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and those grandchildren, they’ve got children

hige hakogiją nąąka nįįkjąk hanįire

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they each have two

nųųpšąną hanįire

that’s why there are 12 great-grand children

heesge kerepąnąižą anąga nųųpašąną hakogiją hakihąra

some of them don’t have children

(noo) hota hąąke nįįkjąk hanįranį

if no-one teaches the great-grand children, then I know that they’re going to lose their language

hakogiją hakihą hižą hąąkeže hižą wagigųsnįgiži_šge hąąke hitʼetʼera karaigąširekjene heesge harahairegają yaaperes

I’ve got two of my own, I’ve got one son and one daughter

žeeži nųųpii hanį hižą hinįk haa eegi hižą hinųk haa

my son is not here anymore (he died), but they have four children, three boys and the last one was a girl

eegi hinįk haara žeeži hąąke wąąkšik įįnįjee žige nįįkjąkra joopiwi hanįire hocįcįįkra taanį hiroak hinųkįkižą

my daughter has got two: a boy and a daughter

eegi hinųk haara nųųpii hanį hocįcį eegi hinųk hiire

and those small children of mine they know how to speak Hoocąk and they can understand if somebody is saying something

eegi nįįkjąk xųnųįknąąka nąąka (tee) peeže waanįra Hoocąk hitʼera warapį hireanąga hige nąąxgų hižą jaagu aanąki nąąxgųiraną

whatever they’re saying they know

jaagu ee waanąkra hiperesiraną

their children don’t understand too well, those small ones, they don’t know

nųnįge nįįkjąk ee hanįirera hąąke suunąkjįiranį eesge eegi žeeži hąąke eeja nįįkjąk xųnųįknąąka gaagųxjįire

that’s what I think

heesge yaare

if they lose their language some day, it’s not going to be good

hagoreižą hišge tee karaigąširegi hąąke pįįnįkjene

there are a lot of them, I’m not the only one

roohą hąąke neešąną eejaxjį heesge waaʔųnįną

a lot of these Hoocąk, they don’t think seriously about it

roohą Hoocąk nąąkre hąąke jaagunįįsge hiraire jaagu žee hiraire

they don’t really take it seriously that’s why they aren’t real active about it

hąąkešge wažąxjį_nįgųnį hirairegi heesge hegų hąąke wawašak hiiranį

finally they’re getting to suddenly lose it but they don’t know as they’re going along

jaanąga jaasge waʔųnąąkra hakaraigąš harahairera hąąke hiperesiranį hoʔųnąąʔų tee heesge jiikere

when I was working, I thought I’d quit talking Hoocąk there

heesge nįge wate (wate) hanįhera tuušjąkje yaare hoitʼe Hoocąk hoitʼaakre eeja

I thought I’d start teaching, I did it so that they don’t lose it

eeja waagigųsgi hąąkešge karaigąširanįną sʼaare yaarege eesge heesge haa_waʔų

as for myself, I’m not worried about myself

keenį teeži nee waaʔųnąkre hąąke nąącge_waakicinį

I’ve got one daughter, she knows and understands

žige hinųk haara hižąkiira hanįra ke hiperes nąga hige nąąxgų

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but there are those who are beyond

nųnįge hawįc_eeja nąąka

I’m not the only one that is like that

hąąke eegi neešąną žee heesge hanįnį

a lot of the Hoocąk will eventually lose their language

roohą Hoocąk ke haruxa xawanį hoitʼera harahairegi eesge

I think it’s getting scary

haruxa nąąǧireesge rahe yaare

if they lose it, it’s not going to be funny

koreesgešge karaigąširegi hąąke waxjaįkjenį

I think "why don’t they know?"

jaagu why jaaguʔų (jaaguʔų) (jaaguʔų) hąąke hiperesiranį yaare

I am one of them, they’re trying to teach them

heesge žee nee nee hižą wįįne higicgaire wagigųs

if they say it over and over again, that’s the only way they can know

eegi airegi hakihąhą airegi hišąną_šge hiperesiraną

my grandchildren, it would be good if they wouldn’t lose the language

hoitʼera eesge hakogiją waanįną hegų hanąąc hižą karaigąširešge hakogiją waanįną hąąke xawanį_hiirenį pįįną

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the first things I teach them, they are able to talk and understand if someone speaks, I think it might be possible if they’d continue on to teach their children

yaarege eesge coonįže coonį žee wažą coonįraže wagigųsgi hitʼetʼe ruxurukireanąga hige hižą hitʼatʼajeegišge nąąxgųireną jaagu eewaajeera hegųgišge hige koreesgešge nįįkjąk ee waanįirera wagigųsiregi tooware wanąiregi (hąąke)