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43 Sample Sentence Search Results For "luwen"
English:
He is called a wren.
Lenape:
Hinutët èluwènsit.
English:
Toward the east there is a little town called Grove.
Lenape:
Ikali wehènchiopànk hate utènetët luwènsik Grove.
English:
What do you call it? (something not living)
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëluwèntàmën?
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 is this called?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch yushe luwèntasu?
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 is his name?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch luwènsu?
English:
Pehaps you can say something.
Lenape:
Konaèt ki kàski kèku luwèn.
English:
Does he have an older sister named Mary Jones?
Lenape:
Konaèt wëlahële hèch mwisa luwènsu Mary Jones?
English:
They never heard it because of what was said, breakfast, dinner, supper, nothing but eating together.
Lenape:
Ku pihpëntàmënuwiyo èli luwèntasik "breakfast, dinner, supper," mata shùkw mitsahtin.
English:
What is your name?
Lenape:
Kwèch ktëluwènsi?
English:
The Delawares call the telephone sëkahsën.
Lenape:
Lënapeyok tëluwèntamëneyo në telephone sëkahsën.
English:
Long ago my late father had a dog named He-Found-It.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe mah naka nuxò wëlahële mwekaneyo luwènsu Mòxkàmën.
English:
Long ago there was a boy named Round Moon.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe pilaechëch luwènsu Tùkwikishux.
English:
A long time ago they said sëkahsën when they talked about the telephone.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hànkw tëluwèneyo sëkahsën ènta ahkënutëmihtit në telephone.
English:
Long ago there was a young Lenape man named Chichham.
Lenape:
Lòmwe mah Lënapei skìnu luwènsu Chìchhàm.
English:
I said it long ago.
Lenape:
Lòmwe ntë
luwen
èp.
English:
It is said a person will live a long life if he gives him something.
Lenape:
Luwèn hùnt kwënawsu ènta awèn milate kèku.
English:
His name was José.
Lenape:
Luwènsu Nxusè.
English:
She is named Pretty Leaves Woman.
Lenape:
Luwènsu Welipahkuxkwe,
English:
That place is named Seton Hall University.
Lenape:
Luwèntasu në ta tali Seton Hall University.
English:
I have already forgotten what many of these Indian tribes are called.
Lenape:
Mèchi nonin xaheli yuki mèxkeòhkësichik èluwènsihtit.
English:
His older sister is named Sarah.
Lenape:
Mwisa luwènsu Sarah.
English:
John's mother is named Eliza.
Lenape:
Na John kohèsa luwènsu Eliza.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
Nal në shëk nkàski luwèn.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
Na në ntënxi luwèn.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
Na në she nkàski luwèn.
English:
Now that is what I can say.
Lenape:
Na yukwe kënch nkàski ntëluwèn.
English:
ND: What is your name? FF: Ehëluxòlënt.
Lenape:
ND: Kèku hàch ki ktëluwènsi? FF: Ehëluxòlënt.
English:
I gave him a Delaware name.
Lenape:
Nëmila Lënapei luwènsëwakàn.
English:
My friend is named Joe.
Lenape:
Nitis luwènsu Joe.
English:
I hate to say it.
Lenape:
Nshinki luwèn.
English:
My name is Touching Leaves Woman.
Lenape:
Ntëluwènsi Weènchipahkihëlèxkwe.
English:
I know a Choctaw named Sarah Jones.
Lenape:
Nuwaha Chahta luwènsu Sarah Jones.
English:
That is all I have to say.
Lenape:
Pèchi ntënxi luwèn.
English:
Quapaw Oklahoma is the name of the town where I live.
Lenape:
Quapaw Oklahoma luwènsu në utènink èpia.
English:
Here is someone named Jim Rementer.
Lenape:
Shè wàni luwènsu Jim Rementer.
English:
He got married to a woman named Kathy.
Lenape:
Wshilìntàmao nèl xkweyo èluwènsit Kathy.
English:
The bird called a great horned owl is big.
Lenape:
Xinkwi na chulëns ohuntàm èluwènsit.
English:
They are ruled by a woman called a queen.
Lenape:
Xkwe nihëlalkuk luwènsu 'queen.'
English:
From now on he will be known by his name.
Lenape:
Yukwèch wënchi alëmi wahkwësu tìlìch luwènsin.
