n̓stil̓s
think, consider, estimate
Listen to the elder
- talíʔ ksq̓ʷisəs l̓ snixʷtíɬc̓aʔ, way̓ n̓stil̓s. - There was very much fat in the inside of it, he thought.
- n̓stil̓səl̓x, “way̓ ixíʔ atáʔ n̓c̓ičn̓.” - They thought, “This guy is Wolf.”
- kn̓ n̓stil̓s way̓ t̓ixəl̓x. - I thought she was out of the water.
- put iʔ ksl̓l̓kʷuts iʔ tl̓ yaˤčíň put kʷ n̓stil̓s way̓ t̓ixəl̓x. - It's just a little ways from the shore, just where you think she’ll get out of the water.
- mat k̓ɬtqəpil̓smn̓tsəl̓x iʔ t asnəqsílxʷ, mat n̓stil̓səl̓x mat kʷ ƛ̓lal̓ km̓ mat way̓ kʷ čxʷl̓xʷal̓t. - I suppose your relatives are worrying about you, they must be wondering whether you are dead or alive.
- áɬiʔ kʷu n̓stil̓s mt x̌ast. - We thought it was pretty good.
- tl̓ n̓sq̓ʷut kn̓ n̓stil̓sm̓ sčutxn̓t̓it̓xʷl̓čn̓. - I think he said from across the ocean, he’s Italian.