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I was the one next in line, so I helped them

eegi eeja nee nee wįįne nee nįšgaga eeja waagijite

I learned how to drive a car, so that’s what we used to do, we’d go around, that’s the way my mother liked it, so that’s what I tried to do

wažątire hirawahasrašge watupįanąga haʔųwišųnų howe nąąnį eera jaasge gipįnąki eesge hirapahas

I used to like it, when I got to know how to drive a car

gipįesge hiranąąʔįšųnųra wažątire hirapahasrašge watupįną

as for the teachings, they taught me a lot of things, I should have respect for myself, they said to me

eegi žige woigigųs roohąxjįįk hįgigųsire jaasge anąga woišʔak hakinįkje nee heesge hįįgaire

and we have to respect our male relatives

eegige wąąk wažą wahaawira ke waakaraišʔakikjawi

I had one brother, but I didn’t talk to him anyway (implies, whatever I wanted to say to him, I couldn’t, because of having to respect him)

eegi hicito hižąkiira hicito haarašge hąąke jaagu gipį waakitʼanį

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my sister and I used to do whatever we wanted to do, I used to think it was enjoyable when we used to go around

eegi žeeži hinų haara jaagu gipį hegų hižą howe haʔųwįšge hegų gipįesge žeešge haʔųwišųnų

my mother and my father never drank alcohol and they never fought

eegi nąąnį eera eegi hiʔąc haarašge hąąkešge haga waracgą hiiranį hąąkešge haga kikizairanį

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I’d never hear them argue

hąąkešge haga kikitak wanąąxgųnį

I also try not to do this

hegų eesge hišge heesge nąąʔįra hąąke hąąke ųųsge

whoever does these things, it’s not so good, I used to think

hižą žeesge hiinąki hegų wažą hirohirenįįsge hiranąąʔįšųnų

some do that at home

cii eeja hegų žeesge hinąki

I didn’t know how to cook very well, but after I came back from school she (my mother) used to let me cook

eesge warucʔųra keenįšge watupįxjįnį nųnįge waagax_hajara hakiriga warucʔų hįgigišųnų

my mother, even though I didn’t know how to they never used to get mad at me, because I was trying

hiʔųnį haara hąąkešge watupįxjį nišge kešge nąąc_hisgi hiiranį šųnų jaagu yaagicganąki

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I kind of did it that way they used to like it

hegų hijanąjenįįsge haanąki hegų gipįirešųnų

finally I got to know how to do it better

haʔųajaʔų hegų hiraicera watupį

when I came back from school I used to cook

eesge hegų waagax eeja hakirigašge nee waruc haʔų

when I got older, when you grow up, there are a lot of things

eegi wažąra roohąxjį nįxete nįxete šʔųųgi wažąra roohąxjį

they taught me respect at home

ciieja woišʔak hįgigųsire ke

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when a visitor comes, I cannot disturb my parents (I don’t talk to them)

hižą horajera jiigišge hąąkešge šʔaak wahaara wawaakitʼanį

I had to pay attention that’s they way the taught me

wažą ee hija waagizukjį eesgešge hįgigųsire

however we were living, the house had to stay clean in case somebody comes

eegige ciirašge hegų jaasgeįk hacianąkwigišge šguuranąįkjee hižą eegi jaagu

we never had a telephone then

žee heejaną nįge (kešge) hąkaga mąąs_hirokitʼe hanįwinį

whoever was coming, they never called

hižą hija jiikjenegi hąąke hahikjeneno hižą hąąke aanį

we never knew how many of them were coming

jaanąga hahiirekjenegi hąąke hąąkešge haga žee yaaperesnį

we weren’t expecting anyone to come

wanąʔįšgųnį hanąkwiʔųšge hisge hajiire

we didn’t know when anyone would come

eesge jaajanągi hižą jiikjenegi hąąke yaapereswinį

we’d keep that house clean and whenever anybody came and whoever came, we’d cook something so they could eat

ciira šguure hakąnągi anąga wažąrašgižą eegi hižą jiigi waruciraną peežega jiigi

since that time that’s all I know

eesge jaajaixjį hipara hegųkiira yaaperes

I was that way

nee nee waaʔųnąkre

sometime when I grew up, I went to school but it was hard, we did’t have a school bus

hagoreižą hįxete nee waagax_haca nųnįge woocexi hąąke wažą ųų hąąke waikąnąk hįcųwinį

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wherever I could, I’d go to school, that’s what I did

hegų jaasge haanąga hacįįja waagax_haca eesge tuuxuruki eesge heesge haa

finally we moved to town

nųnįge hagoreižą ciinąk eeja waixąnąwi

they found a house there, we moved to that house, it was enjoyable

haʔųajawiʔų eeja ciižą hiʔeirege eesge eeja waixąnąwi gipįesge žee

and even though the school was far away, I used to go there

hegų eeja haarišge waagax_haca hocieja waagax_haca hahišųnų

we didn’t ever speak English anywhere else

eegi hoišipjį hąkaga ųųsge wažąijąhį mąįxete yaatʼawinį

Hoocąk was the only language we ever spoke

wąąkšik hitʼera_šąną hihaajawišųnų

that’s what we used to speak every day, that’s all I remember

hihaajawišųnų hąąpokahi heesge rašąnągi yaaperes

when I grew up, my mother used to teach me more things she put down rules, that’s what she used to teach me

eegi hiraicera wogizukra hiraicera hiraicera hiʔųnį haara hįxetenįįsge hiraicera wažąra roohą woruǧi hakaratʼųųpire heesge hįgigųsšųnų

she used to tell me that this was the way they all used to do it

woogirakšųnų meežegų hiirešųnų hanąącį peežega heregi