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kylekyto kylekyto kylejaawito-ice haj my-ne-im majdyk-ik my-ne-im ha-im jela-i mej-to-mukum

get.married get.married get.betrothed-DS QUO 3-mother-NOM man-GEN 3-mother-NOM do-NOM feast-ACC give-RECIP-PAST

When they got married… when they got betrothed, her mother and the man’s mother would give each other a feast.

ha-in haj hadyk-im pajel-i ne-tin mej-to-mukum

do-SS QUO various-NOM food-ACC big-ADV give-RECIP-PAST

And they would give each other various foods generously.

ha-in haj wyttee-im k’aw-im jakka-di kylekyto-mukum

do-SS QUO one-NOM year-NOM about-LOC get.married-PAST

And after about a year they were married.

ha-in haj my-peti-im t'ynys-i japajto-men my… my… my-peti-i japajto-men ha-mukum

do-SS QUO 3-in.law-NOM old.woman-ACC talk.to-NEG 3 3 3-inlaw-ACC talk.to-NEG say-PAST

And they said for her son-in-law not to talk with the old woman (the mother-in-law) and for her not to talk with her son-in-law.

ha-in japajto-to-men-mukum

do-SS talk.to-RECIP-NEG-PAST

And they didn’t talk with each other.

ha-in haj majdy-i aanik’-men-in byyte my-peti-i japajto-mukum

do-SS QUO man-ACC like-NEG-SS alone 3-in.law-ACC talk.to-PAST

And if she didn’t like the man, she talked to her son-in-law alone.

ha-ice haj kylekyto-im oodes-to-mukum

do-DS QUO couple-NOM divorce-RECIP-PAST

Then the couple divorced.

is is-men-mukum bej

stay stay-NEG-PAST now

They didn’t stay any longer.

ha-in haj hiiwditin woonti-to-mukum myjaa-naan

do-SS QUO sometimes kill-RECIP-PAST do.thus-ABL

And sometimes they killed each other over that. That’s all.