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Aimitutau 4.2 - Apu shukᵘ minupanian kashikat

I'm not doing very well today

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Conversation 4.2 - I'm not doing very well today

Tshitishpishin a tshetshi natutuin, tshui aimitin?

Do you have time to listen to me, I would like to talk to you?

Uemut uin, nitishpishin tshetshi natutatan.

Of course I have time to listen to you.

Eshe, apu shukᵘ minupanian, apu tshissenitaman tshekuan etian. Nanitam nui man.

Yes, I'm not doing very well, I don't know what's going on with me. I often feel like crying.

Tshiminukuamun a? Tshitaieshkushinatshe put an.

Are you sleeping well? Maybe you're tired.

Tshipa tshi put. Apu mishta-minukuamuian. Nanikutini, nipekupan tepishkati ekue eka tshi nipaian. Ekue aieshkushian kiashikati.

Maybe that's it. I don't sleep well. Often I wake up at night and can't go back to sleep. And then I'm tired during the day.

Ekᵘ ma, tshimishta-min a kapi kiashikati? Eukuan etian meshta-miniani kapi nin, apu minukuamuian.

Also, do you drink a lot of coffee during the day? That's what happens to me when I drink too much coffee, I don't sleep well.

Eshe tapue, nimishta-min kapi, nasht peikunnu tatunakan ishkanitshishikua.

Yes it's true, I drink a lot of coffee, at least ten cups throughout the day.

Ekᵘ ashit, tshekuan an miamitunenitamikuin?

And at the same time, what's on your mind?

Akushun: manitushiss Covid-19, katshishkutamatsheutshuap, nikanishat.

The disease Covid-19, school, my family.

Tshinishtutatin nuitsheuakan, eukuan eshinakushian kie nin. Tshekuan ma tshipa tutenan. Tshika ashuapinan kanapua. Shash tshekat tshika minupanitshe.

I understand, my friend, it's the same for me. What can we do? We'll wait it out. It'll be okay soon.

Niminuenimun katshi aimitan.

I feel good after talking to you.

Niminueniten... eka shakuenimu, tshe aimian.

I'm glad... don't be shy, give me a call [anytime].

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