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27 Story Sentence Search Results For "alai"
English:
32. It is said that long ago when they had boys in the family the boys were not allowed to drink or eat soup because they say that when they wanted to go hunting all the animals would run away because (that soup) becomes like bells they have on their legs. That is the reason all the animals would run away.
Lenape:
32. Lòmëwe hùnt ènta awèn wëlahëlat pilaechëchàk mata awèn lelëma tìli mënèn ok mitsin shitay èli luwèn hùnt ènta kahta
alai
t wèmi yuki aèsìsàk alëmshimuwàk èli alàshi hùnt sësùmwèktëta ikahatu wikatink. Nal në wënchi wèmi yuki aèsìsàk shimuwàk.
English:
Let's all go hunting. I will go along and I will kill all
Lenape:
alai
tàm. Nèpèch wite òk nèpèch wèkwitehook
English:
Oh, if ever she doesn't like her son-in-law,
Lenape:
E, ènta ku chich wshink
alai
o nèl natunamako,
English:
Quand les hommes revinrent de la chasse,
Lenape:
Enta ap
alai
htit nèki lënuwàk
English:
Cuando los cazadores regresaron
Lenape:
Enta ap
alai
htit nèki lënuwàk
English:
When the men returned from hunting
Lenape:
Enta ap
alai
htit nèki lënuwàk
English:
Als die Männer von der Jagd zurückkamen,
Lenape:
Enta ap
alai
htit nèki lënuwàk
English:
A person had to hunt all the time to kill deer,
Lenape:
Kënch awèn nkëme
alai
te hnilate ahtuhuk
English:
Something was because the woman never left her son.
Lenape:
ku na nink
alai
o na kwisa na xkwe.
English:
One time when these Delaware men went hunting
Lenape:
Kwëtèn ènta
alai
htite nèki Lènapeòk;
English:
Once a man went hunting in a big forest.
Lenape:
Kwëtën mah lënuwa
alai
ènta xinkwi shinkèk.
English:
En una ocasión fue a cazar con unos hombres.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènta kèxa lënuwàk
alai
htit.
English:
Un jour, il accompagna plusieurs hommes à la chasse.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènta kèxa lënuwàk
alai
htit.
English:
Einmal ging er mit einigen Männern auf die Jagd.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènta kèxa lënuwàk
alai
htit.
English:
One time he went along when several men went out hunting.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènta kèxa lënuwàk
alai
htit.
English:
One time he went along when several men when out hunting.
Lenape:
Kwëtën wite ènta kèxa lënuwàk
alai
htit.
English:
The man had hunted all day, finally it got dark.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishkwik
alai
naka lënuwa, xantki piske.
English:
but anyway they let him hunt with them. It wasn’t long they lost Wehixamukes.
Lenape:
lelëma wit
alai
n. Mata kwëne kwilawo naka Wehixamukèsa.
English:
The Hunter Wanted to Go Hunting
Lenape:
Na èlais kahta
alai
.
English:
Then when they had finished hunting, they went home.
Lenape:
Na ènta kìshi
alai
htit, machiyok
English:
It is said that the old one did not like her son-in-law; she hated him.
Lenape:
Na hùnt na kìkay ta ku hùnt ahi wink
alai
o nèl nòtunamako; wshinkalaa.
English:
When he went hunting he killed some squirrels.
Lenape:
Na kènu ènta
alai
t xaniko hnile.
English:
Calmly they are sleeping
Lenape:
N
alai
kawiyok
English:
Calmly they are sleeping
Lenape:
N
alai
kawiyok
English:
"All right my friend, let us go hunting!
Lenape:
"Nëpèhta nchu,
alai
tàm!
English:
I want to go hunting, I am going to look for a turkey."
Lenape:
nkata may
alai
, nkata may ntunao chikënëm."
English:
told his wife, "I want to go hunting,
Lenape:
witaèmachi tëlao hunt, "Nkata may
alai
,
