How’s Your Lenape?

Nipën (Summer)
Yukwe ta nipënëmihëna,
Tekata, konaet ksëkhìksihëna,
Kwinkashëwìlhùmëna kshëlàntèke,
Shìta kawihëna enta thako nulëmëlanteke.

Test your knowledge of the Lenape language. For the English translation, go to the bottom of page 21 (or, even better, practice by looking it up in the Lenape Talking Dictionary at http://www.talk-lenape.org)
Poem submitted by Jim Rementer
How Well Do You Know Lenape?
Nipën (Summer): English translation
Yukwe ta nipënëmihëna,
We are now experiencing summer,
Tekata, konaet ksëkhìksihëna,
Be careful, we might get sunburned,
Kwinkashëwìlhùmëna kshëlàntèke,
We like to go swimming if it is hot weather,
Shìta kawihëna enta thako nulëmëlanteke.
Or we will sleep in the shade if it is hot and humid.