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By English WORD or PHRASE
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12 Story Sentence Search Results For "brother"
English:
and also my older
brother
and I went to gather pecans.
Lenape:
òk naka naxansa ènta kansèmheenkw.
English:
and he went to see his uncle and his aunt and his younger
brother
Lenape:
may neyo nèl shisa òk nèl kahètëta òk nèl xisëmësa
English:
And these other older
brother
s of mine were also given money.
Lenape:
Ok yuk takòkik naxansàk, òk nèk milaok moni.
English:
Half-Arrow was the name of the one younger
brother
.
Lenape:
Half-Arrow luwènsu na kwëti nèl xisëmësa
English:
My older
brother
could not understand him.
Lenape:
Tòla pëntaoo naka naxansa.
English:
on which they could begin to climb to where ours elder
brother
the sun lives.
Lenape:
wënchìch kàski alëmàkusineyo wikit na xansëna kishux.
English:
Our elder
brother
s' tribe (the Europeans) wanted to fool us when they were new here.
Lenape:
Hùnt wa kènu wëski ènta wa kahta kiòlùkònk washe xansëna èlhakeit. [
Nora - Uh-huh. You will hear this response throughout the story as Bessie talks and Nora acknowledges what she said, a common practice when listening to a storyteller.
]
English:
Siskuwahënèk, which our
brother
the Whiteman calls Susquehanna;
Lenape:
Siskuwahënèk, wàni kimahtësëna weòpsit ehëluwèntank Susquehanna;
English:
Then I told my older
brother
, "OK, he wants these pecans from us."
Lenape:
Na ntëlan na naxans, "Na ta nën, katatamakunen ta yuk kansèm."
English:
"This one is our
brother
."
Lenape:
"Kimahtësëna ta wàni."
English:
When he came then he was our
brother
, the chief said.
Lenape:
Pèchihëlat, na kimahtësëna ta nàni, na sakima luwe..
English:
Where I additionally gave my
brother
s, the Whiteman, all that now
Lenape:
Enta anhùkwi li milak nimahtësàk Weòpsit, yukwe she wèmi