Lesson 2 Dialogue

"Crows eat maize"

Girl: Look! There is a huge bird!

Mother: That bird is an isosankekamuyThe Ural Owl is called "isosankekamuy" in the text, but it also called "kunnerekkamuy" and "yukchikapkamuy"..

Girl: That is a kamuy?

Mother: It is. It is an important kamuy."ne ruwe ne" need not be translated.

Boy: Aren't crows kamuy?

Mother: Even crows, [and] even sparrows are kamuy.

Boy: Crows eat maize, and sparrows eat rice; isn't that a bad thing?

Mother: Everything has a purpose.Literally, "Everything is a thing that has a purpose".

Girl: The isosankekamuy flew awayLiterally, "flew and went"..

Lesson 2 Vocabulary

Ainu	English
tup	2 (two)
hekaci	boy
nukar	to see, to look at
toanta	over there
poro	to be big, to become big
cikap	bird
an	to be [in a place] (singular)
toan	that (demonstrative)
isosankekamuy	Ural Owl (Ezo Owl)
ruwe ne	affirmative sentence-ending particle
toanpe	that (lit. "that thing")
kamuy	spirit, god
ruwe	Used to ask questions, perhaps with a sense of doubt or wonder. Sometimes like, "Is it true that...?"
ruwe un	"Yes, it is so." Often given in response to questions ending in ルウェ？ (ruwe?)
pase	great, heavy (irregular accent)
paskur	crow
ne yakka	even, also, even if
amamecikappo	sparrow
kimi	corn, maize
e	to eat
wa	conjunctive particle, and
siamam	rice
kusu	because, for
wen	to be bad, to become bad
opitta	everything, all things
p(e)	thing (after a vowel, the 'e' is dropped)
yaku	role, purpose
kor	to hold, to have
hopuni	to fly (singular)
arpa	to go (singular)