Gwich’in Expressions:
Ddhah kak vadzaih Tr’anah’in We see caribou on the mountain
Dinjik daang nał’in I see four moose
Łall tsal nihłàh tsiigīdī’in The pups are playing together
Gwiint’lo dzan virh jidthihłii I really wish for boiled muskrat
Ts’ĩivii kak dlak nał’in I see a squirrel on the tree
Sreendit gwāndōo dats’an jīhtth’ak I hear ducks in the spring
Jii tsal t’ōo agwàł’aii I found a birds nest
Juk drin neenjit dagõonch’uu? How are you today?
Didoo Tl’ēethoh leii di’ìi My Grandma has lots of skirts
Daa’aii tsal shū’ kanìtìi I can’t find my axe
Srii shi’ii kwaa I don’t have a knife
Ch’ankaii nihthan I want blood soup
When I was a kid this Elder gave me a Gwich’in name”CHIH AHAA.” In English it means”walking ahead”
CHIH AHAA