Speak Penobscot In The Home

In The Kitchen

I’m hungry. I'm hungry	nəkatohpi	n’ga-dooh-pee
When will we be eating? When will we be eating?	ččikeč kəmitsolətipəna?	chee-gej gmitsol-dee-bna
What are we going to eat? What are we going to eat?	kekʷ keti-mičiyakʷ?	gegw gedee—mee-jee-yugw
When are we going to go eat? When are we going to go eat?	ččikeč kənαčihpolətipəna?	chee-gej gnujeep-pol-dee-bna
What cha cooking good looking? What cha cooking good looking?	kekʷ etalάkʷasəman welinakʷəsit?	gegw eda-lugwuz’mun welee-nugw’zid
Let me taste it. Let me taste it.	ččena nətakʷétatamən	cheh-na n’da-gweduda-min
Is it done? Is it done?	kiste?	gis-tteh
When will it be done? When will it be done?	ččikeč kiste?	chee-gej gis-tteh
Can I help you with that? Can I help you with that?	kəwičohkemələn?	g’wijooh-kem’l’n
How am I to cook your eggs? (“how do you want your eggs cooked?”) How am I to cook your eggs?	tαn-əč nətəlαkʷəsəmən kəwάwanal?	dun-oj n’d’lugw’z’m’n g’wuwanal
We have to have more butter. We have to have more butter.	kətahčəwi-ayinena məláhkʷsi-pəmi.	g’dah-chwee—ayee-nena m’luhqwsee-b’mee

Author and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau meets and hires Joseph Attean to guide him into the Maine woods.