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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
1242 Sample Sentence Search Results For "he"
English:
Tell a story, you know many things.
Lenape:
Achimwi, xa
he
li kèku kuwatu.
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ahchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipita kchihëleyok.
English:
He was a great man in his lifetime.
Lenape:
Ahìnu naka lënuwa ènta lehëlexèt.
English:
The water is very cold.
Lenape:
Ahi t
he
në mpi.
English:
If you were rich what would you buy?
Lenape:
Ahopeanè a kèku hèch a këmahëlàm?
English:
This young man is rich.
Lenape:
Ahopeyu was
he
skìnu.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
Ahòt pëmëskan ènta kshëlàntèk.
English:
The boy is about seven years old.
Lenape:
Ahpami èt nishash kahtënamu na pilaechëch.
English:
Is there anyone here who can speak English?
Lenape:
Ahpu hàch awèn kèski shës
he
wanahkwit?
English:
Is there a warrior here who can call me a coward?
Lenape:
Ahpu hàch ila kèski luwihëlit shwilait?
English:
Does anyone here speak Lenape?
Lenape:
Ahpu hèch awèn kèski alënixsit?
English:
Is your man friend here? (asking another man)
Lenape:
Ahpu hèch na kitis?
English:
The cat laid down on the rock.
Lenape:
Ahsënink s
he
nkixin na pushis.
English:
This box is square.
Lenape:
Ahshae yus
he
puhwexòkw.
English:
The man stops swimming.
Lenape:
Ala ashëwil na lënu.
English:
Will it be again tomorrow?
Lenape:
Alàpa hèch làpi? {DN}
English:
Those frogs jumped.
Lenape:
Alëmakihëluk nèk chahkolàk.
English:
He began to tremble and turn pale.
Lenape:
Alëmi nànkihële òk òpihële.
English:
The leaves will begin to fall from the trees.
Lenape:
Alëmi pënipahkihëleyok.
English:
Does that boy speak Lenape?
Lenape:
Alënixsu hàch na pilaechëch?
English:
Some of them went east.
Lenape:
Alënte eyok wehènchiopànk.
English:
Some work in the house and some outdoors.
Lenape:
Alënte mikëmòsuwàk wikwahëmink òk alënte kòchëmink.
English:
Some of them went east.
Lenape:
Alënte wehènchiopànk eyok.
English:
The horse quickly jumped over the rock.
Lenape:
Alëwakihële na nehënaonkès në ahsën.
English:
Our work would go more quickly if we had help.
Lenape:
Alëwi a làhpi kishënakwsihëna wichëmëkwenke.
English:
We are getting older.
Lenape:
Alëwi kìkaihëna.
English:
We are getting older.
Lenape:
Alëwi kìkaihëna.
English:
He ran faster.
Lenape:
Alëwi kshamehële. {DN}
English:
They would rather gamble.
Lenape:
Alëwi shëk kahta hatikeyok.
English:
The boy is bigger than the girl.
Lenape:
Alëwi xinkwe na pilaechëch nawènahta na xkwechëch.
English:
It will be colder.
Lenape:
Alëwi xu thè.
English:
Alice has two kittens.
Lenape:
Alice wëlahële nisha pushitëta.
English:
He sent us on an errand to bring these good things to give to the chief.
Lenape:
Alukakehëna tìli pètuna weltëk kèkuna ènta milënt na sakima.
English:
Large houses.
Lenape:
Amànki wikwahëma.
English:
He wastes food.
Lenape:
Amayàkitun mehëmichink.
English:
The trees fell over when the wind blew.
Lenape:
Amihëleyok hìtkuk ènta kshàxink.
English:
It is extremely cold.
Lenape:
Ani t
he
.
English:
I put on a blue shirt; I am wearing a blue shirt.
Lenape:
Aonhèmpës ika ntatu.
English:
My eyeglasses are foggy.
Lenape:
Aonihëleyo nushkinkhòkana.
English:
The chicken is overcome with the heat.
Lenape:
Apchësahsu na tipas.
English:
The man is exhausted.
Lenape:
Apchikweehële na lënu.
English:
You give up easily.
Lenape:
Apëwi këlukahëla.
English:
The food is cheap (inexpensive.
Lenape:
Apuwawtu në mehëmichink.
English:
He swam under the water.
Lenape:
Ashëwìl èkwi mpink.
English:
The man swam.
Lenape:
Ashëwil na lënu.
English:
He swam to the other side of the lake.
Lenape:
Ashëwìl òsi mënëpèkunk.
English:
Who is the stronger?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch alëwi chitanësu?
English:
Who is singing?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch asuu?
English:
Who wants to sing?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch kahta asuu?
English:
Who wants to go to New York?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch kahta New York e?
English:
Who are you?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch ki?
English:
Who is that man?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch na lënu?
English:
Who is that?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch nàn?
English:
Who is going to New York?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch New York e?
English:
Do did this?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch tëlsin?
English:
Who went to town?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch utènink e.
English:
Who knows it?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch uwatun?
English:
Who is going to sing?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch xu asuu?
English:
Who will sing?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch xu asuu?
English:
Whose cat is that?
Lenape:
Awèni hèch na pushis?
English:
Who are they?
Lenape:
Awènik hèch nèk?
English:
Who are these men?
Lenape:
Awènik hèch yuk lënuwàk?
English:
Whose cats are those?
Lenape:
Awènikii hèch nèk pushisàk?
English:
A person should not play a musical instrument when lying down.
Lenape:
Awèn matàch ta s
he
nkixinu ènta ahpikwèt.
English:
He slept late and he cannot eat.
Lenape:
Ayë
he
lunkòm, mata kàski mitsii.
English:
Those frogs can jump.
Lenape:
Chahkolàk kàski alëmakihëluk.
English:
The dead man is frozen.
Lenape:
Chakahchënuwa naka lënuwa.
English:
A rabbit runs fast.
Lenape:
Chëmamës kshihële. {DN}
English:
Rabbit hairs were strewn here and there.
Lenape:
Chëmàmsi mixekëna mësi lànkòhte.
English:
Oh, now you scared me.
Lenape:
C
he
, mèchi kwishami.
English:
That 'old man' is flirting.
Lenape:
Chëmëshishu na lënu.
English:
The old man is flirting.
Lenape:
Chëmësishu na hilusës.
English:
The old man is flirting.
Lenape:
Chëmësishu na hilusës.
English:
You are a flirty old man.
Lenape:
Chëmihëlus ki.
English:
I go up the hill.
Lenape:
Chëweyunk nta. {DN}
English:
He was flirty when he was young.
Lenape:
Chihchëmësu enta wësksite.
English:
When may I visit you?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch a kiikàmël?
English:
When do you go home?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch këmachi?
English:
When did you eat?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch këmitsi?
English:
When will the man come?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch na lënu xu pe?
English:
When is the powwow?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch në 'powwow'?
English:
When will you go home?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch xu këmachi?
English:
When will you come back?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch xu kpa?
English:
If a person whistles in the dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Chipuwète awèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
If a person whistles in the dark his mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Chipuwète awèn piskewëni pimtunehële.
English:
He wiped his shirt.
Lenape:
Chiskhamën tòhèmpsëm.
English:
That horse is strong.
Lenape:
Chitanësu.na nehënaonkès.
English:
Those people got separated (from each other or from a group).
Lenape:
Chpihëleyok nèk awènik.
English:
Different or strange food.
Lenape:
Chpi mehëmichink.
English:
David has one dog.
Lenape:
David wëlahële kwëti mwekaneyo.
English:
Yes, but it has been a long time since I ate it.
Lenape:
E-è, shëkw lòmwe nochi nëmuhò.
English:
I bought some clothes.
Lenape:
Ehahkwink nëmahëlàm.
English:
Go west, young man.
Lenape:
Ehëliwsikakw a, skìnu.
English:
The woman went into the bedroom.
Lenape:
Ehènta kawink e na xkwe.
English:
The woman entered the bedroom.
Lenape:
Ehèntakawink e na xkwe.
English:
I put it on the table.
Lenape:
Ehèntalipwinkink ntatun.
English:
The molasses is sticking to the table.
Lenape:
Ehèntalipwinkink psàkwixën në mëlash.
English:
The man went into the kitchen.
Lenape:
Ehèntawixënink e na lënu.
English:
He went to the window.
Lenape:
Ehèshantèkink e.
English:
Oh, it rained hard and repeatedly there was thunder and lightning.
Lenape:
E, kshilan òk sasapëlehële òk pèpèthakhòn.
English:
I placed it under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi èhèntalipwinkink ntatun.
English:
He put a pencil under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi ehëntalipwinkink tòtun pènsìl.
English:
When he eats the boy eats with a spoon.
Lenape:
Emhòn'sahëma na pilaechëch ènta mitsit.
English:
There is the dog that bit me.
Lenape:
E na mwekane ntahëmùkw.
English:
Angels came from heaven.
Lenape:
Enchëlàk wënchihëleyok os'hakamink.
English:
When we left my house we walked by Walks-Downstream's home.
Lenape:
Enta alëmskeenkw wikia mpëmshahëna Nahuxwe wikit.
English:
When a person wants to put him to sleep.
Lenape:
Enta awèn kahta kawënhèt.
English:
When a person wants to put a baby to sleep they sing this.
Lenape:
Enta awèn kahta kawënhèt mimëntëta nal në tëli asuwin..
English:
When they want to say something they talk too loud.
Lenape:
Enta kahta kèku luwèhtit sòmtun
he
yok.
English:
When it is a hot day I begin to really feel like I would vomit.
Lenape:
Enta kshëtèk yu kishkwik ntalëmi ahi nkata mëlàntàm alàshi.
English:
When he said that we thought we would help him.
Lenape:
Enta në luwèt ntitehahëna wichëmawëna.
English:
When we came to visit our older sister.
Lenape:
Enta pèchi kiikàmat was
he
nëmis.
English:
Every morning he would go to hoe.
Lenape:
Eshi opànk mai lakehëma.
English:
Every spring he makes a garden.
Lenape:
Eshi sikònk haki
he
.
English:
Every Spring I make garden.
Lenape:
Eshi sikònk ntaki
he
.
English:
Oh, that shexkanim (grits) tastes good.
Lenape:
E, winkàn nëni shèxkanim.
English:
I put the child on the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink ntahëla na mimëns.
English:
I fell on the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink ntëlihëla.
English:
Hi, how are you my friend?
Lenape:
Hè, kulamàlsi hàch nchu?
English:
Hi, my friend, how are you?
Lenape:
Hè, nchu, kulamàlsi hàch?
English:
You speak well.
Lenape:
Hitai kpëmëtun
he
.
English:
He is a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Hitai muxul
he
.
English:
The trees are broken.
Lenape:
Hìtkuk pukwihëleyok.
English:
She wears chains on her neck.
Lenape:
Hukwènu sukahëlasa.
English:
If I go there do you want to go along?
Lenape:
Ika aane kata hèch wic
he
i?
English:
You people will get there.
Lenape:
Ikàch kpahëmo.
English:
We will get there.
Lenape:
Ikàch kpahëna.
English:
He put on a shirt; She put on a dress.
Lenape:
Ikahatu hèmpës.
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and bracelets.
Lenape:
Ikahatu silkhèmpës òk tëpinxkèpia
English:
Did the thing get there (arrive)?
Lenape:
Ika hèch pèchihële në kèku?
English:
Did the thing arrive there?
Lenape:
Ika hèch pèchihële në kèku?
English:
You went there but did not even get out (of a conveyance)
Lenape:
Ika kta shëkw mata ili klixi.
English:
I go farther to the east.
Lenape:
Ikalìchi wehènchiopànk nta.
English:
Toward the east there is a little town called Grove.
Lenape:
Ikali wehènchiopànk hate utènetët luwènsik Grove.
English:
We went there.
Lenape:
Ika mah ntahëna.
English:
We went there where Freddie lives.
Lenape:
Ika ntahëna na Freddie wikit.
English:
We were there.
Lenape:
Ika ntàpihëna. {DN}
English:
I went there but I didn't get out (such as from a car).
Lenape:
Ika nta shëkw mata nlixi.
English:
I put on a (finger-) ring.
Lenape:
Ika ntatu shapwëlënc
he
hun.
English:
It is even said they (dogs) can see witches.
Lenape:
Ili hùnt kàski neyok yuki nuchihëweyok.
English:
Is Jim going to Copan (Oklahoma)?
Lenape:
Jim hèch na Copanink e?
English:
We are at John's home in a different land.
Lenape:
John wikit ahpihëna pili hakink.
English:
Josephine has turtles, I think she has four of them.
Lenape:
Josephine wëlahële taxkoxa, ntite newa wëlahële.
English:
Don't whistle outside after dark or your mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Kàchi chipëweyàn kochëmink ènta piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
How about you?
Lenape:
Kàchi hèch ki?
English:
Do not curse God.
Lenape:
Kàchi këlulawàn Kis
he
lëmùkònk.
English:
Don't eat in the dark or your mouth will go crooked
Lenape:
Kàchi mitsihàn ènta piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
Our mother is very good looking.
Lenape:
Kahèsëna ahi wëlinakwsu.
English:
He wants to go on a vision quest.
Lenape:
Kahta may linkwehële.
English:
She is going to have a baby.
Lenape:
Kahta mimënsa wëlahële.
English:
She is going to have a baby.
Lenape:
Kahta mimëtëta wëlahële.
English:
He wants to speak.
Lenape:
Kahta pëmëtun
he
. {DN}
English:
He wants more than I want.
Lenape:
Kahtatàm xa
he
li kèku nawènahta ni.
English:
He wants to have a horse.
Lenape:
Kahta wëlahële nehënayunkès.
English:
He wanted to help him wipe his shirt.
Lenape:
Kahta wichëmao chiskhamën tòhèpsëm
English:
He almost fell into the water.
Lenape:
Kahti chòpwihële.
English:
He almost fell.
Lenape:
Kahti pënihële.
English:
The baby almost fell.
Lenape:
Kahti pënihële na mimëntët.
English:
Jim fell down.
Lenape:
Kaihële na Jim.
English:
Mary fell down when she hit Bill.
Lenape:
Kaihële na Mary ènta pahkàmat nèl Bill.
English:
He is half Caddo.
Lenape:
Kaluhëlachi pahsi.
English:
He is half Caddo, and half Lenape.
Lenape:
Kaluhëlachi pahsi, pahsi Lenape.
English:
He quickly hid behind a rock.
Lenape:
Kànchihële òsi ahsënink.
English:
He quickly hid behind a big tree.
Lenape:
Kànchihële òsi xinkwi hìtkunk.
English:
Something strange has been placed here.
Lenape:
Kànkami kèku yus
he
hate.
English:
The people were surprised.
Lenape:
Kans
he
lìntàmuk nèk awènik.
English:
I am drinking coffee (with my meal)
Lenape:
Kàpi ntapamu
he
.
English:
Can you make frybread?
Lenape:
Kàski hèch salàpòn
he
?
English:
Deer can run fast.
Lenape:
Kàski kshamehëleyok ahtuhok.
English:
We can kill some waterfowl if we go hunting.
Lenape:
Kàski nhilawëna mpiaehëleyok alahòtienkwe.
English:
He can give him a name.
Lenape:
Kàski wihëlao.
English:
Do you want to go with me?
Lenape:
Kata hèch wic
he
i?
English:
Do you want to eat with me?
Lenape:
Kata hèch wipumi?
English:
Do you want some bread?
Lenape:
Katatàm hèch ahpòn?
English:
Do you want some water?
Lenape:
Katatàm hèch mpi?
English:
Did you comb your hair?
Lenape:
Kchixàma hèch?
English:
I am very glad.
Lenape:
Kehëla nulelìntàm.
English:
It is very cold.
Lenape:
Këkhichi t
he
.
English:
What is it the Delawares call that little dog?
Lenape:
Kèku èt ta wàni Lënape èluwihëlat tànktitit mwekane?
English:
How can I help you?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch a ktëli wichëmël?
English:
What different things should we talk about?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch a pili ahkënutàmuhëna?
English:
What else should we say?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch a pili ktëluwehëna?
English:
What do you people want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch katatàmuhëmo?
English:
What are you people doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmikëntàmuhëmo?
English:
What do you see outside?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch knem kòchëmink?
English:
What do you think about this way that we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmen yus
he
èlawsienk?
English:
What are your thoughts about where we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmën yus
he
èlawsienkw?
English:
What do you call it? (something living)
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëluwihëla?
English:
What is the name for a Rose, what the White people call a Rose?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch luwèntasu Rose, na Shëwanàkw luwèntànk Rose?
English:
What did your late mother tell you?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch naka kahèsa ktëlùkw?
English:
What did your late mother really like to do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch naka kahèsa wëli mikëntàm?
English:
What do the Delawares call them?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wàni Lënape tëluwihëlaok?
English:
What is the reason I cannot eat there at the table?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi mata nkàski mitsi èhèntalipwink tali?
English:
What will we all do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch xu ktëlsahtihënuk?
English:
What shall we do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch xu ktëlsihëna?
English:
What is this called?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch yus
he
luwèntasu?
English:
What do you prefer to eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch alëwi kwinkitàm?
English:
What do you prefer to eat, soup or beans?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch alëwi kwinkitàm, kshitay shi malàxkwsita?
English:
What do you want to drink?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kata mëne?
English:
What do you want to know?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kata watu?
English:
What are you drinking?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmëne?
English:
What did you eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmichi?
English:
What did you eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmitsi?
English:
What did you eat when you ate?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmitsi ènta mitsiàn?
English:
What did you bring?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kpètu?
English:
What did you read?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktakëntàm?
English:
What did you lose?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktànkhìtu?
English:
What do you want to drink with your meal.
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktapamu
he
?
English:
What did you tell him?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëla?
English:
What are you doing (making)?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëlënakwsi?
English:
What were you doing yesterday?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëlënakwsi lòkëwe?
English:
What is the matter with you?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëlsi?
English:
What is wrong with you people?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëlsihëmo?
English:
What did you say?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwe?
English:
What is your name?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwènsi?
English:
What is your name?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwènsi?
English:
What do you call it?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwèntàmën?
English:
What do you call him?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwihëla?
English:
What do you think?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktite?
English:
What do you think now?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktite yukwe?
English:
Why do you ask me such a strange thing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwënchi ntutëmain 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 lakeyu?
English:
What is the weather?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lapàn? {DN}
English:
What happened yesterday?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch le lòkëwe?
English:
What are they doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lënakwsuwàk?
English:
What is he doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lësu?
English:
What is the matter with them?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch lësuwàk?
English:
What color is it?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch likte?
English:
What color is Charles hair?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch likte na Charles mwilàxk?
English:
What does he look like?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch linakswu?
English:
What does he look like or is he ugly?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch linakwsu shihàch xahinakwsu?
English:
What did he say?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch luwe?
English:
What did that man say?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch luwe na lënu?
English:
What is his name?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch luwènsu?
English:
What was it that you ate?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch mah këmichi?
English:
What is he doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch mikëntàm?
English:
What are those things?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nèl?
English:
What is it?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nën?
English:
What is that?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nën?
English:
What is it? It is a frybread.
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nën? Salàpòn nën.
English:
What did you read yesterday?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ntakëntàm lòkëwe?
English:
What else?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch òk pili?
English:
What is he doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch tëlënakwsu?
English:
What do you want from town?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch utènink kata?
English:
What will these people have to drink?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch xu mëneyok yuk awènik?
English:
What are they doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch yuki mikëntamuk?
English:
What is this?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch yun?
English:
What do you want to drink with your meal?
Lenape:
Kèku hlch kata hapamu
he
?
English:
Something will chase us.
Lenape:
Kèku kwihëlutakehëna.
English:
Surprisingly that one was half fish!
Lenape:
Kèku lahëwàn pahsi namès!
English:
What color is your dres?
Lenape:
Kèku likte ktahèmpsëm?
English:
What color is your dress?
Lenape:
Kèku likte ktahëmpsëm?
English:
What kind of snake is that?
Lenape:
Kèkuni xkuk hèch nàn?
English:
The man just smiled
Lenape:
këlëksuwinkwèxin shëkw na lënu.
English:
The weatherman lied when he said, "It is a good day."
Lenape:
Këlune na 'weat
he
rman' ènta luwèt, "Wëli kishku."
English:
You bought a house.
Lenape:
Këmahëlàm wikëwam.
English:
You should go lie down.
Lenape:
Këmay a s
he
nkixi. {DN}
English:
"You will ride bareback" the man told the boy.
Lenape:
"Këmëkuttièpìch" na lënu tëlao nèl pilaechëcha.
English:
"You will tide bareback" the man told the boy.
Lenape:
"Këmëkuttièpìch" na lënu tëlao nèl pilaechëcha.
English:
Have you eaten those eggs?
Lenape:
Këmihëmichi hàch nèl òòla?
English:
Did you ever eat that which is called sapan?
Lenape:
Kèmihëmichi hàch në sapan èluwètasik?
English:
I give this to you.
Lenape:
Këmilën yus
he
.
English:
Would you give me some eggs?
Lenape:
Këmili hèch a òòla?
English:
Have you ever eaten rabbit?
Lenape:
Këmìmhò hèch chëmamës?
English:
Have you ever eaten buffalo?
Lenape:
Këmìmhò hèch sisiliè?
English:
Have you ever eaten buffalo?
Lenape:
Këmìmhò hèch sisiliye?
English:
We should eat.
Lenape:
Këmitsihëna a.
English:
We should eat.
Lenape:
Këmitsihëna a.
English:
We should eat at noon.
Lenape:
Këmitsihëna a paxhàkwèke. {DN}
English:
We eat at the table.
Lenape:
Këmitsihëna ehèntalipwinkink.
English:
Did you eat some of the turkey?
Lenape:
Këmuhò hèch na chikënëm?
English:
You kissed Helen.
Lenape:
Këmustunama na
He
len.
English:
I took care of you for many years.
Lenape:
Kenahkihël kèxi kahtën.
English:
Should we stop now?
Lenape:
Kënàkihëlana hèch a?
English:
Do you see the cloud?
Lenape:
Kënemën hèch në kùmhòkw?
English:
Do you understand me?
Lenape:
Kënënustai hèch?
English:
I saw you people pick it up yesterday.
Lenape:
Kënewëluhëmo tìli kwëtënëmëneo lòkëwe.
English:
The squirrel climbed quickly up the tree.
Lenape:
Këntahkusihële na xanikw hitkunk.
English:
Did you make buttons?
Lenape:
Kënup
he
hàch?
English:
Did that man cheat you too?
Lenape:
Kèpe hèch kiòlùkw na lënu?
English:
Do you also own a cat?
Lenape:
Kèpe hèch kulhala pushis?
English:
You wash your hands too.
Lenape:
Kèpe kshilënc
he
.
English:
You too were created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Kèpe ta kis
he
lëmùksi.
English:
You people will go along too.
Lenape:
Kèpuwàk xu witehëmo.
English:
Did you fall and hurt yourself?
Lenape:
Këshitèxi hèch?
English:
Are you hot?
Lenape:
Kësi hèch?
English:
How many rocks are there in the house?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch ahsëna wikwahëmink?
English:
How many rocks are there on the table?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch ahsëna xkwìchi ehèntalipwinkink?
English:
How many do you want?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch katatàm?
English:
How old are you?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch katënami?
English:
What time is it?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch këlak?
English:
How old do you think I am?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch ktite nkatënami?
English:
How much does it cost?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch lawtu?
English:
How much does it cost?
Lenape:
Këxa hèch lawtu?
English:
How much does the TV cost?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch lawtu në TV?
English:
How much money did you lose?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch moni ktànkhìtu?
English:
How much are three and five?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch naxa òk palenàxk?
English:
How many doors?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch skontaya?
English:
I bought a few things.
Lenape:
Kèxa kèku nëmahëlam.
English:
I only know a few of the words.
Lenape:
Kèxaptun shëkw ntëli watun.
English:
Several white people.
Lenape:
Kèxa shëwanahkok.
English:
Only a few people can give names to someone.
Lenape:
Kèxiti awènik kàski wihëlao awèn.
English:
Is it true that everyone shook hands every morning?
Lenape:
Kìchi hàch wèmi ànkunsuwàk èshi shèpaè?
English:
My hand is sore.
Lenape:
Kikic
he
nàxk.
English:
My leg is sore.
Lenape:
Kikic
he
nhikat.
English:
My upper arm is sore.
Lenape:
Kikic
he
tëlamànkàn.
English:
My arms are sore.
Lenape:
Kikic
he
yo naxka.
English:
My legs are sore.
Lenape:
Kikic
he
yo nhikata.
English:
We ourselves are full and they are hungry.
Lenape:
Kiluna kispwihëna nèkao nèk kahtupuwàk.
English:
We do live in a rock house.
Lenape:
Kiluna wikihëna ahsënikaonink.
English:
Did that man cheat you?
Lenape:
Kiòlùkw hèch na lënu?
English:
Have you finished cooking?
Lenape:
Kisëma hèch?
English:
We could work faster if we had help.
Lenape:
Kishënakwsihëna wichëmëkwenke.
English:
The man finished work.
Lenape:
Kishënakwsu na lënu.
English:
The man finished working.
Lenape:
Kishënëkwsu na lënu.
English:
Is the water warm?
Lenape:
Kishëwe hàch në mpi?
English:
Have you finished eating?
Lenape:
Kìshi hèch mitsi?
English:
Did you finish bathing?
Lenape:
Kìshi hèch tixëmwi?
English:
Is he finished being cooked?
Lenape:
Kisu hèch?
English:
My goose is cooked.
Lenape:
Kisu ntòpsuwihëleyëm.
English:
You are a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Kitai muxul
he
.
English:
Near the window there are many birds eating.
Lenape:
Kixki èhèshàntèkink xa
he
li chulënsàk pèchi mitsuwàk.
English:
Is the tree near the river?
Lenape:
Kixki hèch sipunk na hìtëkw?
English:
Do you see that person?
Lenape:
Kneyo hèch na awèn?
English:
The man is outdoors.
Lenape:
Kochëmink ahpu na lënu.
English:
We should go outside.
Lenape:
Kochëmink a ktahëna.
English:
We should go outside, it is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Kochëmink a ktahëna, sòmi kshëte wikwahëmink.
English:
Let us go outside.
Lenape:
Kòchëmink atàm.
English:
We will go outside and play.
Lenape:
Kòchëmink ktalìch mai papihëna.
English:
We will go outside and play/
Lenape:
Kòchëmink ktalìch may papihëna.
English:
The man is outdoors.
Lenape:
Kochëmink na lënu.
English:
Can I play outside, the girl said.
Lenape:
Ko hèch a kochëmink ntënta papi, na xkwechëch luwe.
English:
His mother is standing.
Lenape:
Kohèsa nipu.
English:
Perhaps they would like something to drink.
Lenape:
Konaèt kahtatàmuk mehëmënink.
English:
We might get sunburned.
Lenape:
Konaèt ksëkhìksihëna.
English:
Does he have an older sister named Mary Jones?
Lenape:
Konaèt wëlahële hèch mwisa luwènsu Mary Jones?
English:
Maybe all the people went swimming.
Lenape:
Konaet wèmi awènik ashëwihëleyok.
English:
Maybe everyone wanted to go swimming.
Lenape:
Konaet wèmi awènik kahta ashëwihëleyok.
English:
Let him go, he will have to carry that on his own back (such as a bad deed).
Lenape:
Konëlinaw, nihëlàchi noyuntàmën.
English:
He wants that rabbit.
Lenape:
Kòtalao nèl chëmàmsa.
English:
He wants to eat that rabbit.
Lenape:
Kòtupoo nèl chëmàmsa.
English:
Close the windows.
Lenape:
Kpaha nèl ehèshantèka.
English:
The woman had a tantrum.
Lenape:
Kpëc
he
hële na xkwe.
English:
Do you hear me?
Lenape:
Kpëntai hèch?
English:
Do you hear us?
Lenape:
Kpëntaihëna hèch?
English:
You brought him food.
Lenape:
Kpètao mehëmichink.
English:
That deer runs fast.
Lenape:
Kshamehële na ahtu.
English:
Are you weak?
Lenape:
Kshawsi hèch?
English:
Take off the shirt.
Lenape:
Kshàxkëni në hèmpës.
English:
Jan has a fever.
Lenape:
Kshëlèxe wa Jan.
English:
The water is warm.
Lenape:
Kshëpète në mpi.
English:
Heat that rock.
Lenape:
Kshësëni në ahsën.
English:
I like to eat hot food (hot in temperature, does not mean spicy)
Lenape:
Kshëtèk mehëmichink ni nëwinkitàm.
English:
That dish is hot.
Lenape:
Kshëte në lokèns.
English:
That white dish is hot.
Lenape:
Kshëte në opèk lokèns.
English:
That white dish is hot.
Lenape:
Kshëte në opënchu.
English:
This meat is hot.
Lenape:
Kshëte yu wiyus.
English:
The rabbit ran around the house.
Lenape:
Kshihële na chëmamës òkai wikwahëmink.
English:
The man ran.
Lenape:
Kshihële na lënu.
English:
They are running in the fields (or gardens)
Lenape:
Kshihëleyok hakihakànink.
English:
Wash the car.
Lenape:
Kshixëm na tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
Did you bathe?
Lenape:
Ktahixëmwi hèch?
English:
Do you wash (bathe) every day?
Lenape:
Ktahixëmwi hèch èshi kishkwik?
English:
We will soon experience Autumn.
Lenape:
Ktahkokënëmihëna xulëniti.
English:
Did you make a garden?
Lenape:
Ktaki
he
hèch?
English:
Are you afraid?
Lenape:
Ktalëmi hèch?
English:
Are you people lost?
Lenape:
Ktaonkëluhëmo hàch?
English:
You should tell some wintertime stories.
Lenape:
Ktathilu
he
a.
English:
Did you tell a winter story?
Lenape:
Ktathilu
he
hàch?
English:
Do you think so?
Lenape:
Ktite hèch?
English:
He is not quick like other cats.
Lenape:
Ku alàpihële alàshi pili pushisàk.
English:
Don't you like to eat it?
Lenape:
Ku hèch kwinkitàmuwën?
English:
Do you not have any friends?
Lenape:
Ku hèch witisàk kulhala?
English:
They do not even use a toothbrush and even so they have good teeth.
Lenape:
Ku ili nhatamuiyok 'toothbrush' nahëli owëlanikeyok.
English:
He doesn't give a darn.
Lenape:
Ku kèku lite
he
.
English:
Do you all feel well?
Lenape:
Kulamàlsihëmo hàch?
English:
Are you glad because we did well?
Lenape:
Kulelìntàm hàch èli nulaihòsihëna?
English:
Are you glad?
Lenape:
Kulelìntàm hèch?
English:
Do you have a quarter (25¢)?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hàch kwëti nahënëm?
English:
Do you have a rattle?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hàch shuhënikàn?
English:
Do you have (something)?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hèch?
English:
Do you have food?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hèch mehëmichink?
English:
Do you have any money?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hèch moni?
English:
Do you have any eggs?
Lenape:
Kulhatu hèch òòla?
English:
Did you sleep well?
Lenape:
Kuli hèch kawi?
English:
Did you sleep well last night?
Lenape:
Kuli hèch kawi welakwike?
English:
You look at me well the way I look.
Lenape:
Kuli pënai shè në ni ntëlinakwsin.
English:
I do not like to eat the rabbit.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkama na chëmamës.
English:
I cannot wait.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski pehëwe.
English:
I do not want to live.
Lenape:
Ku nkata lehëlexe.
English:
I don't want to make you crazy.
Lenape:
Ku nkata manihulu këpëc
he
onkël.
English:
I am not hungry, but it is already noon.
Lenape:
Kun nkatupwi, shëk mèchi paxàkwe.
English:
I did not open it.
Lenape:
Ku ntunks
he
nëmuwën.
English:
I don't have any bread, whiteman's bread (light bread)
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu ahpòn, shëwanàhkwi ahpòn.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu mehëmichink nal në wënchi Kamink nta.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to town.
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu mehëmichink nal në wënchi utènink nta.
English:
I do not know where it came from.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën tëta èt wënchihëlèk.
English:
We should run away; We should flee.
Lenape:
Kushimwihëna a.
English:
He is not quick enough.
Lenape:
Ku tèpi alàpihële.
English:
He doesn't know many things.
Lenape:
Ku uwatu xa
he
li kèku.
English:
Do you know that man?
Lenape:
Kuwaha hèch na lënu?
English:
Do you know that young man?
Lenape:
Kuwaha hèch na skìnu?
English:
Do you know that woman?
Lenape:
Kuwaha hèch na xkwe?
English:
Do you know those young Delawares?
Lenape:
Kuwahaok hèch nèk wëskëlënapeyok?
English:
Do you know those women?
Lenape:
Kuwahaok hèch nèk xkweyok?
English:
Do you know that young woman?
Lenape:
Kuwah hèch na skixkwe?
English:
Do you know many of the Lenape stories?
Lenape:
Kuwatu hàch xa
he
li achimëwakàna Lënapei?
English:
Do you understand it when a person says, Ahkënsi (to read)?
Lenape:
Kuwatun hèch na ènta awèn luwèt, Ahkënsi?
English:
There is a pine tree near my house.
Lenape:
Kuweòkw kixki nëwikwahëmink.
English:
This rabbit does not taste good.
Lenape:
Ku winkëlu wa chëmamës.
English:
Will you try?
Lenape:
Kwëchi hèch?
English:
Try out that person (such as for a job or work).
Lenape:
Kwëchihëlalal na awèn.
English:
Try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwëchihëlalal na nehënaonkès.
English:
You try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwëchihëlala na nehënaokès.
English:
I hope we will see each other again.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha làpi knewtihëna.
English:
I wish I could flirt.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha nkàski chëmësin.
English:
I wish I could see Shamokin again.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha nkàski làpi nemën Shahëmokink.
English:
I really wish you people would help me.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha ta kwichëmihëmo.
English:
We were gone a long time and went a long way.
Lenape:
Kwënakehëna òhëlëmi ntahëna.
English:
We have waited a long time.
Lenape:
Kwëni mpehëwehëna.
English:
He has hogs (or) he raises hogs.
Lenape:
Kwëshkwësha wëlahële.
English:
six horses
Lenape:
kwëtash nehënaonkèsàk
English:
He took out some finger-rings.
Lenape:
Kwëtënëmëna shapwëlënc
he
huna.
English:
He has been lying down all day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishku s
he
nkixin.
English:
The boy slept all day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishkwi kawi na pilaechëch.
English:
One hot day my mother told me, "Come here."
Lenape:
Kwëti kshëlànte nkahès ntëlùkw, "Wëntaxa."
English:
He has one dog.
Lenape:
Kwëti mwekaneyo wëlahële.
English:
I only have one.
Lenape:
Kwëti shëk ni nulhala.
English:
Do you want some more?
Lenape:
Kwiakwi hèch?
English:
Do you want some more bread?
Lenape:
Kwiakwi hèch ahpòn?
English:
Do you want some more coffee?
Lenape:
Kwiakwi hèch kàpi?
English:
Are you still mad?
Lenape:
Kwiakwi hèch këmanunksi?
English:
He is still alive.
Lenape:
Kwiakwi lehëlexe. {DN}
English:
He is still lying down.
Lenape:
Kwiakwi s
he
nkixin. {DN}
English:
I will help you in every way I can.
Lenape:
Kwichëmëlch wèmi kèku lih.
English:
I will go with you, grandfather.
Lenape:
Kwic
he
wël, muxumsa.
English:
The girl had nothing to do,.
Lenape:
Kwila kèku mikënta na xkwechëch.
English:
We like to go swimming if it is hot weather.
Lenape:
Kwinkashëwìlhùmëna shëlàntèke.
English:
Do you like the Go-Get-Em dance?
Lenape:
Kwinkatàmën hèch nalhultin?
English:
Are you having a good time?
Lenape:
Kwinkhatènami 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 këmaike?
English:
He cut his hand.
Lenape:
Kwishkshëmën në nòxk.
English:
He cut the meat.
Lenape:
Kwishkshëmën në wiyus.
English:
The man cut the meat.
Lenape:
Kwishkshëmën në wiyus na lënu.
English:
Are you bashful?
Lenape:
Kwitayasi hèch?
English:
Let's go with them.
Lenape:
Kwitehëna a.
English:
It is a taboo to a woman who is expecting a baby.
Lenape:
Kwitëlao hunt na xkwe ènta kahta wëlahëlat mimëntëta.
English:
The car (or wagon) is heavy.
Lenape:
Kwsùksu na tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
The car (or wagon) is heavy.
Lenape:
Kwsùksu na tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
Are you highly thought of?
Lenape:
Kxinkwelëmùksi hèch?
English:
He tells wintertime stories again and again.
Lenape:
Lahëlàpi athilu
he
.
English:
I shot it again and again.
Lenape:
Lahëlàpi mpaixkhamën.
English:
I swam to the middle of the lake.
Lenape:
Lai ntashëwìl mënëpèkunk.
English:
Put it on the chair. (refers to something considered animate)
Lenape:
Lehëlëmatahpinkink hal.
English:
We are sitting in some chairs.
Lenape:
Lehëlëmatahpinkink lëmatahpihëna.
English:
He put the books on the chair.
Lenape:
Lehëlëmatahpinkink tòhalao nèl lekhikana.
English:
This one is a Lenape, not French.
Lenape:
Lënape wàn, ku ta Pëlanshëman.
English:
I am just resting.
Lenape:
Lëni shëk ntayalaximwi.
English:
Only a man.
Lenape:
Lënu shëk.
English:
That white person is smart.
Lenape:
Lëpwe na shëwanàkw.
English:
He must think it will rain.
Lenape:
Lite
he
èt xu sukëlan.
English:
He thinks perhaps it will rain.
Lenape:
Lite
he
èt xu sukëlan.
English:
He thinks it will rain.
Lenape:
Lite
he
xu sukëlan.
English:
Yesterday I went to Bartlesville and I saw many Delawares.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mah Kamink nta, xa
he
li Lënapeyok neyo.
English:
I fell down yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe nkaihëla.
English:
Long ago when the Delawares lived in the east.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènta yuki Lënapeyunkahke wikhatihtit wehènchiopànk.
English:
Long ago my late father had a dog named He-Found-It.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe mah naka nuxò wëlahële mwekaneyo luwènsu Mòxkàmën.
English:
A long time ago my late father told me a story.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe naka nuxò ntihëlùkwë achimëwakàn.
English:
Long ago there was a boy named Round Moon.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe pilaechëch luwènsu Tùkwikishux.
English:
Long ago my late mother said she had danced with the Cheyennes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe ntëlke naka nkahèsa witke Shëlëtihkaike
English:
Is Lucy going to New York?
Lenape:
Lucy hèch New York e?
English:
He said, You all stop, but it did no good.
Lenape:
Luwe, Nahkihëlakw, shëkw nuchkwe.
English:
The chief said, 'What in the world can we do?'
Lenape:
Luwe na sakima, 'Kèku nink lah ktëlsihëna?'
English:
He said, 'Father, the time has come.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nuxa, mèchi tpëskwihële.'
English:
The white people long ago said we will live so long and finally we will lose everything.
Lenape:
Luweyok lòmëwe yuki shëwanahkok xantki pètawsinèn tìlìch ànkhitunèn wèmi kèku.
English:
Take this food home.
Lenape:
Machahtu yu mehëmichink.
English:
There will be a gathering on Friday.
Lenape:
Maehëlan Fritèke.
English:
They began to gather bones.
Lenape:
Maehëmëneyo xkàna.
English:
Just a little bit.
Lenape:
Mahtiti shëkw.
English:
Let's go outside and play.
Lenape:
Mai papitàm kòchëmink.
English:
Go close the door.
Lenape:
Mai tunkshëni.
English:
She did beadwork for a month.
Lenape:
Manshapia
he
kwëti kishux.
English:
Are they all mad? or Are they all angry?
Lenape:
Manunksahtuwàk hèch?
English:
They are not at this council.
Lenape:
Mata ahpiyok yus
he
achimulsin.
English:
We will not eat.
Lenape:
Matàch nëmitsihëmëna.
English:
A person should not cut his nails. [This is a portion of a longer correction.]
Lenape:
Matàch ta awèn tëmikahs
he
hwi.
English:
A person should not marry a White person.
Lenape:
Matàch ta awèn wic
he
o Shëwanàkw.
English:
I have not eaten rabbit before.
Lenape:
Mata nëmìmhò chëmamës.
English:
He never reads the same book twice.
Lenape:
Mata nishën tòkimao nèl lekhikàna.
English:
I never told a winter story.
Lenape:
Mata ntiathilu
he
.
English:
I do not have a quarter, but I do have a dollar.
Lenape:
Mata nulhatuu kwëti nahënëm, shëk nulhatu kwëti palëpay.
English:
Her dress is a reddish color.
Lenape:
Màxkinakòt tohèmpsëm.
English:
It is a very hot day.
Lenape:
Mayay kshëlànte.
English:
Here it is nothing but cold and windy.
Lenape:
Mayay shëk t
he
òk kshàxën.
English:
It is very cold.
Lenape:
Mayay t
he
.
English:
Go lie down.
Lenape:
May s
he
nkixi. {DN}
English:
She would go play with many children.
Lenape:
May wìchi papi xa
he
li mimënsàk.
English:
It is time to make garden again.
Lenape:
Mèchi a làpi hakihèn.
English:
Has it stopped raining?
Lenape:
Mèchi hèch ala sukëlan?
English:
Has it arrived? (such as a package)
Lenape:
Mèchi hèch pèchihële?
English:
Has it arrived?
Lenape:
Mëchi hèch pèchihële?
English:
Has the package arrived yet?
Lenape:
Mèchi hèch pèchihële në pèkëch?
English:
It already sunrise.
Lenape:
Mèchi kchinkwehële. {DN}
English:
They finished waking up.
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi tukihëleyok. {DN}
English:
He has finished butchering.
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi uysu'
he
,
English:
Now he has finished butchering.
Lenape:
Mèchi kìshi uyus'
he
.
English:
We are pitiful now because we have lost so many things.
Lenape:
Mèchi nkëtëmaksihëna ànkhitunèn xahèli kèku.
English:
I have already forgotten what many of these Indian tribes are called.
Lenape:
Mèchi nonin xa
he
li yuki mèxkeòhkësichik èluwènsihtit.
English:
Now the time has arrived.
Lenape:
Mèchi tpëskwihële.
English:
The baby was awake.
Lenape:
Mèchi tukihële na mimëntët.
English:
Now that came to pass for us (or) Now we came to that.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe ìka kpahëna.
English:
Now we are already pitiful.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe nkëtëmaksihëna.
English:
The food is on the table.
Lenape:
Mehëmichink èhèntalipwinkink hate.
English:
Do you have food?
Lenape:
Mehëmichink hèch kulhatu?
English:
Is this molassas?
Lenape:
Mëlash hàch yus
he
?
English:
You people came to the lake.
Lenape:
Mënëpèkunk kpahëmo.
English:
We came to a lake.
Lenape:
Mënëpèkunk mpahëna.
English:
There is a fence around the house.
Lenape:
Menxkhasu òkai wikwahëmink.
English:
Are you a fullblood?
Lenape:
Mèschèsit hàch ki?
English:
That person talks this way and that.
Lenape:
Mësëtun
he
na awèn.
English:
Remember that many of our friends died last winter.
Lenape:
Mëshatàmën xa
he
li kitisënàk ànkëluk luwàne.
English:
He received a vision because he lives a pure life.
Lenape:
Mëshënëm linkwehëleokàn èli pilawsit.
English:
We should hurry and eat.
Lenape:
Mèthàki a këmitsihëna. {DN}
English:
We could finish our work sooner.
Lenape:
Mètxàki a kishënakwsihëna.
English:
We walked for about an hour.
Lenape:
Mhituxwehëna ahpami kwëti awëlink.
English:
We will give them corn and women to help them plant it.
Lenape:
Milawëna xàskwim òk xkweyok wichëmëkuk tìli hàkihèneyo
English:
Give me a quarter (25¢).
Lenape:
Mili kwëti nahënëm.
English:
Give me one horse.
Lenape:
Mili kwëti nehënaonkès.
English:
Give me one horse.
Lenape:
Mili kwëti nehënaonkès.
English:
Give me that horse.
Lenape:
Mili na nehënaonkès.
English:
Give me some chicken, and give this young man some pork.
Lenape:
Mili tipas, òk mil wa skìnu kwëshkwës
he
yok.
English:
Give him some food.
Lenape:
Mil mehëmichink.
English:
Give Helen the bread.
Lenape:
Mil na
He
len në ahpòn.
English:
Give the girl the food.
Lenape:
Mil na xkwechëch në mehëmichink.
English:
She is expecting a child.
Lenape:
Mimënsa kahta wëlahële.
English:
She is expecting a baby.
Lenape:
Mimënsa kahta wëlahële. {DN}
English:
Let's eat some pork and a frybread.
Lenape:
Mitsitàm kwëshkwës
he
yok òk salàpòn.
English:
The man had an embarrassed look.
Lenape:
Mixaninkwehële na lënu.
English:
I close the door.
Lenape:
Mpahëmën në skontay.
English:
We came to the store.
Lenape:
Mpahëna mèmhalamùntikaonink.
English:
We were sick when we went there.
Lenape:
Mpalsihëna paànkwe.
English:
I broke it in half, I used a hammer.
Lenape:
Mpasitehëmën, mòkël nhakatàm.
English:
I shot the rabbit.
Lenape:
Mpaxkho na chëmamës.
English:
I shot the rabbit. (with a gun)
Lenape:
Mpaxkho na chëmamës.
English:
I shot the rabbit.
Lenape:
Mpayaxkho na chëmamës. {DN}
English:
I am talking on the tape recorder today.
Lenape:
Mpëmëtun
he
sëkahsënink tali yukwe ènta kishkwik.
English:
We walked past Nahuxwe's house.
Lenape:
Mpëmskahëna Nahuxwe wikit
English:
I was looking at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Mpënao na chulëns enta kënthwihëlat.
English:
I heard insane laughter when they laughed.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm këkpëc
he
i këlëksahtin.
English:
I showed her my dress.
Lenape:
Mpënundëla ntahèmpsë,m.
English:
I brought the book.
Lenape:
Mpèshëwa na lekhikàn.
English:
I brought the puppy.
Lenape:
Mpèshëwa na mwekanetët.
English:
I brought him some food.
Lenape:
Mpètao mehëmichink.
English:
I brought food.
Lenape:
Mpèttun mehëmichink.
English:
I brought the food.
Lenape:
Mpèttun nè mehëmichink.
English:
A whale swam where it was deep.
Lenape:
Mpiàxkw ashëwìl ènta xitkwèk.
English:
I cut the meat to pieces.
Lenape:
Mpikshëmën në wiyus.
English:
We selected the dress.
Lenape:
Mpipinamënèn në hèmpës.
English:
I selected the dress.
Lenape:
Mpipinamën në hèmpës.
English:
We will eat medicine together when it gets cool weather.
Lenape:
Mpisun michhatihëna ènta thapànke,
English:
Water flows from a spring.
Lenape:
Mpi wënchihële thëpèkunk.
English:
I broke the window,
Lenape:
Mpukwënëmën në ehèshantèk.
English:
I got into a car.
Lenape:
Mpusi tëpc
he
hëlasink.
English:
He ate the flies.
Lenape:
Muhòò nèl uc
he
o.
English:
A woodchuck dug a hole in the garden.
Lenape:
Munhake òl
he
hakihakànink.
English:
The girl cut her own hair.
Lenape:
Mushao hòkaya na xkwechëch.
English:
Nux xònsa.
Lenape:
My fat
he
r's older brot
he
r.
English:
That strong horse is eating corn.
Lenape:
Na chitanësit nehënaonkès michu xàskwim.
English:
The bird occasionally eats peas.
Lenape:
Na chulëns mihëmichu tùkòlaxksita.
English:
Then when it has gotten extremely hot.
Lenape:
Na ènta kìshi këkhichi kshëtèk.
English:
Those Quapaw (Indians) bring the food.
Lenape:
Na hànk nèk Okahpaok tëli pètuneyo në mehëmichink.
English:
Is that Charles' book?
Lenape:
Na hèch na Charles tëlekhikàna?
English:
I simply won't go back.
Lenape:
Nahëli a mata nkwëtki.
English:
He ate a raccoon.
Lenape:
Nahënëma mhwe.
English:
I saw a raccoon.
Lenape:
Nahënëm mah neyo.
English:
I see a raccoon.
Lenape:
Nahënëm neyo.
English:
I go to Coon Creek
Lenape:
Nahënëmwi Sipunk nta.
English:
Stop, I want to tell you something.
Lenape:
Nahkihëla, nkata kèku lël.
English:
Those people stopped.
Lenape:
Nahkihëleyok nèk awènik.
English:
They stopped there.
Lenape:
Nahkihëleyok tali.
English:
They stopped in the east.
Lenape:
Nahkihëleyok wehènchiopànk.
English:
The white man is catching rain water.
Lenape:
Nahkupèhike na shëwanàkw.
English:
Jim thinks he will be sweaty when he chops wood.
Lenape:
Na Jim lite
he
xu ktaptiksu ènta kiskhakwèt.
English:
Jim came from the east quickly.
Lenape:
Na Jim opaneyunk wënchihële.
English:
John's mother is named Eliza.
Lenape:
Na John kohèsa luwènsu Eliza.
English:
Then the dog turned around and he looked at me.
Lenape:
Na kwëlpihëla na mwekane, mpënakw.
English:
Then the man turned around.
Lenape:
Na kwëlpihëlan na lënu.
English:
That one person got separated (from others).
Lenape:
Na kwëti awèn chpihële.
English:
The man is in the house.
Lenape:
Na lënu ahpu wikwahëmink.
English:
The man stopped swimming.
Lenape:
Na lënu ala ashëwìl.
English:
The man cannot swim.
Lenape:
Na lënu ala ashëwìl.
English:
The man who follows another man because he is afraid of ridicule.
Lenape:
Na lënu ènta naolat pili lënuwa èli kwitànk pawchètëwakàn.
English:
The man put on his shirt.
Lenape:
Na lënu ika tòtun tòhèmpsëm.
English:
The man is putting on his shirt.
Lenape:
Na lënu ika tòtun tòhèmpsëm.
English:
The man fell down in the middle of the room.
Lenape:
Na lënu kaihële lawënte.
English:
The man thought the boy told the truth.
Lenape:
Na lënu lite
he
na pilaechëch wëlamëwe.
English:
The man thinks the boy told the truth.
Lenape:
Na lënu lite
he
na pilaechëch wëlamuwe.
English:
The man thought the woman would feed him.
Lenape:
Na lënu lite
he
tòxamùku nèl xkweyo.
English:
The man thought he would be fed.
Lenape:
Na lënu lite
he
xu xàma.
English:
The man standing near the house.
Lenape:
Na lënu nipait kixki wikwahëmink.
English:
The man shot at the rock but he missed.
Lenape:
Na lënu poyaxkhamën në ahsën shëkw pòlhamën.
English:
The man told his mother I might go to town.
Lenape:
Na lënu tëlao kohèsa konaèt utènink nta.
English:
The man owns a dog.
Lenape:
Na lënu wëlahële mwekaneyo.
English:
The man killed the deer.
Lenape:
Na lënu wënihëlao nèl ahtuho.
English:
The man built a house.
Lenape:
Na lënu wik
he
.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
Nal në shëk nkàski luwèn.
English:
That is all that I know.
Lenape:
Nal në shëk ntëli watun.
English:
All I know is what the old people said a long time ago.
Lenape:
Nal në shëk ntëli watun èluwèhtit lòmëwe kikainkahke.
English:
That is all that I can recall at this time.
Lenape:
Nal në shëkw nkàski mëshatàmën yukwe.
English:
That is why he is tired.
Lenape:
Nal në wënchi wikwihële.
English:
That is why he was tired.
Lenape:
Nal në wënchi wikwihële..
English:
That is why we are friends, we help each other.
Lenape:
Nal në wënchi witisinèn, nëwichëntihëna.
English:
This is what was told to me by my late mother.
Lenape:
Nal yus
he
ntëlkwën naka nkahèsa.
English:
This is where a correction comes from.
Lenape:
Nal yus
he
wënchixën kwìtëlëtëwakàn.
English:
The groundhog dug a hole in the garden.
Lenape:
Na munhake òl
he
hakihakànink.
English:
The dog jumped over the rock.
Lenape:
Na mwekane alëwakihële në ahsën.
English:
The dog is outside.
Lenape:
Na mwekane kòchëmink.
English:
That dog bit me.
Lenape:
Na mwekane ntahëmùkw.
English:
The dog dug a hole in the yard.
Lenape:
Na mwekane òl
he
lamamenxke.
English:
The dog walked behind the wagon.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pëmëske wtenk në tëc
he
hëlasink.
English:
The dog heard the hoe when it fell over.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pwëntàmën në kwipëlënay ènta amwihëlèk.
English:
The dog is lying under the table.
Lenape:
Na mwekane s
he
nkixin èkwi èhèntalipwinkink.
English:
The dog sat up well.
Lenape:
Na mwekane wëlàpihële.
English:
The raccoon found the dog's bowl.
Lenape:
Na nahënëm mòkàmën në mwekanei lokèns.
English:
The raccoon found the food.
Lenape:
Na nahënëm mòxkàmën në mehëmichink.
English:
The raccoon made tracks.
Lenape:
Na nahënëm pènhatu.
English:
The horse is grazing.
Lenape:
Na nehënaokès ntiasu.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
Na në s
he
nkàski luwèn.
English:
Then I said, "Turn around."
Lenape:
Na ntëlan, "Kwëpihëla."
English:
Then I said, 'My friend, we came to help.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlan, 'Nchu, pèchi nhakewsihëna.'
English:
Then we told him, 'Okay, all right, we are glad.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlawëna, 'Yuh nal ta nën, nulelìntàmuhëna.'
English:
He followed the raccoon.
Lenape:
Naolao nèl nahënëmo.
English:
The bloated cow.
Lenape:
Na pasit wèhshëmwis.
English:
The boy wants some pie.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kahtatàm pai.
English:
The boy wants to eat some pie.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kahtutàm pai.
English:
The boy got lost.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kènu taonkël.
English:
The boy wanted to help the girl.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kòta wichëmao nèl xkwechëcha.
English:
The boy does not want any pie.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch ku kahtatàmu pai.
English:
The boy went after water.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch nathëpia.
English:
The boy set the tree on fire.
Lenape:
Na pilaèchëch nòxkwsao nèl hìtko.
English:
The boy took the dog to a far place.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch ohëlëmi tëluxòlao nèl mwekaneyo.
English:
The boy took the dog a long way off.
Lenape:
Na pilaèchëch òhëlëmi tëluxòlao nèl mwekaneyo.
English:
The boy waited for his father.
Lenape:
Na pilaèchëch pwèhao nèl uxò.
English:
The boy arrived with the water.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch pwètun në mpi.
English:
The boy brought the water.
Lenape:
Na pilaèchëch pwètun në mpi.
English:
The boy drank all the water.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch wèkusëmu në mpi.
English:
The mouse bit me on my ear.
Lenape:
Na pukwès ntahëmùkw nhitaokink.
English:
That one is bigger.
Lenape:
Nas
he
kwëti alëwi xinkwi.
English:
That white man there.
Lenape:
Na shè shëwanàkw.
English:
That white woman will wash my hair.
Lenape:
Na shëwanàkuxkwe kwëshixtun yu nëmilàxk.
English:
The white man was just sitting there.
Lenape:
Na shëwanàkw wëli lëmatahpu.
English:
The pretty young woman ran through the tall grass.
Lenape:
Na shiki skixkwe èshamehële kwënàskunk.
English:
Then he told his mother and father, "this is what I saw."
Lenape:
Na tëlan nèl kohèsa òk uxò, "ntëlinàmën."
English:
Go get some food.
Lenape:
Nati mehëmichink.
English:
Then I told Jim on the telephone that there was repeatedly lightning and thunder here last night.
Lenape:
Na wa Jim ntëla ènta sëkahsënink sasapëlehële mah òk pèpèthakhòn yu tali welakwike.
English:
Then the young woman got scared.
Lenape:
Na wishahëlan na skixkwe.
English:
The squirreel ran down the tree.
Lenape:
Na xanikw pënakusihële hìtkunk.
English:
That eight year old boy came to the house.
Lenape:
Na xash kahtënamit pilaechëch wikwahëmink pe.
English:
My younger brother plays with his food.
Lenape:
Naxisëmës pòpitun mehëmichink.
English:
The girl is prettier than the woman.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch alëwi wëlësu nawènahta na xkwe.
English:
The girl is prettier than the woman.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch alëwi wëlësu nawènahta na xkwe.
English:
That girl is bigger than the others.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch alëwi xinkwi nawènahta nèk takokik.
English:
The girl bought clothes.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch ayem ehahkwink.
English:
The girl clother.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch ayëm ehahkwink.
English:
The girl picked up shells (like seashells)
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch èhès'
he
.
English:
The girl put the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch ehètalipwinkink nèl chikënëma.
English:
The girl put the lid on the box.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch kòphamën në puhwehòk.
English:
The girl cut the other girl's hair.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch mushao nèl xkwechëcha.
English:
The girl grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch òhkënao nèl òtaèsa.
English:
The girl picked flowers.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch òtaès'
he
,
English:
The girl was sad.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch shihatenamu.
English:
The girl is sad.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch shihatenamu.
English:
The little girl is in a sad state of mind.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch shihatènamu.
English:
The girl placed the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch tòhëlao nèl chikënëma èhèntalipwinkink.
English:
The girl picked onions.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch ulepëna
he
.
English:
The girl grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch wèchihëlalao nèl òtaèsa.
English:
The girl walks with the boy.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch wënishuxweyo nèl pilaechëcha.
English:
The girl cooked the food which was given to her.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch wixëni në mehëmichink milënt.
English:
The woman put on the old dress.
Lenape:
Na xkwe ika tòtun në xuhèmpës.
English:
The woman makes buttons.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kënup
he
.
English:
The woman wanted to wear the new dress.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kota ika tòtun në wëskhèmpës.
English:
The woman had a tantrum.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kpëc
he
hële.
English:
The woman cut the little piece of cloth.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kwishkshëmën në hèmptët.
English:
The woman made the baby sickly (by her bad actions)
Lenape:
Na xkwe mikòla
he
mimëntëta.
English:
The woman distributed the food.
Lenape:
Na xkwe mwekën në mehëmichink.
English:
The woman gave away free food.
Lenape:
Na xkwe mwèkën nochi mehëmichink.
English:
The woman told the man to stand up straight.
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl lënuwa shëxahkikapay.
English:
The woman told the man to stand up straight.
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl lënuwa shëxaxkikapai.
English:
The woman told the boy to sit on the rock,
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl pilaechëcha ahsënink ktahahpi.
English:
The woman told the boy, 'You stay home.'
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl pilaechëcha, 'Kënutike.'
English:
The woman told the boy, you will bring the water.
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl pilaèchëcha, kpètunch në mpi.
English:
The woman told the boy, "Bring the water."
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl pilaechëcha, "Pètunch në mpi."
English:
The woman opened the box.
Lenape:
Na xkwe wtunks
he
nëmën në puhwexòkw.
English:
The land was taken away from us.
Lenape:
Nchikënëmukehëna në haki.
English:
I waded quickly through the water.
Lenape:
Nchuskihëla mpink.
English:
I waded quickly through the muddy water.
Lenape:
Nchuskihëla në siskuape.
English:
ND: What is your name? FF: Ehëluxòlënt.
Lenape:
ND: Kèku hàch ki ktëluwènsi? FF: Ehëluxòlënt.
English:
The little rock fell.
Lenape:
Në ahsën'tët pënihële.
English:
I rode over the hill on horseback.
Lenape:
Nehënaonkèsahpi òsaonkwe..
English:
A horse is grazing.
Lenape:
Nehënaonkès ntiasu.
English:
The train left me.
Lenape:
Nëkalùkw na tëntei-tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
The Juncos (type of bird) returned.
Lenape:
Nèki Chëlilisàk ktëkiyok.
English:
Those raccoons came.
Lenape:
Nèk nahënëmuk peyok.
English:
Those large houses are ugly.
Lenape:
Nèl xinkwèke wikwahëma xahinakohtu.
English:
I bought a dog.
Lenape:
Nëmahëla mwekane.
English:
I bought many things.
Lenape:
Nëmahëlàm xeli kèku.
English:
I bought the horse.
Lenape:
Nëmahëla na nehënaonkès.
English:
I buy an apple.
Lenape:
Nëmahëlao apëlìsh.
English:
I bought a horse.
Lenape:
Nëmahëlao nehënaokès.
English:
I went to see the man but he was asleep.
Lenape:
Nëmay pënao shëk kawi na lënu .
English:
I went to help him.
Lenape:
Nëmay wichëma,
English:
The store is near the house.
Lenape:
Në mèmhalamùntikaon kixki wikwahëmink.
English:
We all drink the same water.
Lenape:
Nëmënehëna kwëtèli mpi.
English:
I will drink it here.
Lenape:
Nëmënèn yus
he
tali.
English:
I see the creek flowing slowly.
Lenape:
Nemën në sipu pèm'pehëlak.
English:
I sat on the floor near the table.
Lenape:
Nëmëshake kixki ehèntalipwink.
English:
I received a box.
Lenape:
Nëmëshënëm puhwexòk
English:
I ate pork.
Lenape:
Nëmichi kwëshkwës
he
yok.
English:
My woman friend gave me many books.
Lenape:
Nëmilùkw na nichus xa
he
li lekhikàna.
English:
I have eaten rabbit before.
Lenape:
Nëmìmhò chëmamës.
English:
My older sister is hungry, give her some food.
Lenape:
Nëmis kahtupu, mil mehëmichink.
English:
My older sister said, our mother is very good looking.
Lenape:
Nëmis luwe, kahèsëna ahi wëlinakwsu.
English:
I saw the ocean when I went to the east.
Lenape:
Nem kitahikàn ènta ika a wehènchiopànk.
English:
My grandfather looks at my grandmother.
Lenape:
Nëmuxumës pwënaoo nuhëma.
English:
I too will help them.
Lenape:
Nèpèch nëwichëmaok.
English:
I too was created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Nèpe ta nkis
he
lëmùksi.
English:
That black rock fell.
Lenape:
Në sëkèk ahsën pënihële.
English:
They put it over there.
Lenape:
Në s
he
hatuneyo,
English:
There were four of those now deceased men.
Lenape:
Newa mah nèk lënunka
he
.
English:
Four horses.
Lenape:
Newa nehënaokèsàk.
English:
I grabbed it quickly because it was falling.
Lenape:
Nëwèchilahtu èli alëmi pënihëlèk.
English:
She named me because she could sing her vision song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Nëwihëlùkw èli kàski atehumu Xinkwikaonink.
English:
My late mother named me.
Lenape:
Nëwihëlùkw naka nkahèsa.
English:
I built a house at the lake.
Lenape:
Nëwik
he
mënëpèkunk.
English:
I am building a house across the river or lake,
Lenape:
Nëwik
he
òspèkwe.
English:
I like her but I seldom see her.
Lenape:
Nëwinkala shëk mata nineyo chuxkwe.
English:
I like to eat rabbit.
Lenape:
Nëwinkama chëmamës.
English:
We like to read.
Lenape:
Nëwinki ahkënsihëna.
English:
I like to eat pork.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm kwëshkwës
he
yok.
English:
I will go along because I do not think anything of my life.
Lenape:
Nëwitèch èli mata kèku ntëlelìntàmuwën në lehëlexeokàn.
English:
I see (or saw) the horses.
Lenape:
Neyok nèki nehënaonkèsàk.
English:
I saw my mother.
Lenape:
Neyo nkahès.
English:
We saw him when he was butchering.
Lenape:
Neyowëna ènta wiyus'hèt.
English:
We saw him butchering.
Lenape:
Neyuwëna pè wiyus'hèt,
English:
My female friend's mother.
Lenape:
Nichus kohèsa.
English:
He carries his own sins on his back.
Lenape:
Nihëlàchi nayuntànk mahtawsëwakàna.
English:
It is my fault.
Lenape:
Nihëlàchi ntëlaihòsin.
English:
We stand in front.
Lenape:
Nikani knipaihëna.
English:
The man is in front of the house.
Lenape:
Nikani wikwahëmink ahpu na lënu.
English:
The road is in front of the house.
Lenape:
Nikani wikwahëmink në tëmakàn.
English:
Long ago when a girl had a baby.
Lenape:
Nìke lòmëwe ènta xkwechëch wëlahëlat mimënsa.
English:
I am a Delaware, are you a Delaware?
Lenape:
Ni Lënape, Lënape hèch ki?
English:
I am a half Caddo woman.
Lenape:
Ni pahsi Kaluhëlachixkwe.
English:
He has two girls.
Lenape:
Nisha xkwechëchàk wëlahële.
English:
Two times two.
Lenape:
Nishën nisha.
English:
Two times two equals four.
Lenape:
Nishën nisha manitu newa.
English:
In twenty days we will go home.
Lenape:
Nishinxke txukwënakhake xu këmachihëna.
English:
It has been cold here for two days.
Lenape:
Nishukwëne t
he
yu tali.
English:
We will walk together by twos.
Lenape:
Nishuxwehëna xu.
English:
The girl and boy the two are walking together.
Lenape:
Nishuxweyok na xkwechëch òk pilaechëch.
English:
I am a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Nitai muxul
he
.
English:
I am riding horseback.
Lenape:
Ni ta nehënaonkèsahpi.
English:
We are now friends.
Lenape:
Nitis'hëmëna yukwe
English:
I do my best alone.
Lenape:
Ni xuha ntalënuwihëla.
English:
Our mother said, "You-all play."
Lenape:
Nkahèsëna luwe, "Këpapihëmo."
English:
My mother's mother.
Lenape:
Nkahès kohèsa.
English:
My mother is carrying the soup.
Lenape:
Nkahès kwëlënëm në kshitay.
English:
My mother said, 'This bread tastes good.'
Lenape:
Nkahès luwe, 'Winkàn yu ahpon.'
English:
My mother's older sister is coming tomorrow.
Lenape:
Nkahès mwisa xu pè alàpa.
English:
My mother and my father.
Lenape:
Nkahès òk nux. [DN]
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nkahès xa
he
li salàpona michu.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nkahès xa
he
li salàpòna michu.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nkahès xèli salàpòna michu.
English:
We want some of the hot ashes.
Lenape:
Nkakatamuhëna në kèshtèk punkw.
English:
We can tell wintertime stories.
Lenape:
Nkàski athilu
he
hëna.
English:
I can give a person a name.
Lenape:
Nkàski awèn wihëla.
English:
I can see a flirty man.
Lenape:
Nkàski neyo chëmìnu.
English:
I want to make garden.
Lenape:
Nkata haki
he
.
English:
I want to hide quickly (polite saying for 'I want to use toilet')
Lenape:
Nkata kànchihëla.
English:
I want to heat it.
Lenape:
Nkata kshësëmën.
English:
I want to go to help him.
Lenape:
Nkata mai wichëma.
English:
I want to buy food.
Lenape:
Nkata mhalamën mehëmichink.
English:
I want to give her a dress.
Lenape:
Nkata mila hèmpës.
English:
I want to give them a dress.
Lenape:
Nkata milaok hèmpës.
English:
We want some corn.
Lenape:
Nkatatàmuhëna xàskwim.
English:
I want to give names to my relatives.
Lenape:
Nkata wihëlaneyo nèk elankumàkik.
English:
I almost fell down.
Lenape:
Nkati kaihëla. {DN}
English:
I almost fell.
Lenape:
Nkati pënihëla.
English:
I want to eat some gravy.
Lenape:
Nkatutàm ehëmàxkenk.
English:
I sewed my dress.
Lenape:
Nkëlixamën ntahèmpsëm.
English:
I sewed on my shirt. ; I sewed on my dress.
Lenape:
Nkëlixhamën ntahèmpsëm
English:
We eat all the time.
Lenape:
Nkëme mitsihëna. {DN}
English:
He always helps me.
Lenape:
Nkëme wichëmùkw.
English:
I went crazy in a wagon (or car) as the wagon spun around.
Lenape:
Nkëpc
he
hëla tëpc
he
hëlasink ènta tëpc
he
hëlat na tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
I washed the windows,
Lenape:
Nkëshixtuna nèl ehèshanteka.
English:
I washed the windows.
Lenape:
Nkëshixtuna nèl ehèshantèka.
English:
I washed the window,
Lenape:
Nkëshixtu në ehèshantèk.
English:
I visited the west.
Lenape:
Nkiikàmën në ehëliwsike.
English:
I walked silently but the dog growled, he must have heard me.
Lenape:
Nkimuwe s
he
k na mwekane lùkwixin, mpëntakw èt.
English:
The sun warms me.
Lenape:
Nkishëwëkwën na kishux.
English:
I warm my hand in my coat.
Lenape:
Nkishëwënëm nàxk nshakhùkwiyànink.
English:
I raised a lot of watermelons.
Lenape:
Nkishikënëm xa
he
li èskitamink.
English:
I cut the meat.
Lenape:
Nkiskshëmën në wiyus.
English:
A gold watch and chain.
Lenape:
Nkuli wach òk sukahëlas.
English:
I try to help my my fellow tribespeople.
Lenape:
Nkwëchi wichëmaok nithakeyok.
English:
I tried on dresses (or shirts) all day long.
Lenape:
Nkwëchixtu hèmpsa kwëti kishkwik.
English:
I went around the tree.
Lenape:
Nòkahëla na hìtùkw.
English:
He stopped the car.
Lenape:
Nòkënao nèl tëpc
he
hëlasa.
English:
I looked at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Npënao na chulëns ènta këthwihëlat.
English:
The flies annoy me.
Lenape:
Nsàkwihkuk nèk uc
he
yok.
English:
We are sorry for what we said.
Lenape:
Nshielìntàmuhëna èluweyànk.
English:
I hate to go places when it is cold.
Lenape:
Nshinki hànkw tëta a ènta thèk.
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 lite
he
ntalëmska.
English:
Our uncle built a house.
Lenape:
Nshisëna wik
he
.
English:
My uncle and my father and I hunted near a creek.
Lenape:
Nshis òk nux òk nèpe ntalaihëna kixki sipunk.
English:
We washed our hair this morning.
Lenape:
Nshixùkohëna shèpae.
English:
I was upside down when I was hanging.
Lenape:
Ntachichkoli ènta s
he
hëlan.
English:
I feel congested when I smoke too much.
Lenape:
Ntahchihëleamàlsi ènta sòmipoàn.
English:
I feel congested here in my lung.
Lenape:
Ntahchihëleamàlsi yus
he
nopànink.
English:
My dress is in the house.; My shirt is in the house.
Lenape:
Ntahèmpsëm wikwahëmink hate.
English:
That dog bit me.
Lenape:
Ntahëmùkw na mwekane.
English:
The snake bit me.
Lenape:
Ntahëmukw na xkuk.
English:
We went to his house.
Lenape:
Ntahëna wikit.
English:
I am very tired.
Lenape:
Ntahi wikwihëla.
English:
I stopped swimming.
Lenape:
Ntala ashëwil.
English:
We cannot swim.
Lenape:
Ntala ashuwihëna.
English:
I am beginning to get hot.
Lenape:
Ntalëmi kshësi.
English:
I felt it when that fly bit me.
Lenape:
Ntàmama ènta na uc
he
thomit.
English:
I drank milk with my meal.
Lenape:
Ntapamu
he
nunakàn.
English:
I got fastened in (the branches of) a tree
Lenape:
Ntèchkihëla hìtkunk.
English:
I took my dress off.
Lenape:
Ntëkënëmën ntahèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
My upper arm is sore.
Lenape:
Ntëlàmànkànink kikic
he
.
English:
I wrote and I read.
Lenape:
Ntëlekhike òk ntahènsi.
English:
It was told to me by my late mother.
Lenape:
Ntëlkupanik naka nkahèsa.
English:
My name is Touching Leaves Woman.
Lenape:
Ntëluwènsi Weènchipahkihëlèxkwe.
English:
The horse is grazing.
Lenape:
Ntiasu na nehënaonkès.
English:
I think she has four of them. (AN)
Lenape:
Ntite newa wëlahële.
English:
He looks for horses.
Lenape:
Ntunao nehënaonkèsa.
English:
I open the door
Lenape:
Ntunkshènëmën skontay.
English:
My grandmother has some chickens.
Lenape:
Nuhàm wëlahële tipasàk.
English:
My grandmother lives nearby.
Lenape:
Nuhëm kixki wiku.
English:
My grandmother looked at my mother.
Lenape:
Nuhëm pwënaoo nkahèsa.
English:
I am glad that I can again walk around on this earth.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàmën èli kàski làpi pëmësketàmën yus
he
xkwithakamika.
English:
I am happy at this place when I visit.
Lenape:
Nulhatenami yus
he
ènta kiikeyàn.
English:
I have a chair.
Lenape:
Nulhatu lehëlëmatahpink.
English:
I have a drum.
Lenape:
Nulhatu puhënikàn.
English:
I have a yellow dress.
Lenape:
Nulhatu wisawhèmpës.
English:
We had a good meeting.
Lenape:
Nuli achimulsihëna.
English:
I repaired the car (or wagon).
Lenape:
Nuliha na tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
I fixed the car. (or wagon)
Lenape:
Nuliha na tëpc
he
hëlas.
English:
We ate well.
Lenape:
Nuli mitsihëna.
English:
We will stay at home if it gets too hot.
Lenape:
Nutikehënàch shëlàntèke.
English:
Come here little one, let us eat pork and frybread.
Lenape:
Nuwiti, michitàm kwëshkwës
he
yok òk salàpon.
English:
My father and my mother.
Lenape:
Nux òk nkahès. [DN]
English:
My father told my mother that everything looks good.
Lenape:
Nux tëlao nkahèsa wèmi kèku wëlinakòt.
English:
My father told my mother that everything looks good.
Lenape:
Nux tëlao nkahèsa wèmi kèku winkinakòt.
English:
Go far away.
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi a.
English:
He is far away.
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi ahpu.
English:
How far is the town?
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi hàch në utènay?
English:
I live far away.
Lenape:
Ohëlëmi nëwiki.
English:
The birds make a nest.
Lenape:
Ohshix
he
yok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
There is a fence around the house.
Lenape:
Okai wikwahëmink menxkhasu.
English:
He walked around outside the house.
Lenape:
Okuxwe wikwahëmink.
English:
And this Jim speaks good Lenape.
Lenape:
Ok was
he
Jim wëli alënixsu.
English:
Oh, so that's it!; Oh, in that case!
Lenape:
O, lahënën!
English:
Oh, I am going to go to town anyhow.
Lenape:
O, nahëli utènink nta.
English:
My gloves are white
Lenape:
Opeyu nëwixkwelënchèpia.
English:
Is that cat white?
Lenape:
Opsu hèch na pushis?
English:
Oh, there is that cute little person.
Lenape:
O, shè lah na ninkëminakwtitit awèn.
English:
On the other side of the house.
Lenape:
Osi wikwahëmink.
English:
Her dress is thin.
Lenape:
Oskee në tòhèmpsëm.
English:
Jan clapped her hands.
Lenape:
Pakëlënc
he
he
wa Jan.
English:
One who eats cranberries.
Lenape:
Pakim mehëmichit.
English:
He has five rabbits.
Lenape:
Palenàxk chëmamsa wëlahële.
English:
We should go to a different place.
Lenape:
Pali a ktahëna.
English:
He moved to a different chair.
Lenape:
Pali lehëlëmatahpink è.
English:
Is this paper?
Lenape:
Pampil hàch yus
he
?
English:
We came to church.
Lenape:
Patamweikaonink mpahëna.
English:
Those birds flew toward me.
Lenape:
Pèchihëleyok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
Here comes the sun.
Lenape:
Pèchinkwehële kishux.
English:
The snow is waiting.
Lenape:
Pèhëwe na kun.
English:
A preacher baptized that man.
Lenape:
Pèhpëmëtunhès chòpwënao nèl lënuwa.
English:
Those boys and girls are all walking together.
Lenape:
Pëmëskhatuwàk nèk pilaechëchàk òk xkwechëchàk.
English:
The man flew inside an airplane.
Lenape:
Pëmihële na lënu lamunkwe pëmihëlakink.
English:
Look at that.
Lenape:
Pëna nës
he
.
English:
Just look at all the things I won!
Lenape:
Pëna tamwe wèmi kèku nsihëwe!
English:
Look at this thing.
Lenape:
Pëna yus
he
kèku.
English:
The man fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële na lènu.
English:
The broom fell down.
Lenape:
Pënihële në chikhikàn.
English:
The dish fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële në lokèns.
English:
The tree limb fell.
Lenape:
Pënihële në tuhòn.
English:
My brooch fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële nkëlakhun.
English:
My skirt fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële ntèthun.
English:
The dishes fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihëleyo nèl lokènsa.
English:
Those earrings fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihëleyo nèl sahkaxehuna.
English:
The leaves fell off the trees because it was windy.
Lenape:
Pënipahkihëleyòk hìtkuk èli kshàxën.
English:
The clothes are drying.
Lenape:
Penkwihëleyo nèl hèmpsa.
English:
The ground is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Penkwihële yu hàki.
English:
My shirt is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Penkwte ntahèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
We knocked on his door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmënèn mwëskonteyëm.
English:
He knocked on the door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmën skontay.
English:
He brought them a deer.
Lenape:
Pèshëwao ahtuhu.
English:
Bring him to my house.
Lenape:
Pèshu nëwikwahëmink.
English:
Bring him to my house.
Lenape:
Pèshu nëwikwahëmink.
English:
The little one brought some food.
Lenape:
Pètutu mehëmichink.
English:
They came to where I live.
Lenape:
Peyok yus
he
ènta wikia.
English:
Boys and girls are walking together.
Lenape:
Pilaechëchàk òk xkwechëchàk papëmëskatuwàk.
English:
Boys and girls are walking.
Lenape:
Pilaechëchàk òk xkwechëchàk papëmëskeyok.
English:
They say it is a taboo for boys.
Lenape:
Pilaechëchi kwëlakàn nën luweyok.
English:
I am a boy.
Lenape:
Pilaechëch ni.
English:
The Delawares live differently from the White people.
Lenape:
Pililawsuwàk yuki Lenapeyok nawènahta Shëwanahkok.
English:
tonight there will be a dance
Lenape:
Piskèke xu mahwink (tonight t
he
re will be a dance)
English:
The preacher misspoke when he preached.
Lenape:
Pitapeune na pèpëmëtunhèt ènta pëmëtunhèt.
English:
He hit him and then he fell down.
Lenape:
Pòkàmao na koihëlan.
English:
He bumped him and he fell down)
Lenape:
Pòkëmao ne puwihëlan.
English:
The bottle is broken.
Lenape:
Pòkihële në hàkhàkw.
English:
The rocks got broken.
Lenape:
Pòkihëleyo nèl ahsëna.
English:
The chairs are stuck together.
Lenape:
Psàkwixënu nèk lehëlëmatahpinkok.
English:
Lie down in the corner.
Lenape:
Puchèk s
he
nkixi.
English:
He has a drum.
Lenape:
Puhënikàn wëlatu.
English:
The table is broken.
Lenape:
Pukòt në ehèntapipwink.
English:
I placed a mouse on my head. (from song sung by a cat)
Lenape:
Pukwès nilink ntahëla.
English:
The old man went broke (no money).
Lenape:
Pukwihële na hilusës.
English:
He just now broke his foot.
Lenape:
Pukwihële në sit.
English:
Do you have a cat?
Lenape:
Pushis hèch kulhala?
English:
He wants that rabbit that he is looking at.
Lenape:
Pwënao nèl chëmàmsa kòtalao.
English:
He looks at my grandmother.
Lenape:
Pwënaoo nuhëma.
English:
Lead the boy by his hand.
Lenape:
Sahkakwën na pilaechëch,
English:
That horse has black spots.
Lenape:
Sësëkisàpsu na nehënaonkès.
English:
Does Sue have eyes that are black?
Lenape:
Sësëkshkinkwe hèch na Sue?
English:
Early in the morning we might have good luck.
Lenape:
Sëtpuk konaèt tëminamihënuk.
English:
Crawdads are there in the water.
Lenape:
Shahëmwisàk ahpuwàk mpink.
English:
The glass is on the table.
Lenape:
Shapontèk hate èhèntalipwinkink.
English:
I am here south of the house.
Lenape:
Shawneyunk wikwahëmink ntàpi.
English:
Those are the ones who like us.
Lenape:
S
he
lah nèki eholkwenkik.
English:
There it is!
Lenape:
S
he
lah nën!
English:
I will used this as a breechcloth.
Lenape:
S
he
lah yu nsàkutan.
English:
This is our land.
Lenape:
Shè lah yu ntakiyëmëna.
English:
There is that man.
Lenape:
Shè na lënu.
English:
There is a man coming this way.
Lenape:
S
he
na lënu peyat.
English:
That is my daughter.
Lenape:
Shè na nichan.
English:
That is my son.
Lenape:
Shè na nkwis.
English:
That is the way it is done.
Lenape:
Shè në èlënakwsit.
English:
That is the exact way to where I live.
Lenape:
Shè në pëskwi wikin.
English:
There is the big boat.
Lenape:
S
he
në xinkwi mùxul.
English:
Here are two of them. (animate)
Lenape:
Shè nishuwàk.
English:
The cat is lying down.
Lenape:
S
he
nkixin na pushis.
English:
The cat is lying down and sleeping.
Lenape:
S
he
nkixin òk kawi na pushis.
English:
There is someone else who is gathering acorns.
Lenape:
Shè òk na pili awèn pè ònàxkwimhèt
English:
That is it.
Lenape:
Shè ta nën.
English:
Here it is.
Lenape:
Shè ta yu.
English:
Here is someone I would like you to know (meet).
Lenape:
Shè wa awèn kwëlaha kuwahan.
English:
Here is Jan.
Lenape:
Shè wa Jan.
English:
Here is Jim.
Lenape:
Shè wa Jim.
English:
This is John.
Lenape:
S
he
wa John.
English:
This is a cucumber hanging here.
Lenape:
Shè wa kukumës s
he
hëlak.
English:
The milk is sour.
Lenape:
Shëwalët në nunakàn.
English:
The milk is sour.
Lenape:
Shëwalët në nunakàn.
English:
The beans are sour (spoiled).
Lenape:
Shëwalsu nèl malàxkwsita.
English:
Here he is.
Lenape:
Shè wàn.
English:
Are you people white people?
Lenape:
Shëwanahkok hèch kiluwàk?
English:
We are white people.
Lenape:
Shëwanahkok niluna.
English:
Are you a white person?
Lenape:
Shëwanàkw hèch ki?
English:
A white person made the peach cobbler.
Lenape:
Shëwanàkw manitu në 'peach cobbler.'
English:
He is a white person.
Lenape:
Shëwanàkw nàn.
English:
This is my daughter.
Lenape:
Shè wa nichan.
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 wa nkëna.
English:
This is my son.
Lenape:
Shè wa nkwis.
English:
The meat is salty.
Lenape:
Shëwàn në wiyus.
English:
This is my father.
Lenape:
Shè wa nux.
English:
The chicken is salty.
Lenape:
Shëwël na tipas.
English:
The wood is straight.
Lenape:
Shëxahke në taxàn.
English:
That tree is straight.
Lenape:
Shëxahkësu na hìtùkw.
English:
Place him here.
Lenape:
S
he
yu hal.
English:
Place it here.
Lenape:
S
he
yu hatu.
English:
Here, I give this to you.
Lenape:
Shè yu këmilël.
English:
Here are two of these.
Lenape:
S
he
yuk nisha.
English:
Here are two of them (animate).
Lenape:
Shè yuk nisha.
English:
There are two chickens.
Lenape:
Shè yuk nisha tipasàk,
English:
Here are some Lenape words.
Lenape:
S
he
yu Lënapei aptunakàna.
English:
Here is something to read.
Lenape:
S
he
yul kèku ahkënta.
English:
Here are some things that are not alive.
Lenape:
Shè yul kèku ku lehëlexeyu.
English:
I am right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpi.
English:
We are right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpinèn.
English:
Stretch out the tent.
Lenape:
Shipënëmën në hèmpsikaon.
English:
A rattlesnake is rattling.
Lenape:
Shixikwe pè shëshuhwit.
English:
The cookie crumbled.
Lenape:
Shukëlàpòn'tët pikihële.
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and a bracelet.
Lenape:
Silkhèmpse òk tëpinxkèpi ikahatu.
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and a bracelet.
Lenape:
Sìlkhèmpse òk tëpinxkèpi ikahatu.
English:
My shirt is wet.
Lenape:
Skàpe ntahèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
Young women, are you Delawares?
Lenape:
Skixkweyok, Lënape hèch kiluwa?
English:
Did he go to the door?
Lenape:
Skonteyunk hèch e?
English:
I killed a mouse this long. (from song sung by a cat)
Lenape:
Sòkèn pukwès nihëla.
English:
Is that boy too hot?
Lenape:
Sòmi hèch kshësu na pilaèchëch?
English:
You are acting very foolish in this house.
Lenape:
Sòmi kpëc
he
hòsi yu wikwahëmink.
English:
That man is too hot.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshësu na lënu.
English:
It is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshëte wikwahëmink.
English:
I was very tired.
Lenape:
Sòmi mah nëwikwihëla.
English:
I got so mad I threw a tantrum.
Lenape:
Sòmi nëmanunksi wëli nkëpc
he
hëla.
English:
I am very tired.
Lenape:
Sòmi nëwikwihëla.
English:
He made me laugh very much.
Lenape:
Sòmi nkëlkihëkw.
English:
Her dress is too thin and I can see through it.
Lenape:
Sòmi òskee tòhèmpsëm, nteshapamën.
English:
It is very sour.
Lenape:
Sòmi shëwalët.
English:
It is too salty
Lenape:
Sòmi shëwàn
English:
He is too salty. (like a cooked chicken that was heavily salted)
Lenape:
Sòmi shëwël.
English:
If I lie down too close to the edge of the bed I might fall off.
Lenape:
Sòmi shòwi ns
he
nkixi xu mpënihëla.
English:
It is very cold.
Lenape:
Sòmi t
he
.
English:
The water is very cold.
Lenape:
Sòmi t
he
në mpi.
English:
My ears are very cold.
Lenape:
Sòmi t
he
nhitaoka.
English:
It is too cold to go to town.
Lenape:
Sòmi t
he
tëlia utènink an.
English:
Where should we go?
Lenape:
Tach a ktahëna?
English:
How do I do this?
Lenape:
Ta chëch ntënëm?
English:
How do I do this?
Lenape:
Ta chëch ntënëm.
English:
Where should we go today?
Lenape:
Ta hàch a ktahëna yukwe ènta kishkwik?
English:
How do you make frybread?
Lenape:
Ta hàch ki ksalapon
he
?
English:
Where shall we eat?
Lenape:
Ta hèch a ktënta mitsinèn?
English:
How do you make frybread?
Lenape:
Ta hëch ki ksalàpòn
he
?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta hèch kta?
English:
Where will you people be?
Lenape:
Ta hèch ktàpineyo kiluwa?
English:
Where do you hurt?
Lenape:
Ta hèch ktintamàlsi?
English:
Where did you come from?
Lenape:
Ta hèch kum?
English:
Where do you live?
Lenape:
Ta hèch kwikin?
English:
What color eyes does Mary have?
Lenape:
Ta hèch likte na Mary wëshkinko?
English:
What color are those beads?
Lenape:
Ta hèch tòliksin nèk manshapiàk?
English:
Where did he come from?
Lenape:
Ta hèch um?
English:
Where has he been?
Lenape:
Ta hèch um?
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
Ta hèch wënchi?
English:
Where do you live?
Lenape:
Ta hèch wikin?
English:
A turtle cannot fly away because he does not have any wings.
Lenape:
Tahkox ku kàski kënthwihële èli mata wëlunkòna wëlatu.
English:
I stopped for a while.
Lenape:
Takiti nakihëla. {DN}
English:
Take these two men along with you.
Lenape:
Talëmuxòlaok yukis
he
nisha lënuwàk.
English:
Sometimes we eat fish.
Lenape:
Tamse hànkw nëmuhòhëna namès.
English:
Where is your mother?
Lenape:
Tani hàch kahès?
English:
Where is the drumhide?
Lenape:
Tani hàch na puhënikàni xès?
English:
Where is the drum hide?
Lenape:
Tani hàch në puhënikàni xès?
English:
Where is it?
Lenape:
Tani hèch hate?
English:
Which one do you want (animate form)
Lenape:
Tani hèch katala?
English:
Where are you feeling bad?
Lenape:
Tani hèch ki ktënta mahchamàlsin?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Tani hèch kta?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Tani hèch kta?
English:
Where did you put it? (something animate)
Lenape:
Tani hèch ktahëla?
English:
Where did you put (or place) him?
Lenape:
Tani hèch ktahëla?
English:
Where have you been?
Lenape:
Tani hèch kum?
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
Tani hèch wënchi?
English:
Where is it coming from?
Lenape:
Tani hèch wënchi?
English:
Jan has a small waist.
Lenape:
Tànkc
he
wa Jan.
English:
The woman is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na xkwechëch.
English:
The girl is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na xkwechëch. [DN]
English:
There are strawberries and onions there.
Lenape:
Tehim në shè tali òk ulepënàk.
English:
He has eleven fireflies.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk kwëti sasapisàk wëlahële.
English:
Ten crawdads.
Lenape:
Tèlën shahëmwisàk.
English:
He ran around something ten times.
Lenape:
Tèlën txën òkahële.
English:
The man's finger or hand is broken off or missing.
Lenape:
Tëmëlënc
he
na lënu.
English:
That man is missing a finger or hand.
Lenape:
Tëmëlënc
he
na lënu.
English:
Where is he?
Lenape:
Tëta hèch tòpin?
English:
You go with me wherever.
Lenape:
Tëta kwic
he
i.
English:
Is the water cold?
Lenape:
T
he
hàch në mpi?
English:
He caught the gobbler (turkey)
Lenape:
Tohëwënao nèl xinkwëlëkòhsëna.
English:
They speak softly when they talk together.
Lenape:
tòkënixsuwàk ènta pèmtunhèhtit.
English:
He jumped over the moon.
Lenape:
Tòlëmakihëlao nèl kishuxa.
English:
He could not eat him because he was too salty.
Lenape:
Tòlëmhoo èli sòmi shëwë.
English:
He began to gather the things that he used.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi maehëmën kèku nènhakatànk.
English:
Wake up, it is already morning.
Lenape:
Tukihëla, mèchi opàn.
English:
Wake up, it is already dawn.
Lenape:
Tukihëla, mèchi opàn.
English:
Wake up you lazy person!
Lenape:
Tukihëla nulhàntës!
English:
Did he open the book (or letter)?
Lenape:
Tunks
he
nao hèch nèl lekhikàn?
English:
He opens the book (or letter)
Lenape:
Tunks
he
nao nèl lekhikàn.
English:
Open the door.
Lenape:
Tunkshèni në skontay.
English:
Do you want to go to town?
Lenape:
Utènink hèch kata a?
English:
Did you go to town?
Lenape:
Utènink hèch kta?
English:
you people go to town
Lenape:
Utènink ktahëmo
English:
You all went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink ktahëmo.
English:
we go to town.
Lenape:
Utènink ktahëna.
English:
You went to town then you gave her a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink kta na këmilan hèmpës.
English:
You went to town then you gave me a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink kta na këmili hèmpës.
English:
You went to town and then you gave us dresses.
Lenape:
Utènink kta na këmilinèn hèmpsa.
English:
We went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink ntahëna.
English:
My mother here ate a lot.
Lenape:
Wa nkahès xeli michu.
English:
Jim can already speak Delaware very well.
Lenape:
Was
he
Jim mèchi këkhìt kàski alënixsu.
English:
Perhaps he thinks when he talks that way he can scare someone.
Lenape:
Wèchi èt lite
he
ènta në lëtunhèt kàski wishamao.
English:
I wonder if there is any cold coffee.
Lenape:
Wechièt tehèk kàpi.
English:
She grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Wèchihëlalao nèl òtaèsa.
English:
Let's go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk atàm.
English:
You go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk kta.
English:
The road goes to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk lakèxën.
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:
The weatherman told the truth when he said, "It will snow."
Lenape:
Wëlamëwe na 'weat
he
rman' ènta luwèt, "Xu wine."
English:
Does Mary have a reddish color dress? (or pink)
Lenape:
Wëlantu hàch na Mary màxkinakòt tohèmpsëm?
English:
Does Mary have a pink (or reddish) color dress?
Lenape:
Wëlatu hàch na Mary màxkinakòt në tohèmpsëm?
English:
Does Mary have a blue coat?
Lenape:
Wëlatu hèch na Mary aonèk shakhùkwian?
English:
Does Mary have a red dress?
Lenape:
Wëlatu hèch na Mary màxkhèmpës?
English:
Does Mary have a black purse?
Lenape:
Wëlatu hèch na Mary sëke mënutès?
English:
He sounds strange when he talks.
Lenape:
Wëlelëmixsu ènta pëmëtunhèt.
English:
He was glad when he found out that we would help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm ènta watakw tìli wichëntihënuk.
English:
The girl set the table.
Lenape:
Wëlënchëwèxta na xkwechëch.
English:
The girl prepared (or set) the table.
Lenape:
Wëlënchuwèxta na xkwechëch.
English:
He talks just like a Lenape.
Lenape:
Wëli alàshi Lënape pëmëtun
he
.
English:
Did you have a good look at him before?
Lenape:
Wëli hàch knihëneyo?
English:
Your mother is good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlinakwsu kahès.
English:
His mother is good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlinakwsu kohèsa.
English:
Does it taste good?
Lenape:
Wëlipukòt hèch?
English:
Good things come from the Creator.
Lenape:
Weltëk kèku wënchixën Kis
he
lëmukònk.
English:
Everyone who comes to help me can get full (of food).
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn pèchi may wichëmite kàski kispu.
English:
All of you people came from New York.
Lenape:
Wèmi èntxiek wënchaihëmo New York.
English:
Everything that I was told when I was young.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku ntihëlëkenèp ènta wësksia.
English:
The lightning repeatedly flashed everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi li sasapëlehële.
English:
They all trembled.
Lenape:
Wèmi nànkihëleyok.
English:
All who came here were tired.
Lenape:
Wèmi peyachik wikwihëleyok.
English:
It rolled everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi tali tëpc
he
hële.
English:
He saw the horse.
Lenape:
Wëneyo nèl nehënaokèsa.
English:
He killed the deer when he shot him.
Lenape:
Wënihëlao nèl ahtuho ènta pòyàxkhòt.
English:
He sat with the boy.
Lenape:
Wënishhukwèpao nèl pilaechècha.
English:
Hand me the boy.
Lenape:
Wëntaxlën na pilaechëch.
English:
I saw a raccoon a while ago.
Lenape:
Wèski mah neyo nahënëm.
English:
A while ago there was a meeting here.
Lenape:
Wèski mah yu tali maehëlan.
English:
Did you stir it?
Lenape:
Wiàmxkhamën hèch?
English:
He stirred the coffee.
Lenape:
Wiàmxk
he
në kàpi.
English:
She stirred the soup.
Lenape:
Wiàmxk
he
në kshitay.
English:
Help me when I fix up where I live.
Lenape:
Wichëmi ènta kahta wëlixtun ènta lawsia.
English:
Help us so that we will see good things.
Lenape:
Wichëminèn ntìlìch nemënën wëli kèku.
English:
Help me so that I can stand up well in this life.
Lenape:
Wichëmi tëli nkàski wëli nipain yus
he
èntalawsienkw.
English:
They help them to plant (or to make graden).
Lenape:
Wichëmùkuk tìli hakihèneyo.
English:
Help this sick person.
Lenape:
Wichëm was
he
palsit awèn.
English:
He went with them when they went hunting.
Lenape:
Wic
he
oo ènta alaihtit.
English:
If they live there I will live here.
Lenape:
Wikihtite nës
he
tali ni yu nëwikin.
English:
He lives at the place.
Lenape:
Wiku yus
he
tali.
English:
The man is in the house.
Lenape:
Wikwahëmink ahpu na lënu.
English:
That boy is likeable.
Lenape:
Winkalsu na pilaechëch.
English:
Did it taste good?
Lenape:
Winkàn hèch?
English:
The grape dumplings taste good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në shëwahsapàn.
English:
Did he taste good? (such as an apple)
Lenape:
Winkël hèch?
English:
The dress is gray.
Lenape:
Wipunkon në hèmpës.
English:
That horse is gray.
Lenape:
Wipunkwsu na nehënaonkès.
English:
Does Mary have a yellow scarf?
Lenape:
Wisaèk akontpèpi hèch wëlatu na Mary?
English:
Does Tom have yellowish hair?
Lenape:
Wisaontpe hèch na Tom?
English:
Does Tom have light color hair?
Lenape:
Wisaontpe hèch na Tom?
English:
A yellow cow.
Lenape:
Wisawsit wèhshëmwis.
English:
We will be fat if we eat too much.
Lenape:
Wisihënàch sòmipwienkwe.
English:
We should go with them.
Lenape:
Witehëna a.
English:
She cooks and cleans house.
Lenape:
Wixënu òk pilikwahëme.
English:
Is she going to cook or heat things up?
Lenape:
Wixënu shihàch kshësëma?
English:
Suddenly the long-waisted dog stood up.
Lenape:
Wixkaochi na kwënahakwchat chëminkw nipu.
English:
Meat and ketchup with it.
Lenape:
Wiyus òk hapi kèchëp.
English:
Meat and ketchup with it.
Lenape:
Wiyus òk hapi kèchëp.
English:
He spilled it on his shirt. -or- She spilled it on her dress.
Lenape:
Wsukhamën tòhèmpsëmink.
English:
He spilled it on his shirt and on his pants.
Lenape:
Wsukhamën tòhèmpsëmink òk pwëlchisink.
English:
The man is behind the house.
Lenape:
Wtenk wikwahëmink ahpu na lënu.
English:
He bathed the child.
Lenape:
Wtòxixëmuhëlao nèl mimënsa.
English:
He bathed the horse.
Lenape:
Wtòxixëmuhëlao nèl nehënaonkèsa.
English:
There is much work to be done where I live.
Lenape:
Xa
he
lët mikëmòsëwakàn hate wikia.
English:
There are many animals.
Lenape:
Xahèli aèsësàk.
English:
Many stones are there.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li ahsëna hateyo.
English:
A great many people.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li awènik. {DN}
English:
Many people came to the dance.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li awènik peyok ènta mahwink.
English:
Many went to the east.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li eyok wehènchiopànk.
English:
There are many trees.
Lenape:
Xahèli hìtkuk.
English:
You want a lot.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li katatàmën.
English:
Many things.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li kèku.
English:
I saw many things.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li kèku nem.
English:
I won many things.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li kèku nsihëwe.
English:
He had told me many things.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li kèku ntëlkenèp.
English:
He told me many things.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li kèku ntëlùkw.
English:
There are many ducks there.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li kwikwinkëmuk tòpineyo.
English:
Many Lenape were there long ago.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li Lënapeyok ahpupanik lòmëwe.
English:
There are many Delawares here.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li Lënapeyok ahpuwàk yu tali.
English:
Many spirits live there under the water.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li manëtuwàk tëntalawsineyo èkwpiyink.
English:
There are many medicines where I eat.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li mpisuna ènta mitsia ika hate.
English:
There were many at that time.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li nìki lëkhìkwi.
English:
There are many cranberries here.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li pakim hate.
English:
Dogs definitely know many things.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li ta wa mwekane uwatun kèku.
English:
Many went to the east.
Lenape:
Xa
he
li wehènchiopànk eyok..
English:
There are many people.
Lenape:
Xa
he
luk awènik.
English:
For many days they gathered wood.
Lenape:
Xa
he
lukwëni manaxeyok.
English:
The cars are noisy.
Lenape:
Xahuwetakwsuwàk nèk tëpc
he
hëlasàk.
English:
I put the child on the bed.
Lenape:
Xansunink ntahëla na mimëns.
English:
Lie down in bed.
Lenape:
Xansunink s
he
nkixi.
English:
He placed him on the bed.
Lenape:
Xansunink tòhëlao.
English:
Finally we hollered, 'Are you here?'
Lenape:
Xantki xinkolamwihëna, 'Ktapi hàch?'
English:
I awoke at eight o'clock.
Lenape:
Xash këlak ntukihëla.
English:
He plants corn.
Lenape:
Xàskwim haki
he
.
English:
Were many people killed?
Lenape:
Xeli hèch awènik nhilaok?
English:
There are many houses near the river.
Lenape:
Xeli wikwahëma kixki sipunk.
English:
A large horse.
Lenape:
Xinkwi nehënaonkès.
English:
A big boy, almost a young man.
Lenape:
Xinkwi pilaechëch, kati skìnu.
English:
Girls and boys are walking together.
Lenape:
Xkwechëchàk òk pilaechëchàk pëmëskatuwàk.
English:
They are ruled by a woman called a queen.
Lenape:
Xkwe nihëlalkuk luwènsu 'queen.'
English:
Women, dance with me, my shoes are wearing out.
Lenape:
Xkweyok, witkèmi, nëmèthaksënehëla.
English:
The man is on top of the house.
Lenape:
Xkwìchi wikwahëmink ahpu na lënu.
English:
My older brother plays ball.
Lenape:
Xònsa pahsahëna.
English:
Will you eat the meat?
Lenape:
Xu hèch këmichin në wiyus?
English:
Will I see you again?
Lenape:
Xu hèch làpi knewël?
English:
We will go there this evening.
Lenape:
Xu ika ktahëna lòkwike.
English:
We will be able to converse.
Lenape:
Xu kàski achimulsihëna.
English:
I will eat you.
Lenape:
Xu këmuhëlël.
English:
I will need to make bread so I can eat bread.
Lenape:
Xu kënch ahpon
he
a xu nkàski michi ahpon.
English:
I will put something in your eye(s).
Lenape:
Xu këpësihëlël.
English:
This afternoon it might be a very hot day.
Lenape:
Xu kìshi paxàkweke konaèt xu ahi kshëlànte.
English:
When it is finished cooking we will eat it.
Lenape:
Xu kishtèke xu këmitsihëna.
English:
You will fall off.
Lenape:
Xu kpënihëla.
English:
We will talk again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi kpakuwehëna.
English:
We will talk together again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi ktachimwihëna.
English:
We will come again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi mpahëna.
English:
There will be a gathering.
Lenape:
Xu maehëlan.
English:
I will speak.
Lenape:
Xu mpëmtun
he
.
English:
They will bring me some food so I can eat.
Lenape:
Xu mpètakuk mehëmichink xu nkàski mitsi.
English:
We will eat soon. (incl.)
Lenape:
Xuniti këmitsihëna.
English:
It will soon be a hot day.
Lenape:
Xuniti kshëlànte.
English:
Soon I will speak better than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtun
he
alëwi wëlët nawènahta ki.
English:
Soon I will speak rather than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtun
he
nawènahta ki.
English:
Soon we (excl.) will eat.
Lenape:
Xuniti nëmitsihëna.
English:
Soon this tape will come to the end.
Lenape:
Xuniti wikwe yus
he
sëkahsën.
English:
It will not fall off.
Lenape:
Xu ta pënihële.
English:
It will be cold.
Lenape:
Xu te
he
.
English:
My shirt is old.
Lenape:
Xuwe ntahèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
I will build a house and we will live in it.
Lenape:
Xu wik
he
yàn xu iki wik
he
hëna.
English:
He will have many of them.
Lenape:
Xu xeli wëlahële.
English:
The horse is jumpy (nervous).
Lenape:
Xwësu na nehënaonkès.
English:
These people who have gathered.
Lenape:
Yuk awènik ènta maehëlahtit.
English:
These trees already have many leaves.
Lenape:
Yuk hìtkuk mèchi xa
he
li wëlatuwàk këmpahko.
English:
These white people do this and that.
Lenape:
Yuki shëwanàhkok mësilaihòsuwàk.
English:
Today it is cold and it is snowing.
Lenape:
Yukwe ènta kishkwik t
he
òk wine.
English:
We are experiencing cool weather.
Lenape:
Yukwe ktahapanëmihëna.
English:
Now we are experiencing winter.
Lenape:
Yukwe mèchi luwànëmihëna.
English:
He is lying down now.
Lenape:
Yukwe s
he
nkixin.
English:
Now, you people gather berries.
Lenape:
Yukwe ta mawënsihëmo.
English:
We are now experiencing summer.
Lenape:
Yukwe ta nipënëmihëna.
English:
This song is sung when someone wants to put a baby to sleep.
Lenape:
Yus
he
asuwakàn ènta awèn kahta kawënhèt mimëtëta nal në tëli asuwin.
English:
I heard this song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Yus
he
asuwakàn ènta Xinkwikaonink mpëntàmën.
English:
This song is sung for the women to answer in a woman dance.
Lenape:
Yus
he
asuwakàn xkwei ènta naxkuhëmunt.
English:
Sit down here.
Lenape:
Yus
he
lëmatahpi.
English:
This good land.
Lenape:
Yus
he
weltëk hàki.
English:
It has been cold here for two days.
Lenape:
Yu tali nishukwëne t
he
.
English:
This place where the old Delawares had lived.
Lenape:
Yu tali yus
he
xuwi Lënapeyunkahke wihikihtit.
English:
Lenape:
Yu ta shè.
English:
Somewhere over here.
Lenape:
Yu ta shè.
