Li Bitaen Ki-kishipeekineenaan

Category: Laundry

Follow along as Elder Verna DeMontigny and her family do their laundry in Southern Michif.

© 2021 Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Language Revitalization Circle Permission required to use or reproduce content. 00:19 How are all of you? 00:21 My name is Elvis Demontigny. 00:24 My name is Verna Demontigny. 00:28 We are going to go and do laundry, or we are going to go and wash clothes. 00:31 We are going to separate the clothes. 00:33 We are going to separate the clothes. 00:37 Blacks here. 00:38 Blacks here. 00:40 Blacks here. 00:41 Black. 00:47 Check the pockets. 00:50 Check the pockets. 00:53 Yes, thank you. 00:54 Black. 00:55 No money? 00:57 Black. 01:00 A colour. 01:02 Here, for colours. 01:03 colours. 01:05 Here for colours. Here. 01:07 Yes. 01:11 A colour. 01:13 Here, for colours. 01:14 Here, for colours. 01:19 White, white. 01:21 Here, white. Here. 01:22 Over there. White. 01:23 Over there, co- 01:24 Whites. 01:28 A little bit, over here. 01:31 Right there. 01:34 What colour? 01:35 Black. 01:37 Where, black? 01:38 Where, black? Right here. 01:41 Right there. 01:45 Black. 01:47 Black, yes. 01:49 Check the pockets. 01:51 Check the pockets. Yes. 01:55 Money. 01:58 Money. 01:59 No? 02:01 Here, black. Here, black. 02:06 A colour? 02:09 Check the pockets. 02:11 Check. 02:13 Yes, yes. 02:14 Oh, money. Yes. 02:20 colours here. 02:21 colours . 02:25 colours here? 02:27 What colour? 02:28 Pink here. 02:32 Black. 02:34 Black. Here, black. 02:35 Black here. 02:40 White. 02:41 Over there, white. 02:43 White. 02:45 White. 02:47 Over there. 02:52 Here. colours. 02:54 colours. 02:55 colours. 02:57 colours 02:59 Here. 03:00 A dress, a dress. 03:03 What colour? A dress. 03:05 colours. 03:06 A dress, colour... 03:12 colours here. 03:13 A sweater. 03:15 A sweater. 03:16 The colour? 03:18 Here, colours. 03:21 colours, here. 03:25 A towel. 03:27 Over there, towels. 03:29 Over there. 03:31 A towel. 03:33 Over there, towels. 03:40 colours. 03:41 Where, colours? 03:43 Where do you put colours? 03:46 Where do you put colours? 03:47 colours, here. 03:49 Ah Wii 03:52 Purple, the colour. 03:55 Here. 03:56 colours. 03:58 colours. 04:00 Here. 04:04 What colour? 04:08 The colour... pink. 04:10 Over here, colours. 04:13 Here. 04:17 What colour? 04:23 Black, black. 04:25 Check the pockets. 04:32 Here, black. 04:34 Here, black. 04:35 Here, here. 04:36 Black, here. 04:40 A towel. 04:43 Over here, towels. 04:44 Towels, yes. Towels. 04:50 colours. 04:53 Here, colours. 04:54 colours, here, colours. 04:59 Yes, colours. 05:00 colours, here, colours. 05:05 colours, here. 05:09 A towel. 05:10 A towel. 05:11 Over there, towel. 05:13 A towel. 05:15 Over there. 05:17 A dish towel, over there. 05:18 Over there, a tow- a dish towel. 05:20 Ah, a dish towel. 05:23 A dish towel. 05:24 Over there. 05:26 With towels. 05:28 White, white. 05:30 Over there, whites. 05:31 White. 05:33 White. 05:34 Over there. 05:36 What's this? 05:39 Ah, colours. 05:42 A towel, a towel. 05:44 A towel, where towels? 05:46 Ah, towels, over there. 05:48 Over there, towels. 05:50 Yes. 05:54 Where this? 05:56 Ah, colours. A shirt? 05:59 Yes. 6:00 Here, colours. 06:01 colours, here. 06:05 What's this? 06:07 Ah, a towel. 06:09 A towel. 06:10 Where towels? 06:12 Over there. Over there. 06:18 Dish cloths. 06:19 Where? 06:20 Dish cloths? 06:22 Dish cloths. 06:23 With towels. 06:26 One, two, three dish cloths. 06:30 Over there. 06:32 A pants. 06:34 Black. Check the pockets. 06:36 Check the pockets. Yes. 06:37 Black. 06:39 Black. Where the blacks? 06:43 Here. Yes. 06:48 A blanket. 06:50 A blanket. 06:52 A blanket. 06:53 A blanket. 06:54 Over there, blankets. 06:56 Over there, blankets? 06:59 Yes. 07:00 Over there, blankets. Over there. 07:03 What's this? 07:05 Um, blankets. 07:07 Where, blankets? 07:08 Over there, blankets. 07:17 colour? 07:18 colours... 07:20 Yes. 07:21 Here. colours. 07:23 Yes, yes. 07:29 A skirt. 07:32 A skirt. 07:33 A skirt. 07:34 Where colours? 07:38 Here. 07:39 Yes, yes. 07:46 Ah, a sheet. 07:49 A sheet. A sheet. 07:52 Over there, sheets. 07:54 Over there, sheets. Over there, sheets. 07:56 Beside the whites. 07:59 Over there. 08:00 Sheets. 08:02 A nightgown. 08:04 A nightgown. 08:06 colours. 08:08 A nightgown, colours. 08:10 Here. 08:12 A black shirt. 08:15 Where, the blacks? 08:16 A black shirt. 08:18 Here, blacks. Yes. Yes. 08:23 A black shirt. 08:25 Where, the blacks? 08:28 Um, black. 08:30 Uh, over there? 08:32 No, no. Here. 08:34 Oh here, yes. Yes. 08:37 A towel? Where, towels? 08:41 Ah, towels. 08:42 Towels. 08:44 Over there. Over there. 08:45 Yes. 08:51 A shorts. 08:53 A shorts. A shorts. 08:55 Where, the shorts? 08:58 Ah. 08:59 In the blacks. 09:00 In the blacks? Yes? 09:02 In the blacks, yes. In the blacks. 09:09 Socks, white socks. 09:12 White socks. 09:13 White socks. 09:15 In the whites, in the whites. 09:18 Over there. 09:20 A shorts. 09:23 What colour? 09:24 Black. 09:25 Black, yes. 09:27 In the blacks. Here are the blacks. 09:29 Here. 09:33 Ah, look at this. 09:40 A dress. 09:41 A dress. 09:44 Where, the dresses? 09:46 A dress. colour? colours? 09:49 A dress. 09:50 Yes. 09:54 White. 09:56 White? Where the whites? 09:58 White. 09:59 Over there. 10:00 Over there. 10:05 A pajamas. 10:07 A pajamas. 10:09 A pajamas. 10:10 colours. 10:11 colours, here. 10:12 colours. 10:17 A nightgown. 10:19 Where, the nightgowns? 10:21 Nightgowns, over there. 10:24 colours. colours. 10:27 colours. 10:28 colours, here. 10:31 A short dress, or a skirt. A skirt. 10:33 A skirt. 10:35 What colour? 10:38 What colour? Blue. 10:39 Blue. Where, this one? 10:41 Over here, the colours. 10:46 A shirt. 10:48 A shirt. 10:50 A shirt. 10:51 Where? 10:52 colours. 10:53 What colour? 10:54 Oh, here. 10:55 Yes, yes. 11:01 A black shirt. 11:02 Where, the blacks? 11:04 A black shirt, um, here. 11:09 A pants. 11:11 A pants. 11:12 A pants, yes. 11:13 Black. 11:14 Black. 11:15 Two pants. Two pants. 11:18 Black. 11:23 A shirt. 11:25 A shirt. 11:28 Green. 11:30 With the blacks. 11:32 With the blacks. 11:34 With the blacks. 11:36 With the blacks. 11:38 With the blacks. 11:43 A shirt. 11:46 With the colours. 11:48 A shirt, with the colours. 11:49 With the colours. 11:50 Here. 11:51 Here. 11:52 This one too, with the colours. 11:55 Ah, colours. 11:59 That's all. That's all. 12:01 That's all. 12:03 Ah wait, wait. 12:04 Wait, wait. 12:09 A basket? 12:11 A basket. 12:13 A white basket. 12:15 White. 12:17 White. 12:19 White. 12:23 White. 12:25 Towels. 12:27 Towels. 12:35 Towels. 12:37 A blue basket. 12:40 colours. 12:42 colours. 12:45 colours. 12:49 colours. 13:01 Blacks, blacks. 13:02 Blacks. 13:04 Blacks. 13:06 Blacks. 13:12 Blacks. 13:26 Blankets. 13:29 Blankets. 13:31 Blankets. 13:41 Blankets. 13:56 That's all. 14:01 My name is Verna Demontigny. 14:04 I am at the laundromat. 14:06 I have money. 14:08 I am going to wash the clothes there are over there. 14:15 The machine for clothes. 14:17 To wash them. 14:19 Towels. 14:21 Towels. 14:25 Towels. 14:27 I put... 14:48 Three dollars. 14:50 Three dollars, I will put. 15:00 And fifty cents. 15:12 Soap. 15:15 I will put. 15:25 I will close the door. 15:31 There, yes. 15:39 I open the door. 15:42 I will open the door. 15:50 Whites, whites. 15:53 I will put whites. 16:05 The door, I will close. 16:10 I open. 16:12 I close. 16:14 I open. 16:17 I close. 16:23 Soap. 16:27 Soap. 16:29 I will put. 16:45 Three dollars. One, two, three. 16:48 Three dollars, I will put. 16:56 Fifty cents. 16:58 Twenty-five cents, fifty cents. 17:07 That's it. 17:10 Blacks. 17:12 Blacks. 17:15 I open the door. 17:17 I open the door. 17:20 Blacks. 17:22 I will put inside. 17:46 Blacks. 18:00 The door, I will close. 18:04 I open the door. 18:07 I close the door. 18:13 Three dollars. 18:14 One, two, three, I put. 18:23 Fifty cents. 18:25 Twenty-five cents, fifty cents. 18:28 I will put. 18:33 Soap. 18:35 I will put. 18:38 I pour the soap. 18:41 I put soap. 18:48 colours. 18:51 colours. 18:53 colours. 18:55 There's something in there. 19:05 I open the door. 19:09 colours. 19:11 I put. 19:26 colours. 19:32 The door, I close. 19:52 Three dollars, three dollars. 19:55 One, two, three. 19:56 I put. 20:07 Fifty cents. 20:09 Twenty-five cents, fifty cents. 20:11 I put. 20:19 Soap. 20:21 I put. 20:47 Blankets. 20:49 A blanket. 20:51 A blanket. 20:53 I open the door. 20:57 I put in the blanket. 21:08 A blanket. 21:10 I put. 21:14 Moccasins, I put. 21:19 I close the door. 21:30 I put three dollars. 21:31 One, two, three. 21:33 Three dollars. 21:43 Fifty cents. 21:44 Twenty-five cents, fifty cents. 21:47 I put. 21:53 Soap. 21:56 Soap. 21:58 I put. 22:03 That's it. 22:04 That's all. 22:20 The door, the door. 22:25 The door. 22:27 I am opening the door. 22:33 I am taking the clothes out. 22:36 I am taking the clothes out. 22:47 A towel. 22:49 A towel. 22:50 A towel. 22:56 A dishtowel. 22:58 A dishtowel. 23:03 A rag to wash your face with. 23:07 A rag to wash your face with. 23:17 A dishcloth. 23:19 A dishcloth. 23:20 A dishcloth. 23:30 I am closing the door. 23:33 I am closing the door. 23:38 The door. 23:40 The door. 23:43 I am opening the door. 23:47 Clothes, the clothes.23:38 The door. 23:40 The door. 23:43 I'm going to open the door. 23:47 Clothes. 23:49 Clothes. 23:51 I am putting them inside. 24:00 Fabric softener. 24:01 Fabric softener. 24:03 Fabric softener. 24:07 Fabric softener. 24:08 One, two, three. 24:12 I'll put inside. 24:15 Close, close. I close the door. 24:26 Twenty-five cents. 24:28 Four, I put. 24:34 Twenty-five cents. 24:39 I turn the button. 24:45 I turn the button. 24:48 Twenty-five cents, I turn the button. 24:56 I press the button.25:52 The door. 25:54 The door. 25:56 I open the door. 26:01 A sheet. 26:04 A sheet. 26:07 A sheet. 26:08 I put it inside. 26:13 A blanket. 26:15 A blanket. 26:17 A blanket I put inside. 26:26 A blanket. 26:35 Fabric softener. 26:37 Fabric softener. 26:45 I close the door. 26:51 Four, four. 26:53 One, two, three, four. 26:56 Twenty five cents. 27:01 I put inside here. 27:02 Twenty five cents. 27:06 Fifty cents. 27:14 Twenty-five cents. 27:18 Twenty-five cents. 27:21 One dollar. One dollar. 27:23 I put the button on. 27:29 The door. 27:31 The door. 27:32 I open. 27:37 A nightgown. 27:39 A nightgown. 27:46 A sweater. 27:48 A sweater. Yellow. 27:57 A shirt. 28:00 A shirt. 28:05 A skirt. 28:08 A skirt. 28:14 A shorts. Blue. 28:16 A shorts. 28:22 Mocassins. 28:24 Mocassins. 28:28 A shirt. 28:30 A pink shirt. 28:37 A dress. 28:39 A dress. 28:40 A dress. 28:46 A shorts. A shorts. 28:54 A pants. A pants. 29:00 A shirt, a white shirt. 29:10 Socks. Socks. 29:12 A sock. 29:14 Socks. 29:23 A shirt. A shirt. A black shirt. 29:35 Fabric softener. 29:38 Fabric softener. 29:41 Fabric softener. 29:44 I close the door. 29:55 One, two, three, four. 29:57 Four quarters. 30:00 I put. 30:02 One, two, three, four. 30:22 Fold the clothes. 30:25 Fold the clothes. 30:30 Fold. 30:32 Fold. 30:37 Fold the towel. Fold. 30:46 Fold. Fold. 30:54 A towel, a towel. 30:58 Fold. 31:19 Fold. 31:21 Maybe you say it too. 31:23 Fold. 31:24 Fold. 31:27 Fold the clothes. Fold the clothes. 31:40 That's all. I will see you all again. 31:43 That's all.