Entry
de/ne |
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| Definition |
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| Part of Speech | particle |
| Form | de |
| Phonological Form | ne |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ne |
| Form | ne |
| Phonological Form | ne |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *ne |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
This particle is used to introduce an explanation or a description of something said in previous discourse. The form ne is typically used before a word that begins in a nasal vowel like en or on, while de is typically used elsewhere. |
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Examples
Examples of the entry
- ahon’ndiyonhraen’ de hatiyowänen’s
the Elders are deliberating
- Aseyahchiaht de yonweyahnhonkhwahs !
Drink the medicine I’m giving you all in one shot so that none is left!
- aye’wahtsarahkwihnen’ de kha’ yatsen’
I had put some meat on this plate
- a’katen’ de yahonhk
the Canada goose flew away
- a’khen’ndiyonhraenton’s de ayorahskwanh
I think about those who have left
- a’shayotieskwen’ de echia’ahah
he is mocking the children, he mocked the children
- a’thontenda’wahche’nd de tsou’tayi’
they were going, coming to hunt beaver
- aꞏhchiatehenhk chionyweh te’yenh, ondae’ ïohtih tehchiatehen’s de chiëniennonh iyenh
you would be ashamed if you were a man, what makes you not ashamed is the fact that you’re a dog
- Chiatatennonhchionniänihk sonhwa’ ? Stan’ tehia’ndiara’sennihk de hehchien’ah ?
Are you building your house all by yourself? Your son doesn’t help you?
- chiestore’ de ihchiech
you eat quickly, you're eating quickly
- endi’ yehente’nd N. de aweskwahk
I was walking first, [Name] was walking second
- Hesatahrontonhndah de hehchien’ah !
Go ask your son for his news!
- heskwenda’yerahtih Haondehchehte’ tha’ titeheskwenda’yeratha’ de ihatonhk tho atsier
you have made Haondehchehte’ your leader, however you don’t treat him as a leader (you don’t imitate him) now that he tells you to do so
- kha’yendeh ne onhwa’ aywatsa’tänionhkwa’
this is the hour for our meal
- khewendahronkha’ de ayoatsih
I hear people singing
- Kwïohti öne tehata’s de hehchien’ah ?
Does your son stand up on his feet?
- ne ontayehchiaht de änenhawenh yehen’
I used up all of my corn
- öne onyrihwenta’s de kherihwaienständihihk
I just finished the teaching I was doing
- öne yihchiakhe’ de ënonhkwa’t
I’m going to go look for a medicine
- ondae’ de onywenta’wathahk
what was making us sleep
- ondae’ yatsa’tänionhkwa’ de iyerhe’ aonsawatieronhkwaha’ de yieron’yeh
I eat my meals to restore the strength in my body, so that my body becomes strong again
- onsayaka’ de aonyarahskwanhnen’
I abandoned the thought of leaving
- onyeya’wa’s de sketsentändih
I like the taste of what you’ve given me to eat
- sahwenh de eyatsa’tänionwa’
wait until I finish eating my meal
- Satehnhontawah de isahnhont !
Take out what you have in your mouth!
- Satënienstah ! Ehchea’tenht de chëen’ah.
Be careful! You’ll let your child fall.
- stan’ a’niänihten’ te’wa’tariha’tha’ de kha’ tsondehchen’
it is never warm here in your country
- stan’ ne endi’ yewendïio’ te’yenh dekha’ ekaenton’
I am not the owner of these pieces of furniture
- stan’ ta’teska’ratehche’ de oyenronhatie’
I will no longer need snowshoes in the spring
- stan’ te’yarhonhk de yahahänien’te’s
I don’t rest while traveling
- stan’ te’yenh de chiaonyitahkwihk
it’s not the case that I would have done it intentionally
- steniestha’ te’wahtonhonhk de tho hewayientahk esondaon’
nothing was lost from all that I had put in your house
- tehonrahtathonhk de hatichia’ahah
the little children race to see who runs the fastest
- te’khëndare’ de khëen’ah aꞏyenhk
I don’t have anyone who is like my child, I don’t have any children
- te’skienterih ne onyita’
I do not know how to sleep anymore
- te’yarihwetsih de eyatatia’
I won’t make a long speech
- tho ihäa’tou’tenh ne endi’ iyia’tou’tenh
he is built like me
- tho ihchien’ ha’yeht hewetha’ de änen’enh
I’m going where my mother usually goes
- tho iyäa’tayeh de hotisken’rayehtahk tiöndrahtayeh de kha’ skwarhaenton’
there are as many soldiers as there are leaves in your woods
- tonsaonywäa’tahkwen’ de hoen’ah
she just took her son away from us (who, for example, had come to visit us)
- yarontouton’ ihchien’ dowa’ yarha’yonh wa’ de yarontaentonnion’
in the woods, there are some trees standing up and others knocked down on the ground
- yehiatonwahe’ de skehiatondih
here I am, I’m coming to you to pay my debt