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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
218 Sample Sentence Search Results For "she"
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ahchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipita kchihëleyok.
English:
This young man is rich.
Lenape:
Ahopeyu wa
she
skìnu.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
Ahòt pëmëskan ènta kshëlàntèk.
English:
Is there anyone here who can speak English?
Lenape:
Ahpu hàch awèn kèski shë
she
wanahkwit?
English:
This box is square.
Lenape:
Ahshae yu
she
puhwexòkw.
English:
The man stops swimming.
Lenape:
Ala ashëwil na lënu.
English:
Our work would go more quickly if we had help.
Lenape:
Alëwi a làhpi kishënakwsihëna wichëmëkwenke.
English:
They would rather gamble.
Lenape:
Alëwi shëk kahta hatikeyok.
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:
A person should not play a musical instrument when lying down.
Lenape:
Awèn matàch ta
she
nkixinu ènta ahpikwèt.
English:
Yes, but it has been a long time since I ate it.
Lenape:
E-è, shëkw lòmwe nochi nëmuhò.
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 we came to visit our older sister.
Lenape:
Enta pèchi kiikàmat wa
she
nëmis.
English:
Oh, that shexkanim (grits) tastes good.
Lenape:
E, winkàn nëni shèxkanim.
English:
You went there but did not even get out (of a conveyance)
Lenape:
Ika kta shëkw mata ili klixi.
English:
I went there but I didn't get out (such as from a car).
Lenape:
Ika nta shëkw mata nlixi.
English:
Do not curse God.
Lenape:
Kàchi këlulawàn Ki
she
lëmùkònk.
English:
Something strange has been placed here.
Lenape:
Kànkami kèku yu
she
hate.
English:
The people were surprised.
Lenape:
Kan
she
lìntàmuk nèk awènik.
English:
What do you think about this way that we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmen yu
she
èlawsienk?
English:
What are your thoughts about where we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmën yu
she
èlawsienkw?
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 yu
she
luwèntasu?
English:
The man just smiled
Lenape:
këlëksuwinkwèxin shëkw na lënu.
English:
You should go lie down.
Lenape:
Këmay a
she
nkixi. {DN}
English:
I give this to you.
Lenape:
Këmilën yu
she
.
English:
You too were created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Kèpe ta ki
she
lëmùksi.
English:
I only know a few of the words.
Lenape:
Kèxaptun shëkw ntëli watun.
English:
Several white people.
Lenape:
Kèxa shëwanahkok.
English:
Is it true that everyone shook hands every morning?
Lenape:
Kìchi hàch wèmi ànkunsuwàk èshi shèpaè?
English:
We could work faster if we had help.
Lenape:
Kishënakwsihëna wichëmëkwenke.
English:
Is the water warm?
Lenape:
Kishëwe hàch në mpi?
English:
We should go outside, it is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Kochëmink a ktahëna, sòmi kshëte wikwahëmink.
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:
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 opënchu.
English:
This meat is hot.
Lenape:
Kshëte yu wiyus.
English:
You look at me well the way I look.
Lenape:
Kuli pënai shè në ni ntëlinakwsin.
English:
I am not hungry, but it is already noon.
Lenape:
Kun nkatupwi, shëk mèchi paxàkwe.
English:
I did not open it.
Lenape:
Ku ntunk
she
nëmuwën.
English:
I don't have any bread, whiteman's bread (light bread)
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu ahpòn, shëwanàhkwi ahpòn.
English:
He has been lying down all day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishku
she
nkixin.
English:
One hot day my mother told me, "Come here."
Lenape:
Kwëti kshëlànte nkahès ntëlùkw, "Wëntaxa."
English:
I only have one.
Lenape:
Kwëti shëk ni nulhala.
English:
He is still lying down.
Lenape:
Kwiakwi
she
nkixin. {DN}
English:
We like to go swimming if it is hot weather.
Lenape:
Kwinkashëwìlhùmëna shëlàntèke.
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:
I swam to the middle of the lake.
Lenape:
Lai ntashëwìl mënëpèkunk.
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:
Long ago my late mother said she had danced with the Cheyennes.
Lenape:
Lòmwe ntëlke naka nkahèsa witke Shëlëtihkaike
English:
He said, You all stop, but it did no good.
Lenape:
Luwe, Nahkihëlakw, shëkw nuchkwe.
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:
Just a little bit.
Lenape:
Mahtiti shëkw.
English:
Go close the door.
Lenape:
Mai tunkshëni.
English:
They are not at this council.
Lenape:
Mata ahpiyok yu
she
achimulsin.
English:
A person should not cut his nails. [This is a portion of a longer correction.]
Lenape:
Matàch ta awèn tëmikah
she
hwi.
English:
A person should not marry a White person.
Lenape:
Matàch ta awèn wicheo Shëwanàkw.
English:
He never reads the same book twice.
Lenape:
Mata nishën tòkimao nèl lekhikàna.
English:
I do not have a quarter, but I do have a dollar.
Lenape:
Mata nulhatuu kwëti nahënëm, shëk nulhatu kwëti palëpay.
English:
It is a very hot day.
Lenape:
Mayay kshëlànte.
English:
Here it is nothing but cold and windy.
Lenape:
Mayay shëk the òk kshàxën.
English:
Go lie down.
Lenape:
May
she
nkixi. {DN}
English:
He received a vision because he lives a pure life.
Lenape:
Mëshënëm linkwehëleokàn èli pilawsit.
English:
We could finish our work sooner.
Lenape:
Mètxàki a kishënakwsihëna.
English:
Give me some chicken, and give this young man some pork.
Lenape:
Mili tipas, òk mil wa skìnu kwëshkwë
she
yok.
English:
Let's eat some pork and a frybread.
Lenape:
Mitsitàm kwëshkwë
she
yok òk salàpòn.
English:
I brought the book.
Lenape:
Mpèshëwa na lekhikàn.
English:
I brought the puppy.
Lenape:
Mpèshëwa na mwekanetët.
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:
Then when it has gotten extremely hot.
Lenape:
Na ènta kìshi këkhichi kshëtèk.
English:
The white man is catching rain water.
Lenape:
Nahkupèhike na shëwanàkw.
English:
The man shot at the rock but he missed.
Lenape:
Na lënu poyaxkhamën në ahsën shëkw pòlhamën.
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:
This is what was told to me by my late mother.
Lenape:
Nal yu
she
ntëlkwën naka nkahèsa.
English:
This is where a correction comes from.
Lenape:
Nal yu
she
wënchixën kwìtëlëtëwakàn.
English:
The dog is lying under the table.
Lenape:
Na mwekane
she
nkixin èkwi èhèntalipwinkink.
English:
That is all I can say.
Lenape:
Na në
she
nkàski luwèn.
English:
The bloated cow.
Lenape:
Na pasit wèhshëmwis.
English:
That one is bigger.
Lenape:
Na
she
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 woman cut the little piece of cloth.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kwishkshëmën në hèmptët.
English:
The woman opened the box.
Lenape:
Na xkwe wtunk
she
nëmën në puhwexòkw.
English:
I went to see the man but he was asleep.
Lenape:
Nëmay pënao shëk kawi na lënu .
English:
I will drink it here.
Lenape:
Nëmënèn yu
she
tali.
English:
I received a box.
Lenape:
Nëmëshënëm puhwexòk
English:
I ate pork.
Lenape:
Nëmichi kwëshkwë
she
yok.
English:
I too was created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Nèpe ta nki
she
lëmùksi.
English:
They put it over there.
Lenape:
Në
she
hatuneyo,
English:
I like her but I seldom see her.
Lenape:
Nëwinkala shëk mata nineyo chuxkwe.
English:
I like to eat pork.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm kwëshkwë
she
yok.
English:
Two times two.
Lenape:
Nishën nisha.
English:
Two times two equals four.
Lenape:
Nishën nisha manitu newa.
English:
I want to heat it.
Lenape:
Nkata kshësëmën.
English:
I walked silently but the dog growled, he must have heard me.
Lenape:
Nkimuwe
she
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 cut the meat.
Lenape:
Nkiskshëmën në wiyus.
English:
We washed our hair this morning.
Lenape:
Nshixùkohëna shèpae.
English:
I was upside down when I was hanging.
Lenape:
Ntachichkoli ènta
she
hëlan.
English:
I feel congested here in my lung.
Lenape:
Ntahchihëleamàlsi yu
she
nopànink.
English:
I stopped swimming.
Lenape:
Ntala ashëwil.
English:
I am beginning to get hot.
Lenape:
Ntalëmi kshësi.
English:
I open the door
Lenape:
Ntunkshènëmën skontay.
English:
I am glad that I can again walk around on this earth.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàmën èli kàski làpi pëmësketàmën yu
she
xkwithakamika.
English:
I am happy at this place when I visit.
Lenape:
Nulhatenami yu
she
ènta kiikeyàn.
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 kwëshkwë
she
yok òk salàpon.
English:
And this Jim speaks good Lenape.
Lenape:
Ok wa
she
Jim wëli alënixsu.
English:
Oh, there is that cute little person.
Lenape:
O, shè lah na ninkëminakwtitit awèn.
English:
Is this paper?
Lenape:
Pampil hàch yu
she
?
English:
Look at that.
Lenape:
Pëna në
she
.
English:
Look at this thing.
Lenape:
Pëna yu
she
kèku.
English:
He brought them a deer.
Lenape:
Pèshëwao ahtuhu.
English:
They came to where I live.
Lenape:
Peyok yu
she
ènta wikia.
English:
The Delawares live differently from the White people.
Lenape:
Pililawsuwàk yuki Lenapeyok nawènahta Shëwanahkok.
English:
Lie down in the corner.
Lenape:
Puchèk
she
nkixi.
English:
Those are the ones who like us.
Lenape:
She
lah nèki eholkwenkik.
English:
There it is!
Lenape:
She
lah nën!
English:
I will used this as a breechcloth.
Lenape:
She
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:
She
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:
She
në xinkwi mùxul.
English:
The cat is lying down.
Lenape:
She
nkixin 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:
She
wa John.
English:
This is a cucumber hanging here.
Lenape:
Shè wa kukumës
she
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:
She
yu hal.
English:
Place it here.
Lenape:
She
yu hatu.
English:
Here, I give this to you.
Lenape:
Shè yu këmilël.
English:
Here are two of these.
Lenape:
She
yuk nisha.
English:
Here are some Lenape words.
Lenape:
She
yu Lënapei aptunakàna.
English:
Here is something to read.
Lenape:
She
yul kèku ahkënta.
English:
I am right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpi.
English:
We are right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpinèn.
English:
A rattlesnake is rattling.
Lenape:
Shixikwe pè shëshuhwit.
English:
Is that boy too hot?
Lenape:
Sòmi hèch kshësu na pilaèchëch?
English:
That man is too hot.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshësu na lënu.
English:
It is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Sòmi kshëte wikwahëmink.
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 n
she
nkixi xu mpënihëla.
English:
Take these two men along with you.
Lenape:
Talëmuxòlaok yuki
she
nisha lënuwàk.
English:
There are strawberries and onions there.
Lenape:
Tehim në shè tali òk ulepënàk.
English:
He could not eat him because he was too salty.
Lenape:
Tòlëmhoo èli sòmi shëwë.
English:
Did he open the book (or letter)?
Lenape:
Tunk
she
nao hèch nèl lekhikàn?
English:
He opens the book (or letter)
Lenape:
Tunk
she
nao nèl lekhikàn.
English:
Open the door.
Lenape:
Tunkshèni në skontay.
English:
Jim can already speak Delaware very well.
Lenape:
Wa
she
Jim mèchi këkhìt kàski alënixsu.
English:
Good things come from the Creator.
Lenape:
Weltëk kèku wënchixën Ki
she
lëmukònk.
English:
Help me so that I can stand up well in this life.
Lenape:
Wichëmi tëli nkàski wëli nipain yu
she
èntalawsienkw.
English:
Help this sick person.
Lenape:
Wichëm wa
she
palsit awèn.
English:
If they live there I will live here.
Lenape:
Wikihtite në
she
tali ni yu nëwikin.
English:
He lives at the place.
Lenape:
Wiku yu
she
tali.
English:
The grape dumplings taste good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në shëwahsapàn.
English:
A yellow cow.
Lenape:
Wisawsit wèhshëmwis.
English:
Is she going to cook or heat things up?
Lenape:
Wixënu shihàch kshësëma?
English:
Lie down in bed.
Lenape:
Xansunink
she
nkixi.
English:
This afternoon it might be a very hot day.
Lenape:
Xu kìshi paxàkweke konaèt xu ahi kshëlànte.
English:
It will soon be a hot day.
Lenape:
Xuniti kshëlànte.
English:
Soon this tape will come to the end.
Lenape:
Xuniti wikwe yu
she
sëkahsën.
English:
These white people do this and that.
Lenape:
Yuki shëwanàhkok mësilaihòsuwàk.
English:
He is lying down now.
Lenape:
Yukwe
she
nkixin.
English:
This song is sung when someone wants to put a baby to sleep.
Lenape:
Yu
she
asuwakàn ènta awèn kahta kawënhèt mimëtëta nal në tëli asuwin.
English:
I heard this song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Yu
she
asuwakàn ènta Xinkwikaonink mpëntàmën.
English:
This song is sung for the women to answer in a woman dance.
Lenape:
Yu
she
asuwakàn xkwei ènta naxkuhëmunt.
English:
Sit down here.
Lenape:
Yu
she
lëmatahpi.
English:
This good land.
Lenape:
Yu
she
weltëk hàki.
English:
This place where the old Delawares had lived.
Lenape:
Yu tali yu
she
xuwi Lënapeyunkahke wihikihtit.
English:
Lenape:
Yu ta shè.
English:
Somewhere over here.
Lenape:
Yu ta shè.
