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(Thoughts and Feelings)

 

In this section we learn to express some basic feelings. Notice the patterns of sounds we use when we say "I am..." vs. "You are..."

 

 

nolitəhαsi -  I am happy

 

 

 

kolitəhαsi - you are happy 

 

 

 

 

nəkatohpi - I am hungry

 

 

kkatohpi - you are hungry 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
nəkatoksi - I am sleepy
 

 
kkatoksi - You are sleepy
 

 
 
 

nətakehkiməsi - I am learning
 

 
 
kətakehkiməsi - You are learning
 

 
 
 
 
 
nənαtalohke - I am going to work
 

 
 
kənαtalohke - You are going to work
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1616-1619

The Great Dying, between 75 and 90 percent of Native Americans in Maine die from European diseases.