5 Flashcards
Si tatå-hu dumådåndan ukelele.
My dad plays the ukulele.
Si nanå-hu mama’ sesena kada puengi.
My mom makes dinner every night.
Mahålang yu’ nu Saipan yan i minaipi.
I miss Saipan, and the heat.
Ti yahu yanggin i tåotåo mampus manguekuentus.
I hate when people talk too much.
Låo hu sienti na debi bai hu kunsigi mamokkat mo’na.
But I felt like I had to keep walking forward
Malagu’ yu’ umatan todus i floris yan tinanum siha.
I wanted to look at all the flowers and plants.
Para iyok-hu, kulang mohon nå’an.
It would be mine, like a name.
Kulang mohon para u riprisenta yu’.
As if it would somehow represent me.
Unu kulang ha kåutiba yu’, ya malagu’ yu’ na bai hu atyik.
One of them stood out to me, I wanted to choose it.
Gi kada bånda maneståttåba mansahngi na manggåtbu na floris ginin ottru tånu.
On each side were strange, beautiful flowers from another world.
Gi paingi hu guifi na mamomokkat yu’ gi fanfa’pusan.
Last night I dreamed I was walking on a path.
Hu hassu na hu lili’i’ kannai-hu gi guinifi-hu.
I think about seeing my hands in the dream
Matåchung ya manhahassu yu’ un biåhi gi diha
I meditate once a day.
Hu chachagi rumialisa kåo mangguiguifi yu’
I’m trying to realize when I’m dreaming.
Man diskåkånsa ya mata’chochongi i paluma
They were relaxing, sitting on top of the bird
I che’lu-hu låhi yan i manamigu-ña siha maneståttaba
My brother and his friends were there.
Låo dispues hu atan huyung gi bintåna
But then I looked outside the window
Mañodda’ yu’ lokkui’ shotgun para bai hu paki
I even found a shotgun to shoot it with
Hu huchum i tampin påkyu gi bintåna
I closed storm shutters over my windows.
Higånti, kulot åpu, yan dångkuku piku-ña
It was giant and grey, with a big beak