Climate and Our Way of Life

chiitąįį dôonch'yaa (weather, how is the weather?)

Gishreen’aii. (It is sunny outside.)

Ahtsin. (It is raining outside.)

Gwit’eh goo’ąįį. (It is cloudy outside.)

ahtr’aii (wind, it is windy)

Ahsìi. (It is snowing outside.)

chiitąįį gwiniidhaa (it’s warm out there)

gwarandaii (way of life)

zhah gwànlįį (snow on the ground)

chiitąįį jak gwànlįį (there are berries on the ground)

ch’oo’eezhų’ (lichen)

chųų choo (ocean or sea)

dinjik (moose)

dzan (muskrat)

gwak’an (forest fire)

łigweetła (erosion)

gwanzhįh (plant)

han (river)

jak (berries)

k’aii (willow)

khii (chum salmon)

łuk choo (king salmon)

łuk (fish)

łuu (ice)

nahalzhrìi (I am hunting)

nahshįį (grow)

nan zhit łuu (permafrost)

nanzhrìi (you are hunting)

natł’at (lowbush cranberry)

nehdlii (coho salmon)

nihłeeriljil (gather)

nin (animal)

ninyàa chųų choo (warming ocean)

ninyàa han (warming river)

nitsih gwànlįį (there are rose hips)

teetłoh (algae)

trahkyaa (high bush cranberry)

ts’iivii (tree)

tsee (beaver)

tsin (rain)

tsuh (rust)

vadzaih (caribou)

yeendàa jì’ (future)

yiłtsuu (melt)

yinjihił’ee (respect)