Ni-Meetaweenaan

Ni-Meetaweenaan

Category: Marbles

Watch the DeMontigny family play Marbles in Southern Michif.

© 2021 Prairies to Woodlands Indigenous Language Revitalization Circle Permission required to use or reproduce content. 00:25 - My name is- is- My name is Elvis Demontigny. 00:30 My name is Verna Demontigny. 00:33 - Harvey (00:16) is my name. 00:36 And so, we are going to play cards.   We are going to play cards. 00:41 We are going to play marbles. 00:46 This is a marble bag.  A marble bag. 00:57 With marbles inside.   With marbles inside.   What colors are the marbles? 01:03 - Black, for me.  What colors are the marbles? 01:08 What colors? 01:10 Green. 01:11 Yellow. 01:12 Black, blue. 01:15 And this one, it's like a bee, this one.   01:20 Looks like. 01:21 Red, yellow, black. 01:29 A marble board. 01:32 A marble board.  A marble board.  A marble board. 01:51 Cards. 01:54 Cards. 01:56 Cards. 01:58 For the marble game. 02:06 This is a king. 02:09 This is a king. 02:11 You need it to come out here. 02:20 A king. 02:28 A jack. 02:30 You can change marbles with someone else. 02:39 A three. 02:43 You go back three. 02:46 A three. 02:48 You go back three. 02:50 What kind of marbles do you want? 02:54 Blue.  What kind of marbles do you need?  Blue. 02:58 An ace. 03:00 You need to come out here. 03:05 Here is your home.  03:09 Here is your home. 03:11 Here you come out with an ace. 03:17 Here you come out with an ace. 03:25 Or a king.  Over there.  Over here.  Here? 03:31 A three, you go back three. 03:34 One, two, three back. 03:39 A jack, you exchange. 03:53 A blue marble. 04:02 A black marble. 04:10 A marble like a bee. 04:17 What? 04:19 Up to deal or down? 04:23 Up to deal, or down?  Up. 04:28 Cut. 04:31 They are cutting.  They are cutting. 04:38 A seven. 04:43 A king 04:47 A four 04:50 Elvis is dealing. 04:53 Elvis is dealing. 04:57 Elvis is dealing. 05:07 You have to show your card. 05:22 Five first you give. 05:26 Five.  Five first.  One.   One, one.  Two, two, two.  Three, three, three.  Four, four, four.  Five, five, five. 05:53 A king. 05:57 I come out.  Harvey... doesn't play. Harvey doesn't play.  Elvis, king of hearts. 06:19 King of hearts. 06:24 Four, four of clubs.  Ten.   Ten of hearts. 06:41 A jack... of diamonds. 06:45 I will trade him. Or I will exchange him. 06:49 See this one?  Nine of hearts.  That one. 07:07 Ace of spades. 07:10 I will come out. 07:12 Another one. 07:22 - Eight of clubs. Eight of clubs.  Eight of clubs. 07:29 A queen. A queen. 07:30 A queen is worth twelve.  Counts twelve.  Two.  How do you say 'two of diamonds'?  (14:04). Over there, you.  One.   Two.  Three.  Four. Four. Four.  08:15 One, two, three, four, five, six. 08:17 I need six to go in. 08:21 Six of spades. .... 08:30 Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. 08:35 He can't play.  Ten of spades. Ten of spades.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 08:50 The queen of clubs.  It counts as ten. Ah, twelve. Sorry.  08:52 It counts as twelve. 08:59 Play for me to the corner. 08:56 Yeah, yeah.  Eight of spades.  Eight of spades. 09:14 Nine of spades.  Two of clubs.  Clubs? Clubs. 09:28 Ace of diamonds, I will come out. 09:32 I will come out.  One, one, two, two, two, three, three, four.   Four, four, four. 09:54 Twelve, the queen of hearts it counts as twelve. 10:02 Give me twelve. 10:08 He can't play.  He can't play.  He can't play.  That's the way it is.  No, no.  It's no good.  It's too bad. 10:29 Three of diamonds. 10:32 One, two, three. 10:36 Ace of hearts. 10:38 I will... I will come out. 10:43 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 10:47 Seven of spades. 10:53 I will come in here.  One, one, two, two, two, three, three, three, four, four, four. 10:58 I will go in. That's my home, that's my home.  Why...  A card... 11:08 We're playing, three of us.  11:10 You always have one left. 11:12 You always have one left all the time. 11:14 You have one left.  You have one left. 11:16 Yes. 11:17 Throw it. 11:19 Me now. 11:22 Four of diamonds. 11:24 I will go into my house.  Or I will enter my house. 11:29 One, two, three, four. 11:31 King of spades. 11:37 Ah, he's playing now.  Yes.  King of spades. 11:49 Ten of clubs. 11:53 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.  Twelve. 11:58 Spades.  How do you say....., mom. 12:08 Jack, jack of spades.  Jack of spades. 12:13 What happens now though? 12:18 You exchange.  You exchange?  Yes, you exchange. 12:26 Seven of hearts. 12:28 Seven of hearts. 12:30 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, put it here. 12:36 Yes.  I don't play. 12:56 Ace of clubs. 12:58 Move one, move one. 13:03 Me now. 13:05 To deal.  To deal. 13:09 Me now. 13:11 Me now, to deal. 13:14 I am dealing. 13:17 I am dealing. 13:20 I am dealing. 13:23 I am dealing.  I am dealing. 13:28 Wake up, then. Wake up, then. 13:30 I'm not sleeping. 13:33 (24:20). Three, four, five. 13:48 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.  I have... good cards.  Three of hearts.  How... 14:14 Three, you go back.  Three, you go back.  Yes. 14:40 Ten of clubs. 14:24 Ten. Move for me. 14:31 Seven, eight, nine, ten.  Yes, yes.  Hey hey. Oh. 14:40 Nine of diamonds. 14:44 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  Four of hearts, four of hearts. 14:55 Eight of diamonds. 14:59 Count, then. 15:01 Nine. 15:02 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  Ah, ace of diamonds. 15:15 He came out.  He came out. 15:19 Five of hearts. 15:21 Count, count.  Count. It's good, it's good. 15:25 One, two, three, four, five.  Yes, yes. It's good, it's good.  Yes. 15:31 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 15:39 He went in.  Three of diamonds.  Three of diamonds. How would you say, mum? 15:49 Going backwards. 15:51 Three. 15:54 You go back (home).  I go back (home). 15:56 Eight of clubs. 16:00 Bring it, bring it in. One. 16:02 Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 16:05 Here.   16:09 Five of spade and I can't play.  Two of hearts. 16:25 Harvey's... his turn to deal.  Yes. 16:29 One, two, three, four. 16:41 Uh-oh. 16:45 I can't play.  Yes.  Two of diamonds. 16:55 He's running away, that one. 16:57 He's running away, he's running away. 17:02 The king of clubs. 17:04 One, I will move. 17:06 One.  He doesn't play. 17:14 I can't play. 17:23 One, two, three, four.  King of hearts. Hearts. 17:54 Three of clubs. 17:56 I have to go back three. 18:00 One, two, three. 18:06 Twelve. 18:09 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen. 18:16 Supposed to be twelve.  Yes, yes, true, true. 18:24 Put it right, put it right.  Jack of diamonds. 18:43 Ah. 18:45 Two of clubs. 18:46 I will go home. 18:52 Give me ten there.  Ten?  Yes.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.  Ah, he doesn't play.  Four of diamonds- ah, sorry. Four of spades. 19:06 Four of spades. 19:09 One, two, three, four. 19:12 Give me ten there. 19:14 Ten? 19:15 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 19:20 Ace of spades. 19:22 I will go home right. 19:30 One, two, three, four. 19:43 He traded my marbles.  He traded? 19:50 Bring your card. 19:54 He traded my card with a jack.   I traded...  He doesn't play.  20:05 Nine of spades (A slip of the tongue! It is clubs). 20:08 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 20:17 Seven of hearts. 20:18 One. 20:19 Seven of hearts. 20:22 Move seven for me. 20:24 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 20:33 Kick him, kick him.  I wish I could. 20:40 King of hearts. 20:42 One. 20:43 I will move one. One. 20:46 Me, me. 20:47 Me, me, not you. 20:53 Give me seven there. 20:55 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 21:01 The king of diamonds. 21:03 I will move one. 21:05 One. 21:07 Me, not you.  Harvey, two aces? 21:15 An ace. 21:16 Harvey now is dealing. 21:18 Harvey now is dealing. 21:20 I am going to get a two. I don't need two aces.  One, an ace.  Two aces.  Yes.  How do you say...  How do you say 'two aces', yes? 21:39 Aces. 21:42 No, I'll kick him out.  Or two... kings.  Ah, I have one.  King of hearts. 22:07 Nine of hearts. 22:10 Move nine for me. One, two, three, four, five.... 22:17 Around. 22:19 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 22:23 Thank you, thank you. 22:25 Let's see, what am I going to do? 22:28 I can come out...  No, no.  Too bad.  Eight of spades. 22:45 It should have just stayed there.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 22:48 It should have let it be there. 22:50 Seven of clubs. 22:53 Kick him out.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 22:58 Go home, go home. 23:00 Go home.  Go enter your home. Yes.  Six of clubs.  One, two, three, four, five, six. 23:20 Seven of diamonds. 23:22 Seven of diamonds. 23:25 Move seven for me.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 23:28 I can't play, me.   Five of spades. 23:45 Two, two... 23:51 A two. 23:55 One, two. 23:57 Two of spades. 24:00 I was going to tr- say something else.  Four of diamonds. Four of diamonds.  One, two, three, four. 24:09 Two of diamonds. 24:12 One, two.  Five of... Five of diamonds.  Five of diamonds. 24:35 Three of clubs. 24:36 I have to go back three. Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes.  Five of hearts.  One, two, three, four, five. 25:08 Eight of clubs. 25:10 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 25:15 Give me twelve over there, Verna. 25:18 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.  Four of spades.  Four of spades. 25:28 Six of diamonds. 25:31 Six. 25:37 Two of spades- clubs.  Ace of clubs.  Ace of clubs. 25:49 Four of clubs, four of clubs.  Four of clubs.  25:42 Go home, go home.  Oh no. Right behind. 26:06 You're going to get stuck there.  I'm happy.  Three of diamonds.  One, two, three. 26:51 A jack, a jack of spades. 26:54 I will exchange him.  I will exchange him.  I will exchange him.  I will exchange him. 27:11 Harvey came out. 27:13 Oh yeah, I came out.  He doesn't play. 27:21 I don't play. 27:23 A nine of spades. 27:26 Move nine. Nine of spades.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 27:35 Do twelve for me. 27:38 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. 27:44 Ace of hearts. 27:46 I will move one. 27:48 One. 27:50 I'll move back three. 27:51 One, two, three. 27:53 King of clubs. 27:55 I will move one.  27:59 Ten of spades, I kick him out, that one.  Go home, go home. 28:08 Go home, go home. 28:18 I need an eight. I need an eight.  A king of hearts.  A king of diamonds.  Diamonds. 28:45 A jack of diamonds. 28:48 Me first before you. 28:51 I will exchange Harvey. 28:54 Harvey. 28:56 I will exchange him.  (49:04). Change him. 28:59 I'm going to the middle.  I am going to the middle. 29:07 Who is that? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  Yes, nine. Yes. 29:13 Nine of clubs.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Go home. 29:16 Go home.  Go home. 29:20 Go home.  He doesn't cry, Harvey.  An ace.... Ace of spades.   29:37 Two of hearts. 29:39 Two of hearts. 29:42 Look at this one again.  Ah, too bad. Too bad. 29:50 I can't play. I can't play. 29:55 A queen of spades. 29:58 I'm going to play seven, me. 30:00 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 30:05 One, two, three, four, five, six. 30:07 Give me six.  No six. 30:10 Elvis is dealing. 30:12 Elvis is dealing. 30:13 I am dealing, I am dealing. I am dealing. Yes.  One- one. Two, two. Three. Four. Five. 30:38 Three of spades, I have to go back.  I have to go back. I am not going to get a little pig, me.  Yes.  A king of diamonds. 31:01 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, eh? 31:04 Six of clubs. 31:06 Six of club.  One, two, three, four, five, six. 31:11 Five of spades. 31:15 One, two, three, four, five.  Eight of spades.  Eight of spades.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 31:28 Ace of hearts. 31:30 I will play one. 31:35 Give me seven there, Elvis.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.  Twelve of diamonds.  And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. 31:59 Ace of diamonds. 32:02 I will play one. 32:06 You're cheating? 32:08 You're cheating?  Yes, yes. 32:10 Two of spades.  Seven of clubs. 32:21 Ten of spades. I can't play.  32:24 I can't play.  I can play.  the heart of kings.... (Slip of the tongue) 32:28 Heart of...  Hearts. 32:33 (55:43). Hearts of king.  Two of diamonds. 32:46 I play first. 32:48 One, two, three, four, five, six. 32:53 Give me an ace. Give me an ace. 33:02 I can't play. I can't. I can't. (What do I need here.) 33:08 Six. 33:20 Nine you need now.  Twelve of spades.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. 33:33 Nine of diamonds and I kick him out. 33:41 Don't give it to me.  A jack of diamonds. 34:00 Queen of clubs.  A jack of spades. 34:20 You kicked me out? 34:23 I will meet you. 34:24 One, two, three, four.  Nine of hearts.  I can't play. 34:31 An ace, an ace. 34:34 An ace.  One, two, three, four...  34:40 An ace, an ace. I can't play, I can't play. I can't.  34:47 I could, me.   34:50 A good, a good. A good.  It's not so good.  Twelve of hearts. 35:07 Four of hearts.  Want to go outside? Come on then.  35:11 Too much, too much.  35:14 He's trying to steal this one. 35:18 The dirty rat. 35:20 The dirty rat.  Seven of hearts.  Three, four... Four.  Six of diamonds.  One, two, three, four, five, six.  He goes home.  Ace of spades. 35:52 Kicked me out again. 35:53 Go home, go home. 35:55 I'll kick him out again, look.   35:57 An ace, an ace. Two. Three. Four.  36:05 You cheated me here.  Why?  Why you have an extra card? 36:20 An ace, that last one that he threw away. 36:23 I wanted an ace.  You should take a card out.  Ten.  Yes, yes, yes, yes. I like it, yes.  Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  Nine of clubs.  Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  Six of clubs. 36:59 One, two, four, five, six. Ahhh.  One, two, three, four, five, six. 37:12 He's stealing. 37:13 He's stealing. 37:14 Just like Elvis. 37:18 One, two, three, four. 37:20 He's stealing.  Two of diamonds. Two of hearts.  Two of hearts. One, two. 37:42 I'm dealing, I'm dealing. 37:44 I'm dealing. 37:46 I'm dealing.  I'm dealing.  I'm dealing. 37:50 I'm dealing the cards. 37:52 I'm dealing the cards. 37:59 Two, three, four, fi-  38:07 I have five. 38:10 I have five (cards). 38:12 Yes. I (have) five. 38:13 Bring it here, bring it here. Hearts of clubs. 38:27 King of clubs.  Jack of diamonds. 38:38 Ace of diamonds. Ace of diamonds. 38:44 Seven of spades. Give me seven, my wife.  Seven. Eight of hearts. 38:56 Ten of spades. 39:00 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 39:05 Look at me. 39:07 Three of spades.  Five of spades.  Five of spades. 39:20 Ten of diamonds, ten of diamonds. 39:24 Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 39:31 Six of clubs. 39:32 Give me six, my wife. 39:34 One, two, three, four, five, six.  Ace of hearts. 39:43 Eight of spades. 39:46 Eight of spades. Give me eight, please. 39:50 Please 39:55 Four of clubs.  An ace of spades. 40:03 One, two, three, four.   An ace of spades. 40:07 Is it me, to deal? 40:09 Me, right now. 40:10 Seven of clubs. Give me seven, please. 40:14 Seven of clubs. Seven of clubs. 40:25 That's three times now, he's just about to go in. 40:31 One, two, three, four. 40:37 It's good, it's good. 40:39 Well, I'm going to bring this one in. 40:42 Two of diamonds, I'm going to bring my man in. 40:49 I don't play. 40:50 Nine of diamonds. 40:53 Nine of diamonds. 40:54 Give me nine.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 41:04 Look at me. 41:15 A queen of diamonds. 41:18 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. 41:26 Nine of clubs. 41:28 Play nine.  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 41:39 Ah, a jack. He has a jack. Has a jack. 41:44 Jack of diamonds, I exchanged with her.  I finished, I finished. 41:52 Three of hearts, I have to go back three. 41:57 Go back three for me. 42:01 Eight of clubs. 42:04 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 42:08 Three of diamonds. 42:10 I have to go back three.  Three. 42:17 Wait. 42:19 I could have came home there. 42:55 Club of Jacks. (Slip of the tongue)  I don't play. 43:05 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 43:13 Six of hearts. 43:16 Almost. One, two, three, four, five, six. 43:20 Seven, seven. 43:25 One, two, three, four, five, six... seven. 43:31 Five, six. One more. 43:38 Four of diamonds. 43:40 One, two, three, four. 43:42 The king of four. 43:46 The king. 43:50 The king of hearts. 43:52 The king of hearts, yes. 43:59 The jack... change it. 44:04 The jack of spades. The jack of spades. 44:08 Twelve. 44:10 Twelve. The queen of clubs. 44:15 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. 44:23 The queen of clubs. 44:25 Play twelve. 44:27 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... ten, eleven, twelve. Twelve. (Did he count right?) 44:37 Did he count right? 44:45 - Two, three, four...  44:57 Ace of clubs. 45:00 A queen of... 45:04 That's a jack, that one. 45:06 Six of diamonds. 45:09 Kick him out.  On, two, three, four, five, six.  Six of hearts. 45:25 Four of hearts. Play four. 45:37 A queen of hearts. 45:39 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.  Four of spades. 45:54 A five of hearts. 45:56 Play five for me. 46:01 A nine of hearts. 46:04 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  A two of hearts. 46:11 Is it my deal? 46:14 five of diamonds. 46:16 One, two, three, four, five. Here. 46:28 I need nine. 46:32 Nine, nine. 46:34 (Come on), nine. 46:36 Come, nine. Come. 46:39 Come, nine.  46:43 Not a jack, not a three. Nine. Nine.  No. 46:54 That one over there. 47:00 Two. 47:02 Three.  Twelve of spades. 47:20 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  47:23 Nine of clubs. 47:25 I win, I win. Yay.  Ha, I win. I win. 47:34 I win, I win. 47:36 I'm the player, I'm the player.