Jobs (subset of Introductions)

Question 1

hataʔúh saʔⁿgyaⁿdíhtaⁿdih?

Answer 1

What do you do for work?

Question 2

yatetsę́ʔs

Answer 2

I am a doctor ( I cure).

Photo of Siobhan M. Wescott, MD, (Alaskan Athabaskan) | image from American Medical Association website

Question 3

ⁿdaʔtarǫⁿgyahs

Answer 3

I am a baker/ I make bread.

Photo of Sage Romero (Tovowahamatu Nuumu/Tuah-Tahi, Big Pine Paiute/Taos Pueblo) | “PPAK: Traditional Pueblo Bread Making” from Dancing Earth website

Question 4

nyę́:kwahs

Answer 4

I am a farmer/ I plant.

Photo of Betty Robertson (Wyandotte), in Miami, OK circa 1955 tending corn, beans, rhubarb, and lettuce (courtesy of Emily Logan & Darcy Allred)

Question 5

anę:rǫ́kyeʔs

Answer 5

I am a hunter/ I hunt.

Question 6

yaríwaʔ yehšrǫⁿgyahs

Answer 6

I am a lawmaker.

Photo of Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk), U.S. Representative of Kansas | retrieved from Startland News

Question 7

kenyęstaⁿdih

Answer 7

I am a teacher/ I make people know how.

Photo of Daryl Baldwin (Miami), language teacher & director of the Myaamia Center | retrieved from Miami University website

Question 8

yesǫ:ⁿgyáhs

Answer 8

I make bowls.

Question 9

yatáʔęnǫⁿgyahs

Answer 9

I make bows.

Question 10

yeⁿgyarúʔtǫⁿgyahs

Answer 10

I make canoes.

Question 11

ayateyáʔt

Answer 11

I make fire.

Question 12

yeʔnǫⁿgyahs

Answer 12

I am a fletcher (I make arrows)

Question 13

ⁿdaʔtsǫⁿgyahs / haⁿdaʔtsǫⁿgyahs

Answer 13

I am a potter (I make pots) / he is a potter (he makes pots)

Photo of Richard Zane Smith (Wyandot) | retrieved from Mid-America All-Indian Center Constant Contact