Sweetheart problems.

 

A.   ‘ínee, kooneihkóutonéíh?

       inee         koo-ne-ih-koutoneihi

       well/OK   INTERR-1-PAST-late(AI)

        okay, was I late?’

 

B.   tóonííhi’

       too-niihi

       almost-ADV

       amost

 

A.   nebii’ó’oo nih’iicooncesííkohó’.

       ne-bii’o’oo              nih-nii-coon-cesiikoh-o’

       1POSS-sweetheart  PAST-IMPERF-unable-escape from(TA)-1/3

       ‘I couldn’t get away from my snag’

 

B.    hoo3ííhi’ hetnoo’éícehiise’tébe’eihoo!

        hoo3-iihi   het-noo’eicehii-se’tebe’eih-oo

        next-ADV  IMPER.FUT-hard-slap(TA)-3

        next time you must slap him hard!’

 

A.    ‘ii,  neebéhciiníhe’. biixoo3ó’.

        ii          nee-beh-ciinih-e’             bixoo3-o’

        oh my   1-POTENT-leave(TA)-3  love(TA)-1/3

        oh my, he might leave me. I love him.’

 

B.     cee’ínon. wónoo3éé3i’ hoo3óó’o’ honóh’oehího’.

        cee’inon     woo3ee-3i’         hoo3oo’o’  honoh’oe-hiho’

         ridiculous  many(AI)-3/PL   others        boy-DIM.PL

      that’s ridiculous. there are lots of  other boys.’

 

A.   hee’ínowoo, ‘oh béébeet biiswóxeihí3i’.

       he’in-owoo   ‘oh  beebeet   bis-woxeihi-3i’

       know(TI)-1    but  just         all-ugly(AI)-3.PL

       ‘I know it, but they’re all ugly.’

B.   hebii’ó’oo koonii3woxéíh?

       he-bii’o’oo           koo-nii3-woxeihi

       2PSS-sweetheart  INTERR-with-ugly(AI)

       is your snag ugly too?’

 

A.    hííko,  hii3ówoonéíht.

        hiiko  hi3owooneihi-t

        no      good-looking(AI)-3

        no, he’s handsome.’

 

koutoneihi- < /kout/on/eihi/ = long time/BENEF/AI.STAT = to be waited for for a long time; to             be late

cesiikoh- < /cesii/ko/h/ = away-??-TA = to get away from someone

se’tebe’eih- < /se’/teb/e’ei/h/ = flat-break-head/face-TA = to hit someone’s face with the flat    [part of one’s hand]; to slap

ciinih- < /ciin/ih/ = down from speaker-TA = to put down, put away, leave behind [ciin-i-h?]

bixoo3- < /bixoo/3/ = love-TA = to love someone

woo3ee- < /woo3/ee/ = many-MED = to be many in number

he’in- < /he’/in/ = know-TI = to know something

woxeihi- < /wox/eihi/ = bad-AI.STAT = to be bad

hi3owooneihi- < /hi3/owoon/eihi/ = true-??-AI.STAT = to be good-looking [hi3-owoo-n-eihi?]