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Ha'uti ha°tca' ha'nti", I wonder if he is sick [that he does not come 

 sooner]! 



KaVaxe yaiiki'^'tcpe, he says something and laughs about me. 



Kawa'x inke' nki'^'tcpe, I say something and laugh at him. 



Ka'waxkiye' ayi°'tcpe (perhaps intended for kaVak iye ayi'^'tcpe), 



you said something and laughed at him. 

 6 Ka'waxkij'^e' yaiaki'^'tepe, [you] said something and laughed at me. 

 Nkaka'naki iikande' xadi' inke' nixki' likaka'naki nka'nde ha°tca' 



dande', because I have been getting out, I am going to stay out 



(i. e., it will not hurt me to do so). 



Nde' ha°tca' dande', 1 was going over to A and then to B, but I have 

 not yet started. 



Akutxyi' nko°' ha'^tca' dande', I was going to write a letter before 

 doing something else (understood), but so far I have done neither. 



Ni^i'yao'^ ha'^tca' dande', I was going to sing before [doing something 

 else] but so far I have done neither. 

 10 Ya'o'^-a'nde-ha'^'tca-ta', you keep on singing [as you are so fond of it]! 



Ata'mini-a'nde-ha^'tca-ta', you keep on working [as you are so fond 

 of it]! 



De'-ha'nde-ha'^'tca-ta', well, go there and stay there [said when you 

 have been talking so long about going that I am tired of hear- 

 ing it] ! 



Da'-o'^-ha'^'tca-ta', well, keep on going! 



Towe'di 3^ate' yuka' xo, in that case. Frenchmen will be all about. 

 15 Towe'di yate' yuke' na (male sp.), Frenchmen are all about. 



A°ya' tohi' yate' yuke' na, negroes are all about. 



Yate' nyuke' na, we are everywhere. 



Ku'ti ma'iikde yate' a'nde na', God is everywhere. 



Yate'-k ande'ni, he is nowhere. 

 20 Yate'-k yuke'ni, they are nowhere. 



Kode' ha'^ du'xtu, they got together and ate. 



Yako'de ha*^ idu'xtu, you (pi.) got together and ate 



Nkako'de ha"^ ndu'xtu, we got together and ate. 



I'ta ni' iki'yuhi', he wants you to die. 

 25 U'nkta ni' yaxkiyii'xtu, they want me to die. 



Ta ni' kiyu'xtu, they wish him to die. 



Tea ni' kiyu'xtu, they wish them to die. 



Itca ni' ikiyu'xtu, they wish you (pi.) to die. 



Unktca ni' ya'xkiyu'xtu they wish us to die. 

 30 Da ni' kiyu'xtu, they wished him to go [but he did not]. 



