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Some Pawnee call their Grandpas “atipat”.

Some call them “apit.”

What’s the difference?

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irâcti - If you are female, you would call your brother irâhcti’.

Remember the naked C (as apposed to the Č) says “ts”.

Nora Pratt says, Irâcti'

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SOUTHBAND

itâhri’ - a Southband male calls his sister itâhri’.

SKIDI

itâhi’ - a Skidi male calls his sister itâhi’.

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irâri’ - same sex sibling. For example, if you are female, you would call your sister(s) irâri’. If you are male, you would call your brother(s) irâri’.

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ati’as - my father. Not your father, or his father, not even their father, but your father. You would use ati’as to refer to your own father, you can also call your father Ati’as.

Nora Pratt says, Ati'as

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atira - my mother. Not your mother, or her mother, not even their mother, but “my mother”. You use atira when referring to your own mother, you can also call your mother Atira.

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SENTENCE MARKERS:

kara - yes/no question

ta - positive statement

kâka - negative statement

* čikstit karaspari’

čikstit - to be well

kara - y/n question

s - you

pari’ - to be going about

Are you (going about) well?

* čikstit tatpari’

čikstit - to be well

ta - positive statement

t - I

pari’ - to be going about

I am (going about) well.

* čikstit kâkatpari’

čikstit - to be well

kâka - negative statement

t - I

pari’ - to be going about

I am not (going about) well.

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kâkî - no

čikstit - to be well

pari’ - to go about

We’ll dissect the rest of the sentence in episode 20.

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SOUTHBAND DIALECT

âhu’ - yes

SKIDI DIALECT

hâ’u’ - yes

SOUTHBAND AND SKIDI

čikstit - to be well. [ č ] is pronounced ‘ch’ as in “church”

pari’ - to go about

We’ll dissect this sentence and all its grammatical parts in episode 20.

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