Teiaonhwentsishónhkhwa

1. Okaristiiáhne, Enníska niwenni'tò:ten énska shískare, áhsen niwáhsen tsiá:ta nikahseriiè:take iotohétston ne tsiá:ta ohrhon'kè:ne On Thursday, February 1 at 7:37 am

2. Wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe The earth did shake

3. Ahkwesáhshne, othore :ke nonkwá:ti Kanón:no tánon énkie e :neken nonkwá:ti ne Tsiaontarí:kon In Akwesasne, northern New York, and southwestern Quebec

4. Ronakiohkowá:nen wahónttoke Many people noticed it

5. Wahsáttoke kénh tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe? Did you notice the earthquake?

6. Í:iah í:iah tewakattóken tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe. Onkí:ta'we. No, I did not notice the earthquake. I slept through it

7. Hen, wakáttoke tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe Yes, I did notice the earthquake

8. Wa'tewakonhwentsíshonkwe My earth did shake

9. Wa'tewakenonhsíshonkwe My house did shake

10. Wa'tewaktsiserahsishsónhkwe My windows did shake

11. Wa'tewakenaktíshonhkwe My bed did shake

12. Othé:nenk kénh wa'tká:ri'ne tsi tisanónhsote? Did anything break at your house?

13. I:ian othé:nen tha'teiohrì:'on tsi tewakenónhsote No, nothing broke at my house

14. Hén, akhwá:tsire ratiia'tarónion ahshonhtà:ke Yes, a picture of my family tón:sen'ne tánon wa'tkatsiserà:ri'ne fell off the wall and the glass broke

15. Wesathón:te'ne kénh tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe? Did you hear the earthquake?

16. Í:iah tewakathontè:'on No, I did not hear it.

17. Hén, onkwathón:te'ne, tho tsi wa'orá:kahre tsi ni:ioht ne wa'ká:wehre Yes, I heard it. It sounded like thunder rumbling

18. Wà:kehre ó:niehte tón:sen'ne tsi kanenstá:ton ne akenónhsa I thought snow fell from the roof of my house

19. Ókia'ke ne onkwe'ta'onkòn:'a iorakaré:ni wahonnathón:te'ne wa'kiaónhahre Some people heard a loud thump

20. 3.2 niió:re niio'sátste tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.2

21. Ken'niiorihwà:'a khók tsi wa'karihwéntho The earthquake caused only very minor damage

22. Kénh nón:we niiokwèn:rare, wísk tsi niió:re ne oié:ri nienká:ienhre ken'niwa :'a tenionhwentsíshonhkwe khia'teiohserá:ke In this area, 5 to 10 small earthquakes happen every year

23. Khia'teiohserá:ke énska tenwenniáwe niiohserá:ke teniaonhwentsíshonhkwe enkarihwéntho ne è:neken kiotenonhsoténion Every 100 years, a minor earthquake occurs that will damage buildings

24. Otstenhrà:ke teiotohwihánion (tsi nón:we ne a'nó:wara watorià:nerons) Fault (cracks where the turtle's plates move)

25. Teiotohwíhen tsi iokwèn:rare tsi na'tekiátere onhwéntsia ió:wis ne onhwéntsia è:neken, ehtá:ke tóka ò:ni Faults are areas between blocks of land that allows the land to move upward, downward or sideways

26. Teiotohwíhen kaniataraktónkie ne Kaniatarowanèn:ne There is a fault along the St. Lawrence River

27. Tóka nòn:wa tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe wa'ó:iehte ne anonhwaráweron Maybe the earthquake woke up the groundhog

28. Í:iah tehotkáhthon tsi rotahshá:tare He did not see his shadow

29. Iohshnó:re enionkwakwitè:ne'ne We will get an early spring

30. A ane ki' iorahkó:tahkwe At least it has been sunny