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Chachokiibosiifookap, naho̱, uh ammaamak kochikkiilihchoolik.
When I was small, my mom used to keep us.

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Mootohon, naho̱, imistilkahchoolik, amaapo̱, amawo̱ stoklon.
Then we lived with my grandmother and grandfather.

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Mootohon, naho̱, ammaamak iltohnot athiiyaak, naho, Lake Charles-kon, maamin
Then my mom would go to work in Lake Charles

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aapok, awo̱ stoklok, mook akohitchaachit , kochikkiilihchoolik.
and my grandmother and grandfather would keep us and watch us.

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Kaamiifookok, nahofoot, school-kafoot matkotohnot, naho̱, konkatiipaayaami̱ mook libatlit naahon.
They would cook, feed us and send us to school.

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amawok mook, naho, chaffa choobahchok innaahohchoolik,
My grandfather had a big garden

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kaamiyokon, maafa̱ iltohnot, naho,
and he would work there

8
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oholimpayahchoot ilpaahi̱, mook hoktiichin
and he planted foods that we could eat

9
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naahot amaahilkahchoolik mon iipat kaamiitoofookon.
and when it ripens, that’s what we would eat.

10
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Nahok ammaamak iltohnok aayatook, naho, Friday tanka̱ yaami̱ iilahchoolik.
My mother would be out working and would come back Friday night.

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Kaamiifook[ok], aatatok maan Tahollo tankahchoot, naho,
And then she would stay with us till Sunday afternoon

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bus-ka paachokooliik thoikat athiiyahchoolik.
and get back on the bus and go back.

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Kaamin istilkahchootoskaap,
That’s how it went on

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naksaamoosin oothalitok chasobaiko̱, katik, nahok,
until I don’t know how old I was

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maan iltolihnak, iltolihna̱ failiifookok thoikat iilok aatat,
when she quit her job and came back;

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mathopotliifookon, naho,
afterwards

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iisa mook acho̱o̱bastik istilkahchoolik,
since we lived in a very old house,

18
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mootohon, miiton attohnon hointallin, maafon haalahkat onthan.
she had someone build her a house where we moved in.

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Mafiinap, haalahkilkok anaamin, nahok, amawok nakaathak.
Actually, before we moved, my grandfather passed away.

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Mootohon, nahok, aapok akoosat haalahkak.
So my grandmother moved in with us.

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Kaamiitok maafon komaatat athiiyan mook nakaathak.
She stayed with us and as time passed, she passed away too.

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Mootohon ma immaayap maafon istilkaton, naho̱, iisa miiton maan hointallin,
We stayed there until they built her another house,

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maafon chokkoolihchoolik, istilkahchoolik.
and that’s where she lived, where we lived.

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Mootohon, immaayap
Then, after that,

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nahot atlawistatilka mook,
the children too,

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nahot, annaathit kaahiliskan, kosnaalok, naho̱, amaahilkahchooto̱.
like, we got married and we went on our own.