Chapter 9 – Basic Conversation
Time and Space
| Tamiaw eymn? | Where are you? | ||
| Tamiaw elien? | Where are you going? | Ni'n eliey … | I am going … |
| Tamiaw wejien? | Where are you coming from? | Wejiey … | I am coming from … |
| Tamiaw eyk …? | Where is …? (animate) | Tamiaw etek …? | Where is …? (inanimate) |
| Niknaq. | My house. | Kikuaq. | Your house. |
| Wikuaq. | His/her house. | ||
| Ketu' l'mien? | Do you want to go home? | E'e, ketu' lmiey nike'. | Yes, I want to go home now. |
| Kujjewijik teluejik, "Elmie ansma-nike'". | Your parents said, “Go home right now.” | ||
There are other words related to relative time, hours, days, seasons, months and moons and you can refer to the Time & Space Vocabulary.
Tamiaw eymn
Translation: Where are you?
Meanings: Where are you?
Pronunciation Guide: DAH-mee-aoo AY-mun?
Tamiaw elien
Translation: Where are you going?
Meanings: Where are you going?
Pronunciation Guide: Dah-mee-aoo eh-lee-ehn?
Ni'n eliey
Translation: I am going …
Meanings: "I am going there" or "I am on my way"
Pronunciation Guide: Neen eh-lee-ay
Tamiaw wejien
Translation: Where are you coming from?
Meanings: Where are you coming from?
Pronunciation Guide: Dah-mee-aoo weh-jee-ehn?
Wejiey
Translation: I am coming from …
Meanings: "I am coming from there" or "I originate from a specific direction"
Pronunciation Guide: Weh-jee-ay
Tamiaw eyk
Translation: Where is …? (animate)
Meanings: "Where is he/she?" or "Where is a specific person/animal?"
Pronunciation Guide: Dah-mee-aoo ayg?
Tamiaw etek
Translation: Where is …? (inanimate)
Meanings: "Where is it?" or "Where is it located?"
Pronunciation Guide: Dah-mee-aoo eh-deg?
Niknaq
Translation: My house.
Meanings: "at my house," "at my home," or "my dwelling place"
Pronunciation Guide: Neeg-nahk
Kikuaq
Translation: At (your) House
Meanings: "at your house," "at your home," or "your dwelling place"
Part of Speech: Noun, possessive.
Pronunciation Guide: Gee-gwahk
Wikuaq
Translation: At (their) House
Meanings: "at his/her house," "at their home," or "at his/her dwelling place"
Pronunciation Guide: Wee-gwahk
Ketu' l'mien
Translation: Do you want to go home?
Meanings: Do you want to go home?
Pronunciation Guide: Keh-doo el-mee-ehn?
E'e, ketu' lmiey nike'
Translation: Yes, I want to go home now.
Meanings: Yes, I want to go home now.
Pronunciation Guide: Eh-eh, keh-doo el-mee-ay nee-gay
Kujjewijik teluejik, “Elmie ansma-nike'”.
Translation: Your parents said, “Go home right now.”
Meanings: Your parents said, “Go home right now.", or "My fathers say, 'I am going home right now'" or "My uncles say, 'I'm leaving for home this very minute'."
Pronunciation Guide: Goot-ch-eh-wee-jig deh-loo-eh-jig, 'El-mee-ay ahn-smah-nee-gay'
