| DS | : | Ihooochason | hachimmankala̱ | mooliip | . |
| DS | a long time ago | I will tell you all (a story) | then |
I will tell you all [a story], then.
| Hinaayap | ampoktoklon | awahtotchiin | am-ahaayiip | . |
| now | I am seventy | three | my age |
I am seventy-three years old now.
| Kaamiifookok | , | achachoobo̱ | aalol | hinaap | . |
| and then | I am old | I think | now |
So I think I am old.
| Kaamiis | , | ya | amaanihtat | aataliifookap | pokkolawa-ontokloofookok | , | am-maama̱ | , | an-taata̱ | stoklo̱ | immankalik | aminchaalilahon | . |
| so | this | when I'm young | living | when I was seventeen | my mom | my dad | both | I told them | sign me up |
So when I was seventeen years old, I told my mom and dad to sign me up.
| Naho̱ | , | service-koot | chokkaliikalaik | chabannaafookok | . |
| like | service, like | to get in | I wanted to |
I wanted to get into the service.
| Kantik | aminchaaliibaanon | aththalaikchommok | . |
| but | they would have to sign me up | to go |
But they had to sign me up before I could go.
| Mootok | aminchahlin | athiiyalit | . |
| and then | they signed me up | I went |
Then they signed me up and I went.
| athtakayoofookap | , | naaso̱o̱ya | sobbailil | aalolihchoolik | . |
| before I went | everything | I know | I used to think |
Before I went, I used to think I knew everything.
| Motoohok | , | inchahlok | chokkaliikalok | aataliifookap | sobbaililik | nanchasobaikohchootok | . |
| Then | sign up | about to get in | I was there | I learned | that I didn't know anything |
Then I signed up and went and I learned that I didn't know anything.
| Ohaiyo | ostaakan | naholiitok | ommook | , | " | Hinaap | saamin | yahchon | ilinchaaliliitooli | ?" |
| year | four | I did | eventually did | now | why | this | I signed in for |
I had signed up for four years, my hair was shaved,
| aalolik | chokkaliikat | bakki̱ | hissootok | ikson | ansaalok | mat-hochapithkaabaanon | . |
| I thought | get in | head | even the hair | none | they shaved my | when they finally put me in there |
and I thought, "Now why did I sign up for this?"
| Maamoosok | kolostinkabiin | amalpiskohchootok | sobbaililik | . |
| then | sense knowledge) | I did not have enough | I learned |
Then I learned that I didn't have enough knowledge.
| Hokonlikitkat | , | hokotoonat | naason | sanhila̱ | atlawistasi̱ | yaamooson | hokochikkiit | nahofookon | . |
| they fussed at us | they told us what to do | what | to do | little kids | like that | they kept us | they did |
They fussed and told us what to do and treated us like little kids.
| Mootoskaap | , | naho̱ | , | mootok | aataliifookap | , | maan | waachiliik | , | an-seventeen | naimaththok | waachit | aatalitoomattok | , | chokkalihkalok | aataliifookap | , | ohaiyi | ostaakan | inchaliliitok | ommok | , | poltokloowahchaffaakan | oothaamoolich | aalot | aatalii | . |
| eventually | like | and then | while I was there | again | I was waiting | I was seventeen | to get there | waited | I was there | I got in | while I was there | year | four | had signed up | did | twenty-one | get there | thought | I 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 | . |
| eventually | again | I liked it |
Eventually I liked it.
| katik | , | thoikat | iilok | aatalitok | , | maan | chokkaliikallao̱ | aaloliitooliiyok | , | stakano | ya | aata | achon | atchalihkalok | stankaanoofookok | ath-- | , | athtakaayot | , | piila | stachonafailok | , | piila | athiiyalik | trade | school-kon | . |
| but | back | came | I was here/around | again | I'm going to get in | I had thought | I had fun | this | there | outside | I went out | I was having fun | go-- | I didn't go | whatever | I eventually stopped | whatever | I went | trade | school |
I came home and thought I would go back, but I enjoyed being home and eventually stayed and went to trade school.
| Motoskaak | , | ottiltonohlok | , | haalahkaat | tokpan | chokoolok | aatat | stachoonasino | chokommihchok | . |
| therefore | I went to work there | I moved | somewhere else | I settled | I lived | I got old | did |
I went to work somewhere else, moved, and settled there and grew old.
| Kaamiis | , | stankaanohchok | aataliifaamok | . |
| so | I like it | where I live |
So I like where I live.
| Yaaliimook | , | istilkabaanafaamok | iilaliik | stankaanotik | , | amiisafaamok | aataliik | stankaanohchok | . |
| here, too | where we have always lived | I come here | I like it, but | my house, too | I live | I like it |
I like coming here where we have always lived, but I like my home, too.
| Kaamiis | , | yaamoosiimaam | . |
| so | that's about it |
So that's about it.
| Mokkoop | stakanofiinon | naathiikalitch | . |
| or else | too much | I might talk |
Because I might talk too much.
| Moos | , | mooliip | . |
| that's it | then |
That's it, then.