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Iame uenapissish.

See you soon.

Niaut.

Goodbye.

Eshe, peikuau. Mishta-uikan.

Yes, once. It's very good.

Kuei!

Hello!

Eukuan etutuakanit kie ne amishkᵘ.

That's how they do it with the beaver [meat] as well.

Eukuan minuat tshe shakapuenanut, tshika uitshitu nishk.

It will be time to roast on the spit, that Canada goose will be delicious.

Shash kie tshekat nishkat tshika papinauat, nissi-pishimua.

Soon the Canada geese will arrive in flight, in May.

Mukᵘ uin, mishta-pimiu.

But it [beaver meat] is very fatty.

Ma nita tshimitshin tshin mush-uiash?

Have you ever eaten moose meat?

Mauat, mukᵘ nipa minueniten kutshipuk.

No, but I'd like to taste it.

Kuei Ipet.

Hello Yvette.

Shash kie nitshi muau amishkᵘ, ekᵘ tshin?

I've also eaten beaver meat before, how about you?

Eukuan kanapua, shash nimishta-shiuen eshpish uauitamakᵘ mitshim.

So there you go, I'm already so hungry since we started talking about food.

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