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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
544 Sample Sentence Search Results For "chi"
English:
Tell a story, you know many things.
Lenape:
A
chi
mwi, xaheli kèku kuwatu.
English:
That one has difficulty saying anything.
Lenape:
Ah
chi
nki këku luwe nàn.
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ah
chi
nki nshëshkòmwi èli nipita k
chi
hëleyok.
English:
He has difficulty walking; He can hardly walk.
Lenape:
Ah
chi
nki pëmëske.
English:
These people look strange.
Lenape:
Ah
chi
pinakwsuwàk yuki awènik.
English:
He is very stubborn.
Lenape:
Ahi ah
chi
nkxe.
English:
It has been about twenty years since I ate that medicine.
Lenape:
Ahpami èt nishintxke kahtëne no
chi
mi
chi
n në mpisun.
English:
Some of them went east.
Lenape:
Alënte eyok wehèn
chi
opànk.
English:
Some of them went east.
Lenape:
Alënte wehèn
chi
opànk eyok.
English:
He speaks Lenape poorly.
Lenape:
Amà
chi
alënixsu.
English:
He wastes food.
Lenape:
Amayàkitun mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
He said more.
Lenape:
An
chi
luwe.
English:
He said more.
Lenape:
àn
chi
luwe.
English:
The man is exhausted.
Lenape:
Ap
chi
kweehële na lënu.
English:
The food is cheap (inexpensive.
Lenape:
Apuwawtu në mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
And so many other tribes in that direction ate it.
Lenape:
Ashìte yuk kènu wëntahkwi awènhakeyok xeli mwi
chi
neyo,
English:
I put on green pants.
Lenape:
Askàskwèk pëlë
chi
s ika ntatu.
English:
A person has difficulty using it.
Lenape:
Awèn ah
chi
nki nhakatàmën
English:
Who is the stronger?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch alëwi
chi
tanësu?
English:
Oh, now you scared me.
Lenape:
Che, mè
chi
kwishami.
English:
One more time.
Lenape:
Chi
ch kwëtën.
English:
He was flirty when he was young.
Lenape:
Chi
hchëmësu enta wësksite.
English:
He took the cat away from him.
Lenape:
Chi
kënao nèl pushisa.
English:
He took the hat away from him.
Lenape:
Chi
kënëm në alukwèpi.
English:
I see a turkey.
Lenape:
Chi
kënëm neyo.
English:
Turkeys eat corn.
Lenape:
Chi
kënëmuk michuwàk xàskwim.
English:
I go to Turkey Creek.
Lenape:
Chi
kënëmwi Sipunk nta.
English:
It smells under the arms.
Lenape:
Chi
makòt ahshilunkònink.
English:
You are a stinky person.
Lenape:
Chi
màkwës ki.
English:
That old bucket stinks.
Lenape:
Chi
makwshishu nàni hus.
English:
That old bucket stinks.
Lenape:
Chi
makwshishu nàni hus.
English:
He stinks under his arms.
Lenape:
Chi
makwsu ahshilunkònink.
English:
He smells under the arms.
Lenape:
Chi
makwsu ashilunkònink.
English:
When will you do that?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hàch këmikëntàmën?
English:
When may I visit you?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch a kiikàmël?
English:
When do you go home?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch këma
chi
?
English:
When did you eat?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch këmitsi?
English:
When will the man come?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch na lënu xu pe?
English:
When is the powwow?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch në 'powwow'?
English:
When will you go home?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch xu këma
chi
?
English:
When will you come back?
Lenape:
Chi
nke hèch xu kpa?
English:
He hollered like an animal.
Lenape:
Chi
palamu alàshi aèsës.
English:
That old woman lives strangely.
Lenape:
Chi
pawsu na xawshisës.
English:
That dog is dangerous.
Lenape:
Chìpilësu na mwekane.
English:
Someone who has supernatural powers can do witchcraft.
Lenape:
Chi
pilësu nàni kàski a mëtanhike.
English:
That doll has power.
Lenape:
Chi
pilësu na òhtas.
English:
It is dangerous.
Lenape:
Chìpi ta le.
English:
If a person whistles in the dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Chi
puwète awèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
If a person whistles in the dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Chi
puwète awèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
He wiped his shirt.
Lenape:
Chi
skhamën tòhèmpsëm.
English:
That horse is strong.
Lenape:
Chi
tanësu.na nehënaonkès.
English:
My uncle Bob is strong.
Lenape:
Chi
tanësu na nuxtët Bob.
English:
They were tightly closed in.
Lenape:
Chi
tani kpahunsuwàk.
English:
Shut up, you might swear.
Lenape:
Chi
tkwësi, xu këluke.
English:
Different or strange food.
Lenape:
Chpi mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
Debbie and her relatives.
Lenape:
Debbie òk elànkuma
chi
.
English:
Yes, but it has been a long time since I ate it.
Lenape:
E-è, shëkw lòmwe no
chi
nëmuhò.
English:
Angels came from heaven.
Lenape:
Enchëlàk wën
chi
hëleyok os'hakamink.
English:
When someone sits on (long) logs while (the other end) is burning no one will listen to him when he says anything
Lenape:
Enta awèn lëmatahpit xkwì
chi
mësako ènta lusink matàch awèn këlsìtao ènta kèku luwèt.
English:
When I finish soaking the dry hides I scraped them.
Lenape:
Enta kishi tòkpeya nèk kaxxèsa na n
chi
khòmëna.
English:
When we came to visit our older sister.
Lenape:
Enta pè
chi
kiikàmat washe nëmis.
English:
When I eat meat I get choked.
Lenape:
Enta wiyus mi
chi
a ntaluhwi.
English:
When he eats meat.
Lenape:
Enta wiyus mi
chi
t.
English:
I get dressed every morning.
Lenape:
Entxën opànk mpën
chi
lahsi.
English:
He went into the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink lih pën
chi
.
English:
My (woman) friend, they have arrived.
Lenape:
Ichu, mè
chi
yuk peyok.
English:
Did the thing arrive there?
Lenape:
Ika hèch pè
chi
hële në kèku?
English:
Did the thing get there (arrive)?
Lenape:
Ika hèch pè
chi
hële në kèku?
English:
Put them in the basket before we enter.
Lenape:
Ikalanihin në tànkhakànink nèsko pën
chi
ànk.
English:
I go farther to the north.
Lenape:
Ikalì
chi
luweyunk nta.
English:
I go farther to the east.
Lenape:
Ikalì
chi
wehèn
chi
opànk nta.
English:
Go away and go home!
Lenape:
Ikali ma
chi
!
English:
Toward the east there is a little town called Grove.
Lenape:
Ikali wehèn
chi
opànk hate utènetët luwènsik Grove.
English:
It is even said they (dogs) can see witches.
Lenape:
Ili hùnt kàski neyok yuki nu
chi
hëweyok.
English:
Even this language it is already difficult for a person to use it.
Lenape:
Ili yu lixsëwakàn mè
chi
awèn ah
chi
nki nhakatàmën.
English:
Jan is wearing red shoes.
Lenape:
Jan wëlatu màxke
chi
pahko.
English:
Don't die, my friend! (man speaking to man only)
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ànkëluhàn, nchu!
English:
Do not kill anyone.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
awèn nhilawàn.
English:
Do not ever gamble again.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
chi
ch hatikeyàn.
English:
Don't whistle outside after dark or your mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
chi
pëweyàn kochëmink ènta piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
Do not point at a rainbow.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ch tpahohàn mënëkòn.
English:
What about the bird that is blue?
Lenape:
Kà
chi
hàch na chulëns aonsit?
English:
How about you?
Lenape:
Kà
chi
hèch ki?
English:
Don't go there, you will make him worse.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ika an, xu këmahtapama.
English:
Don't say anything.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
kèku luweyàn.
English:
Do not curse or you will have pus on your neck.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
këlukeyàn, xu mëli kukwèni.
English:
Do not curse God.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
këlulawàn Kishelëmùkònk.
English:
Do not steal.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
këmutkehàn. [DN]
English:
Don't get down (from something like a wagon or car).
Lenape:
Kà
chi
lixihìch.
English:
Do not go home.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ma
chi
hich.
English:
Do not abuse a pitiful dog.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
mësi lihao kètëmaksit mwekane.
English:
Do not eat chicken skin when you are young or you will have a wrinkled face.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
mi
chi
yàn tipasi xès ènta wësksiàn, xu kpisëlinko.
English:
Don't eat in the dark or your mouth will go crooked
Lenape:
Kà
chi
mitsihàn ènta piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
Do not bother me.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
na
chi
hihàn.
English:
Don't bother with the box.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
na
chi
tuhàn në puhwexùkw.
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kà
chi
në lësihàn!
English:
Do not crack nuts after it is dark.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
pahkàsiyàn ènta piskèk.
English:
Don't worry; Don't be depressed.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
sàkwelìntàmuhàn.
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ta lësihàn!
English:
Don't get burned!
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ta lusihàn!
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kà
chi
ta në lësihàn!
English:
Do not forget when you pray.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
wanihàn èmta patamaan
English:
Don't be afraid.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
wishasihàn.
English:
Don't act foolishly.
Lenape:
Kà
chi
xahowehòsihàn.
English:
He wanted to help him wipe his shirt.
Lenape:
Kahta wichëmao
chi
skhamën tòhèpsëm
English:
He is half Caddo.
Lenape:
Kaluhëla
chi
pahsi.
English:
He is half Caddo, and half Lenape.
Lenape:
Kaluhëla
chi
pahsi, pahsi Lenape.
English:
He quickly hid behind a rock.
Lenape:
Kàn
chi
hële òsi ahsënink.
English:
He quickly hid behind a big tree.
Lenape:
Kàn
chi
hële òsi xinkwi hìtkunk.
English:
Did you comb your hair?
Lenape:
K
chi
xàma hèch?
English:
Do not break off the icicle.
Lenape:
Kë
chi
tëmënawën në nushhùkòn.
English:
It is very cold.
Lenape:
Këkhi
chi
the.
English:
Why did you go to Coffeyville?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wën
chi
Kàpink kta?
English:
Why did you do that?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wën
chi
ktëlsin?
English:
What is the reason I cannot eat there at the table?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wën
chi
mata nkàski mitsi èhèntalipwink tali?
English:
How did you come here?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wën
chi
paàn?
English:
Why did he go to the creek?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wën
chi
sipunk è?
English:
What did you eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmi
chi
?
English:
Why do you ask me such a strange thing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwën
chi
ntutëmain wëlelëmi kèku?
English:
Why are you going to town?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwën
chi
utènink a?
English:
What was it that you ate?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch mah këmi
chi
?
English:
Why did you come?
Lenape:
Kèku wën
chi
kpa?
English:
Why don't you know?
Lenape:
Kèku wën
chi
mata kuwatuu?
English:
Why is he doing that?
Lenape:
Kèku wën
chi
në lësin?
English:
What is the reason they came?
Lenape:
Kèku wën
chi
peyok?
English:
He is holding a mirror,
Lenape:
Këlënëm
chi
chànkw.
English:
You ate some meat.
Lenape:
Këmi
chi
wiyus.
English:
Have you eaten those eggs?
Lenape:
Këmihëmi
chi
hàch nèl òòla?
English:
Did you ever eat that which is called sapan?
Lenape:
Kèmihëmi
chi
hàch në sapan èluwètasik?
English:
Did you eat some of the turkey?
Lenape:
Këmuhò hèch na
chi
kënëm?
English:
How many rocks are there on the table?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch ahsëna xkwì
chi
ehèntalipwinkink?
English:
They really stink.
Lenape:
Ki
chi
chi
makwsuwàk.
English:
It must have been so.
Lenape:
Ki
chi
èt mah në le.
English:
Is it really so?
Lenape:
Ki
chi
hàch?
English:
Are they really spirits?
Lenape:
Ki
chi
hàch manëtuwàk?
English:
Is it really true?
Lenape:
Ki
chi
hàch në le?
English:
Is it true that everyone shook hands every morning?
Lenape:
Kì
chi
hàch wèmi ànkunsuwàk èshi shèpaè?
English:
It is true.
Lenape:
Ki
chi
i le.
English:
That is true, he said, 'I already forgot.'
Lenape:
Ki
chi
i, luwe, 'Nonin ta mè
chi
.'
English:
Did that really happen?
Lenape:
Ki
chi
në le?
English:
That really happened.
Lenape:
Ki
chi
në le.
English:
He really was here.
Lenape:
Kì
chi
ta mah ahpu.
English:
Did this really happen?
Lenape:
Ki
chi
yu le?
English:
You are a no-good person.
Lenape:
Ki mah
chi
kwi awèn.
English:
Near the window there are many birds eating.
Lenape:
Kixki èhèshàntèkink xaheli chulënsàk pè
chi
mitsuwàk.
English:
Perhaps it even smells because I sweat.
Lenape:
Konaèt ili
chi
makòt èli hànkw nkètaptiksi.
English:
Maybe I stink.
Lenape:
Konaèt n
chi
makwsi.
English:
Let him go, he will have to carry that on his own back (such as a bad deed).
Lenape:
Konëlinaw, nihëlà
chi
noyuntàmën.
English:
You brought him food.
Lenape:
Kpètao mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I like to eat hot food (hot in temperature, does not mean spicy)
Lenape:
Kshëtèk mehëmi
chi
nk ni nëwinkitàm.
English:
No one wanted to take it away.
Lenape:
Ku awèn kòta
chi
kënëmën.
English:
It has not snowed again.
Lenape:
Ku
chi
ch wine.
English:
They would not even go along on a hunt.
Lenape:
Ku ili wi
chi
alaiyok.
English:
Do you have food?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hèch mehëmi
chi
nk?
English:
It is not winter now.
Lenape:
Ku luwànu mè
chi
.
English:
I am not hungry, but it is already noon.
Lenape:
Kun nkatupwi, shëk mè
chi
paxàkwe.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu mehëmi
chi
nk nal në wën
chi
Kamink nta.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to town.
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu mehëmi
chi
nk nal në wën
chi
utènink nta.
English:
I do not know the reason.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuu wën
chi
.
English:
I don't know why.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatu wën
chi
.
English:
I do not know where it came from.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën tëta èt wën
chi
hëlèk.
English:
I never ate the thing called a xoy.
Lenape:
Ku ta ni nëmimi
chi
në kèku xoy.
English:
Do you know many of the Lenape stories?
Lenape:
Kuwatu hàch xaheli a
chi
mëwakàna Lënapei?
English:
He tried to dance.
Lenape:
Kw
chi
këntke.
English:
He tried to eat.
Lenape:
Kw
chi
mitsu.
English:
He tried to walk.
Lenape:
Kw
chi
pëmëske.
English:
Will you try?
Lenape:
Kwë
chi
hèch?
English:
Try out that person (such as for a job or work).
Lenape:
Kwë
chi
hëlalal na awèn.
English:
Try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwë
chi
hëlalal na nehënaonkès.
English:
You try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwë
chi
hëlala na nehënaokès.
English:
They took out their smoking pipes.
Lenape:
Kwë
chi
latunëwoo upokànëmëwoo.
English:
He tries to do good.
Lenape:
Kwë
chi
wëlaihòsu.
English:
It is hoped that everyone will remember the Lenape forever.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha apchìch wèmi awèn mwëshalawoo yuk Lënapeyok.
English:
I wish he would be quiet.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha
chi
tkwësin.
English:
I wish I could eat some turkey.
Lenape:
Kwèlaha nkàski muhòn
chi
kënëm.
English:
I wish I could send for him.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha nkàski wèn
chi
ma.
English:
You are from New York.
Lenape:
Kwën
chi
ai New York.
English:
I have one shoe.
Lenape:
Kwëti
chi
pàkw nulhatu.
English:
I get dressed every day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishku mpën
chi
lahsi.
English:
One winter the big wolf said, 'I am already cold.'
Lenape:
Kwëti luwàn na xinkwtëme luwè, 'Mè
chi
ta ni ntahko
chi
.'
English:
I ate one pancake.
Lenape:
Kwëti pan'kuk nëmi
chi
.
English:
One young woman was stubborn.
Lenape:
Kwëti skixkwe ah
chi
nkxe.
English:
Taste this turkey.
Lenape:
Kwtëm wa
chi
kënë,.
English:
He bothered me again.
Lenape:
Làpi na
chi
hùkw.
English:
He bothered me again.
Lenape:
Làpi na
chi
hùkw.
English:
The Delawares are now few.
Lenape:
Lënapeyok mè
chi
txituwàk.
English:
She looks pregnant. (lit.- 'she looks like she will have more relatives')
Lenape:
Linakwsu xu àn
chi
lànkuntàm.
English:
Long ago when the Delawares lived in the east.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènta yuki Lënapeyunkahke wikhatihtit wehèn
chi
opànk.
English:
A long time ago my late father told me a story.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe naka nuxò ntihëlùkwë a
chi
mëwakàn.
English:
It is a long time since I ate dried meat (jerky).
Lenape:
Lòmwe iap
chi
mi
chi
ane pxashikana.
English:
Long ago there was a young Lenape man named Chichham.
Lenape:
Lòmwe mah Lënapei skìnu luwènsu Chìchhàm.
English:
You have been sick for a long time.
Lenape:
Lòmwe no
chi
kpalsi.
English:
I heard a long time ago that these dogs can speak Delaware.
Lenape:
Lòmwe no
chi
mpihpëntàmen yuki mwekaneyok kàski alënixsuwàk.
English:
That is the way they have lived for many years.
Lenape:
Lòmwe no
chi
na èlawsihtit.
English:
It has long been known.
Lenape:
Lòmwe no
chi
wahkòt.
English:
A wintertime story. (referring to an athiluhakàn)
Lenape:
Luwàni a
chi
mëwakàn.
English:
He said, 'Certainly! Not long ago I killed a deer.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Ahìkta!
Chi
nke nhila ahtuho.'
English:
The woman said, "I almost got pregnant."
Lenape:
Luwe na xkwe, "Nkati àn
chi
lànkuntàm."
English:
He said, 'My friend, I am beginning to get old.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nchu, mè
chi
ntalëmi khikay.'
English:
He said, 'Father, the time has come.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nuxa, mè
chi
tpëskwihële.'
English:
Take this food home.
Lenape:
Machahtu yu mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
Let's go home, I am hungry.
Lenape:
Ma
chi
tàm, nkatupwi.
English:
You are a bad person.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
kwi awèn kàkay.
English:
Something bad.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
kwi kèku.
English:
Something bad happened.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
kwi kèku le.
English:
Something bad happened.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
kwi lè.
English:
The water is bad.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
kwi në mpi.
English:
This meat is bad.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
kwi yu wiyus.
English:
The water tastes bad.
Lenape:
Mah
chi
pukòt në mpi.
English:
They are not at this council.
Lenape:
Mata ahpiyok yushe a
chi
mulsin.
English:
He never could see again.
Lenape:
Mata
chi
ch nema.
English:
He could never again see.
Lenape:
Mata
chi
ch nema.
English:
I don't like her anymore.
Lenape:
Mata
chi
ch nëwinkala.
English:
I don't see him anymore.
Lenape:
Mata
chi
ch neyo.
English:
I don't love her anymore.
Lenape:
Mata
chi
ch ntaholaa.
English:
He will never again eat too much.
Lenape:
Mata
chi
ch usamëluli.
English:
A person should not whistle when he is eating.
Lenape:
Matàch ta awèn
chi
puwe ènta mitsit.
English:
No one should eat chicken soup.
Lenape:
Matàch ta awèn mi
chi
i tipasii kshitay.
English:
If you cannot see him how do you know he is Jim?
Lenape:
Mata kneiyo tash kwën
chi
nal na Jim?
English:
You certainly can speak good Lenape already.
Lenape:
Mayay ta ki kàski wëli alënixsi mè
chi
.
English:
She would go play with many children.
Lenape:
May wì
chi
papi xaheli mimënsàk.
English:
The doll is already dressed.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ahkona na òhtas.
English:
Winter is over.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ala luwàn.
English:
It is time to make garden again.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
a làpi hakihèn.
English:
It already stopped raining.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ala sukëlan. {DN}
English:
It had already begun to stink.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
alëmi alimakòt.
English:
It is already beginning to be evening.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
alëmi lòku.
English:
It has already begun to sprout.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
alëmi sakàn.
English:
It has already begun to sprout.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
alëmi sakàn.
English:
It has already begun to rain.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
alëmi sukëlan.
English:
He just came from hunting.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
apalai.
English:
You must have already lost your mind!
Lenape:
Mè
chi
èt ta ktalawatàm!
English:
Is it already cooked?
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hàch kisëma?
English:
Have you people finished cleaning that house?
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hàch kìshi kpilitamëneyo nëni wikëwam?
English:
Have you had supper?
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hàch kìshi sàpëli?
English:
Has it stopped raining?
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hèch ala sukëlan?
English:
Has it arrived? (such as a package)
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hèch pè
chi
hële?
English:
Has it arrived?
Lenape:
Më
chi
hèch pè
chi
hële?
English:
Has the package arrived yet?
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hèch pè
chi
hële në pèkëch?
English:
He is an old man; He is already an old man.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
hilusës.
English:
He is already there.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ika ahpu. {DN}
English:
He can already speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kàski alënixsu.
English:
They could already fly.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kàski kënthuwàk.
English:
He is already asleep.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kawi.
English:
It already sunrise.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
k
chi
nkwehële. {DN}
English:
He already finished sleeping.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kìshi kawi. {DN}
English:
They finished flying.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kìshi kënthuwà. {DN}
English:
They finished waking up.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kìshi tukihëleyok. {DN}
English:
He has finished butchering.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kìshi uysu'he,
English:
Now he has finished butchering.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kìshi uyus'he.
English:
The strawberries are ripe.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kishteyo nèl tehim.
English:
It is already windy.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kshàxën.
English:
It is already cloudy.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kùmhòkòt.
English:
There is an eclipse now.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
kwtai kishux.
English:
It is now spring again.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
làpi sikòn.
English:
He is already sitting.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
lëmatahpu. {DN}
English:
He already went home.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ma
chi
.
English:
He already went home because he was sleepy.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ma
chi
èli kahtunkòm.
English:
He already went home because he was thirsty.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ma
chi
èli katusëmwit.
English:
He already went home because he was very sleepy.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ma
chi
èli sòmi kahtunkòm.
English:
He already went home because it was raining.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ma
chi
èli sukëlànk.
English:
He already went home because he was hungry.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ma
chi
i èli katupwit.
English:
Now the time is here.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
mahtèxën yukwe.
English:
He is going to go sit down.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
may lëmatahpu. {DN}
English:
I am already here.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
mpa.
English:
The corn is already tasseling.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
na xaskwim sëwali.
English:
The Senecas have already been here.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nèk Menkweyok kìshi pëmëskeyok.
English:
It has already been two weeks.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nisha wik.
English:
We are pitiful now because we have lost so many things.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nkëtëmaksihëna ànkhitunèn xahèli kèku.
English:
I already finished burning it.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nkìshi lusëmën. {DN}
English:
I already finished eating.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nkìshi mitsi. {DN}
English:
I already fogot some of these other tribes.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nonin alënte yuki awènhakeyok.
English:
I have already forgotten what many of these Indian tribes are called.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nonin xaheli yuki mèxkeòhkësi
chi
k èluwènsihtit.
English:
I am beginning to get dried off.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ntalëmi penkwsi. {DN}
English:
I am leaving now.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ntalëmska.
English:
Now I know who that person is who is stealing.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
nuwatun na awèn kèhkëmutke.
English:
It is already morning.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
opàn.
English:
He is already gray-headed.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
opàntpe. {DN}
English:
It is already daylight.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
òxe.
English:
It is already noon.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
paxàkwe.
English:
It already stopped raining.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
pàxkëlan. {DN}
English:
He is already here.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
pe.
English:
It is already dry.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
penkwte. {DN}
English:
It is already dark.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
piske.
English:
It is already spring.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
sikòn.
English:
Today it is already Autumn.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
tahkokën yukwe ènta kishkwik.
English:
I am already cold and hungry.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
ta ni ntahko
chi
òk nkatupwi.
English:
It is already fifteen after eleven o'clock.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
tèlën òk palenàxk kìshi tèlën òk kwëti këlak.
English:
Now the time has arrived.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
tpëskwihële.
English:
The baby was awake.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
tukihële na mimëntët.
English:
She already had a baby.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
unichanu.
English:
I already went to town.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
utènink nta. {DN}
English:
It is already just like mud.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
wëli alàhshi sisku.
English:
Everything is already finished (cooking).
Lenape:
Mè
chi
wèmi kèku kishte.
English:
It is already boiling.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
wënte.
English:
It is boiling; it is already boiling.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
wënte.
English:
It is boiling; it is already boiling.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
wënte.
English:
It is already a big lake.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
xinkwi mënëpèkw.
English:
It will soon be noon.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
xuniti paxàkwe.
English:
Now on this day the time has come.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
yukwe ènta kishkwik ika mahtexën.
English:
Now that came to pass for us (or) Now we came to that.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
yukwe ìka kpahëna.
English:
He had already died.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
yukwe ku ahpii.
English:
I hear him now.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
yukwe mpëntao.
English:
Now we are already pitiful.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
yukwe nkëtëmaksihëna.
English:
It is now spring.
Lenape:
Mè
chi
yukwe sikòn.
English:
The food is on the table.
Lenape:
Mehëmi
chi
nk èhèntalipwinkink hate.
English:
Do you have food?
Lenape:
Mehëmi
chi
nk hèch kulhatu?
English:
The lawyer's house is on the left.
Lenape:
Mënàn
chi
hate në lòyèsikaon.
English:
Eat the meat.
Lenape:
Mi
chi
në wiyus.
English:
Let's eat dumplings.
Lenape:
Mi
chi
tàm pàkawënikàna.
English:
Let's eat frybreads.
Lenape:
Mi
chi
tàm salàpòna.
English:
Give him some food.
Lenape:
Mil mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
Give the girl the food.
Lenape:
Mil na xkwechëch në mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I came to gamble.
Lenape:
Mpè
chi
may hatike.
English:
My pants are green.
Lenape:
Mpël
chi
s askàskwe.
English:
I dress myself every day; I get dressed every day.
Lenape:
Mpën
chi
lahsi èdhi kishku.
English:
I brought him some food.
Lenape:
Mpètao mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I brought food.
Lenape:
Mpèttun mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I brought the food.
Lenape:
Mpèttun nè mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I met Jan accidentally.
Lenape:
Mpì
chi
kiskao na Jan.
English:
Water flows from a spring.
Lenape:
Mpi wën
chi
hële thëpèkunk.
English:
The skunk sprayed me.
Lenape:
Mpuk
chi
lùkw na shkakw,
English:
That person was seen on top of the water.
Lenape:
Na awèn nèhkwësu xkwë
chi
mpinkink.
English:
That stinky man.
Lenape:
Na
chi
makwsit lënu.
English:
That strong horse is eating corn.
Lenape:
Na
chi
tanësit nehënaonkès michu xàskwim.
English:
Then when it has gotten extremely hot.
Lenape:
Na ènta kìshi këkhi
chi
kshëtèk.
English:
Those Quapaw (Indians) bring the food.
Lenape:
Na hànk nèk Okahpaok tëli pètuneyo në mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
They stopped in the east.
Lenape:
Nahkihëleyok wehèn
chi
opànk.
English:
Jim came from the east.
Lenape:
Na Jim opaneyunk wën
chi
English:
Jim came from the east quickly.
Lenape:
Na Jim opaneyunk wën
chi
hële.
English:
That man is strong.
Lenape:
Na lënu
chi
tanësu.
English:
The man put on his pants.
Lenape:
Na lënu ika tòtun pël
chi
s.
English:
The man is getting dressed.
Lenape:
Na lënu pën
chi
lahsu.
English:
The man got dressed.
Lenape:
Na lënu pën
chi
lahsu.
English:
That is why.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
.
English:
That is why a person is corrected.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
awèn kwitëlan.
English:
That is why you went home.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
këma
chi
n.
English:
That is why he went home.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
ma
chi
n.
English:
That is why we went home.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
ma
chi
nèn.
English:
That is why Jim went home.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
ma
chi
n na Jim.
English:
That is the reason why all the animals fled.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
wèmi yuki aèsësàk shimuwàk.
English:
That is why he is tired.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
wikwihële.
English:
That is why he was tired.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
wikwihële..
English:
That is why we are friends.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
witisinèn.
English:
That is why we are friends, we help each other.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
witisinèn, nëwichëntihëna.
English:
That is the reason these dogs and wolves fear each other.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
yuki mwekaneyok òk tëmeyok xwëntuwàk.
English:
That is the reason why they still use it.
Lenape:
Nal në wën
chi
yukwe mè
chi
nhakatàmëneyo.
English:
This is where a correction comes from.
Lenape:
Nal yushe wën
chi
xën kwìtëlëtëwakàn.
English:
The raccoon found the food.
Lenape:
Na nahënëm mòxkàmën në mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I am shivering from the cold wind.
Lenape:
Nànkah
chi
èli thàxink.
English:
Then I said, 'My friend, we came to help.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlan, 'Nchu, pè
chi
nhakewsihëna.'
English:
White-Wing was looking for some help.
Lenape:
Na Opilunkòn pè
chi
nhakewsu.
English:
The cat tried to kill the mouse.
Lenape:
Na pushis kwë
chi
nhilao nèl pukwèsa.
English:
Go get some food.
Lenape:
Nati mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
Now it is already spring.
Lenape:
Na xantki mè
chi
sikòn.
English:
My younger brother plays with his food.
Lenape:
Naxisëmës pòpitun mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
The girl put the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch ehètalipwinkink nèl
chi
kënëma.
English:
The girl placed the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch tòhëlao nèl
chi
kënëma èhèntalipwinkink.
English:
The girl grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch wè
chi
hëlalao nèl òtaèsa.
English:
The girl cooked the food which was given to her.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch wixëni në mehëmi
chi
nk milënt.
English:
The woman distributed the food.
Lenape:
Na xkwe mwekën në mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
The woman gave away free food.
Lenape:
Na xkwe mwèkën no
chi
mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
Even their (Shawnee) word elakuchiakwe is like our elànkuntiànk.
Lenape:
Naxpëne në (Shawnee) 'elaku
chi
akwe' alàshi kiluna elànkuntiànk.
English:
The water is getting closer (like in a flood).
Lenape:
Na yu pè
chi
kixki në mpi.
English:
I took the ball away.
Lenape:
N
chi
këna na pahsahikàn.
English:
The land was taken away from us.
Lenape:
N
chi
kënëmukehëna në haki.
English:
That dog licked me.
Lenape:
N
chi
skamùkw na mwekane.
English:
I combed Jim's hair.
Lenape:
N
chi
xàma na Jim.
English:
The birds came to get something to eat.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk pè
chi
mai mitsuwàk.
English:
The birds come to be fed.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk pè
chi
may mitsuwàk.
English:
The leaves are beginning to be red and yellow because it is already Autumn.
Lenape:
Nèl këmpahko alëmi màxkeyo òk wisaeyo èli mè
chi
tahkokën.
English:
I am going to look at some shoes.
Lenape:
Nëmay pënamëna
chi
pahko.
English:
I remember an old story.
Lenape:
nëmëshatàm xuwi a
chi
mëwakàn.
English:
I ate pork.
Lenape:
Nëmi
chi
kwëshkwësheyok.
English:
I ate some meat.
Lenape:
Nëmi
chi
wiyus.
English:
I ate meat.
Lenape:
Nëmi
chi
wiyus.
English:
I have eaten turkey before.
Lenape:
Nëmìmho
chi
kënëm.
English:
My older sister is hungry, give her some food.
Lenape:
Nëmis kahtupu, mil mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I saw the ocean when I went to the east.
Lenape:
Nem kitahikàn ènta ika a wehèn
chi
opànk.
English:
I plucked that turkey.
Lenape:
Nëmunëna na
chi
kënëm.
English:
Four minus two equals two.
Lenape:
Newa
chi
tën nisha manitu nisha.
English:
I grabbed a broom.
Lenape:
nëwè
chi
lahtu
chi
khikàn.
English:
I grabbed a broom.
Lenape:
Nëwè
chi
lahtu
chi
khikàn.
English:
I grabbed it quickly because it was falling.
Lenape:
Nëwè
chi
lahtu èli alëmi pënihëlèk.
English:
I should have helped.
Lenape:
Nëwi
chi
nke a mah.
English:
I helped when they pounded corn.
Lenape:
Nëwi
chi
nke ènta kohokhatink.
English:
I helped when they all ground corn.
Lenape:
Nëwi
chi
nke ènta kohòkhatink.
English:
I really would like to help.
Lenape:
Nëwinki a wi
chi
nke.
English:
He carries his own sins on his back.
Lenape:
Nihëlà
chi
nayuntànk mahtawsëwakàna.
English:
It is my fault.
Lenape:
Nihëlà
chi
ntëlaihòsin.
English:
I myself led these of the Turtle Clan when there was a war.
Lenape:
Ni ntëli sahkakwënaneyo yuki Pukuankui
chi
k ènta mahtakenk.
English:
I am a half Caddo woman.
Lenape:
Ni pahsi Kaluhëla
chi
xkwe.
English:
I have two pairs of pants.
Lenape:
Nisha pëlë
chi
sa nulhatu.
English:
I have two pairs of pants.
Lenape:
Nisha pëlë
chi
sa nulhatu.
English:
In twenty days we will go home.
Lenape:
Nishinxke txukwënakhake xu këma
chi
hëna.
English:
I want to tell a story.
Lenape:
Nkata a
chi
mwi.
English:
I want to go far away.
Lenape:
Nkata ikali
chi
a.
English:
I want to hide quickly (polite saying for 'I want to use toilet')
Lenape:
Nkata kàn
chi
hëla.
English:
I want to buy food.
Lenape:
Nkata mhalamën mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
I almost got pregnant.
Lenape:
Nkati àn
chi
lànkuntàm
English:
I am almost frozen.
Lenape:
Nkati chakah
chi
.
English:
It hurts when I swallow, or, I have a sore throat.
Lenape:
Nkiki
chi
kwëntama.
English:
I should try.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
a.
English:
I try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
alënixsi.
English:
I will try to do so.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
a lësin.
English:
I will try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nkwëchìch alënixsi.
English:
We will try to do that.
Lenape:
Nkwëchìch në lësinèn.
English:
I will try out the bravery of the Munsee warrior.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
lahtunch ilawakàn na ilai Monsi.
English:
I tried to drink.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
mëne.
English:
We tried to do that.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
në lësinèn.
English:
I try to help my my fellow tribespeople.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
wichëmaok nithakeyok.
English:
I tried on dresses (or shirts) all day long.
Lenape:
Nkwë
chi
xtu hèmpsa kwëti kishkwik.
English:
I do not like to listen to bad talk (news) now because there is a war.
Lenape:
Nshinki këlìsta mah
chi
kwi luweokàn èli mahtakèn yukwe.
English:
I am tired of hearing him, I wish he would shut up.
Lenape:
Nshinksìtao, kwëlaha
chi
tkwësin.
English:
I was upside down when I was hanging.
Lenape:
Nta
chi
chkoli ènta shehëlan.
English:
I feel congested when I smoke too much.
Lenape:
Ntah
chi
hëleamàlsi ènta sòmipoàn.
English:
I feel congested here in my lung.
Lenape:
Ntah
chi
hëleamàlsi yushe nopànink.
English:
I go home quickly.
Lenape:
Ntalàpi ma
chi
.
English:
My animal is strong. (horse, dog, etc.)
Lenape:
Ntalëmuns
chi
tanësu. {DN}
English:
I told my older sister, 'Don't say anything.'
Lenape:
Ntëla na nëmis, 'Kà
chi
kèku luweyàn.'
English:
I told these children now I will smoke to death.
Lenape:
Ntëlaok yuki mimënsàk mè
chi
xu ntaptipo.
English:
I heard that that Wehixamukes spoke incorrectly.
Lenape:
Ntëlsìtàm amà
chi
xsu naka Wèhixamukèsa.
English:
He told me to go home.
Lenape:
Ntëlùkw ma
chi
.
English:
The doctor told me, 'Don't ever come here again.'
Lenape:
Ntëlùkw na ntaktël, 'Kà
chi
chi
ch pahich.'
English:
I said, Go home!
Lenape:
Ntëluwe, ma
chi
!
English:
My name is Touching Leaves Woman.
Lenape:
Ntëluwènsi Weèn
chi
pahkihëlèxkwe.
English:
I thought you went home.
Lenape:
Ntite këma
chi
èt.
English:
We had a good meeting.
Lenape:
Nuli a
chi
mulsihëna.
English:
I know that all good things come from our Father [God].
Lenape:
Nuwatun weltëk wèmi kèku Kuxëna wën
chi
xën.
English:
Come here little one, let us eat pork and frybread.
Lenape:
Nuwiti, mi
chi
tàm kwëshkwësheyok òk salàpon.
English:
They flew around the red flowers.
Lenape:
Okai kënthuwàk màxksi
chi
k òtaèsàk.
English:
That person came across from another land.
Lenape:
Osi hàkink wën
chi
pe na awèn.
English:
I am already very old.
Lenape:
Pahkàn
chi
mè
chi
kikay nhàkay.
English:
I am very glad.
Lenape:
Pahkàn
chi
nulelìntàm.
English:
I am very glad to see you.
Lenape:
Pahkàn
chi
nulelìntàm èli newëlàn.
English:
He is very lazy.
Lenape:
Pahkàn
chi
nulhànd.
English:
He is certainly lazy.
Lenape:
Pahkàn
chi
nulhànt.
English:
One who eats cranberries.
Lenape:
Pakim mehëmi
chi
t.
English:
That person said it incorrectly.
Lenape:
Pala
chi
mu na awèn.
English:
The birds are singing.
Lenape:
Pe asuwi
chi
k nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He often comes for a visit.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
hànkw kiike.
English:
Those birds flew toward me.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
hëleyok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He came to gamble.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
may hatike.
English:
The Golden eagles came there to eat.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
may mitsuwàk nèk aihàmuk.
English:
He came to see us.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
may nèhkuna.
English:
Here comes the sun.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
nkwehële kishux.
English:
That is all I have to say.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
ntënxi luwèn.
English:
Now that daylight is shining on us.
Lenape:
Pè
chi
òxekamakuna.
English:
He sits beside me.
Lenape:
Pëmi
chi
lëmatahpu.
English:
He went into a hole in a tree.
Lenape:
Pën
chi
hìtkunk ènta òlèk.
English:
The broom fell down.
Lenape:
Pënihële në
chi
khikàn.
English:
Nine turkeys.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk
chi
kënëmuk.
English:
I ate nine mulberries.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk òkhatim nëmi
chi
.
English:
The little one brought some food.
Lenape:
Pètutu mehëmi
chi
nk.
English:
They say it is a taboo for boys.
Lenape:
Pilaechë
chi
kwëlakàn nën luweyok.
English:
Boy, go get that Shawnee child.
Lenape:
Pilaè
chi
, nal na Shaonutët.
English:
Boy, go get that Shawnee woman.
Lenape:
Pilae
chi
, nal na Shaonuxkwe.
English:
It was clean inside the council house.
Lenape:
Pilët lamunkwe na a
chi
mulsikaon.
English:
The pumpkins were yellowed by weeds growing around them.
Lenape:
Puk
chi
tamëneyo kèskunthaka.
English:
He waits for him to get home.
Lenape:
Pwèhao tìlìch ma
chi
n.
English:
Sunday I go to Bartlesville, those Delawares want to try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Sàntèke Bartlesville nta, nèk Lënapeyok kèta kw
chi
alënixsihtit.
English:
My shoes are black.
Lenape:
Sëkeyo nëma
chi
pahko.
English:
He doesn't want to help.
Lenape:
Shinki wi
chi
nke.
English:
He does not want to help.
Lenape:
Shinki wi
chi
nke.
English:
You really stink.
Lenape:
Sòmi k
chi
makwsi.
English:
I am already a very old person.
Lenape:
Sòmi mè
chi
xuwi awèn nhàkay.
English:
He found it in Mexico.
Lenape:
Spanayuwink wën
chi
maxkàmën.
English:
I will never see you again.
Lenape:
Ta
chi
ch knewëlu.
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
Ta hèch wën
chi
?
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
Tani hèch wën
chi
?
English:
Where is it coming from?
Lenape:
Tani hèch wën
chi
?
English:
Where did that person come from?
Lenape:
Tani wën
chi
na awèn pe?
English:
How do you make it?
Lenape:
Tash kwën
chi
manitu?
English:
How do you know that he is skinny?
Lenape:
Tash kwën
chi
watun tìli alukin?
English:
There is a cold wind from the north.
Lenape:
Tàxën luwàneyunk wën
chi
.
English:
It has been ten years since I saw my late friend.
Lenape:
Tèlën kahtëne iap
chi
neyoke naka nitisa.
English:
I ate ten pieces of meat.
Lenape:
Tèlën pàke wiyusa nëmi
chi
.
English:
That's enough!
Lenape:
Tèpi mè
chi
!
English:
Wake up, it is already morning.
Lenape:
Tukihëla, mè
chi
opàn.
English:
Wake up, it is already dawn.
Lenape:
Tukihëla, mè
chi
opàn.
English:
My younger brother Bill Shawnee himself has already begun to forget.
Lenape:
Wa naxisëmës kènu Bill Shawnee mè
chi
nèka tolëmi wànin.
English:
I am glad when I come to visit.
Lenape:
Wanishi ta ènta pè
chi
kiikeyàn.
English:
Jim can already speak Delaware very well.
Lenape:
Washe Jim mè
chi
këkhìt kàski alënixsu.
English:
I wonder if I should use cedar smoke when I purify the house.
Lenape:
We
chi
a pëphòkwësi kwèshhatèk nhakatàm ènta pilhìksëmën në wikëwam.
English:
I wonder if I should go to town?
Lenape:
Wè
chi
a utènink nta?
English:
I wonder if I should go to town.
Lenape:
Wè
chi
a utènink nta.
English:
I wonder if she wants to sew?
Lenape:
Wè
chi
èt kahta këlixike?
English:
Maybe it is what they eat that cleans their teeth.
Lenape:
Wè
chi
èt kèku ènta mitsihtit pilituneyo nèl wipitëmëwo.
English:
Perhaps you do not have the spiritual power.
Lenape:
We
chi
èt ki mata kulhatu në manëtuwakàn.
English:
Perhaps he thinks when he talks that way he can scare someone.
Lenape:
Wè
chi
èt litehe ènta në lëtunhèt kàski wishamao.
English:
Perhaps he is angry.
Lenape:
We
chi
èt manunksu.
English:
I guess it is true.
Lenape:
Wè
chi
èt na në le.
English:
Perhaps it will rain.
Lenape:
We
chi
èt sukëlan.
English:
I wonder if there is any cold coffee.
Lenape:
We
chi
èt tehèk kàpi.
English:
She grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Wè
chi
hëlalao nèl òtaèsa.
English:
Let's go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehèn
chi
opànk atàm.
English:
You go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehèn
chi
opànk kta.
English:
The road goes to the east.
Lenape:
Wehèn
chi
opànk lakèxën.
English:
They all went east together.
Lenape:
Wehèn
chi
opànk lìltin.
English:
He looked to the east.
Lenape:
Wehèn
chi
opànk linkwèxin.
English:
They once lived in the east.
Lenape:
Wehikihtit wèhèn
chi
opànk.
English:
Our visitors are friendly.
Lenape:
Wëlànkunsuwàk kiikàmà
chi
k.
English:
She was glad because Walks Downstream and I came to help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm èli Nahuxwe òk nèpe pè
chi
wi
chi
nkeyànkw.
English:
Good things come from the Creator.
Lenape:
Weltëk kèku wën
chi
xën Kishelëmukònk.
English:
Everyone who saw him was surprised.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn neyòte
chi
pelìntàm.
English:
Everyone who comes to help me can get full (of food).
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn pè
chi
may wichëmite kàski kispu.
English:
All who came here were tired.
Lenape:
Wèmi peya
chi
k wikwihëleyok.
English:
He came from everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi wën
chi
tali pe.
English:
He is from New York.
Lenape:
Wën
chi
ayu New York.
English:
Call that man.
Lenape:
Wèn
chi
m na lënu.
English:
He saw him when he left town.
Lenape:
Wëneyo ènta alëmskat wën
chi
utènink.
English:
The yellow cows ate the white grass.
Lenape:
Wisawsi
chi
k wèhshùmwisàk michuwàk opèk skiko.
English:
Suddenly the long-waisted dog stood up.
Lenape:
Wixkao
chi
na kwënahakwchat chëminkw nipu.
English:
Suddenly I remembered it.
Lenape:
Wixkao
chi
nëmëshatàmën.
English:
Suddenly a wolf came.
Lenape:
Wixkao
chi
tëme pe.
English:
Suddenly he saw a squirrel on a branch.
Lenape:
Wixkao
chi
wëneyo xaniko tuhònink.
English:
He spilled it on his pants.
Lenape:
Wsukhamën pwël
chi
sink.
English:
He spilled it on his shirt and on his pants.
Lenape:
Wsukhamën tòhèmpsëmink òk pwël
chi
sink.
English:
Many went to the east.
Lenape:
Xaheli eyok wehèn
chi
opànk.
English:
Many went to the east.
Lenape:
Xaheli wehèn
chi
opànk eyok..
English:
Feed me some turkey.
Lenape:
Xami
chi
kënëm.
English:
Finally they all went outside.
Lenape:
Xantki wèmi k
chi
yok.
English:
You eat corn.
Lenape:
Xàskwim këmi
chi
.
English:
You have a lot of money, I'll take it away from you.
Lenape:
Xeli moni kulhatu, k
chi
kënël.
English:
Girl, get me something to smoke.
Lenape:
Xkwè
chi
, natàmai wehupònk.
English:
It is placed on top of a hat.
Lenape:
Xkwì
chi
hatu alukwèpi.
English:
Put the dish on top.
Lenape:
Xkwì
chi
hatu në lokèns.
English:
The man is on top of the house.
Lenape:
Xkwì
chi
wikwahëmink ahpu na lënu.
English:
When are you going to eat the meat?
Lenape:
Xu hàch këmi
chi
n në wiyus?
English:
Will you eat the meat?
Lenape:
Xu hèch këmi
chi
n në wiyus?
English:
We will be able to converse.
Lenape:
Xu kàski a
chi
mulsihëna.
English:
I will need to make bread so I can eat bread.
Lenape:
Xu kënch ahponhea xu nkàski mi
chi
ahpon.
English:
We will talk together again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kta
chi
mwihëna.
English:
When I go home I will take a lunch.
Lenape:
Xu ma
chi
ane nima.
English:
They will bring me some food so I can eat.
Lenape:
Xu mpètakuk mehëmi
chi
nk xu nkàski mitsi.
English:
I will go home.
Lenape:
Xu nëma
chi
.
English:
I will take a lunch when I go home.
Lenape:
Xu nima ma
chi
ane.
English:
These trees already have many leaves.
Lenape:
Yuk hìtkuk mè
chi
xaheli wëlatuwàk këmpahko.
English:
From now on he will be known by his name.
Lenape:
Yukwèch wën
chi
alëmi wahkwësu tìlìch luwènsin.
English:
Now we are experiencing winter.
Lenape:
Yukwe mè
chi
luwànëmihëna.
English:
up to now
Lenape:
Yukwe mè
chi
pè
chi
English:
Now I want to go home.
Lenape:
Yukwe nkata ma
chi
.
English:
Now that one, that person was powerful!
Lenape:
Yukwe ta nàn,
chi
pi na awèn!
English:
From this time on that will be his name.
Lenape:
Yukwe wën
chi
alëmi nalch na tëluwèsin.
