Pawnee Language Learning

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Listen and respond accordingly. Repeat the conversation as many times as you wish. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

tâtačiksta - I cherish / highly value / think highly of / love you. [This can be used for both animate and inanimate objects.] Listen to Nora Pratt say, Tâtačiksta Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscrib...

pâhûwaturikat - The month squeezed in / the middle-space moon (Skidi) pâhûwêturikat - The month squeezed in/the middle-space moon (Southband) râsîhakatic - yellow ice month Listen to Nora Pratt say, pâhûwaturikat Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learnin...

pahîtu’ - Be quiet! Be still! Settle down! Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

wîs - Hurry! Hurry up! Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

tatkâwaki’it - I’m full. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

tîtahakîtawê' - it is delicious, has an outstandingly good taste, extremely good taste [Southband dialect] títahakîtawi' - it is delicious, has an outstandingly good taste, extremely good taste [Skidi dialect] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning a...

tuhtâhâri’ - It tastes good. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

witirâkâruruc - The food is ready. (Literally: the meal lies.) [c = ‘ts’ sound] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

After the winter hunt, there was downtime before they returned to their home towns. What did our Pawnee ancestors do with this time? Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

pirahuhkâtît - black, drifting snow kâta’ - darkness [both referring to the coldest, darkest month of winter] rikatihahtîrara’ - January. new year [used after contact with Euro-Americans] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearni...

turahê - It is good. [Southband dialect] turahî - It is good. [Skidi dialect] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

kisawâks - Christmas [the Pawnee attempt at pronouncing ‘Christmas’] turahê - it is good [Southband dialect] turahî - it is good [Skidi dialect] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

nawa îri’ - thank you tâtačikstêhu’ - I am thankful / thank you very much [Southband dialect] tâtačikstîhu’ - I am thankful / thank you very much [Skidi dialect] nawa - a way to respond to being thanked. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning...

kêkarûs - it is early [Southband greeting] kîkarûs - it is early [Skidi greeting] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

rûsu’ - bottom/ buttocks riwâcu’ - belly button/ navel. [c= “ts” sound] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

tisakûrihu’ - It’s a special day. râkârûhkucu’ - Thanksgiving [râkârû = meal; kucu’ = big] [c = “ts” sound] tâtačikstêhu’ - I’m thankful (Southband dialect) [see episode 53 to review] tâtačikstîhu’ - I’m thankful (Skidi dialect) [see episode 53 to review] kitûhâru’ - turkey (Skidi dialect) kitûhrâru’ - turkey (Southband dialect) Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To suppor...

Where is your__? kiru - where ra - question marker [like the English “?”] s - you/your ku - to be sitting [all body parts either sit or hang] ta - to be hanging [all body parts either sit or hang] _____ Here is my __. tî - positive statement marker rit - I have it/ my ku - to be sitting [all body parts either sit or hang] ta - to be hanging [all body parts either sit or hang] _____ Vocabulary pak...

tî - positive statement marker rit - I have it paks - head [the “u” in paksu’ is dropped when using it in a sentence] ku - to be sitting [all body parts either “sit” or “hang”] kîrik - eye [the “u” in kîrîku’ is dropped when using in a sentence] ta - to be hanging [all body parts either “sit” or “hang”] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Prog...

kiru - where râ - question marker, like the English “?” s - you/your paks - head [the “u” in paksu’ is dropped when using in a sentence] ku - location marker indicating “sitting.” Literal translation - Where is your head sitting? kîrik - eye [the “u” in kîrîku’ is dropped when using in a sentence] ta - location marker indicating “hanging.” Literal translation - Where is your eye hanging? Pawnee La...

I was visiting Atira (my mother), and we had fun playing the Kirikêru Game. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

kirikîru’ - What is it? (Asking what an object, activity, etc., is) / What’s this? [Skidi dialect] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe