See if you can read the story below, with the help of the words given in the list. Dashes have been included to help you recognize prefixes and suffixes.

 

cesisi- = start to do something

noohoo3ei- = to see things (AI)

nihii- = to say something (AI)

hoseino' = meat (NI)

ni'coo- = to taste good (II)

 

You can click on each sentence to hear it pronounced in Arapaho, and to see its English translation.

 

Heesitee-' hiiwoonhehe'! Nehe' he3 heesnee-t.  

It’s hot today! This dog is hungry.

 

Ceesis-cebisee-t. Hoowu-noohoo3ei.  

He starts walking. He doesn’t see anything.

 

Niihii-t: "Yeheihoo, heesitee-'! Heesnee-noo. Toot-hoseino'?"  

He says: “Gee whiz, it’s hot! I’m hungry. Where is some meat?”

 

Ceebisee-t, cenee-cebisee-t, 'oh hoowu-noohoo3ei.  

He is walking; he is walking on and on, but he doesn’t see anything.

 

Neneeteihi-t. Beneet-3i'oku-t. Howoh'oe!  

He is tired. He wants to sit down. Wait!

 

Nonoohoot-o' nii'cooti-' hoseino'. Benii3i-'.  

He sees some tasty meat. He eats it.

 

Woow hoow-eesnee. Woow nii'i3ecoo-t nehe' he3.  

Now he’s not hungry. Now this dog is happy.

 

 

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