Lesson 8 - "to have" & "to be" & Verbs 2

To be Aimek To Have Waj8nomek I am well N'olidbamalsi To be well Wlidbamalsimek I am sick N'madamalsi To be sick Madamalsimek I am hungry N'kadopi To be hungry Kadopimek I am thirsty N'kadosmi To drink Kadosmimek I am cold N'kwaskwaji To be cold Kwaskwajimek I am hot N'kezabzi To be hot Kezabzimek To bring (animate) Pazw8mek To bring (inanimate) Padozik To take care of something (animate). Nanawalm8mek. To take care of something (inanimate). Nanawaldomzik. To like or reside. Wigimek. Would you like to meet that girl? Kwigi ba wanaskaw8 na n8kskwa? I met her last summer. Kizi n'wanaskaw8b. I had met her quite a while ago. N8wat na n'anakaw8b. Wait for me! Askawii! Listen to me. Tbestawikw. Sometimes you do not listen to me. Sawi nda k'bestawiba. Ask them if they would like to come in. Nadodmawa chaga w'kadi pai8n spiwi niona. Let's go and visit there. N'n8dodaida taka. Follow me. N'nossokawikw. Let's take a puff on the pipe. Wikwalap8da wdam8gan. Let's light it first. Pla chegasa.

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