Lots of people love to go to the casinos to play the machines, eat, see friends, and generally have fun. Here are some words and phrases you can use to talk about these things.

 

 

Cebiihetiino'oowu' or cebiihineeno'oowu' ('gambling house') = Casino

 

Ceebiihinee-noo = I'm gambling

    Heh-won-cebiihinee-n = Let's go gamble!

Ciibeh-cebiihinee = Don't gamble!

Heet-won-cebiihinee-noo = I'm going to gamble

Koo-heet-won-cebiihinee = Are you going to go gamble?

 

Heenetii-noo ne-bei'ci3ei'i = I have lost my money

    Nih-'enetii-t hi-bei'ci3ei'i = He/she lost his/her money

Ciibeh-'enetii he-bei'ci3ei'i (base: henetii-) = Don't lose your money

Koonoh-'enetii-noo ne-bei'ci3ei'i = I have lost all my money

Nih-konoh-'enetii-3i' hi-bei'ci3ei'i = They lost all their money

    Bei'ci3ei'i = Money

 

Nih-'oyei-noo = I won

    Nih-'oyei-t = He/she won

    Koo-heih-'oyei? (base: hoyei-) = Did you win?

    Neih-'oow-oyei = I didn't win

    Koo-hih-'oyei = Did he/she win?

Hih-'oow-oyei = He/she didn't win

 

 

Ceebiihetiinoo' ('it plays against you') = Machine, slot machine

    Hiitousiinikotiitoon = How do you play this one?

    Neihoowoe'in niisiinikotiitooni' = I don't know how to play this one

    Hoowuni'oo nuhu' ceebiihetiinoo' = This machine is no good

 

Konoh'oyoot ('winning it all') = Jackpot

    Nih-konoh'oyoot-o' ('he/she won it all') = He/she won the jackpot

Nih-konoh'oyoot-owoo = I won the jackpot

    Yeheihoo'iiheihoo, koonoh'oyoot-ow! = Hey, you won the jackpot!

    Koo-heih-konoh'oyootDid you win the jackpot?

    Koo-hih-konoh'oyoot = Did he/she win the jackpot?

    Hih-'oow-konoh'oyoot = He/she didn't win the jackpot

 

 

Money Vocabulary

 

    Niibe'ehiht = 1 cent, penny (means 'little red/copper one')

    Nookoyouhu' = 5 cents, nickle (means 'little white/silver one')

    Kookouniisouhu' = 10 cents, dime (means 'little thin one')

    Cebeeniihi'i = 25 cents, quarters (means 'one fourth/quarter')

Neniiseti' = $1 bill

Yonoo3onei'i = $5

Beeteetoxei'i = $10

Niisoo' = $20

Yoo3oyoo' = $50

Beteetosoo' = $100

 

Common phrases

 

    Heetn-iinikotii-noo niibe'ehiht = I'm going to play the penny machines

    Heetn-iinikotii-noo cebeenihi' = I'm going to play quarter machines

Heniinikotii-noo neniiseti'i = I'm playing dollar machines

 

    Nih-nookonibiihinee-t = He/she gambled all night long

Heet-nookonibiihinee-noo = I'm going to gamble all night long

Konoutoku-t hinee ceebiihinoot = He/she has been sitting at that machine for a long time

Yehei/'iihei, nono3oxu'utii-n he-bei'ci3ei'i = Gee, you're wasting your money!

Ciibeh-no3onoxu'utii he-bei'ci3ei'iwo = Don't waste your money!