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Deg Xinag Ałixi Ni’elyoy
‘the local language is gathered together’


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Yarn Diditl'ey KH+ED
Ngi'in Qay Xichux diditl'ey oqo xinaghitl-'an'. ED+KH Over there in Anchorage I was looking for some yarn.





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Year Nixidighidhił. AJ+AJ lit. A year is going by. Time is passing.
Nixidighidhit ts'i AJ+AJ A year having gone by
Go dadz xiq'i nixidiniłdhit. AJ That's how old I am.

Oghda' HM+RD Next year
Oghda' gidegh xitodił. HM+RDThey're going away next year.


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Yeast Viyił giniłjid KH+ED lit. With it something ferments
Viyił giniłjid yił nighandltth'in itltse. ED+KH I'm making bread with yeast.





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See "Holler"


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Yes E KH+ED






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Yesterday Q'iydong KH+ED
Q'iydong getiy nedhot ts'in' yiggighisdo'. ED+KH Yesterday I sat here for a really long time.





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Yet Tth'e RD
Tth'e tsaghłdith'oy ts'in'. HM+RD It's not dark yet.
Tth'e ithoy ts'in'. HM+ED+KH He didn't come yet.

Tth'e iy HM+RD Not yet
Ngitingil dinevinh, he'? Tth'e iy. HM+EDIs your pail full? Not yet.


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You Nginh KH+ED
Nginh gila viyił dingit'anh. KH+ED You should go with her.





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Young Idaghdhilinh KH+ED lit. Young person
Tr'an idaghdhilinh iłchet. ED+KH The old woman married a young man.





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See "People"



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