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"You see, some of those children of mine are small. Some of them cannot swim. There is much that frightens them. They soon become tired.

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"Góͅóͅ'íͅ, 'ááńne shi'éłchiné łi'ne daabizáͅáͅyé. Łi'ne daatóyédaagóͅsiͅda. Łání beenégodzi. Haͅh ch'iͅiͅyá.

"You see, some of those children of mine are small. Some of them cannot swim. There is much that frightens them. They soon become tired.

 
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(5.4) Linguistic Notes

dootóyédaagóͅsida 'they cannot swim'. doo-...-da negative; 'water'; yédaagóͅsiͅ, 3rd person distrib. of 0é-go-ni-...-ł-ziͅ 'to know about' [imp. neut.].