QUERES
LANGUAGE
Queres Conversational Phrases for Travelers
Hello, father
Thank You, son Has your morning gone well? Yes, and you? Yes Did you eat already? Yes, I ate Where shall I sit? Sit down there. What are you doing? I'm reading. I'm writing. I'm taking it easy. Is it nice outside? It's nice outside Is it windy? It is windy. Is it cloudy? It is cloudy. Kaw'eet'aat'a naha'aya When are we going to Albuquerque? We're going ( there ) on Friday. So, ... Does your head hurt? Yes, my head hurts. Why? (What's wrong?) That's enough. Here (take this) Okay Well? It's good. Where do you live? I live in Zuni. |
Guw'aadzi, n'aishdiya
Dawaa'e, s'a-ma'akə Gai dawaa tyədiyaasrka? Haa'a, drutyumə? Haa'a Miisru trupe? Haa'a, supe. Haadi shdyə nəguya-si? Ai shdyə ch'uguya. Dzii k'ui kədyeekuya? Sium'eegume ts'idyaadrani. Sudyaat'ita. Suuw'anat'ita. An'ee da hau chaatya? An'ee dza hau chaatya. Dyəna? Gəna. Dinats'i? Dzinats'i. It snowed the day before yesterday. Hama nədye'eku-sruusa Arawageeki? Nədye'eku-sruusa Yeenisidze. Sruw'e, ... Ch'awaasa sranasrka? Haa'a, k'awaasa senasrka. Dzeeguma? Heem'e Duu ai Hin'a Kumə? Dawaa dza. Haadi kədrau'u? Səəni'itsi sau'u. |
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Note - a double vowel = long vowel
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An apostrophe indicates a sound stop,
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Two Vowels = Long Vowel
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For a Large Vocabulary
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The Language of Santa Ana Pueblo, by Irvine Davis - PDF
SMITHSONIAN BULLETIN 191, ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS, No. 69
( note about PDF text ( also Miller's grammar ) - the retroflexes - ṣ - ẓ - ç - are transcribed nowadays as sr, tr, tr )
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