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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
1248 Sample Sentence Search Results For "ta"
English:
Animal ears.
Lenape:
Aèsësi hwi
ta
oka.
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ahchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipi
ta
kchihëleyok.
English:
That is so, my (man) friend.
Lenape:
Ahìk
ta
, nchu.
English:
He was a great man in his lifetime.
Lenape:
Ahìnu naka lënuwa èn
ta
lehëlexèt.
English:
It is very shady here.
Lenape:
Ahi thakòt yu
ta
li.
English:
He is very smart.
Lenape:
Ahi watàm.
English:
Count the rocks.
Lenape:
Ahkën
ta
nèk ahsëna.
English:
We discussed work.
Lenape:
Ahkënutàmënèn mikëmòsëwakàn.
English:
It is difficult when one wants to say something.
Lenape:
Ahòt èn
ta
awèn kèku kah
ta
luwèt.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
Ahòt pëmëskan èn
ta
kshëlàntèk.
English:
I go to Deer Creek.
Lenape:
Ahtuhwi Sipunk n
ta
.
English:
I am sorry I stepped on you.
Lenape:
Alàkwi k
ta
phìkul.
English:
I will go to town tomorrow morning if it does not rain.
Lenape:
Alàpàch utènink n
ta
ma
ta
sukëlanu.
English:
Tomorrow I will go to town.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu utènink n
ta
.
English:
Hurry and come here.
Lenape:
Alàpsi wën
ta
xa.
English:
You are just like a thief!
Lenape:
Alashi kèhkamutkèt
ta
ki!
English:
Like a chicken when he is scratching (the ground).
Lenape:
Alàshi tipas èn
ta
sisënikèt.
English:
He began to vomit.
Lenape:
Alëmi mëlàntàm.
English:
It is beginning to bloom.
Lenape:
Alëmi ò
ta
eyu.
English:
Some near Dewey speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Alënte alënixsuwàk wën
ta
hkwi Dewey. {DN}
English:
I would rather go to the mountains.
Lenape:
Alëwi ki
ta
htënink nka
ta
a.
English:
I love you more.
Lenape:
Alëwi k
ta
holël/
English:
He ate more than I did.
Lenape:
Alëwi mitsu nawènah
ta
ni.
English:
They would rather gamble.
Lenape:
Alëwi shëk kah
ta
hatikeyok.
English:
I would rather go to the country.
Lenape:
Alëwi tekënink nka
ta
a.
English:
I would rather go to the city.
Lenape:
Alëwi utènink nka
ta
a.
English:
Alice has two kittens.
Lenape:
Alice wëlahële nisha pushitë
ta
.
English:
He sent us on an errand to bring these good things to give to the chief.
Lenape:
Alukakehëna tìli pètuna weltëk kèkuna èn
ta
milënt na sakima.
English:
large teeth
Lenape:
Amànki wipi
ta
.
English:
The trees fell over when the wind blew.
Lenape:
Amihëleyok hìtkuk èn
ta
kshàxink.
English:
I put on a blue shirt; I am wearing a blue shirt.
Lenape:
Aonhèmpës ika n
ta
tu.
English:
I ate an apple and then I went to school.
Lenape:
Apëlìsh nëmuhò na në shkulink n
ta
n.
English:
And so many other tribes in that direction ate it.
Lenape:
Ashìte yuk kènu wën
ta
hkwi awènhakeyok xeli mwichineyo,
English:
I put on green pants.
Lenape:
Askàskwèk pëlëchis ika n
ta
tu.
English:
Put the fire out.
Lenape:
Ateha në tën
ta
y.
English:
A person has difficulty using it.
Lenape:
Awèn ahchinki nhakatàmën
English:
I just don't know who you are! (exclamation of frustration)
Lenape:
Awèn èt
ta
xi ki!
English:
Who will go and get some fire?
Lenape:
Awèn hàch a natink tën
ta
y?
English:
Who wants to fight?
Lenape:
Awèn hàch kah
ta
mah
ta
ke? {DN}
English:
Who taught you?
Lenape:
Awèn hàch kwën
ta
makèn?
English:
Who is the stronger?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch alëwi chi
ta
nësu?
English:
Who wants to sing?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch kah
ta
asuu?
English:
Who wants to go to New York?
Lenape:
Awèn hèch kah
ta
New York e?
English:
A person should not play a musical instrument when lying down.
Lenape:
Awèn matàch
ta
shenkixinu èn
ta
ahpikwèt.
English:
Someone will come when it gets daylight.
Lenape:
Awèn xu pe en
ta
opànk.
English:
A person will eat with the devil when he does that.
Lenape:
Awèn xu wipumao a mah
ta
n'tu èn
ta
në lësit.
English:
He slept late and he cannot eat.
Lenape:
Ayëhelunkòm, ma
ta
kàski mitsii.
English:
I go up the hill.
Lenape:
Chëweyunk n
ta
. {DN}
English:
He was flirty when he was young.
Lenape:
Chihchëmësu en
ta
wësksite.
English:
I go to Turkey Creek.
Lenape:
Chikënëmwi Sipunk n
ta
.
English:
When will you do that?
Lenape:
Chinke hàch këmikëntàmën?
English:
Someone who has supernatural powers can do witchcraft.
Lenape:
Chipilësu nàni kàski a më
ta
nhike.
English:
That doll has power.
Lenape:
Chipilësu na òh
ta
s.
English:
It is dangerous.
Lenape:
Chìpi
ta
le.
English:
That horse is strong.
Lenape:
Chi
ta
nësu.na nehënaonkès.
English:
They were tightly closed in.
Lenape:
Chi
ta
ni kpahunsuwàk.
English:
When the birds made tracks. (such as in mud or snow)
Lenape:
Chulën'sàk èn
ta
pènhatuhtit.
English:
I am going to Copan (Oklahoma).
Lenape:
Copanink n
ta
.
English:
I am going to Dewey.
Lenape:
Deweyink n
ta
.
English:
Yes, I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
E-e, Lënape
ta
ni.
English:
The woman went into the bedroom.
Lenape:
Ehèn
ta
kawink e na xkwe.
English:
I put it on the table.
Lenape:
Ehèn
ta
lipwinkink n
ta
tun.
English:
The molasses is sticking to the table.
Lenape:
Ehèn
ta
lipwinkink psàkwixën në mëlash.
English:
The man went into the kitchen.
Lenape:
Ehèn
ta
wixënink e na lënu.
English:
I placed it under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi èhèn
ta
lipwinkink n
ta
tun.
English:
He put a pencil under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi ehën
ta
lipwinkink tòtun pènsìl.
English:
He walked under a bridge.
Lenape:
Ekwi
ta
yahkunink pëmëske.
English:
We sat down on the ground under a big tree.
Lenape:
Ekwi xinkòkunk tën
ta
mëshkenèn.
English:
These flowers look alike.
Lenape:
Elinakwsuwàk yuk ò
ta
èsàk.
English:
When he eats the boy eats with a spoon.
Lenape:
Emhòn'sahëma na pilaechëch èn
ta
mitsit.
English:
There is the dog that bit me.
Lenape:
E na mwekane n
ta
hëmùkw.
English:
When he began to fall asleep.
Lenape:
En
ta
alëmi kawit.
English:
When it begins to get daylight then the birds begin to sing.
Lenape:
En
ta
alëmi òxeek na tòlëmi asuwineyo nèk chulënsàk.
English:
When he was leaving he saw the man.
Lenape:
En
ta
alëmskat wëneyoo nèl lënuwa.
English:
When we left my house we walked by Walks-Downstream's home.
Lenape:
En
ta
alëmskeenkw wikia mpëmshahëna Nahuxwe wikit.
English:
When a person plays a musical instrument.
Lenape:
En
ta
awèn ahpikwèt.
English:
When a person wants to put him to sleep.
Lenape:
En
ta
awèn kah
ta
kawënhèt.
English:
When a person wants to put a baby to sleep they sing this.
Lenape:
En
ta
awèn kah
ta
kawënhèt mimëntë
ta
nal në tëli asuwin..
English:
When someone gets ready to die.
Lenape:
En
ta
awèn kah
ta
palilìsit.
English:
When someone sits on (long) logs while (the other end) is burning no one will listen to him when he says anything
Lenape:
En
ta
awèn lëma
ta
hpit xkwìchi mësako èn
ta
lusink matàch awèn këlsì
ta
o èn
ta
kèku luwèt.
English:
When he wants to hunt all the animals will start to flee.
Lenape:
En
ta
kah
ta
alait wèmi yuki aèsësàk alëmshimuwàk.
English:
When they want to say something they talk too loud.
Lenape:
En
ta
kah
ta
kèku luwèhtit sòmtunheyok.
English:
When we finished building fence Walks-Downstream went in his house.
Lenape:
En
ta
kìshi menxkeenkw tëmikèn na Nahuxwe.
English:
When I finish soaking the dry hides I scraped them.
Lenape:
En
ta
kishi tòkpeya nèk kaxxèsa na nchikhòmëna.
English:
When it is a hot day I begin to really feel like I would vomit.
Lenape:
En
ta
kshëtèk yu kishkwik n
ta
lëmi ahi nka
ta
mëlàntàm alàshi.
English:
When he writes he uses a (quill) pen.
Lenape:
En
ta
lekhikèt mikwën nhakale.
English:
When Rosemary goes to a dance she takes Lucy along.
Lenape:
En
ta
mahwit na Rosemary tòlëmuxòlao hànkw nèl Lucyo.
English:
When he said that we thought we would help him.
Lenape:
En
ta
në luwèt ntitehahëna wichëmawëna.
English:
He stays around the flowers.
Lenape:
En
ta
ò
ta
èsàk ihahpu.
English:
When we came to visit our older sister.
Lenape:
En
ta
pèchi kiikàmat washe nëmis.
English:
When I used soap I made a lot of foam.
Lenape:
En
ta
sop nhakatàmën nëmanitu mëxeli pi
ta
y.
English:
When he got there.
Lenape:
En
ta
ta
li pat.
English:
When we went to town.
Lenape:
En
ta
untènink eyank.
English:
When it snows I will go hunting.
Lenape:
En
ta
winèk xu n
ta
lai.
English:
When I eat meat I get choked.
Lenape:
En
ta
wiyus michia n
ta
luhwi.
English:
When he eats meat.
Lenape:
En
ta
wiyus michit.
English:
Where it is deep is where the fish are located.
Lenape:
En
ta
xitkwèk tòpineyo nèk namèsàk.
English:
When the world was new.
Lenape:
En
ta
xkwithakamika wëskink.
English:
Every Spring I make garden.
Lenape:
Eshi sikònk n
ta
kihe.
English:
I put the child on the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink n
ta
hëla na mimëns.
English:
I put it down on the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink n
ta
tun.
English:
He used a bow when he killed a deer.
Lenape:
Ha
ta
pi nhakala èn
ta
nhilat ahtu.
English:
I have a bow.
Lenape:
Ha
ta
pi nulhala.
English:
He is skilled at gambling.
Lenape:
Hi
ta
i hatike.
English:
You speak well.
Lenape:
Hi
ta
i kpëmëtunhe.
English:
You read very well.
Lenape:
Hi
ta
i k
ta
hkànsi.
English:
He is a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Hi
ta
i muxulhe.
English:
She is skilled at cooking Delaware food.
Lenape:
Hi
ta
i wixënu Lënapei mitsuwakàna.
English:
I sat down first.
Lenape:
Hì
ta
mi lëma
ta
hpi.
English:
I will drink water first.
Lenape:
Hì
ta
mi mpi nëmëne.
English:
The sun is high.
Lenape:
Hukweyunk tën
ta
n.
English:
If I go there do you want to go along?
Lenape:
Ika aane ka
ta
hèch wichei?
English:
He should go there because he'll catch it if he doesn't
Lenape:
Ika a e, nëpwën ma
ta
ate.
English:
Let's go there.
Lenape:
Ika atàm.
English:
Did you go there?
Lenape:
Ika hàch k
ta
?
English:
He put on a breechcloth.
Lenape:
Ikahatu saku
ta
kàn.
English:
You went there but did not even get out (of a conveyance)
Lenape:
Ika k
ta
shëkw ma
ta
ili klixi.
English:
Put them in the basket before we enter.
Lenape:
Ikalanihin në tànkhakànink nèsko pënchiànk.
English:
I go farther to the north.
Lenape:
Ikalìchi luweyunk n
ta
.
English:
I go farther to the east.
Lenape:
Ikalìchi wehènchiopànk n
ta
.
English:
I went there.
Lenape:
Ika mah n
ta
.
English:
We went there.
Lenape:
Ika mah n
ta
hëna.
English:
I go there
Lenape:
Ika n
ta
English:
I went there
Lenape:
Ika n
ta
English:
We went there where Freddie lives.
Lenape:
Ika n
ta
hëna 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 n
ta
shëkw ma
ta
nlixi.
English:
I put on a (finger-) ring.
Lenape:
Ika n
ta
tu shapwëlënchehun.
English:
I put on a bracelet.
Lenape:
Ika n
ta
tu tëpinxkèpi.
English:
I will go there.
Lenape:
Ika xu n
ta
. {DN}
English:
I will stay there.
Lenape:
Ika xu ntàpi. {D}
English:
Even if someone talked about her she would not know it.
Lenape:
Ili a awèn ahkënimao ma
ta
uwatuwën.
English:
Even if someone talked about her she would not know it.
Lenape:
Ili a awèn ahkënimao ma
ta
uwatuwën.
English:
Sometimes they even bring frybread.
Lenape:
Ili hànkw
ta
mse pètuwàk salàpòna.
English:
Even this language it is already difficult for a person to use it.
Lenape:
Ili yu lixsëwakàn mèchi awèn ahchinki nhakatàmën.
English:
Josephine has turtles, I think she has four of them.
Lenape:
Josephine wëlahële
ta
xkoxa, ntite newa wëlahële.
English:
Don't whistle outside after dark or your mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Kàchi chipëweyàn kochëmink èn
ta
piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
Don't go there, you will make him worse.
Lenape:
Kàchi ika an, xu këmah
ta
pama.
English:
Do not eat chicken skin when you are young or you will have a wrinkled face.
Lenape:
Kàchi michiyàn tipasi xès èn
ta
wësksiàn, xu kpisëlinko.
English:
Don't eat in the dark or your mouth will go crooked
Lenape:
Kàchi mitsihàn èn
ta
piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
Do not crack nuts after it is dark.
Lenape:
Kàchi pahkàsiyàn èn
ta
piskèk.
English:
Don't worry; Don't be depressed.
Lenape:
Kàchi sàkwelìntàmuhàn.
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kàchi
ta
lësihàn!
English:
Don't get burned!
Lenape:
Kàchi
ta
lusihàn!
English:
Don't do that!
Lenape:
Kàchi
ta
në lësihàn!
English:
Do not forget when you pray.
Lenape:
Kàchi wanihàn èm
ta
pa
ta
maan
English:
They want to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
alènixsuwàk.
English:
He wanted to go fishing.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
ame.
English:
He must want to sleep.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
èt kawi.
English:
He must have wanted to warm by their fire.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
èt mah aosu wtënteyëmëwoo.
English:
He might want to drink some water.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
èt mpi mëne.
English:
They want to go to the north.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
eyok luwàneyunk.
English:
He wants to gamble.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
hatike.
English:
They want to eat first.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
hi
ta
mi mitsuwàk
English:
He wants to sleep.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
hùnt kawi.
English:
Go to sleep.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
kawi.
English:
He wants to say a few words.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
kèxapti luwe.
English:
They want three children.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
leyok naxa mimënsàk..
English:
He wants to go on a vision quest.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
may linkwehële.
English:
She is going to have a baby.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
mimënsa wëlahële.
English:
She is going to have a baby.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
mimëtë
ta
wëlahële.
English:
Jim wants to move.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
na Jim kwsi.
English:
He wants the way he does it to be seen.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
nenkwësu èlënink.
English:
He wants to come
Lenape:
Kah
ta
pe.
English:
He wants to speak.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
pëmëtunhe. {DN}
English:
He wants to purify himself (by burning cedar)
Lenape:
Kah
ta
pilhìksu.
English:
It is going to rain.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
sukëlan. {DN}
English:
He wants less than I want.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
tàm kèxiti nawènah
ta
ni.
English:
He wants more than I want.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
tàm xaheli kèku nawènah
ta
ni.
English:
He wants to come in.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
tëmike.
English:
If he wants to go somewhere.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
të
ta
ate.
English:
They want to know it.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
watuneyo.
English:
He wants to have a horse.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
wëlahële nehënayunkès.
English:
He wanted to help him wipe his shirt.
Lenape:
Kah
ta
wichëmao chiskhamën tòhèpsëm
English:
Mary fell down when she hit Bill.
Lenape:
Kaihële na Mary èn
ta
pahkàmat nèl Bill.
English:
I am going to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Kamink n
ta
.
English:
I want to crack pecans.
Lenape:
Kansèm nka
ta
pahkàsi.
English:
The people were surprised.
Lenape:
Kanshelìntàmuk nèk awènik.
English:
Let's go to Coffeyville.
Lenape:
Kàpink atàm.
English:
I went to Coffeyville.
Lenape:
Kàpink n
ta
.
English:
I am drinking coffee (with my meal)
Lenape:
Kàpi n
ta
pamuhe.
English:
Could you stay with me?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch wi
ta
èmi?
English:
Could you stay with me for about two months?
Lenape:
Kàski hàch wi
ta
èmi ahpami nisha kishuxunk?
English:
He can get very mad.
Lenape:
Kàski ki
ta
nunksu.
English:
He can bewitch someone.
Lenape:
Kàski më
ta
nhike.
English:
Do you want to gamble?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
hàch hatike?
English:
Do you want to eat?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
hàch mitsi? {DN}
English:
Do you want to bathe?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
hàch tixëmwi?
English:
Do you want to go with me?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
hèch wichei?
English:
Do you want to eat with me?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
hèch wipumi?
English:
I want to ask you something.
Lenape:
Ka
ta
kèku tuxtul.
English:
Do you want a pretty young woman?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
la hàch shiki skixkwe?
English:
Do you want some bread?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
tàm hèch ahpòn?
English:
Do you want some water?
Lenape:
Ka
ta
tàm hèch mpi?
English:
You want to eat pecans.
Lenape:
katutàm kansèm.
English:
I am very glad.
Lenape:
Kehëla nulelìntàm.
English:
I wonder what?
Lenape:
Kèku èt
ta
?
English:
I wonder what it is?
Lenape:
Kèku èt
ta
?
English:
It is not known what tribe they are.
Lenape:
Kèku èt
ta
èlhakehtit.
English:
What is that?
Lenape:
Kèku èt
ta
nàn?
English:
I wonder what that is?
Lenape:
Kèku èt
ta
nën?
English:
What is it the Delawares call that little dog?
Lenape:
Kèku èt
ta
wàni Lënape èluwihëlat tànktitit mwekane?
English:
What different things should we talk about?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch a pili ahkënutàmuhëna?
English:
What do you want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ka
ta
tàm?
English:
What do you want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ka
ta
tàm?
English:
What do you people want?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ka
ta
tàmuhëmo?
English:
What do you want to know?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ka
ta
watu?
English:
What are you doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmikëntàm?
English:
What are you people doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch këmikëntàmuhëmo?
English:
What did you hear?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch kpëntàm?
English:
What are you wearing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktàkwi?
English:
What do you think about this way that we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmen yushe èlawsienk?
English:
What are your thoughts about where we live?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ktëlelìntàmën yushe èlawsienkw?
English:
What is the name for a Rose, what the White people call a Rose?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch luwèn
ta
su Rose, na Shëwanàkw luwèntànk Rose?
English:
What did your late mother really like to do?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch naka kahèsa wëli mikëntàm?
English:
What am I wearing?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch ntàkwi?
English:
Why did you go to Coffeyville?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi Kàpink k
ta
?
English:
What is the reason I cannot eat there at the table?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wënchi ma
ta
nkàski mitsi èhèn
ta
lipwink
ta
li?
English:
What is this called?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch yushe luwèn
ta
su?
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, kshi
ta
y shi malàxkwsi
ta
?
English:
What do you want to drink?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ka
ta
mëne?
English:
What do you want to know?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ka
ta
watu?
English:
What did you eat when you ate?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch këmitsi èn
ta
mitsiàn?
English:
What did you read?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch k
ta
këntàm?
English:
What did you lose?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktànkhìtu?
English:
What do you want to drink with your meal.
Lenape:
Kèku hèch k
ta
pamuhe?
English:
What do you call it?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch ktëluwèntàmën?
English:
What do you like to eat?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kwinkitàm?
English:
What is he doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch mikëntàm?
English:
What did you read yesterday?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch n
ta
këntàm lòkëwe?
English:
What do you want from town?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch utènink ka
ta
?
English:
What are they doing?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch yuki mikën
ta
muk?
English:
Something will chase us.
Lenape:
Kèku kwihëlu
ta
kehëna.
English:
What color is your dres?
Lenape:
Kèku likte k
ta
hèmpsëm?
English:
What color is your dress?
Lenape:
Kèku likte k
ta
hëmpsëm?
English:
What language does he use (speak)?
Lenape:
Kèku lixsëwakàn nhakatàm?
English:
I hear something.
Lenape:
Kèku mpëntàm.
English:
What in the world are you doing?
Lenape:
Kèku nink lah këmikëntàm?
English:
I really smell something.
Lenape:
Kèku
ta
nëmëlam.
English:
Why don't you know?
Lenape:
Kèku wënchi ma
ta
kuwatuu?
English:
Listen to the locust (cicada).
Lenape:
Këlìs
ta
na pasalànke.
English:
The weatherman lied when he said, "It is a good day."
Lenape:
Këlune na 'weatherman' èn
ta
luwèt, "Wëli kishku."
English:
He made the dish for you.
Lenape:
Këmani
ta
kw në lokèns.
English:
Do you remember what happened yesterday?
Lenape:
Këmëshatàmën kèku èlèk lòkëwe?
English:
Did you ever eat that which is called sapan?
Lenape:
Kèmihëmichi hàch në sapan èluwè
ta
sik?
English:
I will give you what you want.
Lenape:
Këmilël kè
ta
tàma.
English:
We eat at the table.
Lenape:
Këmitsihëna ehèn
ta
lipwinkink.
English:
You take care of these baby eagles.
Lenape:
Kenahkihaok yuk aihàmtëtàk.
English:
I must go to town.
Lenape:
Kënch
ta
utènink a.
English:
Do you understand me?
Lenape:
Kënënus
ta
i hèch?
English:
I saw you near my house.
Lenape:
Kënewël kixki èn
ta
wikia.
English:
The squirrel climbed quickly up the tree.
Lenape:
Kën
ta
hkusihële na xanikw hitkunk.
English:
Jan is climbing.
Lenape:
Kën
ta
hkusu na Jan.
English:
The birds are flying toward the north.
Lenape:
Kënthuwàk nèk chulënsàk wën
ta
hkwi luwàneyunk.
English:
Are you also afraid of the big winds?
Lenape:
Kèpe hàch kwitàmën në xinkwi kshàxink?
English:
You too were created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Kèpe
ta
kishelëmùksi.
English:
This is all I can do.
Lenape:
Kèski
ta
lësia.
English:
If they want a war I will accompany them.
Lenape:
Ke
ta
tàmihtit mah
ta
kenk nëwitèch.
English:
How many rocks are there on the table?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch ahsëna xkwìchi ehèn
ta
lipwinkink?
English:
How many do you want?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch ka
ta
tàm?
English:
How much money did you lose?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch moni ktànkhìtu?
English:
How many doors?
Lenape:
Kèxa hèch skon
ta
ya?
English:
I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Kèxaptun nka
ta
kèku luwe.
English:
They want a little.
Lenape:
Kèxiti kah
ta
tàmuk.
English:
That is true, he said, 'I already forgot.'
Lenape:
Kichii, luwe, 'Nonin
ta
mèchi.'
English:
He really was here.
Lenape:
Kìchi
ta
mah ahpu.
English:
It is true I do not have any, yesterday I ate it up.
Lenape:
Kicki ku nulhatu, lòkëwe nëwèkwitàmën.
English:
My legs are sore.
Lenape:
Kikicheyo nhika
ta
.
English:
This one is our brother.
Lenape:
Kimahtësëna
ta
nàni.
English:
You must have eavesdropped on me.
Lenape:
Kimsì
ta
i èt.
English:
They finished standing the cupboard up.
Lenape:
Kìshi wënipahtuneyo nëni tèx
ta
kàn.
English:
The Cherokees live in the big mountains.
Lenape:
Ki
ta
htënink wikuwàk nèk Kahtuhook.
English:
You are a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Ki
ta
i muxulhe.
English:
My father is sitting nearby.
Lenape:
Kixki lëma
ta
hpu nux.
English:
I will see you in the evening.
Lenape:
Knewël èn
ta
lòkwik.
English:
We should go outside.
Lenape:
Kochëmink a k
ta
hëna.
English:
We should go outside, it is very hot in the house.
Lenape:
Kochëmink a k
ta
hëna, sòmi kshëte wikwahëmink.
English:
Let us go outside.
Lenape:
Kòchëmink atàm.
English:
We will go outside and play.
Lenape:
Kòchëmink k
ta
lìch mai papihëna.
English:
Can I play outside, the girl said.
Lenape:
Ko hèch a kochëmink ntën
ta
papi, na xkwechëch luwe.
English:
He knocked him down when he him hit.
Lenape:
Kohitehoo èn
ta
pahkàmat.
English:
Perhaps it even smells because I sweat.
Lenape:
Konaèt ili chimakòt èli hànkw nkè
ta
ptiksi.
English:
Perhaps they would like something to drink.
Lenape:
Konaèt kah
ta
tàmuk mehëmënink.
English:
Maybe it will not snow.
Lenape:
Konaèt
ta
wine.
English:
Perhaps I will go to town.
Lenape:
Konaèt utènink n
ta
.
English:
Maybe everyone wanted to go swimming.
Lenape:
Konaet wèmi awènik kah
ta
ashëwihëleyok.
English:
Let me read the newspaper.
Lenape:
Kona linai ntàkima na newspaper.
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:
Kò
ta
lao nèl chëmàmsa.
English:
He wants to catch him.
Lenape:
Kò
ta
twënao.
English:
He wants to catch that eagle.
Lenape:
Kò
ta
twënao nèl ayhàma.
English:
He wants to know him.
Lenape:
Kò
ta
wahaoo.
English:
Close the door.
Lenape:
Kpaha në skon
ta
y.
English:
They are locked up so they cannot escape.
Lenape:
Kpahasuwàk xu
ta
la pulëweiyok.
English:
You should think about it.
Lenape:
Kpënaelìntàm a.
English:
Do you hear me?
Lenape:
Kpën
ta
i hèch?
English:
Do you hear us?
Lenape:
Kpën
ta
ihëna hèch?
English:
Do you hear him?
Lenape:
Kpën
ta
o hàch?
English:
Did you hear the Shawnees singing at Whiteoak?
Lenape:
Kpën
ta
ok hàch nèk Shaonuwàk pe asuwihtit yu
ta
li Whiteoak?
English:
You brought him food.
Lenape:
Kpè
ta
o mehëmichink.
English:
I like to eat hot food (hot in temperature, does not mean spicy)
Lenape:
Kshëtèk mehëmichink ni nëwinkitàm.
English:
You are very good looking.
Lenape:
K
ta
hi wëlësi.
English:
Did you bathe?
Lenape:
K
ta
hixëmwi hèch?
English:
We will soon experience Autumn.
Lenape:
K
ta
hkokënëmihëna xulëniti.
English:
Did you make a garden?
Lenape:
K
ta
kihe hèch?
English:
Are you afraid?
Lenape:
K
ta
lëmi hèch?
English:
You began to vomit.
Lenape:
K
ta
lëmi mëlàntàm.
English:
You have begun to forget it.
Lenape:
K
ta
lëmi wànin.
English:
Do you speak Lenape?
Lenape:
K
ta
lënixsi hàch?
English:
Are you lost?
Lenape:
K
ta
onkël hàch?
English:
Are you people lost?
Lenape:
K
ta
onkëluhëmo hàch?
English:
Jan is sweating.
Lenape:
K
ta
ptiksu na Jan.
English:
The man is sweating.
Lenape:
K
ta
ptiksu na lënu.
English:
The man is sweating.
Lenape:
K
ta
ptiksu na lënu.
English:
You should tell some wintertime stories.
Lenape:
K
ta
thiluhe a.
English:
Did you tell a winter story?
Lenape:
K
ta
thiluhe hàch?
English:
They told you people when someone wants peace he is a coward.
Lenape:
Ktëlkëwoo èn
ta
awèn kah
ta
tànk wëlànkuntëwakàn shwilai.
English:
No one wanted to take it away.
Lenape:
Ku awèn kò
ta
chikënëmën.
English:
No one heard about it.
Lenape:
Ku awèn pihpën
ta
muwën.
English:
Don't you like to eat it?
Lenape:
Ku hèch kwinkitàmuwën?
English:
I was not there.
Lenape:
Ku ika ntàpi.
English:
They do not even use a toothbrush and even so they have good teeth.
Lenape:
Ku ili nha
ta
muiyok 'toothbrush' nahëli owëlanikeyok.
English:
He doesn't want to.
Lenape:
Ku kah
ta
.
English:
He doesn't want to.
Lenape:
Ku kah
ta
.
English:
We cannot pray.
Lenape:
Ku kàski pa
ta
mahùmëna.
English:
Are you glad because we did well?
Lenape:
Kulelìntàm hàch èli nulaihòsihëna?
English:
Are you glad?
Lenape:
Kulelìntàm hèch?
English:
You have money, let us go to town.
Lenape:
Kulhatu moni, utènink atàm.
English:
You have some eggs and I want four.
Lenape:
Kulhatu òòla òk nka
ta
tàm newa.
English:
You prayed well.
Lenape:
Kuli pa
ta
ma.
English:
I am not going to the store.
Lenape:
Ku mèmhalamùntikaonink n
ta
.
English:
I never heard that word (or saying).
Lenape:
Ku mpipëntàmuwën në luweokàn.
English:
I did not like it when they were fighting.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkatàmuwën èn
ta
mah
ta
kenk.
English:
I do not like watermelon.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkitàmu èskitàmink.
English:
I do not like to eat it.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkitàmuwën
English:
We don't like to eat it.
Lenape:
Ku nëwinkitàmuwënèn.
English:
I did not use a gun.
Lenape:
Ku nhaka
ta
mu payaxkhikàn.
English:
I did not use a spear.
Lenape:
Ku nhaka
ta
mu tànkamikàn.
English:
I never heard him myself.
Lenape:
Ku ni mpipën
ta
o,
English:
I never did use it.
Lenape:
Ku ni nìnhaka
ta
mu.
English:
I do not want to go there.
Lenape:
Ku ni nka
ta
ika a.
English:
I cannot remember it.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mësha
ta
muwën.
English:
It seems like I cannot understand them.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski nënus
ta
iyok hànkw.
English:
I cannot hear him.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski pën
ta
oo.
English:
I do not want to smoke.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
hupo.
English:
I do not want to live.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
lehëlexe.
English:
I don't want to make you crazy.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
manihulu këpëcheonkël.
English:
I do not want to work.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
mikëmòsi.
English:
I do not want to leave him.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
nkala.
English:
I do not want to leave my younger brother.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
nkala naxisëmës.
English:
We do not want anything unclean in that place.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
ta
muwën kèku niskèk në
ta
ta
li.
English:
I do not want to go to town.
Lenape:
Ku nka
ta
utènink a.
English:
I am not a skilled dancer.
Lenape:
Ku n
ta
hi hi
ta
wka.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu mehëmichink nal në wënchi Kamink n
ta
.
English:
I don't have any food, that is why I am going to town.
Lenape:
Ku nulhatu mehëmichink nal në wënchi utènink n
ta
.
English:
I do not hear him well.
Lenape:
Ku nuli pën
ta
oo.
English:
I do not know where it came from.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
èt wënchihëlèk.
English:
I do not know where I went.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
eyaa.
English:
I don't know where I went.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
eyaa.
English:
I do not know where he went.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
eyat.
English:
I don't know where he went.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
eyat.
English:
I don't know where you went.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
ki eyaan
English:
I do not know where you went.
Lenape:
Ku nuwatuwën të
ta
ki eyaan.
English:
They never heard it because of what was said, breakfast, dinner, supper, nothing but eating together.
Lenape:
Ku pihpëntàmënuwiyo èli luwèn
ta
sik "breakfast, dinner, supper," ma
ta
shùkw mitsahtin.
English:
It is not blue.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
aoneiyo.
English:
No one else ever fed him.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
awèn pili tòxamaiyo.
English:
Jim is not going to Copan (Oklahoma).
Lenape:
Ku
ta
na Jim Copanink e.
English:
Not me!
Lenape:
Ku
ta
ni!
English:
I am not an old man, I am an elderly man.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
ni hilusës, kìkuwìnu.
English:
We are not Delawares.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
niluna Lënapeyok.
English:
I do not understand the Shawnee when he says something.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
ni mpën
ta
o wa Shawnu èn
ta
kèku luwèt.
English:
I never ate the thing called a xoy.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
ni nëmimichi në kèku xoy.
English:
I do not want to return.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
ni nka
ta
kwëtki.
English:
They cannot escape.
Lenape:
Ku
ta
pulëweiyok.
English:
I am not going to town, I will go elsewhere.
Lenape:
Ku utenink n
ta
, pali xu n
ta
.
English:
I am not going to town, I am going elsewhere.
Lenape:
Ku utènink n
ta
, pali xu n
ta
.
English:
He does not know where he is.
Lenape:
Ku uwatuwën të
ta
èpit.
English:
Do you understand it when a person says, Ahkënsi (to read)?
Lenape:
Kuwatun hèch na èn
ta
awèn luwèt, Ahkënsi?
English:
I wish I could see the ocean.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha nkàski nemën ki
ta
hikàn.
English:
I wish I was rich.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha n
ta
hopein.
English:
I really wish you people would help me.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha
ta
kwichëmihëmo.
English:
I wish I had a cow so he could graze there.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha wèhshùmwis nulhala na hànk ntiasin në
ta
ta
li..
English:
I hope you will say good things when you talk about me.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha wëli kèku ktëluwe en
ta
ahkënimia.
English:
We were gone a long time and went a long way.
Lenape:
Kwënakehëna òhëlëmi n
ta
hëna.
English:
Swallow the water.
Lenape:
Kwën
ta
në mpi.
English:
The bow is long.
Lenape:
Kwënusu na ha
ta
pi.
English:
They washed their ears.
Lenape:
Kwëshixtuneyo whi
ta
okëwoo.
English:
One hundred dollars.
Lenape:
Kwë
ta
pxki palëpaya.
English:
Six cats.
Lenape:
Kwë
ta
sh pushisàk.
English:
One hot day my mother told me, "Come here."
Lenape:
Kwëti kshëlànte nkahès ntëlùkw, "Wën
ta
xa."
English:
One winter the big wolf said, 'I am already cold.'
Lenape:
Kwëti luwàn na xinkwtëme luwè, 'Mèchi
ta
ni n
ta
hkochi.'
English:
one dollar
Lenape:
kwëti n
ta
las
English:
The little one wants more.
Lenape:
Kwiakwi kah
ta
ta
ntu.
English:
I still love you.
Lenape:
Kwiakwi k
ta
holël.
English:
You like to have dolls.
Lenape:
Kwinki òh
ta
si.
English:
Are you bashful?
Lenape:
Kwi
ta
yasi hèch?
English:
Jim is bashful.
Lenape:
Kwi
ta
yasu wa Jim.
English:
It is a taboo to a woman who is expecting a baby.
Lenape:
Kwitëlao hunt na xkwe èn
ta
kah
ta
wëlahëlat mimëntë
ta
.
English:
Taste the meat.
Lenape:
Kwtàn
ta
në wiyus.
English:
Let's eat for a while.
Lenape:
Lahapa mitsi
ta
muk.
English:
I swam to the middle of the lake.
Lenape:
Lai n
ta
shëwìl mënëpèkunk.
English:
It is beginning to rain again, I hear it.
Lenape:
Làpi alëmi sukëlan, mpëntàmën.
English:
There is fighting again.
Lenape:
Làpi mah
ta
kèn.
English:
Put it on the chair. (refers to something considered animate)
Lenape:
Lehëlëma
ta
hpinkink hal.
English:
We are sitting in some chairs.
Lenape:
Lehëlëma
ta
hpinkink lëma
ta
hpihëna.
English:
He put the books on the chair.
Lenape:
Lehëlëma
ta
hpinkink tòhalao nèl lekhikana.
English:
Sit down, warm yourself by the fire.
Lenape:
Lëma
ta
hpi, aosi.
English:
Sit down and eat little one.
Lenape:
Lëma
ta
hpi òk mitsiti.
English:
I am here in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Lënapehòkink ntàpi.
English:
I am here in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Lënapehòkink ntàpi.
English:
I go among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lënapeike n
ta
.
English:
I will go among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lënapeike xu n
ta
.
English:
I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
Lënape
ta
ni.
English:
This one is a Lenape, not French.
Lenape:
Lënape wàn, ku
ta
Pëlanshëman.
English:
The Delawares call the telephone sëkahsën.
Lenape:
Lënapeyok tëluwèn
ta
mëneyo në telephone sëkahsën.
English:
If I had some moccasins I would go to town.
Lenape:
Lënhàksënëmane utènink a n
ta
.
English:
I am just resting.
Lenape:
Lëni shëk n
ta
yalaximwi.
English:
They just want to trade.
Lenape:
Lëni shùk kah
ta
ashùntèsuwàk
English:
At first it seemed like he had just come for a visit.
Lenape:
Linakòt hì
ta
mi lëni kiike.
English:
She looks pregnant. (lit.- 'she looks like she will have more relatives')
Lenape:
Linakwsu xu ànchi lànkuntàm.
English:
Yesterday I went to Bartlesville.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mah Kamink n
ta
.
English:
Yesterday I went to Bartlesville and I saw many Delawares.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mah Kamink n
ta
, xaheli Lënapeyok neyo.
English:
Yesterday I went to town.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mah utènink n
ta
.
English:
He died yesterday.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe ma
ta
ahpii.
English:
Long ago when the Delawares lived in the east.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe èn
ta
yuki Lënapeyunkahke wikhatihtit wehènchiopànk.
English:
Long ago when I lived in Dewey I sewed.
Lenape:
Lòmwe èn
ta
wikiane Dewey-ink nkëlixike.
English:
A long time ago they said sëkahsën when they talked about the telephone.
Lenape:
Lòmwe hànkw tëluwèneyo sëkahsën èn
ta
ahkënutëmihtit në telephone.
English:
Long ago when the world was new.
Lenape:
Lòmwe mah èn
ta
wëskhakamike.
English:
I heard a long time ago that these dogs can speak Delaware.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi mpihpëntàmen yuki mwekaneyok kàski alënixsuwàk.
English:
He said, 'Certainly! Not long ago I killed a deer.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Ahìk
ta
! Chinke nhila ahtuho.'
English:
The man is supposed to have said, 'I am very handsome!'
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt na lënu, 'Nulsi
ta
!'
English:
It is said that if a dog eats grass he is sick.
Lenape:
Luwe hùnt palsu na mwekane èn
ta
mitsit skiko.
English:
The woman said, "I almost got pregnant."
Lenape:
Luwe na xkwe, "Nkati ànchi lànkuntàm."
English:
He said, 'My friend, I am beginning to get old.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nchu, mèchi n
ta
lëmi khikay.'
English:
It is said a person will live a long life if he gives him something.
Lenape:
Luwèn hùnt kwënawsu èn
ta
awèn milate kèku.
English:
That place is named Seton Hall University.
Lenape:
Luwèn
ta
su në
ta
ta
li Seton Hall University.
English:
He said, 'I bathed last night.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Ntixëmwi
ta
welakwike.'
English:
They said there are no pecans here.
Lenape:
Luweyok ku
ta
kansèm yu
ta
li.
English:
They said they could not find him.
Lenape:
Luweyok ku
ta
kàski màxkao.
English:
The white people long ago said we will live so long and finally we will lose everything.
Lenape:
Luweyok lòmëwe yuki shëwanahkok xantki pè
ta
wsinèn tìlìch ànkhitunèn wèmi kèku.
English:
Let's go home, I am hungry.
Lenape:
Machitàm, nkatupwi.
English:
There was a fight here.
Lenape:
Mah
ta
kèn yu
ta
li.
English:
I went to a dance.
Lenape:
Mahwink n
ta
.
English:
I went to a dance last night.
Lenape:
Mahwink n
ta
welakwike.
English:
There was a dance here.
Lenape:
Mahwink yu
ta
li.
English:
Go sit down.
Lenape:
Mai lëma
ta
hpi.
English:
Let's go outside and play.
Lenape:
Mai papitàm kòchëmink.
English:
He made some sharpened little sticks.
Lenape:
Manitu kinhasik hìtkwëtë
ta
.
English:
He made an island.
Lenape:
Manitu mëna
ta
y.
English:
He would be angry if I blamed him.
Lenape:
Manunksu a n
ta
kwimàke.
English:
The old woman was mad because the old man winked at her.
Lenape:
Manunksu na xawshisës èli na hilusës pòkinkwelah
ta
ot.
English:
They are not at this council.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
ahpiyok yushe achimulsin.
English:
No one is permitted to drink soup.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
awèn lelëma tìlìch mënèn kshi
ta
y.
English:
We heard no one.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
awèn mpën
ta
wiwëna.
English:
One should not go to sleep with a wet head.
Lenape:
Matàch awèn kawi èn
ta
skàpantpat.
English:
A person should not brag about himself.
Lenape:
Matàch awèn kshàkënima hòkaya.
English:
He never could see again.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
chich nema.
English:
He could never again see.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
chich nema.
English:
I don't like her anymore.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
chich nëwinkala.
English:
I don't see him anymore.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
chich neyo.
English:
I don't love her anymore.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
chich n
ta
holaa.
English:
He will never again eat too much.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
chich usamëluli.
English:
I will not say anything to him.
Lenape:
Matàch kèku ntëla.
English:
I won't say anything to him
Lenape:
Matàch kèku ntëla.
English:
I will not say anything.
Lenape:
Matàch kèku ntëluwe.
English:
We will not eat.
Lenape:
Matàch nëmitsihëmëna.
English:
I will not marry her.
Lenape:
Matàch nushilëmao.
English:
A person should not whistle when he is eating.
Lenape:
Matàch
ta
awèn chipuwe èn
ta
mitsit.
English:
No one should eat chicken soup.
Lenape:
Matàch
ta
awèn michii tipasii kshi
ta
y.
English:
A person should not cut his nails. [This is a portion of a longer correction.]
Lenape:
Matàch
ta
awèn tëmikahshehwi.
English:
A person should not marry a White person.
Lenape:
Matàch
ta
awèn wicheo Shëwanàkw.
English:
If we do not feed them they will finally starve.
Lenape:
Matàch tàxamawënanàk xantki xu shawlamuwàk.
English:
It will never end.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
hashi wikwèk.
English:
No one could even say anything.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
ili awèn kèku luwe.
English:
That man did not even sweat.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
ili k
ta
ptiksii na lënu.
English:
The man didn't even get sweaty when he chopped wood.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
ili k
ta
ptiksi na lënu èn
ta
kiskhakwèt.
English:
He does not want less.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kah
ta
tàmu kèxiti.
English:
If I cannot find some coffee I'll kill him.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kàpi màxkamane nhila.
English:
No one could eat.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kàski awèn mitsii.
English:
I cannot remember anything.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kàski kèku nëmëshatàmuu.
English:
He cannot see.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kàski nema.
English:
Nothing will happen to them.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kèku mwëshikakwëneyo.
English:
He doesn't know anything.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kèku watu.
English:
If you cannot see him how do you know he is Jim?
Lenape:
Ma
ta
kneiyo
ta
sh kwënchi nal na Jim?
English:
Nothing is happening.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
lè.
English:
If you cannot do that.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
në kàski lësiàne.
English:
That is not so. - That is not true.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
në le.
English:
I would tell you if it was not so.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
në lèke ktëlën a.
English:
I have not eaten rabbit before.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
nëmìmhò chëmamës.
English:
He never reads the same book twice.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
nishën tòkimao nèl lekhikàna.
English:
I never told a winter story.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
ntiathiluhe.
English:
I do not have a quarter, but I do have a dollar.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
nulhatuu kwëti nahënëm, shëk nulhatu kwëti palëpay.
English:
I really do not have it.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
ta
nulhatu.
English:
He does not have a good mind; He does not have good sense.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
watàmu.
English:
They don't have a name for coconut.
Lenape:
Ma
ta
wëlatuwiyok coconut.
English:
You certainly can speak good Lenape already.
Lenape:
Mayay
ta
ki kàski wëli alënixsi mèchi.
English:
He really told the truth.
Lenape:
Mayay
ta
wëlamëwe.
English:
Let's go eat.
Lenape:
May mitsitàm.
English:
The doll is already dressed.
Lenape:
Mèchi ahkona na òh
ta
s.
English:
You must have already lost your mind!
Lenape:
Mèchi èt
ta
k
ta
lawatàm!
English:
Have you people finished cleaning that house?
Lenape:
Mèchi hàch kìshi kpili
ta
mëneyo nëni wikëwam?
English:
There is an eclipse now.
Lenape:
Mèchi kw
ta
i kishux.
English:
He is already sitting.
Lenape:
Mèchi lëma
ta
hpu. {DN}
English:
He is going to go sit down.
Lenape:
Mèchi may lëma
ta
hpu. {DN}
English:
I am beginning to get dried off.
Lenape:
Mèchi n
ta
lëmi penkwsi. {DN}
English:
I am leaving now.
Lenape:
Mèchi n
ta
lëmska.
English:
Today it is already Autumn.
Lenape:
Mèchi
ta
hkokën yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik.
English:
I am already cold and hungry.
Lenape:
Mèchi
ta
ni n
ta
hkochi òk nkatupwi.
English:
I already went to town.
Lenape:
Mèchi utènink n
ta
. {DN}
English:
Now on this day the time has come.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik ika mahtexën.
English:
I hear him now.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe mpën
ta
o.
English:
He does his best to escape.
Lenape:
Mëchke kah
ta
pulëwe.
English:
The food is on the table.
Lenape:
Mehëmichink èhèn
ta
lipwinkink hate.
English:
He barked when he saw him. (refers to a wolf or dog)
Lenape:
Mëkike èn
ta
neyot.
English:
He barked when he looked at him. (refers to a wolf or dog)
Lenape:
Mëkike èn
ta
pënaot.
English:
He barked when he saw him.
Lenape:
Mëkike èn
ta
pënaote.
English:
He barks and sometimes he howls.
Lenape:
Mëkike
ta
mse wehul.
English:
I am going to the store because I need bread.
Lenape:
Mèmhalamùntikaonink n
ta
èli ahpòn nakatàm.
English:
I put the money in the purse.
Lenape:
Mënutèsink n
ta
tun në moni.
English:
Remember that many of our friends died last winter.
Lenape:
Mëshatàmën xaheli kitisënàk ànkëluk luwàne.
English:
They do various things.
Lenape:
Mësi kèku mikëntàmuwàk.
English:
He walked when he went to town.
Lenape:
Mhituxwe èn
ta
utènink at.
English:
Let's eat dumplings.
Lenape:
Michitàm pàkawënikàna.
English:
Let's eat frybreads.
Lenape:
Michitàm salàpòna.
English:
He uses a (quill) pen when he writes.
Lenape:
Mikwën nhakala èn
ta
lekhikèt.
English:
It was given to me long ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Milkèn ni lòmëwe èn
ta
skixkweiane.
English:
She is expecting a child.
Lenape:
Mimënsa kah
ta
wëlahële.
English:
She is expecting a baby.
Lenape:
Mimënsa kah
ta
wëlahële. {DN}
English:
Let's eat some pork and a frybread.
Lenape:
Mitsitàm kwëshkwësheyok òk salàpòn.
English:
I used a hammer.
Lenape:
Mòkël nhakatàm.
English:
He made the dish for him.
Lenape:
Mòni
ta
oo në lokèns.
English:
I close the door.
Lenape:
Mpahëmën në skon
ta
y.
English:
I hit the little one (animate)
Lenape:
Mpàkama na tànktitit.
English:
I hit the little person.
Lenape:
Mpàkama na tànktitit awèn.
English:
I talk with him on the telephone.
Lenape:
Mpàkàn
ta
maon sëkahsën. {DN}
English:
I talk on the telephone.
Lenape:
Mpàkàntàm sëkahsën. {DN}
English:
I will knock him in the head when I see him.
Lenape:
Mpapelpiteho èn
ta
neyok.
English:
I broke it in half, I used a hammer.
Lenape:
Mpasitehëmën, mòkël nhakatàm.
English:
I am talking on the tape recorder today.
Lenape:
Mpëmëtunhe sëkahsënink
ta
li yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik.
English:
I was looking at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Mpënao na chulëns en
ta
kënthwihëlat.
English:
I am gong to the bank.
Lenape:
Mpen'kink n
ta
. {DN}
English:
I heard that he had died,
Lenape:
Mpën
ta
mëm tìli ànkëlën.
English:
I heard the (wintertime) story and I believe it.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në athiluhakàn, nulamhìtàmën.
English:
I hear the creek flowing.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në sipu pèmitàn.
English:
I heard insane laughter when they laughed.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm këkpëchei këlëksahtin.
English:
I hear something.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm kèku.
English:
I heard that it might be a deep snow.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm konaèt mëxate.
English:
I hear a bird.
Lenape:
Mpën
ta
o chulëns.
English:
I hear a bird singing.
Lenape:
Mpën
ta
o chulëns pe asuwit.
English:
I hear that person.
Lenape:
Mpën
ta
o na awèn. {DN}
English:
I heard Bill Shawnee when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpën
ta
o na Bill Shawnee èn
ta
asuwit.
English:
I heard Doug when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpën
ta
o na Doug èn
ta
asuwit.
English:
I brought him some food.
Lenape:
Mpè
ta
o mehëmichink.
English:
I brought the basket.
Lenape:
Mpètun në tànkhakàn.
English:
A whale swam where it was deep.
Lenape:
Mpiàxkw ashëwìl èn
ta
xitkwèk.
English:
I heard it long ago.
Lenape:
Mpihpën
ta
mën lòmëwe.
English:
I heard it long ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Mpihpën
ta
mën lòmëwe èn
ta
uskixkweiane.
English:
I want to drink water.
Lenape:
Mpi nka
ta
mëne. {DN}
English:
We will eat medicine together when it gets cool weather.
Lenape:
Mpisun michhatihëna èn
ta
thapànke,
English:
He uses medicine.
Lenape:
Mpisun nhakatàm.
English:
I took medicine
Lenape:
Mpisun nkwëntàmën. {DN}
English:
I bit myself by accident and I disliked doing it.
Lenape:
Mpitàb
ta
ma nhàkai, nshinki në lësin.
English:
I bit myself by accident, I hate doing that,
Lenape:
Mpitàn
ta
ma nhakai, nshinki në lìsin.
English:
I bit myself by accident, I hate doing that,
Lenape:
Mpitàn
ta
ma nhakai, nshinki në lìsin.
English:
I accidentally bit my tongue.
Lenape:
Mpitàntàmën nilanu.
English:
I went to a doghouse.
Lenape:
Mwekaneikaonink n
ta
.
English:
The running man escaped.
Lenape:
Na alëmha
ta
hkixin lënu pulëwe.
English:
The apple is redder than the strawberry.
Lenape:
Na aplëlìsh alëwi màxksu nawènah
ta
në tehim.
English:
That strong horse is eating corn.
Lenape:
Na chi
ta
nësit nehënaonkès michu xàskwim.
English:
The bird is sitting on the nest.
Lenape:
Na chulëns lëma
ta
hpu òhshixaink.
English:
The bird occasionally eats peas.
Lenape:
Na chulëns mihëmichu tùkòlaxksi
ta
.
English:
The bird flew over the roof.
Lenape:
Na chulëns xkwi
ta
ke kënthu.
English:
You will stay here.
Lenape:
Nàch yu ktàpi.
English:
I will stay here until you arrive.
Lenape:
Nàch yu ntàpi xu kènch paane.
English:
David hears Lucy.
Lenape:
Na David pwën
ta
o nèl Lucya.
English:
Then when it has gotten extremely hot.
Lenape:
Na èn
ta
kìshi këkhichi kshëtèk.
English:
I simply won't go back.
Lenape:
Nahëli a ma
ta
nkwëtki.
English:
I go to Coon Creek
Lenape:
Nahënëmwi Sipunk n
ta
.
English:
Some wild potatoes grew downstream.
Lenape:
Nahi èn
ta
sakihtit tekënei hopënisàk.
English:
I go downriver.
Lenape:
Nahi n
ta
.
English:
Stop, I want to tell you something.
Lenape:
Nahkihëla, nka
ta
kèku lël.
English:
They stopped there.
Lenape:
Nahkihëleyok
ta
li.
English:
Jim thinks he will be sweaty when he chops wood.
Lenape:
Na Jim litehe xu k
ta
ptiksu èn
ta
kiskhakwèt.
English:
That one-drop Quapaw made me mad.
Lenape:
Na kwëti pànkpèk Okahpa n
ta
hihùkw.
English:
I go upstream.
Lenape:
Nalahi n
ta
.
English:
The man is meaner than the woman.
Lenape:
Na lënu alëwi mah
ta
peyu nawènah
ta
na xkwe.
English:
That man is strong.
Lenape:
Na lënu chi
ta
nësu.
English:
The man who follows another man because he is afraid of ridicule.
Lenape:
Na lënu èn
ta
naolat pili lënuwa èli kwitànk pawchètëwakàn.
English:
The man did not sleep very long.
Lenape:
Na lënu ma
ta
kwëni kawi.
English:
The man did not feed hi pet.
Lenape:
Na lënu ma
ta
tòxamao nèl tòlëmunsa.
English:
The man did not feed his dog.
Lenape:
Na lënu ma
ta
tòxmao nèl mwekaneyëma.
English:
The man carried the saddle on his back.
Lenape:
Na lënu noyuntàm në ehapahpink.
English:
The man shot at the fence post.
Lenape:
Na lënu payaxkhoo nèl pòs
ta
.
English:
The man slept just a short time.
Lenape:
Na lënu tàkiti kawi.
English:
The man told his mother I might go to town.
Lenape:
Na lënu tëlao kohèsa konaèt utènink n
ta
.
English:
The man likes money.
Lenape:
Na lënu winkatàm moni.
English:
That is all that I can recall at this time.
Lenape:
Nal në shëkw nkàski mëshatàmën yukwe.
English:
That is where he began to grow up.
Lenape:
Nal në tën
ta
alëmikin.
English:
That is the reason why they still use it.
Lenape:
Nal në wënchi yukwe mèchi nhakatàmëneyo.
English:
This is neverending.
Lenape:
Nal në yuni ma
ta
wikwèk.
English:
That is all Jim talks when we talk on the telephone.
Lenape:
Nal wa shùkw Jim èn
ta
hànkw alënixsienkw sëkahsënink.
English:
The child sucked on his thumb.
Lenape:
Na mimëns sipàntàmën ki
ta
lëncha.
English:
The baby wants to sleep.
Lenape:
Na mimëntët kah
ta
kawi.
English:
The dog does not like to eat sapan (corn gruel).
Lenape:
Na mwekane ku winkatàmu sapan.
English:
The dog did not hear the bird when he sang.
Lenape:
Na mwekane ma
ta
pwën
ta
o nèl chulënsa èn
ta
asuwit.
English:
That dog bit me.
Lenape:
Na mwekane n
ta
hëmùkw.
English:
The dog heard the hoe when it fell over.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pwëntàmën në kwipëlënay èn
ta
amwihëlèk.
English:
The dog heard the bird when he sang.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pwën
ta
oo nèl chulënsa èn
ta
asuwit.
English:
The dog is lying under the table.
Lenape:
Na mwekane shenkixin èkwi èhèn
ta
lipwinkink.
English:
The puppy plays with the kitten.
Lenape:
Na mwekanetët pòpihao nèl pushitë
ta
.
English:
The puppy is playing with the kitten.
Lenape:
Na mwekanetët pòpihao nèl pushitë
ta
.
English:
The dog likes to eat sapan.
Lenape:
Na mwekane winkitàm sapan
English:
There is where I will go.
Lenape:
Na në xu n
ta
n.
English:
Then I told him, 'Okay! Let's ask him.'
Lenape:
Na ntëkwën, 'Nëpe! Ntutëmawtàm.'
English:
Then I told them, 'Wait for me a little while.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlaneyo, 'Pèhi
ta
kiti.'
English:
I told these children that I am like Wehixamukes, a person must speak correctly to me.
Lenape:
Na ntëlaok yuki mimënsàk wëli
ta
ni alàshi Wehixamukes, kënch
ta
mayay awèn keko lite.
English:
Then we told him, 'Okay, all right, we are glad.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlawëna, 'Yuh nal
ta
nën, nulelìntàmuhëna.'
English:
Then I told him, 'Okay, let's ask him.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlkwën, 'Nëpe, ntutëmaw
ta
m.'
English:
He will follow me wherever I go or himself be a coward.
Lenape:
Naolùkw të
ta
yu
ta
eyaa shì
ta
ko nèkane shwilait.
English:
White-Wing said, 'Okay, let's smoke!'
Lenape:
Na Opilunkòn luwe, 'Nëpèh
ta
hupotàm!'
English:
The boy wants an apple.
Lenape:
Na pilaecëch kah
ta
le apëlësha.
English:
The boy wants some pie.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kah
ta
tàm pai.
English:
The boy wants to eat some pie.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kahtutàm pai.
English:
The boy wanted to help the girl.
Lenape:
Na pilaechëch kò
ta
wichëmao nèl xkwechëcha.
English:
The mouse bit a piece out of my ear.
Lenape:
Na pukwès kohshàntàmën nhi
ta
ok.
English:
The mouse bit me on my ear.
Lenape:
Na pukwès n
ta
hëmùkw nhi
ta
okink.
English:
The cat carries the kitten in her mouth.
Lenape:
Na pushis tën
ta
mao nèl pushitë
ta
.
English:
The white man was just sitting there.
Lenape:
Na shëwanàkw wëli lëma
ta
hpu.
English:
The short man went to town.
Lenape:
Na tàkòkwsit lënu utènink è.
English:
Get me some water.
Lenape:
Na
ta
mai mpi.
English:
The small man knows the large man.
Lenape:
Na tànktitit lënu uwahao nèl xinkwi lënuwa.
English:
That little dog came.
Lenape:
Na tànktitit mwekane pe.
English:
Go get the little dishes.
Lenape:
Nati nèl lokèntë
ta
.
English:
Go get the little white dishes.
Lenape:
Nati nèl opënchutë
ta
.
English:
Then when Jim called me he said it was thundering and raining hard.
Lenape:
Na wa Jim èn
ta
ahtumit luwe pèthakhòn òk kshilan.
English:
Then I told Jim on the telephone that there was repeatedly lightning and thunder here last night.
Lenape:
Na wa Jim ntëla èn
ta
sëkahsënink sasapëlehële mah òk pèpèthakhòn yu
ta
li welakwike.
English:
Then we all left.
Lenape:
Na wèmi n
ta
lëmskanèn.
English:
They want three (of something).
Lenape:
Naxa kah
ta
ta
muk.
English:
Three turtles.
Lenape:
Naxa
ta
hkoxàk.
English:
Three turtles and one snake.
Lenape:
Naxa
ta
hkoxàk òk kwëti xkuk.
English:
The girl is prettier than the woman.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch alëwi wëlësu nawènah
ta
na xkwe.
English:
That girl is bigger than the others.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch alëwi xinkwi nawènah
ta
nèk
ta
kokik.
English:
The girl placed the turkey on the table.
Lenape:
Na xkwechëch tòhëlao nèl chikënëma èhèn
ta
lipwinkink.
English:
The woman carried the baby in her arms.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kwënao nèl mimëntë
ta
.
English:
The woman made soup.
Lenape:
Na xkwe manitu kshi
ta
y.
English:
The woman made the baby sickly (by her bad actions)
Lenape:
Na xkwe mikòlahe mimëntë
ta
.
English:
The woman felt sorry for the kitten.
Lenape:
Na xkwe wshielëmao nèl pushitë
ta
.
English:
Then when I finish eating I have to get ready to go to town.
Lenape:
Na xu kìshi mitsiane n
ta
lëmi wènchahki èli nka
ta
utènink a.
English:
I made a mistake when I sewed.
Lenape:
Nchanitun èn
ta
këlixea.
English:
I left Oklahoma, I am going to New York.
Lenape:
Nëkatàmën Oklahoma, New York n
ta
.
English:
The birds started to sing when it got to be daylight.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk hànkw alëmi asuwàk èn
ta
òxeèk.
English:
The trees are beginning to bloom.
Lenape:
Nèki hìtkuk alëmi ò
ta
eyuwàk.
English:
Those Delawares did not know it.
Lenape:
Nèk Lënapeyok
ta
ku watuneyok,
English:
Those three were wanted.
Lenape:
Nèk naxa kah
ta
lsuwàk.
English:
Those old women were pleased.
Lenape:
Nèk xawshisësàk wëlelìntàmuk.
English:
The leaves are beginning to be red and yellow because it is already Autumn.
Lenape:
Nèl këmpahko alëmi màxkeyo òk wisaeyo èli mèchi
ta
hkokën.
English:
He made the dish for me.
Lenape:
Nëmani
ta
kw në lokèns.
English:
I made two baskets.
Lenape:
Nëmanituna nisha tànkhakàna.
English:
I am mad at him because he lied.
Lenape:
Nëmanunksi
ta
o èli këlune.
English:
I go to dig them up.
Lenape:
Nëmay k
ta
hòòk
English:
I vomited blood.
Lenape:
Nëmëlàntàm mhùkw.
English:
I smell this flower.
Lenape:
Nëmëlao wa ò
ta
ès.
English:
I can see the forest.
Lenape:
Nemën èn
ta
shinkèk.
English:
I will drink it here.
Lenape:
Nëmënèn yushe
ta
li.
English:
I sat on the floor near the table.
Lenape:
Nëmëshake kixki ehèn
ta
lipwink.
English:
I should have remembered it.
Lenape:
Nëmëshatàmën a.
English:
I should have thought of it.
Lenape:
Nëmëshatàmën a mah.
English:
I remember an old story.
Lenape:
nëmëshatàm xuwi achimëwakàn.
English:
I gave him a knife for his birthday.
Lenape:
Nëmila kshikàn èn
ta
kahtënamit.
English:
I gave him my knife for his birthday.
Lenape:
Nëmila mpàxkshikànëm èn
ta
kahtënamit.
English:
I saw the ocean when I went to the east.
Lenape:
Nem ki
ta
hikàn èn
ta
ika a wehènchiopànk.
English:
Okay, let's smoke!
Lenape:
Nëpèh
ta
hupotàm!
English:
Okay, my friend, let's go hunting.
Lenape:
Nëpèh
ta
, nchu, alaitàm.
English:
Me neither!
Lenape:
Nèpe
ta
ku!
English:
I too was created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Nèpe
ta
nkishelëmùksi.
English:
The coat cost three dollars.
Lenape:
Në shakhùkwiàn naxa n
ta
lasa lawtu.
English:
That other rock looks different.
Lenape:
Në
ta
kok ahsën pili linakòt.
English:
I ate it all up yesterday.
Lenape:
Nëwèkwitàmën lòkëwe.
English:
I helped when they pounded corn.
Lenape:
Nëwichinke èn
ta
kohokhatink.
English:
I helped when they all ground corn.
Lenape:
Nëwichinke èn
ta
kohòkhatink.
English:
My nose is sore.
Lenape:
Nëwinamàntàmën nhikiyon.
English:
I like her but I seldom see her.
Lenape:
Nëwinkala shëk ma
ta
nineyo chuxkwe.
English:
I like to eat it when it is fried.
Lenape:
Nëwinkama ni nàn èn
ta
salàsasik.
English:
I would like to teach him some songs.
Lenape:
Nëwinki a wën
ta
mao asuwakàna.
English:
I like the taste of that bread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàmën në ahpon.
English:
I like the taste of this bread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàmën yu ahpòn.
English:
I like to eat pork.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm kwëshkwësheyok.
English:
I like to eat that meat.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm në wiyus.
English:
I like to eat eggs.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm òòla.
English:
I like to eat pizza.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm pitsa.
English:
I like to eat frybread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm salàpòn.
English:
I like to eat beef.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm wèhshùmwisi wiyus.
English:
I like to eat meat.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm wiyus.
English:
I like to eat liver.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm xkwën.
English:
I like this saying (or word).
Lenape:
Nëwinksìtàmën yu luweokàn.
English:
I like to hear Nora when she talks Lenape.
Lenape:
Nëwinksì
ta
w hànkw wa Nora èn
ta
alënixsit.
English:
We ate with him when it was noon.
Lenape:
Nëwipumawëna èn
ta
paxàkwèk.
English:
My husband went to work today.
Lenape:
Nëwi
ta
emàk may mikëmòsu yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik.
English:
I will go along because I do not think anything of my life.
Lenape:
Nëwitèch èli ma
ta
kèku ntëlelìntàmuwën në lehëlexeokàn.
English:
I will go along as I do not dislike doing anything.
Lenape:
Nëwitèch ma
ta
ntihashi shinki lësin kèku.
English:
I danced with Mike when he did the Bean Dance.
Lenape:
Nëwitkèma na Mike èn
ta
malàxkwsitkan.
English:
There were four of them when they danced.
Lenape:
Neyëwàk èn
ta
këtkahtit.
English:
We saw him when he was butchering.
Lenape:
Neyowëna èn
ta
wiyus'hèt.
English:
He carries his own sins on his back.
Lenape:
Nihëlàchi nayuntànk mah
ta
wsëwakàna.
English:
Long ago when a girl had a baby.
Lenape:
Nìke lòmëwe èn
ta
xkwechëch wëlahëlat mimënsa.
English:
I bit my tongue by accident.
Lenape:
Nilanu mpitàntàmën.
English:
Have you ever used that Vicks (Vaporub)?
Lenape:
Nìnhakatàmèn hàch nàni Vicks?
English:
I myself have used it.
Lenape:
Nìnhakatàmèn
ta
ni.
English:
I am the one who did not return.
Lenape:
Ni ntëli ma
ta
kwëtkiwën.
English:
I myself led these of the Turtle Clan when there was a war.
Lenape:
Ni ntëli sahkakwënaneyo yuki Pukuankuichik èn
ta
mah
ta
kenk.
English:
I read two books.
Lenape:
Nisha lekhikàna ntàkima.
English:
Two dollars.
Lenape:
Nisha n
ta
lasa.
English:
Two flowers.
Lenape:
Nisha ò
ta
èsàk.
English:
Two young men said, 'We will.'
Lenape:
Nisha skìnuwàk luweyok, 'Niluna
ta
.'
English:
It has been cold here for two days.
Lenape:
Nishukwëne the yu
ta
li.
English:
I am a skilled canoemaker.
Lenape:
Ni
ta
i muxulhe.
English:
I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
Ni
ta
Lënape.
English:
I can go and kill the serpent.
Lenape:
Ni
ta
may nhila na màxaxkuk.
English:
I am riding horseback.
Lenape:
Ni
ta
nehënaonkèsahpi.
English:
I myself really hold dogs in high regard.
Lenape:
Ni
ta
ni nëmàxinkwelëma wàni mwekane.
English:
I do my best alone.
Lenape:
Ni xuha n
ta
lënuwihëla.
English:
My mother is carrying the soup.
Lenape:
Nkahès kwëlënëm në kshi
ta
y.
English:
We want some of the hot ashes.
Lenape:
Nkaka
ta
muhëna në kèshtèk punkw.
English:
I want to tell a story.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
achimwi.
English:
I want to dress myself.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
ahkona nhàkay.
English:
I want to rest.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
alaximwi.
English:
I want to fish.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
ame.
English:
I want to get up.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
amwi.
English:
I want to sing.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
asuwi.
English:
I want to sing for a little while.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
asuwi
ta
kiti.
English:
I want to make garden.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
hakihe.
English:
First I want to finish fixing my fence.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
hì
ta
mi kishixtun nëmenàxk.
English:
I want to hide quickly (polite saying for 'I want to use toilet')
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kànchihëla.
English:
I want to sleep.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kawi.
English:
I want to sleep.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kawi.
English:
I want to tell you something.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kèku lël.
English:
I want to give him something.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kèku mila.
English:
I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kèxaptun kèku luwe.
English:
I want to heat it.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kshësëmën.
English:
I want to smell it (intentionally).
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kwësiamën.
English:
I want one frybread.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kwëti salàpòn.
English:
I want to move.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
kwsi.
English:
I want an apple.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
la apëlìsh.
English:
I want a chicken.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
la tipas.
English:
I want to live the Delaware way.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
Lënapeowsi.
English:
I want to dance the Delaware way.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
Lënapewka.
English:
I want to burn cedar.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
lusa pëphòkwës.
English:
I want to go to a dance.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mahwink a.
English:
I want to go to help him.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mai wichëma.
English:
I want to gather wood.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
manàxe.
English:
I want to make a clay pot.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
maniha siskuwahus.
English:
I want to go to wash.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
may kshixtike. {DN}
English:
I want to go look at him.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
may pënao.
English:
I want to smell it.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mëlamën.
English:
I want to vomit.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mëlàntàm.
English:
I want to buy land.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mhalàmën hàki.
English:
I want to buy food.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mhalamën mehëmichink.
English:
I want to sell something.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mhalëmake.
English:
I want to sell my house.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mhalëmake nëwikwam.
English:
I want to sell a house.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mhalëmake wikëwam.
English:
I want to work
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mikëmòsi.
English:
I want to give her a dress.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
mila hèmpës.
English:
I want to give them a dress.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
milaok hèmpës.
English:
I want to soften it.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
ntòkënëmën.
English:
I want to stay at home.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
nutike. {DN}
English:
I want to crack some nuts.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
pahkàsi.
English:
I want to crack pecans.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
pahkàsi kansèm.
English:
I want to crack some pecans.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
pahkàsi kansèm.
English:
I want to shoot him.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
payaxkho. {DN}
English:
I want to shoot an owl.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
payaxkho kukhus. {DN}
English:
I want to wash my hair.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
shixhùkò
English:
I want to urinate.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
shki.
English:
We want some seeds.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tàmënèn xkànim.
English:
I want that white dish.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tàmën në opèk lokèns.
English:
I want a small piece.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tàm tànkiti pàke.
English:
We want some corn.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tàmuhëna xàskwim.
English:
I want some boiled corn.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tàm wënsasik xàskwim.
English:
I want to bathe soon.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tixëmwi xulëniti.
English:
I want to ask you something.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
tutëmul.
English:
I want to go to town.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
utènink a.
English:
I want to know it.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
watun. {DN}
English:
I want to give names to my relatives.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
wihëlaneyo nèk elankumàkik.
English:
I want to beg of you.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
winëwamël.
English:
I want to cross the water.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
xkoxka. {DN}
English:
I want to go to sleep now.
Lenape:
Nka
ta
yukwe kawi.
English:
I almost got pregnant.
Lenape:
Nkati ànchi lànkuntàm
English:
I am hungry and I want to eat.
Lenape:
Nkatupwi, nka
ta
mitsi.
English:
I want to eat some gravy.
Lenape:
Nkatutàm ehëmàxkenk.
English:
I want to eat some pecans.
Lenape:
Nkatutàm kansèm.
English:
I want to eat some meat.
Lenape:
Nkatutàm wiyus.
English:
I am holding a fork.
Lenape:
Nkëlëntàm lèlxaoluwèk.
English:
Those people listened to me.
Lenape:
Nkëlës
ta
kuna nèki awènik.
English:
The man listens to me.
Lenape:
Nkëlës
ta
kw na lënu.
English:
The man listened to me.
Lenape:
Nkëlë
ta
kw na lënu.
English:
I sewed my dress.
Lenape:
Nkëlixamën n
ta
hèmpsëm.
English:
I sewed on my shirt. ; I sewed on my dress.
Lenape:
Nkëlixhamën n
ta
hèmpsëm
English:
I must go back.
Lenape:
Nkënch
ta
kwëtkiane.
English:
I hid the money then I showed Jim where the money is.
Lenape:
Nkënthatun mah moni na na Jim nëwën
ta
mao të
ta
etèk në moni.
English:
I went crazy in a wagon (or car) as the wagon spun around.
Lenape:
Nkëpchehëla tëpchehëlasink èn
ta
tëpchehëlat na tëpchehëlas.
English:
We washed out ears.
Lenape:
Nkëshixtuna nhi
ta
okëna.
English:
I itched when a mosquito bit me.
Lenape:
Nkëshuwsi èn
ta
punkwës thòmit.
English:
I walked silently but the dog growled, he must have heard me.
Lenape:
Nkimuwe shek na mwekane lùkwixin, mpën
ta
kw èt.
English:
I raised a lot of watermelons.
Lenape:
Nkishikënëm xaheli èski
ta
mink.
English:
I finished dirtying it.
Lenape:
Nkìshi niskitàmën.
English:
I have already thought about it.
Lenape:
Nkìshi pënaelìn
ta
mën.
English:
I am afraid that I will starve.
Lenape:
Nkwitàmën tìlìch shawlamwin.
English:
He followed the other man as he walked down the road.
Lenape:
Nòòlao nèl
ta
kok lënuwa èn
ta
pëmëskat tëmakànink.
English:
He carries the saddle on his back.
Lenape:
Noyuntàm në ehapahpink.
English:
I looked at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Npënao na chulëns èn
ta
këthwihëlat.
English:
We are sorry for what we said.
Lenape:
Nshielìntàmuhëna èluweyànk.
English:
I got married yesterday.
Lenape:
Nshilìntàm lòkëwe.
English:
I hate those rocks.
Lenape:
Nshinka
ta
mëna nèl ahsëna.
English:
I hated it when they were fighting.
Lenape:
Nshinkatàmën èn
ta
mah
ta
kenk.
English:
I hate to go places when it is raining.
Lenape:
Nshinki hànkw të
ta
a èn
ta
sukëlànk.
English:
I hate to go places when it is cold.
Lenape:
Nshinki hànkw të
ta
a èn
ta
thèk.
English:
I do not like to listen to bad talk (news) now because there is a war.
Lenape:
Nshinki këlìs
ta
mahchikwi luweokàn èli mah
ta
kèn yukwe.
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 litehe n
ta
lëmska.
English:
I don't like this saying (or word).
Lenape:
Nshinksìtàmën yu luweokàn.
English:
I am tired of hearing him, I wish he would shut up.
Lenape:
Nshinksì
ta
o, kwëlaha chitkwësin.
English:
My uncle and my father and I hunted near a creek.
Lenape:
Nshis òk nux òk nèpe n
ta
laihëna kixki sipunk.
English:
I was upside down when I was hanging.
Lenape:
N
ta
chichkoli èn
ta
shehëlan.
English:
I feel congested when I smoke too much.
Lenape:
N
ta
hchihëleamàlsi èn
ta
sòmipoàn.
English:
I feel congested here in my lung.
Lenape:
N
ta
hchihëleamàlsi yushe nopànink.
English:
My dress is in the house.; My shirt is in the house.
Lenape:
N
ta
hèmpsëm wikwahëmink hate.
English:
That dog bit me.
Lenape:
N
ta
hëmùkw na mwekane.
English:
The snake bit me.
Lenape:
N
ta
hëmukw na xkuk.
English:
We went to his house.
Lenape:
N
ta
hëna wikit.
English:
I might have made him mad.
Lenape:
N
ta
hiha èt.
English:
I am very sleepy.
Lenape:
N
ta
hi kahtunkòm.
English:
I am very tired.
Lenape:
N
ta
hi wikwihëla.
English:
I love the Delaware language.
Lenape:
N
ta
hotàmën Lënapei lixsëwakàn.
English:
I talk about animals
Lenape:
Ntàkënimaok aèsësàk
English:
I will talk about animals.
Lenape:
ntàkënutëmàok aèsësàk.
English:
I read the (news)paper.
Lenape:
N
ta
kima na pampil.
English:
I cannot talk Delaware.
Lenape:
N
ta
la alënixsi.
English:
I stopped swimming.
Lenape:
N
ta
la ashëwil.
English:
I will go hunting if it snows.
Lenape:
N
ta
lai winèke.
English:
I go home quickly.
Lenape:
N
ta
làpi machi.
English:
I wrote this.
Lenape:
N
ta
lekhikàmën yun.
English:
I began to feel like I really wanted to vomit.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi ahi nka
ta
mëlàntàm alàshi.
English:
I began to want to vomit.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi kah
ta
mëlàntàm.
English:
I am getting to be an old person.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi kìkay.
English:
I am beginning to get hot.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi kshësi.
English:
I began to vomit.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi mëlàntàm.
English:
I began to watch those two.
Lenape:
N
ta
lemi pënaok nèk nisha.
English:
I have begun to forget it.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi wànin.
English:
We have begun to forget it.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmi wàninèn.
English:
I leave to go prepare it for you.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmska may wëlixtulën..
English:
My pets, I have two.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmunsàk, nisha nulhala.
English:
My animal is strong. (horse, dog, etc.)
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmuns chi
ta
nësu. {DN}
English:
My pet is smart.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmuns lëpwe.
English:
My pet is also a Beagle, a little male.
Lenape:
N
ta
lëmuntët òk nàni Beagle, lënuwexàmëtët.
English:
I felt it when that fly bit me.
Lenape:
Ntàmama èn
ta
na uche thomit.
English:
I sense that person's presence.
Lenape:
Ntàmama na awèn.
English:
I went to the store.
Lenape:
N
ta
mèmhalamùntikaonink.
English:
I speared the fish.
Lenape:
Ntànkama na namès.
English:
The bee stung me.
Lenape:
Ntànkamùkw na amëwe.
English:
I drank milk with my meal.
Lenape:
N
ta
pamuhe nunakàn.
English:
I am in Dewey.
Lenape:
N
ta
pi Dewey-ink.
English:
I am in Dewey.
Lenape:
Ntàpi Dewey-ink.
English:
I roast the meat
Lenape:
Ntàpusi në wiyus.
English:
I had a dream last night.
Lenape:
N
ta
shimwi welakwike.
English:
I walked fast when we went to the creek.
Lenape:
Ntàshxëmuxwe sipunk èn
ta
eenkw.
English:
I fed his dog (or his pet).
Lenape:
Ntàxama tòlëmunsa.
English:
I took my dress off.
Lenape:
Ntëkënëmën n
ta
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
I told these children now I will smoke to death.
Lenape:
Ntëlaok yuki mimënsàk mèchi xu n
ta
ptipo.
English:
I told him, "Phooey," when he said something.
Lenape:
Ntëla, "Phwit," èn
ta
kèku luwèt.
English:
I wrote and I read.
Lenape:
Ntëlekhike òk n
ta
hènsi.
English:
I heard that that Wehixamukes spoke incorrectly.
Lenape:
Ntëlsìtàm amàchixsu naka Wèhixamukèsa.
English:
The doctor told me, 'Don't ever come here again.'
Lenape:
Ntëlùkw na n
ta
ktël, 'Kàchi chich pahich.'
English:
I want to say a few words.
Lenape:
Ntënxi kah
ta
kèxaptun luwe.
English:
I am tired of hearing that saying.
Lenape:
Ntèpsìtàm yu wën
ta
mokàn.
English:
I think they want that which we want.
Lenape:
Ntite ka
ta
tàmëneyok kiluna kè
ta
ta
mink.
English:
I think I will jump over that tree limb.
Lenape:
Ntite xu n
ta
lëmakil në tuhòn.
English:
I open the door
Lenape:
Ntunkshènëmën skon
ta
y.
English:
You blame me for nothing. (falsely)
Lenape:
Nuchkwe k
ta
kwimi.
English:
I should feel well when I stop smoking.
Lenape:
Nulamàlsi a èn
ta
ala hupoàn.
English:
I feel really well.
Lenape:
Nulamàlsi
ta
.
English:
I am glad because I can still speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli kwiakwi kàski alënixsia.
English:
I am glad that I am again at my home.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli làpi paan wikia.
English:
I am glad because you came. (welcome)
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli paan.
English:
I am glad that you came. (Welcome!)
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli paan.
English:
I am glad that you all came. (Welcome!)
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli paèk.
English:
I am glad because you people came.
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli paèkw
English:
I am glad because I have lived until this day.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli pè
ta
wsia yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik.
English:
I am glad because you did well.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli wëlësit.
English:
I am glad because you came here.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli yu paan.
English:
I am glad that I came here.
Lenape:
Nulelîntàm èli yu paa yu
ta
li.
English:
I am glad that I can again walk around on this earth.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàmën èli kàski làpi pëmësketàmën yushe xkwithakamika.
English:
I was glad when she said that because I like her.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èn
ta
në luwèt èli nëwinkala.
English:
I have a bow.
Lenape:
Nulhala ha
ta
pi.
English:
I own a bow.
Lenape:
Nulhala ha
ta
pi.
English:
I have thirty six little fishes.
Lenape:
Nulhala xintxke òk kwë
ta
sh namètëtàk.
English:
I am happy at this place when I visit.
Lenape:
Nulhatenami yushe èn
ta
kiikeyàn.
English:
I have a chair.
Lenape:
Nulhatu lehëlëma
ta
hpink.
English:
I have some money, let's go to town.
Lenape:
Nulhatu moni, utènink atàm.
English:
I hear him well.
Lenape:
Nuli pën
ta
o.
English:
I got married in Dewey.
Lenape:
Nushilìntàm Dewey-ink.
English:
I know a Choctaw named Sarah Jones.
Lenape:
Nuwaha Chah
ta
luwènsu Sarah Jones.
English:
Come here, let's dance.
Lenape:
Nuwi, këntkatàm.
English:
Come, let's dance.
Lenape:
Nuwi, këntkatàm.
English:
Come here little one, let us eat pork and frybread.
Lenape:
Nuwiti, michitàm kwëshkwësheyok òk salàpon.
English:
Father, will you sing tomorrow?
Lenape:
Nuxa, k
ta
suwi hàch alàpa?
English:
She held the flower.
Lenape:
Ohkènao nèl ò
ta
èsa.
English:
That cat is slow.
Lenape:
Oh
ta
msu na pushis.
English:
She had a doll that looked different that she made of sticks.
Lenape:
Oh
ta
su hìtko mësilinakòhtu wëlitu.
English:
They flew around the red flowers.
Lenape:
Okai kënthuwàk màxksichik ò
ta
èsàk.
English:
There are flowers all around.
Lenape:
Okai ò
ta
èsàk.
English:
And they do not even want to understand the Delaware language.
Lenape:
Ok ma
ta
ili kò
ta
nënus
ta
mëneyo në Lënapeixsëwakàn.
English:
Oh, your older brother wanted to go fishing.
Lenape:
O, kxans kah
ta
ame.
English:
Oh, I am going to go to town anyhow.
Lenape:
O, nahëli utènink n
ta
.
English:
Are there many opossums around here?
Lenape:
Opinkwike hàch yu
ta
li?
English:
I went over the hill.
Lenape:
Osaonkwe n
ta
.
English:
The cat is sleeping on his back.
Lenape:
Osatèxin na pushis èn
ta
kawit.
English:
The man sat on the other side of the tree.
Lenape:
Osi hìtkunk na lënu lëma
ta
hpu.
English:
We went behind the house.
Lenape:
Osikamike n
ta
nèn.
English:
Flowers are beginning to bloom.
Lenape:
O
ta
èsàk alëmi ò
ta
eyëwàk.
English:
The beans in your garden are blooming.
Lenape:
O
ta
eyuwa nèl malaxkwsi
ta
k
ta
kihakànink.
English:
Oh, that little dog was glad.
Lenape:
O, wëlelìntàm na mwekanetët.
English:
Later on you will play the flute.
Lenape:
Owiye ktàpikwe.
English:
I am very glad.
Lenape:
Pahkànchi nulelìntàm.
English:
I am very glad to see you.
Lenape:
Pahkànchi nulelìntàm èli newëlàn.
English:
We should go to a different place.
Lenape:
Pali a k
ta
hëna.
English:
He moved to a different chair.
Lenape:
Pali lehëlëma
ta
hpink è.
English:
I will go elsewhere.
Lenape:
Pali xu n
ta
.
English:
I go down the hill.
Lenape:
Pankhanunk n
ta
.
English:
They pray in the Big House Church for twelve nights.
Lenape:
Pa
ta
maok lamunkwe Xinkwikaonink tèlën òk nisha piskèk.
English:
You came from church.
Lenape:
Pa
ta
mweikaonink kum.
English:
I came from church.
Lenape:
Pa
ta
mweikaonink num.
English:
Prayer that Jesus said (Lord's Prayer)
Lenape:
Pa
ta
mweokàn èluwèt Jesus.
English:
Wait for me a while, I will go dig them up.
Lenape:
Pèhi
ta
kiti, xu nëmai k
ta
hòòk.
English:
He sits beside me.
Lenape:
Pëmichi lëma
ta
hpu.
English:
Just look at all the things I won!
Lenape:
Pëna
ta
mwe wèmi kèku nsihëwe!
English:
He went into a hole in a tree.
Lenape:
Pënchi hìtkunk èn
ta
òlèk.
English:
My shirt is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Penkwte n
ta
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
Oh, look at him!
Lenape:
Pënow
ta
mwe!
English:
I used cedar because I wanted to purify myself.
Lenape:
Pëphòkwës nakala èli ka
ta
pilhìksi.
English:
He knocked on the door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmën skon
ta
y.
English:
The white people brought us whiskey.
Lenape:
Pè
ta
kuna wàni weòpsit wëshki.
English:
They came to where I live.
Lenape:
Peyok yushe èn
ta
wikia.
English:
The Delawares live differently from the White people.
Lenape:
Pililawsuwàk yuki Lenapeyok nawènah
ta
Shëwanahkok.
English:
This flower is a different color.
Lenape:
Pililikwsu wa ò
ta
ès.
English:
This flower looks different.
Lenape:
Pililinakwsu wa ò
ta
ès.
English:
I want to talk about something different.
Lenape:
Pili nka
ta
kèku ahkënutàm.
English:
The preacher misspoke when he preached.
Lenape:
Pi
ta
peune na pèpëmëtunhèt èn
ta
pëmëtunhèt.
English:
He winked at the young woman.
Lenape:
Pòkinkwelah
ta
o nèl skixkweyo.
English:
The chairs are stuck together.
Lenape:
Psàkwixënu nèk lehëlëma
ta
hpinkok.
English:
The pumpkins were yellowed by weeds growing around them.
Lenape:
Pukchi
ta
mëneyo kèskunthaka.
English:
His feet are broken.
Lenape:
Pukòhtu nèl si
ta
.
English:
The table is broken.
Lenape:
Pukòt në ehèn
ta
pipwink.
English:
I placed a mouse on my head. (from song sung by a cat)
Lenape:
Pukwès nilink n
ta
hëla.
English:
Levae it alone or it will hurt you.
Lenape:
Puni
ta
xu kwëshinalùkòn.
English:
I used ashes.
Lenape:
Punkw nakatàm.
English:
A cat is sitting on the porch.
Lenape:
Pushis lëma
ta
hpu alëwikaonink.
English:
He wants that rabbit that he is looking at.
Lenape:
Pwënao nèl chëmàmsa kò
ta
lao.
English:
They heard those things.
Lenape:
Pwën
ta
mëneyo nël këku.
English:
He heard everything that he said.
Lenape:
Pwën
ta
o wèmi kèku èluwèt.
English:
Lead me by the hand wherever I go.
Lenape:
Sahkakwënich të
ta
pe aàn.
English:
The flowers are coming up.
Lenape:
Sakhukweyok nèk ò
ta
èsàk.
English:
That person is worried.
Lenape:
Sàkwelìntàm na awèn.
English:
They were sad because where they were was spoiled.
Lenape:
Sàkwelìntàmuk èli palitunasik në èpihtit.
English:
Sunday I go to Bartlesville, those Delawares want to try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Sàntèke Bartlesville n
ta
, nèk Lënapeyok kè
ta
kwchi alënixsihtit.
English:
He was bald when he was born.
Lenape:
Sapëlàntpe èn
ta
mhi
ta
hpit.
English:
I go to the south.
Lenape:
Shaoneyunk n
ta
.
English:
I will go south.
Lenape:
Shaoneyunk xu n
ta
.
English:
The glass is on the table.
Lenape:
Shapontèk hate èhèn
ta
lipwinkink.
English:
I am sitting by the fire.
Lenape:
Shawiskte nlëma
ta
hpi.
English:
I am here by the fire.
Lenape:
Shawiskte ntàpi.
English:
I am here south of the house.
Lenape:
Shawneyunk wikwahëmink ntàpi.
English:
I will used this as a breechcloth.
Lenape:
She lah yu nsàku
ta
n.
English:
This is our land.
Lenape:
Shè lah yu n
ta
kiyëmëna.
English:
That is it.
Lenape:
Shè
ta
nën.
English:
Here it is.
Lenape:
Shè
ta
yu.
English:
The beans are sour (spoiled).
Lenape:
Shëwalsu nèl malàxkwsi
ta
.
English:
The wood is straight.
Lenape:
Shëxahke në
ta
xàn.
English:
Here is something to read.
Lenape:
She yul kèku ahkën
ta
.
English:
I am right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpi.
English:
We are right here.
Lenape:
Shè yu ntàpinèn.
English:
I am sitting on the edge of the bed.
Lenape:
Shòwi xansunink nlëma
ta
hpi.
English:
Grasshoppers like to eat grass.
Lenape:
Shùkwìlkèsàk skiko winkitàmuk.
English:
Grasshoppers like to eat grass.
Lenape:
Shùkwìlkèsàk winkitàmuk skiko .
English:
Let us go to the creek.
Lenape:
Sipunk atàm.
English:
I go to the creek.
Lenape:
Sipunk n
ta
.
English:
My shirt is wet.
Lenape:
Skàpe n
ta
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
I have to get ready when I finish eating.
Lenape:
Sòkënch wènchahkiane èn
ta
kìshi mitsia.
English:
You are talking too fast.
Lenape:
Sòmi k
ta
làpixsi.
English:
That cat is very cold.
Lenape:
Sòmi
ta
hkòchu na pushis.
English:
This is a very small town.
Lenape:
Sòmi tànkètu yu utènay.
English:
This town is too small.
Lenape:
Sòmi tànkètu yu utènay.
English:
He is very smart.
Lenape:
Sòmi watàm.
English:
It has a good sound.
Lenape:
Sòmi wëli
ta
kòt.
English:
I went to the stable.
Lenape:
Stèpëlink n
ta
.
English:
Where should we go?
Lenape:
Ta
ch a k
ta
hëna?
English:
I will never see you again.
Lenape:
Ta
chich knewëlu.
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta
hàch k
ta
?
English:
How do you feel?
Lenape:
Ta
hàch ktëlamàlsin?
English:
How is Mr. Jones feeling?
Lenape:
Ta
hàch tëlamàlsin na Jones?
English:
Where shall we eat?
Lenape:
Ta
hèch a ktën
ta
mitsinèn?
English:
How do you make frybread?
Lenape:
Ta
hëch ki ksalàpònhe?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta
hèch k
ta
?
English:
Where will you people be?
Lenape:
Ta
hèch ktàpineyo kiluwa?
English:
Where do you hurt?
Lenape:
Ta
hèch ktin
ta
màlsi?
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:
Ta
hkox ku kàski kënthwihële èli ma
ta
wëlunkòna wëlatu.
English:
He cannot do anything.
Lenape:
Ta
kàski kèku lësi.
English:
We could not say.
Lenape:
Ta
kàski luwehùmëna.
English:
A little blouse was made.
Lenape:
Tàkhwèmptët wëli
ta
onu.
English:
I stopped for a while.
Lenape:
Ta
kiti nakihëla. {DN}
English:
I rest for a little while.
Lenape:
Ta
kiti n
ta
laximwi.
English:
Those wolves are cold.
Lenape:
Ta
kòchuwàk nèki tëmeyok.
English:
He is short and fat.
Lenape:
Ta
kòkwsu òk wisu.
English:
I really do not know.
Lenape:
Ta
ku nuwatuwën.
English:
I will not cook for you.
Lenape:
Ta
kwixënihuli.
English:
I will not see her again.
Lenape:
Ta
làpi neyo.
English:
Take these two men along with you.
Lenape:
Ta
lëmuxòlaok yukishe nisha lënuwàk.
English:
Sometimes we eat fish.
Lenape:
Ta
mse hànkw nëmuhòhëna namès.
English:
Sometimes Uncle Bob comes.
Lenape:
Ta
mse hànkw pe na nuxtët Bob.
English:
Sometimes they bring soup and meat and hominy.
Lenape:
Ta
mse pètuwàk kshi
ta
y òk wiyus òk sëteyo.
English:
I will never forget when I was sick.
Lenape:
Ta
nëwiwàniwën èn
ta
palsia.
English:
Where did the 'old thing' go?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch èshu?
English:
Where did the 'old thing' go?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch èshu?
English:
Where did the 'little fellow' go?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch ètu?
English:
Where did the Delawares go?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch eyok nèki Lënapeyok?
English:
Where is your mother?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch kahès?
English:
Where are you?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch ki?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch k
ta
?
English:
Where did you put it?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch k
ta
tun?
English:
Where is the drumhide?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch na puhënikàni xès?
English:
Where is the coward?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch na shwilait?
English:
Where does he live?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch wiku?
English:
Where is your spouse?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch wi
ta
emàk?
English:
Where is this place?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hàch yu
ta
li?
English:
Where is it?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch hate?
English:
Which one do you want (animate form)
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch ka
ta
la?
English:
Where are you feeling bad?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch ki ktën
ta
mahchamàlsin?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch k
ta
?
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch k
ta
?
English:
Where did you put (or place) him?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch k
ta
hëla?
English:
Where did you put it? (something animate)
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch k
ta
hëla?
English:
Where have you been?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch kum?
English:
Where did it come from?
Lenape:
Ta
ni hèch wënchi?
English:
Where did that person come from?
Lenape:
Ta
ni wënchi na awèn pe?
English:
I used a spear when I killed the fish.
Lenape:
Tànkamikàn nhakatàm èn
ta
nhilat na namès.
English:
Jan has a small waist.
Lenape:
Tànkche wa Jan.
English:
A small house.
Lenape:
Tànkètik wikëwam.
English:
The bow is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na ha
ta
pi.
English:
The man is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na lënu.
English:
The mourning dove is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na mamèthakemu.
English:
The woman is little.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na xkwechëch.
English:
The girl is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu na xkwechëch. [DN]
English:
The rock is small.
Lenape:
Tànktitu në ahsën.
English:
Where are you going?
Lenape:
Ta
sh k
ta
? (contraction)
English:
Where are you?
Lenape:
Ta
sh ktàpi?
English:
Where did you come from?
Lenape:
Ta
sh kum?
English:
How do you make it?
Lenape:
Ta
sh kwënchi manitu?
English:
How do you know that he is skinny?
Lenape:
Ta
sh kwënchi watun tìli alukin?
English:
Where is the soap?
Lenape:
Ta
sh në sop?
English:
Where is he?
Lenape:
Ta
sh tòpin?
English:
They have some wood.
Lenape:
Ta
xàna ulhatuwàk.
English:
There is a cold wind from the north.
Lenape:
Tàxën luwàneyunk wënchi.
English:
There are strawberries and onions there.
Lenape:
Tehim në shè
ta
li òk ulepënàk.
English:
He sounds slow when he speaks
Lenape:
Tëkai
ta
kwsu èn
ta
kèku luwèt.
English:
Let us go to the woods.
Lenape:
Tekënink atàm.
English:
I went to the woods
Lenape:
Tekënink n
ta
.
English:
I can count to ten.
Lenape:
Tèlën nkàski lih ahkëntàm.
English:
I am seated on twelve skunk hides.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk nisha shkakwxèsa n
ta
pahpi.
English:
Come in, sit down, and you should eat.
Lenape:
Tëmike, lalëma
ta
hpi, òk a këmitsi.
English:
Whatever he will do.
Lenape:
Tëtàch èlsit.
English:
Wherever they starved to death.
Lenape:
Të
ta
èn
ta
shawlamwihtit.
English:
Where is Lucy?
Lenape:
Të
ta
hàch Lucy?
English:
Where is he?
Lenape:
Të
ta
hèch tòpin?
English:
Wherever they go.
Lenape:
Të
ta
peyahtit.
English:
Wherever he goes.
Lenape:
Të
ta
peyat.
English:
I am going to the chicken house (coop)
Lenape:
Tipasikaonink n
ta
.
English:
He caught the baby.
Lenape:
Tòhonao nèl mimëntë
ta
.
English:
They speak softly when they talk together.
Lenape:
tòkënixsuwàk èn
ta
pèmtunhèhtit.
English:
He began to gather the things that he used.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi maehëmën kèku nènhakatànk.
English:
I go to Turtle Creek -or- Turtle River.
Lenape:
Tulpehanink n
ta
.
English:
Open the door.
Lenape:
Tunkshèni në skon
ta
y.
English:
Let us go to town.
Lenape:
Utènink atàm.
English:
You will go to town.
Lenape:
Utèninkch k
ta
.
English:
Did you go to town?
Lenape:
Utènink hèch k
ta
?
English:
You all went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink k
ta
hëmo.
English:
You went to town then you gave her a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink k
ta
na këmilan hèmpës.
English:
You went to town then you gave me a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink k
ta
na këmili hèmpës.
English:
You went to town and then you gave us dresses.
Lenape:
Utènink k
ta
na këmilinèn hèmpsa.
English:
If I had gone to town I would have been glad.
Lenape:
Utènink mah aane nulelìntàm.
English:
If he had gone to town I would have been happy.
Lenape:
Utènink mah ate nulelìntàm.
English:
I went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink n
ta
.
English:
I am going to town.
Lenape:
Utènink n
ta
.
English:
We went to town.
Lenape:
Utènink n
ta
hëna.
English:
I am going to town and leaving Ginger.
Lenape:
Utènink n
ta
, nkala wa Ginger (dog's name).
English:
I will go to town tomorrow.
Lenape:
Utènink xu n
ta
alàpa.
English:
I will go to town in the afternoon.
Lenape:
Utènink xu n
ta
kìshi paxàkweke.
English:
I will go to town but it is not yet afternoon.
Lenape:
Utènink xu n
ta
shùkw nèsko paxàkwe.
English:
I am glad when I come to visit.
Lenape:
Wanishi
ta
èn
ta
pèchi kiikeyàn.
English:
This is my four-legged friend (refers to a pet).
Lenape:
Wa nitis newka
ta
t.
English:
I wonder if I should use cedar smoke when I purify the house.
Lenape:
Wechia pëphòkwësi kwèshhatèk nhakatàm èn
ta
pilhìksëmën në wikëwam.
English:
I wonder if I should go to town?
Lenape:
Wèchi a utènink n
ta
?
English:
I wonder if I should go to town.
Lenape:
Wèchia utènink n
ta
.
English:
I wonder if she wants to sew?
Lenape:
Wèchi èt kah
ta
këlixike?
English:
Maybe it is what they eat that cleans their teeth.
Lenape:
Wèchi èt kèku èn
ta
mitsihtit pilituneyo nèl wipitëmëwo.
English:
Perhaps you do not have the spiritual power.
Lenape:
Wechi èt ki ma
ta
kulhatu në manëtuwakàn.
English:
Perhaps he thinks when he talks that way he can scare someone.
Lenape:
Wèchi èt litehe èn
ta
në lëtunhèt kàski wishamao.
English:
She grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Wèchihëlalao nèl ò
ta
èsa.
English:
Let's go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk atàm.
English:
You go to the east.
Lenape:
Wehènchiopànk k
ta
.
English:
He liked to hunt when he was young.
Lenape:
Wehinkalai èn
ta
wësksite.
English:
The dog howled when the bird sang.
Lenape:
Wehul na mwekane èn
ta
na chulëns asuwit.
English:
I guess the people used a corn pounder.
Lenape:
Weitët èt kohòkàn nhakatàm awènik.
English:
Perhaps they have used it.
Lenape:
Weitët èt nìnhakatàmëneyo.
English:
Last night I went to a dance.
Lenape:
Welakwike mahwink n
ta
.
English:
Last night I went to a dance among the Shawnees.
Lenape:
Welakwike mawink n
ta
Shaonuwike.
English:
Last night it was too hot, I could not sleep.
Lenape:
Welakwike sòmi nkeshsi, n
ta
la kawi.
English:
The weatherman told the truth when he said, "It will snow."
Lenape:
Wëlamëwe na 'weatherman' èn
ta
luwèt, "Xu wine."
English:
If you have some eggs I want four.
Lenape:
Wëla
ta
ne òòla nka
ta
tàm newa.
English:
He had a strange look on his face when I betrayed him.
Lenape:
Wëlelëminkwèxin èn
ta
mikwihakit.
English:
He sounds strange when he talks.
Lenape:
Wëlelëmixsu èn
ta
pëmëtunhèt.
English:
She was glad because Walks Downstream and I came to help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm èli Nahuxwe òk nèpe pèchi wichinkeyànkw.
English:
He was glad when he found out that we would help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm èn
ta
wa
ta
kw tìli wichëntihënuk.
English:
The girl set the table.
Lenape:
Wëlënchëwèx
ta
na xkwechëch.
English:
Those rocks are good.
Lenape:
Wëlë
ta
nèl ahsëna.
English:
That is good.
Lenape:
Wëlët
ta
nën.
English:
He spoke Delaware well when he read the papers.
Lenape:
Wëli alënixsu èn
ta
ahkimat nèl pambila.
English:
He didn't even say anything.
Lenape:
Wëli hànkw ma
ta
kèku luwe.
English:
He didn't even see (something).
Lenape:
Wëli hànkw ma
ta
nehku.
English:
The soup tastes good.
Lenape:
Wëlipukòt në kshi
ta
y.
English:
That is a good thing.
Lenape:
Weltëk
ta
në kèku.
English:
Let's all go.
Lenape:
Wèmi atàm.
English:
Everyone who can pray should pray.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn kàski pa
ta
mat pa
ta
ma.
English:
Everyone is bashful.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn kwi
ta
yasu.
English:
Everyone who saw him was surprised.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn neyòte chipelìntàm.
English:
I will bet everything.
Lenape:
Wèmìch kèku n
ta
tikèn.
English:
Everything that I was told when I was young.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku ntihëlëkenèp èn
ta
wësksia.
English:
All little mice are gray.
Lenape:
Wèmi pukwètëtàk wipunkwsuwàk.
English:
They are all united or close together.
Lenape:
Wëmi
ta
hkwixinuk.
English:
They all loved him.
Lenape:
Wèmi
ta
holawoo.
English:
It rolled everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi
ta
li tëpchehële.
English:
He came from everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi wënchi
ta
li pe.
English:
He saw him when he left.
Lenape:
Wëneyo èn
ta
alëmskat.
English:
He killed the deer when he shot him.
Lenape:
Wënihëlao nèl ahtuho èn
ta
pòyàxkhòt.
English:
Pass me the potatoes.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
hlëni nèk hopënisàk.
English:
Come and eat.; Come here and eat.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xa mitsi. {DN}
English:
Hand me that chicken.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlënëmai na tipas.
English:
Hand those things to me.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlënëmai nèl kèku.
English:
Hand me that ____
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni në ____
English:
Hand me those ____
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni nèk ____
English:
Hand me the sweet potatoes.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni nèk shukëlipënisàk.
English:
Hand me the beans; Pass me the beans.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni nèl malàxkwsi
ta
.
English:
Hand me the sweet potatoes.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni nèl shukëlipënàk.
English:
Hand me the pie.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni në pae.
English:
Hand me the stream fried meat.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlëni në salàsikàn.
English:
Hand me the boy.
Lenape:
Wën
ta
xlën na pilaechëch.
English:
I went there a while ago.
Lenape:
Wèski mah ika n
ta
.
English:
A while ago there was a meeting here.
Lenape:
Wèski mah yu
ta
li maehëlan.
English:
Pass the corn.
Lenape:
Wë
ta
hlëni në xàskwim.
English:
She stirred the soup.
Lenape:
Wiàmxkhe në kshi
ta
y.
English:
Help me when I fix up where I live.
Lenape:
Wichëmi èn
ta
kah
ta
wëlixtun èn
ta
lawsia.
English:
Help me so that I can stand up well in this life.
Lenape:
Wichëmi tëli nkàski wëli nipain yushe èn
ta
lawsienkw.
English:
He went with them when they went hunting.
Lenape:
Wicheoo èn
ta
alaihtit.
English:
I went to my house.
Lenape:
Wikia n
ta
.
English:
If they live there I will live here.
Lenape:
Wikihtite nëshe
ta
li ni yu nëwikin.
English:
He lives at the place.
Lenape:
Wiku yushe
ta
li.
English:
The basket is on her head.
Lenape:
Wilink hate në tànkhakàn.
English:
The basket is placed on her head.
Lenape:
Wilink hatu në tànkhakàn.
English:
The chicken soup tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn në tipasi kshi
ta
y.
English:
He likes the shore.
Lenape:
Winkatàmën në shohpe.
English:
He likes to sit.
Lenape:
Winki lëma
ta
hpu.
English:
This flower smells good.
Lenape:
Winkimakwsu wa ò
ta
ès.
English:
He likes to eat deer's tongue.
Lenape:
Winkitàm ahtuhwi wilanu.
English:
We ate with her when it was noon.
Lenape:
Wipumawëna èn
ta
paxàkwèk.
English:
The chickens were afraid when it thundered.
Lenape:
Wishasuwàk nèk tipasàk èn
ta
pèpèthakhòn.
English:
My spouse is across the river.
Lenape:
Wi
ta
emàk òspèkwe.
English:
Suddenly I remembered it.
Lenape:
Wixkaochi nëmëshatàmën.
English:
The sticks are all wrapped up.
Lenape:
Wixkwèpisuwa nèl
ta
xàna.
English:
He got married to a woman named Kathy.
Lenape:
Wshilìntàmao nèl xkweyo èluwènsit Kathy.
English:
They hate that rock.
Lenape:
Wshinka
ta
mëneyo në ahsën.
English:
They hate those rocks.
Lenape:
Wshinka
ta
mëneyo nèl ahsëna.
English:
He is sitting behind; He is sitting in the back.
Lenape:
Wtenk lëma
ta
hpu.
English:
You want a lot.
Lenape:
Xaheli ka
ta
tàmën.
English:
There are many Delawares here.
Lenape:
Xaheli Lënapeyok ahpuwàk yu
ta
li.
English:
Many spirits live there under the water.
Lenape:
Xaheli manëtuwàk tën
ta
lawsineyo èkwpiyink.
English:
There are many medicines where I eat.
Lenape:
Xaheli mpisuna èn
ta
mitsia ika hate.
English:
Dogs definitely know many things.
Lenape:
Xaheli
ta
wa mwekane uwatun kèku.
English:
The cars are noisy.
Lenape:
Xahuwe
ta
kwsuwàk nèk tëpchehëlasàk.
English:
Finally we heard him behind the house.
Lenape:
Xantki òsikamike mpën
ta
wëna.
English:
Finally we hollered, 'Are you here?'
Lenape:
Xantki xinkolamwihëna, 'K
ta
pi hàch?'
English:
I alternate corn and beans.
Lenape:
Xaskwim n
ta
xkomi òk malàxkwsi
ta
. {DN}
English:
I want to know many things.
Lenape:
Xeli kèku nka
ta
watu.
English:
A lot was spoiled.
Lenape:
Xeli pali
ta
su.
English:
Is the river big or is it small?
Lenape:
Xinkwi hàch në sipu shihàch tànkètu?
English:
I heard it in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Xinkwikaonink mpën
ta
mën.
English:
The bird called a great horned owl is big.
Lenape:
Xinkwi na chulëns ohuntàm èluwènsit.
English:
I went to a big town.
Lenape:
Xinkwi utènink n
ta
.
English:
Girl, get me something to smoke.
Lenape:
Xkwèchi, natàmai wehupònk.
English:
I live on a mountain.
Lenape:
Xkwi
ta
htëne nëwiki.
English:
I live on a mountain and I have a garden.
Lenape:
Xkwi
ta
htëne nëwiki òk nulatu hakihakàn.
English:
I go to the top of the hill.
Lenape:
Xkwi
ta
htëne n
ta
.
English:
We will go there this evening.
Lenape:
Xu ika k
ta
hëna lòkwike.
English:
I will go there.
Lenape:
Xu ika n
ta
.
English:
I will go to where you are.
Lenape:
Xu ika n
ta
ki èpiàn.
English:
You will make him worse. (referring to someone who is sick).
Lenape:
Xu këmah
ta
pama.
English:
You will bring them.
Lenape:
Xu kpè
ta
ook.
English:
You will make him mad.
Lenape:
Xu k
ta
hiha.
English:
You will anger the winter spirit.
Lenape:
Xu k
ta
hiha na luwànàn'tu.
English:
You will anger the winter spirit.
Lenape:
Xu k
ta
hiha na luwànàn'tu.
English:
You will anger the spirits
Lenape:
Xu k
ta
hihaok nèk manëtuwàk.
English:
We will talk together again.
Lenape:
Xu làpi k
ta
chimwihëna.
English:
He will sit down.
Lenape:
Xu lëma
ta
hpu. {DN}
English:
I will think about it.
Lenape:
Xu mpënaelìntàmën.
English:
They will bring me some food so I can eat.
Lenape:
Xu mpè
ta
kuk mehëmichink xu nkàski mitsi.
English:
Soon I will speak better than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtunhe alëwi wëlët nawènah
ta
ki.
English:
Soon I will speak rather than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtunhe nawènah
ta
ki.
English:
I will bathe pretty soon.
Lenape:
Xuniti n
ta
hixëmwi.
English:
I will smoke to death.
Lenape:
Xu n
ta
ptipo.
English:
We must strike them.
Lenape:
Xu
ta
mpàkamawënanàk.
English:
It will not fall off.
Lenape:
Xu
ta
pënihële.
English:
My shirt is old.
Lenape:
Xuwe n
ta
hèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
She will cook for us when we are working.
Lenape:
Xu wixënihaokuna èn
ta
mikëmòsienkw.
English:
These people who have gathered.
Lenape:
Yuk awènik èn
ta
maehëlahtit.
English:
It is difficult today.
Lenape:
Yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik ahòt.
English:
Today is the beginning of Autumn.
Lenape:
Yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik alëmi
ta
hkokën.
English:
Today it is cold and it is snowing.
Lenape:
Yukwe èn
ta
kishkwik the òk wine.
English:
Now on this morning.
Lenape:
Yukwe èn
ta
opànk.
English:
Now at this noontime.
Lenape:
Yukwe èn
ta
paxàkwe.
English:
He wants to sleep now.
Lenape:
Yukwe kah
ta
kawi.
English:
We are experiencing cool weather.
Lenape:
Yukwe k
ta
hapanëmihëna.
English:
Now I want to go home.
Lenape:
Yukwe nka
ta
machi.
English:
Now, you people gather berries.
Lenape:
Yukwe
ta
mawënsihëmo.
English:
Now that one, that person was powerful!
Lenape:
Yukwe
ta
nàn, chipi na awèn!
English:
We are now experiencing summer.
Lenape:
Yukwe
ta
nipënëmihëna.
English:
This dish and that other dish look alike.
Lenape:
Yu lokèns òk në
ta
kok lokèns èlinakohtu.
English:
This song is sung when someone wants to put a baby to sleep.
Lenape:
Yushe asuwakàn èn
ta
awèn kah
ta
kawënhèt mimëtë
ta
nal në tëli asuwin.
English:
I heard this song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Yushe asuwakàn èn
ta
Xinkwikaonink mpëntàmën.
English:
This song is sung for the women to answer in a woman dance.
Lenape:
Yushe asuwakàn xkwei èn
ta
naxkuhëmunt.
English:
Sit down here.
Lenape:
Yushe lëma
ta
hpi.
English:
It has been cold here for two days.
Lenape:
Yu
ta
li nishukwëne the.
English:
This place where the old Delawares had lived.
Lenape:
Yu
ta
li yushe xuwi Lënapeyunkahke wihikihtit.
English:
Lenape:
Yu
ta
shè.
English:
Somewhere over here.
Lenape:
Yu
ta
shè.
