I am Nez Perce, or Nimíipuu (pronounced: Knee-Me-Pooh). My tribe speaks the Nimíipuutímt (pronounced: Knee-Me-Pooh-Timpt) language. For this episode, we will learn some conversational phrases.

This episode contains words, phrases, and symbols that were described in the previous episode, such as the "glottal-stop," which drops the full, or true, pronunciation of a letter or phrase. You may find the episode with the explanation of these here. For this and the last episodes, I have not included a phonetic breakdown of the words. This is mainly because of the complexity and length of the information, but I will include it for future episodes that are shorter. If you would like a phonetic spelling for any of these words, please inform me.

What is your name? - Manáa wées wen'íikt (or Manáa wen'íikise)

My name is ______. - íinim wen'íikt wées (or íin wen'íikise)

How are you? - Manáa wées

I am fine. - íin wées tá'c

I'm am not well. - wéet'u tá'c wées.

Can I go to the bathroom? - wéeteex kiyó'qa 'áatinwaasx

Yes. - 'eehé (or 'eehée)

No. - wéet'u

What/how? - Manáa

When? - Mawá

Where? - Míne

Now. - Wáaqo'

Did you eat? - wéet hipsáawa

Yes, I want food. - 'eehé! íin wéewluqse hípt