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Nika uitamuau tshetshi takushinit ute minu-tshishikaniti.

I'll ask him to come over when the weather is nice.

Tshika uauitamatin apishish.

I'll tell you a bit about him.

Mak patshuiannu tshekamutati mak kanapua upishakanassina.

And wearing a shirt and also his moccasins.

Mauat apu nishtuapamak! Nipa minueniten mishkut nishtuapamak.

No, I don't know him! I'd like to know him though.

Shakuenimu eka auennua neshtuapamati.

He's shy when he doesn't know people.

Kaien, ma tshinishtuapamau nuitsheuakan Pien?

Gaëlle, do you know my friend Pierre?

Tapue a!

Really!

Nipakueniten tshetshi uapamak.

I look forward to seeing him.

Miam nin.

Like me.

Tshimakateu kie.

He's thin (lean) too.

Mishta-minuenitakushu kie uitenitakushu tepatshimuti.

He's very nice and he's funny when he tells stories.

Ekᵘ ma, tan eshi-atishauiateniti ussishikua kie upishkueuna?

And what colour are his eyes and his hair?

Tshinuashkushiu, tshitshue tshinuashkushiu.

He's tall, really tall.

Minuatamᵘ iapatshiati uasheshkunakapeshakana.

He really likes wearing jeans.

Eukuan miam, eku!

Great, okay!

Kashteuanua ussishikua kie nenua upishkueuna. Tshinuapishkueuneu, kakanuapishkueuneu.

He has black eyes and hair. He has long hair.

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