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DS:Ihooochasonhachimmankala̱mooliip.
DSa long time agoI will tell you all (a story)then

I will tell you all [a story], then.


Hinaayapampoktoklonawahtotchiinam-ahaayiip.
nowI am seventythreemy age

I am seventy-three years old now.


Kaamiifookok,achachoobo̱aalolhinaap.
and thenI am oldI thinknow

So I think I am old.


Kaamiis,yaamaanihtataataliifookappokkolawa-ontokloofookok,am-maama̱,an-taata̱stoklo̱immankalikaminchaalilahon.
sothiswhen I'm younglivingwhen I was seventeenmy mommy dadbothI told themsign me up

So when I was seventeen years old, I told my mom and dad to sign me up.


Naho̱,service-kootchokkaliikalaikchabannaafookok.
likeservice, liketo get inI wanted to

I wanted to get into the service.


Kantikaminchaaliibaanonaththalaikchommok.
butthey would have to sign me upto go

But they had to sign me up before I could go.


Mootokaminchahlinathiiyalit.
and thenthey signed me upI went

Then they signed me up and I went.


athtakayoofookap,naaso̱o̱yasobbaililaalolihchoolik.
before I wenteverythingI knowI used to think

Before I went, I used to think I knew everything.


Motoohok,inchahlokchokkaliikalokaataliifookapsobbaililiknanchasobaikohchootok.
Thensign upabout to get inI was thereI learnedthat I didn't know anything

Then I signed up and went and I learned that I didn't know anything.


Ohaiyoostaakannaholiitokommook,"Hinaapsaaminyahchonilinchaaliliitooli?"
yearfourI dideventually didnowwhythisI signed in for

I had signed up for four years, my hair was shaved,


aalolikchokkaliikatbakki̱hissootokiksonansaalokmat-hochapithkaabaanon.
I thoughtget inheadeven the hairnonethey shaved mywhen they finally put me in there

and I thought, "Now why did I sign up for this?"


Maamoosokkolostinkabiinamalpiskohchootoksobbaililik.
thensense knowledge)I did not have enoughI learned

Then I learned that I didn't have enough knowledge.


Hokonlikitkat,hokotoonatnaasonsanhila̱atlawistasi̱yaamoosonhokochikkiitnahofookon.
they fussed at usthey told us what to dowhatto dolittle kidslike thatthey kept usthey did

They fussed and told us what to do and treated us like little kids.


Mootoskaap,naho̱,mootokaataliifookap,maanwaachiliik,an-seventeennaimaththokwaachitaatalitoomattok,chokkalihkalokaataliifookap,ohaiyiostaakaninchaliliitokommok,poltokloowahchaffaakanoothaamoolichaalotaatalii.
eventuallylikeand thenwhile I was thereagainI was waitingI was seventeento get therewaitedI was thereI got inwhile I was thereyearfourhad signed updidtwenty-oneget therethoughtI was there/around

I had waited to turn seventeen to get in and had signed up for four years, and I wanted to hurry up and turn twenty-one.


Mootoskap,maan,stankaanohchoolik.
eventuallyagainI liked it

Eventually I liked it.


katik,thoikatiilokaatalitok,maanchokkaliikallao̱aaloliitooliiyok,stakanoyaaataachonatchalihkalokstankaanoofookokath--,athtakaayot,piilastachonafailok,piilaathiiyaliktradeschool-kon.
butbackcameI was here/aroundagainI'm going to get inI had thoughtI had funthisthereoutsideI went outI was having fungo--I didn't gowhateverI eventually stoppedwhateverI wenttradeschool

I came home and thought I would go back, but I enjoyed being home and eventually stayed and went to trade school.


Motoskaak,ottiltonohlok,haalahkaattokpanchokoolokaatatstachoonasinochokommihchok.
thereforeI went to work thereI movedsomewhere elseI settledI livedI got olddid

I went to work somewhere else, moved, and settled there and grew old.


Kaamiis,stankaanohchokaataliifaamok.
soI like itwhere I live

So I like where I live.


Yaaliimook,istilkabaanafaamokiilaliikstankaanotik,amiisafaamokaataliikstankaanohchok.
here, toowhere we have always livedI come hereI like it, butmy house, tooI liveI like it

I like coming here where we have always lived, but I like my home, too.


Kaamiis,yaamoosiimaam.
sothat's about it

So that's about it.


Mokkoopstakanofiinonnaathiikalitch.
or elsetoo muchI might talk

Because I might talk too much.


Moos,mooliip.
that's itthen

That's it, then.