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7 Story Sentence Search Results For "bird"
English:
30. It was said long ago by the elders that when a person hears a little
bird
named a wren soon someone will visit us, it was said by the old Delawares.
Lenape:
30. Luwèn hùnt lòmëwe yuki kìkayàk ènta awèn pëntaote na chulëntët hinutët èluwènsit xuniti xu awèn kiikàmùkuna, luwèn hànkw yuki xuwi Lënapeyunkahke.
English:
[Now black
bird
sings] I will feel strong all winter long!
Lenape:
Nchitanamàlsi liluwànke!
English:
Oh, black
bird
!
Lenape:
Chëkënakwi, waha!
English:
Oh, black
bird
! He is stealing from the garden.
Lenape:
Chëkënakwi, waha! Këmuthakènsu.
English:
Perhaps that Little-
Bird
will return, because he wants to see
Lenape:
Konait xi na Tànkchulèns xu hàshi xu pe èli kahta neyòt
English:
[The black
bird
sings] I will feel strong all winter long!
Lenape:
Nchitanamàlsi liluwànke!
English:
[The Delawares sing] Oh, black
bird
!
Lenape:
Chëkënakwi, waha!