miʔ
future marker
- nínwiʔ pnaʔ čmay̓ kʷu ɬə kʔastkínaʔ, kʷu čxʷl̓xʷal̓t miʔ əɬʔistkm̓. - Maybe we’ll reach winter again, we'll stay alive until winter.
- uɬ nínwiʔ axáʔ iʔ tl̓ sk̓maqs miʔ siwn̓ k̓ʷinx iʔ aʔ čxʷl̓xʷil̓tstm̓, nínwiʔ t in̓čáʔ tx̌aq̓plaʔn̓. - And then from one end I’ll ask how much his debt to him is, and I will pay it.
- ixíʔ miʔ čáˤčɬtíp, n̓t̓ək̓ʷíkiʔɬtp. - That’s the one you guys will tie up for her/him, saddle up for her/him.
- way̓ mat qʷáˤsqiʔ ixíʔ miʔ čk̓ɬk̓laxʷ miʔ čʔay̓x̌ʷt, miʔ k̓y̓iks, čm̓ itlíʔ miʔ əɬp̓l̓k̓usm̓. - Maybe as soon as he gets out of sight Blue Jay will get tired, his hands’ll get cold, he might turn back.
- čm̓ ʔay̓xáxaʔ tl̓ aksx̌ʷaq̓ʷl̓qsm̓ miʔ čk̓ɬnixl̓mn̓txʷ iʔ pəptw̓ínaxʷ. - After you’ll have snored a while, you’ll hear the old woman.
- ixíʔ p ksx̌l̓pínaʔ, miʔ ixíʔ aláʔ p əɬčy̓aˤʔ, ixíʔ mɬ xʷic̓ɬəmn̓ iʔ čq̓iln̓. - When daylight comes you will gather here again, then I’ll give you the arrows.
- pnaʔ čmay̓ k̓ɬpaʔx̌əx̌nún̓, miʔ ixíʔ k̓ʷul̓ɬtsn̓ ask̓ɬq̓ám̓. - Maybe I’ll get the right idea, I’ll fulfill your wish.
- ta n̓wist miʔ kn̓ ksxy̓ústaʔx. - I am going to travel up high., Up high I am going to travel.
- uɬ čakʷ íwaʔ kʷ ɬə wr̓r̓ist uɬ laʔkín̓ kʷ xʔkinm̓ miʔ kʷ kslip̓ axáʔ l̓ sn̓kʷəkʷʔač ? - And if even you did make fire, what can you do to get wood in this dark night?
- uɬ ixíʔ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ yəyáˤt axáʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ ƛ̓xʷəxʷnuntxʷ axáʔ iʔ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓, ixíʔ mi kʷ wʔikst - When you will have killed all the man-eaters in this world, that’s when you are done / You will kill all the man-eaters in this world, that’s when you are done
- čuɬtxʷəl̓x iʔ asyaˤpčín̓, mɬ čun̓tsəl̓x laʔkín̓ miʔ kʷ xʔkinm̓. - Tell them your troubles, and they’ll tell you what you’ll have to do.