:
Now I can't sleep.
Lenape:
Yukwe nt
a
l
a
k
a
wi.
English:
Now I am glad.
Lenape:
Yukwe nulelìntàm.
English:
Now it is thundering.
Lenape:
Yukwe pèh
a
khòn.
English:
Now, you people gather berries.
Lenape:
Yukwe t
a
m
a
wënsihëmo.
English:
Now that one, that person was powerful!
Lenape:
Yukwe t
a
nàn, chipi n
a
a
wèn!
English:
We are now experiencing summer.
Lenape:
Yukwe t
a
nipënëmihën
a
.
English:
From this time on that will be his name.
Lenape:
Yukwe wënchi
a
lëmi n
a
lch n
a
tëluwèsin.
English:
This dish and that other dish look alike.
Lenape:
Yu lokèns òk në t
a
kok lokèns èlin
a
kohtu.
English:
This plate and the other plate look the same.
Lenape:
Yu lokèns òk në t
a
kok lokèns èlin
a
kòhtu.
English:
This song is sung when someone wants to put a baby to sleep.
Lenape:
Yushe
a
suw
a
kàn ènt
a
a
wèn k
a
ht
a
k
a
wënhèt mimëtët
a
n
a
l në tëli
a
suwin.
English:
I heard this song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Yushe
a
suw
a
kàn ènt
a
Xinkwik
a
onink mpëntàmën.
English:
This song is sung for the women to answer in a woman dance.
Lenape:
Yushe
a
suw
a
kàn xkwei ènt
a
n
a
xkuhëmunt.
English:
Sit down here.
Lenape:
Yushe lëm
a
t
a
hpi.
English:
This good land.
Lenape:
Yushe weltëk hàki.
English:
It has been cold here for two days.
Lenape:
Yu t
a
li nishukwëne the.
English:
This place where the old Delawares had lived.
Lenape:
Yu t
a
li yushe xuwi Lën
a
peyunk
a
hke wihikihtit.
English:
Lenape:
Yu t
a
shè.
English:
Somewhere over here.
Lenape:
Yu t
a
shè.
