namôtha nikî-nisitohtîn âkathâsîmowin ispî ohpimî kâ-kî-nitawi-ayamihcikîyân. mâka namôtha kinwîsk nikî-ati-nisitohtîn wîtha tahto-kîsikâw î-kî-pihtamân, ikwa mîna tahtwâw kâ-mâtinâwi-kîsikâk î-kî-kanawâhpahtamâhk cikâstîpathihcikana. nikî-mithwîthihtîn mîna kita-ayamihcikîyân. tahto-tipiskâw nikî-ayamihtân âcimowini-masinahikanisa ikwa mîna kihci-masinahikan, sîpâ nitakohpimihk mâna î-âpacihtâyân wâsaskohcîpicikanis ta-kîmôci-ayamihcikîyân.
ᓇᒨᖬ ᓂᑮ ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑏᐣ ᐋᑲᖭᓰᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐢᐲ ᐅᐦᐱᒦ ᑳ ᑫ ᓂᑕᐃᐧ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᒋᑮᔮᐣ᙮ ᒫᑲ ᓇᒨᖬ ᑭᓀᣉᐢᐠ
ᓂᑮ ᐊᑎ ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑏᐣ ᐑᖬ ᑕᐦᑐ ᑮᓯᑳᐤ ᐄ ᑮ ᐱᐦᑕᒫᐣ, ᐃᑲᐧ ᒦᓇ ᑕᐦᑖᐧᐤ ᑳ ᒫᑎᓈᐃᐧ ᑫᓯᑳᐠ ᒦ ᑫ ᑲᓇᐋᐧᐦᐸᐦᑕᒫᕁ ᒋᑳᐢᑌᐸᖨᐦᒋᑲᓇ᙮ ᓂᑫ ᒥᖧᐧᖨᐦᑏᐣ ᒣᓇ ᑭᑕ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᒋᑫᔮᐣ᙮ ᑕᐦᑐ ᑎᐱᐢᑳᐤ ᓂᑮ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᐣ ᐋᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓂᓴ ᐃᑲᐧ ᒣᓇ ᑭᐦᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ, ᓰᐹ ᓂᑕᑯᐦᐱᒥᕁ ᒫᓇ ᐄ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᔮᐣ ᐋᐧᓴᐢᑯᐦᒌᐱᒋᑲᓂᐢ ᑕ ᑫᒨᒋ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᒋᑮᔮᐣ᙮
I did not understand English when I went to school far away from home. However, it did not take me long to begin understanding because I would hear it every day and every Saturday we’d watch movies. I also like to read. Every night I read stories and even the Bible under my blankets using a flashlight to read in secret.
piyakwâw î-tipiskâk nikî-ayamihtân kwâmik-poka sîpâ nitakopimihk. kîtahtawî
kâ-pihtawak ana kâ-kanawîthimikoyâhk nâpîw î-pî-tohtît ninipîwinihk isi. kîsiskaw nipakicowîpinîn anima kwâmik-pok kâ-kî-ayamihtâyân ikwa nitotihtinîn kihci-masinahikan. ispî kâ-îkatîpitahk nitakohpim ana nâpîw nimiskâk î-ayamihtâwak
kihci-masinahikan.
ᐱᔭᑳᐧᐤ ᐄ ᑎᐱᐢᑳᐠ ᓂᑮ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᐣ ᑳᐧᒥᐠ ᐳᑲ ᓰᐹ ᓂᑕᑯᐱᒥᐦᐠ᙮ ᑫᑕᐦᑕᐑ ᑳ ᐱᐦᑕᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓇ
ᑳ ᑲᓇᐑᖨᒥᑯᔮᕁ ᓈᐲᐤ ᐄ ᐲ ᑐᐦᑏᐟ ᓂᓂᐲᐃᐧᓂᕁ ᐃᓯ᙮ ᑫᓯᐢᑲᐤ ᓂᐸᑭᒍᐁᐧᐱᓀᐣ ᐊᓂᒪ ᑳᐧᒥᐠ ᐳᐠ
ᑳ ᑫ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᔮᐣ ᐃᑲᐧ ᓂᑐᑎᐦᑎᓀᐣ ᑭᐦᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ᙮ ᐃᐢᐯ ᑳ ᐄᑲᑏᐱᑕᕁ ᓂᑕᑯᐦᐱᒼ ᐊᓇ ᓈᐲᐤ ᓂᒥᐢᑳᐠ ᐄ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐦᒋ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ᙮
One night I was reading comic books under my blankets. I heard the supervisor who looked after us approaching my bed. I quickly dropped the comic book and picked up the Bible. When the supervisor pulled my blanket off he found me reading the Bible.
“hâw, hâw-mâka, tâpwî-kihci, kiyâm ayamihcikîyani.”
“ᐦᐋᐤ, ᐦᐋᐤ ᒫᑲ, ᑖᐿ ᑭᐦᒋ, ᑭᔮᒼ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᒋᑮᔭᓂ᙮”
“Okay, okay then, very good. It’s okay if you keep on reading.”
ati-sipwîhtîw ikwa kâwi-nitotinîn nikwâmik-pokim. ikospî kâ-askîwik mihcît kwâmik-poka nikî-ayamihtân, nama wihkâc nikî-pisiskîthimik ana nâpîw kâ-kî-kanawîthimikoyâhk.
ᐊᑎ ᓯᐿᐦᑏᐤ ᐃᑲᐧ ᑳᐃᐧ ᓂᑐᑎᓃᐣ ᓂᑳᐧᒥᐠ ᐳᑭᒼ᙮ ᐃᑯᐢᐯ ᑳ ᐊᐢᑮᐃᐧᐠ ᒥᐦᒌᐟ ᑳᐧᒥᐠ ᐳᑲ ᓂᑮ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᐣ, ᓇᒪ ᐃᐧᐦᑳᐨ ᓂᑮ ᐱᓯᐢᑮᖨᒥᐠ ᐊᓇ ᓈᐲᐤ ᑳ ᑮ ᑲᓇᐑᖨᒥᑯᔮᐦᐠ᙮
He left and I picked up my comic book once again. That year I read lots of comic books. The supervisor never bothered me again.
namôtha kinwîsk kâ-ati-nisitohtamân âkathâsîmowin.
ᓇᒨᖬ ᑭᣉᐢᐠ ᑳ ᐊᑎ ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᒫᐣ ᐋᑲᖭᓭᒧᐃᐧᐣ᙮
