Lenape Language Lesson 13: Conversation
Get Out! - Ikalia
Hand me - wentaxleni ne---(inan.); wentaxleni nek---(inan.)
How much - kexa; kexa hech
I want to go to town. - nkata utenink a
Is that really so? - kichi hach ne le (or) kichi ne le (tone is held and rises at the end of the sentence)
No (or) not - Ku; Ku ta ; Ku mayay; ta hashi (or) ta chich; mahchikwi; alalan; ku kesi; ku nkesi; ku ktakohchi; ku ntakohchi; okeksene
Oh My Gosh! - echei
okay (or) alright - yuh (or) yoh
Ouch! - awi
Phooey! - Phwit!
please - ksi
You also? - kepe hech
Yes - e-e; ahikta
Lenape Language Lesson A: "A" Words
again -lapi
alligator - shkehte
alright (or) okay - yuh (or) yoh
also - kepe hech; nepe
and - ok
as it is - alahshi
ashes (or) dust - punkw
asleep - nkati kawi