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I think it would be good if they don’t lose the Hoocąk language

hąąke Hoocąk hoitʼera xawanį hii hiiranįgi pįįną yaare waaʔųaje

sometimes it’s hard, but then I get going

hagairašge woceexinįįsge nųnįge hegų žige žige hajiikere

that’s why it’s good what they’re doing, I think

eesge pįį pįį hiiną yaare

they get together and carry on teaching the Hoocąk language

stoo kįiranąga tee haraire Hoocąk hitʼera wagigųs nąąʔįnąąkre

I’m also there

nee hija hirasa

whoever wants to... their parents only used to speak Hoocąk

peežega roogųiregi nųnįge hotažiške jaagu hišge šʔaak wahiire rašąną Hoocąk hitʼera šąną airešųnų eeja

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when they grow up, they don’t care

xete howahiire taa waʔųną eesge ke wažą hiraire

I can talk and understand it, even if I don’t go over there

teeži jaagu watapį hajegają hąąke žeesge eeja howatanįšge

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I see that even then some didn’t teach them

waaca eesge nųnįge hota hąąke wawagigųsiranį

it’s easier to talk English

woowatʼerįk mąįxetera

it’s faster, whatever they want to say

ee saagre anąga eegiige ee wažąraįžą ee roogųire

whatever they want to say, they say it straight away, they say it faster

ee wažąraįžą ee roogųire guąnegų saagre aire

today everything (society) is faster, that’s why it’s quicker

jaagu hąąpteʔe wažą hanąąc saagranąk eesge hegų žeʔe xapgegi xapge

they get it over with they get going

hokišipire hireanąga hegų žige hajiakaraire

a lot of the young people they don’t know the language

eesge hegųregi roohąxjį wąąkšik wacekra hąąke hoitʼetʼera warapį hiiranį waʔųnąąk

if we do it, sometime, there’ll be a kind of wake up feeling, that’s what they’re doing

nųnįge hįwawašakwigiži hagoreižą waruxįknįįsge hikisgairegają heesge hiinąąkšąną

I tell them that, those I can reach I tell them that

wawaagitak jaanąga aawayaa(ją)gi jaanąga wawaagitak

it’s a scaring time

žeesgeną nąąǧireesgeną

it’s not going to be funny if we lose our language, I tell them and they belive it

hoitʼera hįkaraigąšwigi hąąke gipįkjene yaagige hisge hiranąʔįire

that’s why they come to me, they say they want to learn

heesge hegų hahuireanąga hiperes roogųire žee aire waʔųnąąk

if someone doesn’t want to I don’t bother them

eegi hąąke hižą roogųnįge hąąke hawe wahaanį

if they wanted to learn, I could help them

hąąke ee hirairanąga hiperes roogųiregi jaagu waagijiteną

on the other hand, we talk to some of the young girls

eesge nųnįge žige hirakisanįk eeja wąąkšik wacek hinųk hota wawaakitʼe hajawi

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there are a lot of things for these young girls, the teaching, how they taught us

wažąrą roohąxjį eeja hinųkįk nąąkre woikigųs jaasge hįgigųsirawira

they’ve got the chance they gave us

hoʔųpįį hoʔųpįį hįgigiirawianąga

when we tell them this, we are helping them

hišge wawaagitakwigi wagijire wagijire wawagiʔų hajawi

we’re pointing out what they try to do, they think it’s good

woicątʼįra heesge hiiną higicgairegają pįįže hiraire

that’s why they started doing that

eesge heesge hiire hajiaraire

even then, it was too late for some of them, before we got to talk to them, they weren’t doing good

nųnįge guirešge hota watuugaširehawira keenį wawaakitʼawinįšge hąąke pįįnį hiirenąąk

they had already done something wrong

hąąke pįįnį hiiragįnįną

if they get into something, whatever we do, we can’t get them back and they can’t start over

hąąke jaasge eegi haawianąga haakja žige žee ceek hajiakaraireanąga hąąke heesge hoʔųpįįnį

some had already done it

hota ųirągįnį

they say some of them had already gotten into something, before we could tell them

heesge nųnįge hota (ke) keenį wooʔehi hokitʼųreiranį heepeja wawaagitakwigi aire

that’s what we do, we’ve already helped quite a few of them

heesge žige žige žee heesge haahajawi eesge wagijire roohąxjį hagijitawigįnį

I cannot tell any names (implying: they’re confidential)

hąąke raašra wootakikjesge tuuxuruknį nųnįge