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Aimitutau 1.11

Annie introduces herself (monologue)

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Conversation 1.11

Anutshish, nishunnu ashu nishtᵘ nissi-pishimᵘ, peikunnu ashu nishuasht ka itashtet mishta-atshitashun.

Today is May twenty-third of the year two thousand seventeen.

Kuei nuitsheuakanat,

Hello my friends,

Ani nitishinikashun.

My name is Annie.

Nete Ekuanitshit nutshipan.

I'm from Ekuanitshit.

Nineunnuepipuneshin ashu nishuaush.

I'm forty-eight years old.

Nitinniuti neme nishunnu ashu peikushteu uashtessiu-pishimᵘ, patetat-tatunnu ashu nishtᵘ ka itashtet mishta-atshitashun.

I was born on October twenty-ninth of the year nineteen fifty-three.

Apu shukᵘ mishta-minupanian, nitakushin.

I'm not doing very well, I'm sick.

Nitshiuen! Nika tshiuen, nika ashteieshkushin.

I'm going home! I'm going to leave, I'm going to have a rest.

Nasht apu tshekuan tutaman.

I'm not doing anything at all.

Nika natshi-atussen utakussiti nishuaush tatutipaikana mak peikunnu ashu patetat e tshakashtet.

I'm going to work tonight, at eight fifteen.

Nitshishkutamatshen. Nikatshishkutamatsheshiun. Innu-aimun nitshishkutamatshen.

I teach. I'm a teacher. I teach the Innu language.

Ekᵘ tshin, tshekuan etutamin? Tan eshinikashuin? Tan etatupipuneshin tshin?

And you, what do you do? What's your name? How old are you?

Iame uenapissish! Nin, Ani.

See you soon! I'm Annie.

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