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May Lessons

3. Insects


Gin k’i ts’is łu ghu.
This is a mosquito.

Dem gu nutnulnił.
A fly is flying around here.

Nuhqelashi gu nugheyuł.
A spider is walking around here.

Nudesa gu nugheyuŁ.
An ant is walking around here.

Qałch’ema gu nugheyuł.
A butterfly is walking around here.

Nudesa yada q’u t’eł’an?
What is the ant doing?

(Nudesa) nuqighunesh (hti).
The ant is crawling around.

Nuhqelashi nuqighunesh.
The spider is crawling around.

Qałch’ema niqatnulyesh.
The butterfly is flying around.

Dem niqatnulyesh gu.
The fly is flying around here.

Ts’is shaghidghach.
The mosquito stung me.

Nuhqelashi (k’e)tl’i (duhti).
The spider is making a web.