Going Places

New expressions:

I am going.

tAtwo’.

He is going.

tiiwo’.

Are you going?

ka NAxwo’?

Where are you going?

čuku NAxwo’?

Let’s (two) go.

sišWA.

Let’s (all) go.

toxtaapo’.

Grandmother, where are you going?

atika’, čuku NAxwo’?

• I’m going to the store.

tAtwo’ naapIhuxu’.

Mother, are you going to the school?

atⁱna’ ka NAxwo’ niinaakaaWI piirataapo’Iš?

• No, I am going to Calf Woman’s house.

kaaki’, tAtwo’ saniipahAt niinanuunakaaWI.

Friend, let’s go to my house.

siinaNI, sišWA niinatⁱniinakaaWI.

Let’s (all) go to New Town.

toxtaapo’ niinteetUhčipiriiNU.

General Places:

school

niinaakaaWI piirataapo’Iš

store

naapIhuxu’

gas station

natstakaaxu’ niiniičiraapIhu

hospital

niinaakaaWI naaxihUx

bank

(n)iinawaapIsškaaroosI

cafe

naakaanuNAhčituu’u’

courthouse

niininoohUhkarooku

barbershop

niiniiNAhnačištarooku

church

niinačootšakaaWI

town

ituunu’

my house

niinatⁱniinakaaWI

your house

niiNAxiniinakaaWI

his/her house

niinanuunakaaWI

Proper Place Names:

Beaver Creek

čitUx sAhaanu’

Bismarck

itUhtaawe

Black Hills

waakatitkAt

Bullhead, SD

hukospaaxu’

Cannonball

niškusu’

Coleharbor

niineetUhčitakUx

Fort Buford, ND

waahukaahaanu’

Fort Yates, ND

niinakanitWI

Minot

niWAharit sAhaahkAt

New Town

niineetUhčipiriiNU

Ryder, ND

niinaraaničitaWI

Spirit Lake

čiWAhaahwaaruxti’

Washburn

(n)iineetUhkatakUx

White Shield

NAhtAsuutaaka

Wolf Point, MT

sčiriipaaxu’

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