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60 Story Sentence Search Results For "kahta"
English:
1a. When a person wants to go somewhere he should not be taking his clothes off and on
Lenape:
1a. Enta awèn
kahta
tëta ate matàch pipili hèmpsa ikahatu
English:
22. Anyone (but usually children who come to the table) who refuses to eat will have their face blackened and be sent away. Anyone who sees the blackened face will not feed him.
Lenape:
22. Awèn mata
kahta
mitsite sëkënëmaon wëshkinkw òk ikalilëskao. Awèn ènta neyòte në sëkixink wëshkinkw mata tòxamaio.
English:
32. It is said that long ago when they had boys in the family the boys were not allowed to drink or eat soup because they say that when they wanted to go hunting all the animals would run away because (that soup) becomes like bells they have on their legs. That is the reason all the animals would run away.
Lenape:
32. Lòmëwe hùnt ènta awèn wëlahëlat pilaechëchàk mata awèn lelëma tìli mënèn ok mitsin shitay èli luwèn hùnt ènta
kahta
alait wèmi yuki aèsìsàk alëmshimuwàk èli alàshi hùnt sësùmwèktëta ikahatu wikatink. Nal në wënchi wèmi yuki aèsìsàk shimuwàk.
English:
34. When a person wants to eat he should not just wear one shoe because if he does this he will be one-legged. He should wear two shoes.
Lenape:
34. Enta awèn
kahta
mitsite matàch ta kwëti chipàkw ikahatu èli ènta awèn në lësit xu kwëtkate. Nisha shëkw chipahkok ikahatu.
English:
5. A person should not blow on any medicinal tea (as one would to cool it) when he wants to drink it.
Lenape:
5. Matàch awèn putatamuwën mpisun ènta
kahta
mënète.
English:
they all hunted when they wanted to find food.
Lenape:
alahòtuwàk
kahta
màxkamuk mehëmichink.
English:
The men hurried as they wanted to dig him up,
Lenape:
Alàpilahtuwàk nèki lënuwàk
kahta
èt ma ktahawò,
English:
Some barked, some howled. They wanted to flee
Lenape:
Alënte mëkikeyok, alënte wehuluk.
Kahta
èt mah shimëwàk.
English:
because I stand and say, "White Eyes wants peace,"
Lenape:
eli nipaia òk luweya "Kukwèthakèxtun
kahta
tàm wëlankùntëmëwakàn,
English:
If anyone wants to say some of his ideas I will be glad for what he has to say."
Lenape:
Enta awèn
kahta
luwèt kèku nulelìntàm a kèku ènta awèn kèku luwèt."
English:
When he stood it was like he wanted to stand straight.
Lenape:
Enta hank nipait alàshi a ta
kahta
shàxahkikapu.
English:
He wanted to fool us and it seems he is still fooling us.
Lenape:
Enta
kahta
kiòlùkònk xi kwiakwi pè kiòlùkònk.
English:
when it is going to rain. After the man
Lenape:
ènta
kahta
sukëlànk. Xantki na lënu
English:
Our elder brothers' tribe (the Europeans) wanted to fool us when they were new here.
Lenape:
Hùnt wa kènu wëski ènta wa
kahta
kiòlùkònk washe xansëna èlhakeit. [
Nora - Uh-huh. You will hear this response throughout the story as Bessie talks and Nora acknowledges what she said, a common practice when listening to a storyteller.
]
English:
Don't try to give him to her,"
Lenape:
Kàchi
kahta
milahich," luwe hùnt.
English:
The dog wanted to warm because he was shaking with cold
Lenape:
Kahta
aosu èli skàpsu òk nànkahchu na mwekane.
English:
we want to sing.
Lenape:
kahta
asuwienkw.
English:
They wanted to take her to the fire again,
Lenape:
Kahta
èt ma làpi tënteyunk luxòla,
English:
Those men must have wanted to treat Wehixamukes good
Lenape:
Kahta
èt ma nèki lìnuwàk wùlachahao na Wehixamukèsa
English:
we want to pray;
Lenape:
kahta
patàmaenkw;
English:
He told me something, that he wants to trade.
Lenape:
Kèku ta ntëlkwën,
kahta
ashùntèsu.
English:
is already grown and she wants to marry someone
Lenape:
kènu mèchi kishikit ènta
kahta
wëlahëlat awèni
English:
They want such a little. We are full while they are hungry.
Lenape:
Kèxiti
kahta
tàmuk. Kiluna kispwihëna nèkaonèk kahtupuwàk.
English:
to fool people, and he could thus find out
Lenape:
kiòlawo awènik, òk
kahta
watun
English:
devait vouloir duper les gens, et de cette façon,
Lenape:
kiòlawo awènik, òk
kahta
watun
English:
um herauszufinden,
Lenape:
kiòlawo awènik, òk
kahta
watun
English:
engañar a la gente, y así podía descubrir
Lenape:
kiòlawo awènik, òk
kahta
watun
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:
he told you that when a person wants peace he is a coward.
Lenape:
ktëlkëwoo ènta awèn
kahta
tànk wëlankùntëwakàn shwilae.
English:
One man said, "There is someone who is going to be coming;
Lenape:
Kwëti lënu luwe, "Awèn ta
kahta
pe;
English:
II se comportait ainsi juste parce qu'il
Lenape:
lëni èt në tëlaihòsin
kahta
èt mah
English:
simplemente actuaba de esa manera porque quería
Lenape:
lëni èt në tëlayhòsin
kahta
èt mah
English:
Er benahm sich so, weil er die Leute austricksen wollte,
Lenape:
lëni èt në tëlayhòsin
kahta
èt mah
English:
he just acted that way because he must have wanted
Lenape:
lëni në tëlayhòsin
kahta
èt mah
English:
They are just curious, and they have come to trade.
Lenape:
Lëni shëk
kahta
watuwàk, òk pèchi ashëntèsuwàk.
English:
it is said a boy went with these thunders when he wanted it to rain.
Lenape:
luwèn hùnt pilaechëch wite yuk she pèthakhuweyok ènta
kahta
sukëlank.
English:
They said that once a man wanted to go and
Lenape:
Luweyok hùnt kwëtën mah lënuwa
kahta
hùnt may
English:
to tassel. Then the woman thought,
Lenape:
mata kwëni
kahta
xu suwalu èt. Na hùnt na titehan nà xkwe,
English:
They wanted to go to the store to buy something.
Lenape:
Mèmhalamùntikaonink
kahta
eyok mai mhalamuk kèku.
English:
The Hunter Wanted to Go Hunting
Lenape:
Na èlais
kahta
alai.
English:
Then it already happened that it was about to rain,
Lenape:
Na èt mah mèchi na mahtèxën ènta
kahta
sukëlan,
English:
Then it began to look like rain, and was getting cloudy.
Lenape:
Na hùnt
kahta
sukëlan, alàshi alëmi
kahta
kùmhòkòt.
English:
Then she went to the garden to hoe the corn which hadn't yet started
Lenape:
Na ika tòn hakihakënink èt ma na xàskwim alëmi mèchi
kahta
English:
That’s why his ears are long, because he always wanted to hear things well.
Lenape:
Nani wùnchi hùnt ahkòneyo nèl she hwitaoka, èli hànkw ahi
kahta
këlësànk kèku.”
English:
They told him what he must do was cook.
Lenape:
Na tëlawo
kahta
ta wixëni.
English:
lIs lui dirent: « tu dois cuisiner,
Lenape:
Na tëlawòo
kahta
ta wixëni òk
English:
Diese sagten ihm, dass es seine Aufgabe war, zu kochen,
Lenape:
Na tëlawòo
kahta
ta wixëni òk
English:
They told him what he must do was cook and
Lenape:
Na tëlawòo
kahta
ta wixëni òk
English:
Ellos le dijeron que lo que tenía que hacer era cocinar y
Lenape:
Na tëlawòo
kahta
ta wixëni òk
English:
The squirrel was afraid, he wanted to hide the hand
Lenape:
Na xanikw wishasu,
kahta
hùnt kanhatun në nòxk
English:
That’s the reason why I would want to hear things well.”
Lenape:
Na yukwe nëshe nëwùnchi hànkw
kahta
ahi këlëstamën kèku.
English:
the "wild Indians" got ready to leave.
Lenape:
nèki awènhakeyòk
kahta
èt ma alëmskeyok.
English:
All he knew was the Lenape way of life.
Lenape:
Nkëme
kahta
kèku watu ènta Lënapeike lehëlexeokàn.
English:
They thought that the land was only to be as big as the hide they put on the ground but it was a big piece.
Lenape:
ntalìte na në shùk xès na
kahta
halaneyo hàkink èt mah na xinkwi hàki.
English:
I think they want what we want.
Lenape:
Ntite
kahta
tàmëneyok kiluna kètatàmink.
English:
Leave that dog alone! You can see he wants to warm himself
Lenape:
"Puniw na mwekane! Kneyo
kahta
aosu
English:
but he must have wanted to flirt.
Lenape:
Shùk èt mah
kahta
chëmësu.
English:
If anyone wants to cross [who doesn't do this]
Lenape:
shùk lëni awèn
kahta
xkohke
English:
where a person goes forever," he said, "Then don't anyone cry," he said.
Lenape:
wëntahkwi awèn eyat," luwe hùnt. Na kàchi
kahta
awèn melimwihich," luwe hùnt.
English:
"If anyone wants to go across the stream [on the ice]
Lenape:
"Xu awèn
kahta
òsixkanai e