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15 Story Sentence Search Results For "nkeme"
English:
You walk here and there, you always walk here and there.
Lenape:
Këmësuxwe, nkëme këmësuxwe.
English:
A person had to hunt all the time to kill deer,
Lenape:
Kënch awèn nkëme alaite hnilate ahtuhuk
English:
A person had to always be on the alert,
Lenape:
Kënch awèn nkëme kwèxsite,
English:
We always live here on the earth,
Lenape:
Kiluna hàkink nkëmei ktàpihëna,
English:
you should always pray, you should shake hands with each other,
Lenape:
kpatamahëmo a nkëmee, kònkùntihëmo a,
English:
He was not often there among the people, he was always separate.
Lenape:
Ku tëmiki ìka wìchi awènike, nkëme pali.
English:
I would be made a chief’s messenger all the time.
Lenape:
Mpùchëlahalke nkëme hànkw.
English:
They say the Mesinkw is always there. He said to them, "This is what you do
Lenape:
Na hùnt na Mësinkw nkëmee ìka. Tëlan hùnt, "Shè yu ktënnëmëneyo
English:
Then he said, “All right.” Then they always made use of them.
Lenape:
Na hùnt tëluwèn, "Na ta nën." Na hùnt nkëme na kènu tìli hnakatamëneyo.
English:
The earth always quaked, and they say the stars fell [meteor showers].
Lenape:
Nkëmee kwchùkhòkehële, òk hùnt pënihëleyok nèk alànkok.
English:
All he knew was the Lenape way of life.
Lenape:
Nkëme kahta kèku watu ènta Lënapeike lehëlexeokàn.
English:
He would always work, and every spring he would make garden, different things;
Lenape:
Nkëme mikëmòsu, èshi sikònk hakihe, mësi kèku;
English:
the grass always comes up in the Spring then I will take care of you.
Lenape:
nkëme skiko sakink èntxën sikònk na ta na kenahkihëlëneyo.
English:
and his shoes that he always wears,
Lenape:
òk mòchipahko ika èhatakwën nkëme
English:
as the river flows and the sun always moves, and as long as
Lenape:
sipu pëmahënèk ok ènta yu kènu kishux kènu ènta nkëme pëmëskat, ok ènta
