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Money

Terms and phrases for currency and commerce

Term	Translation	Audio
ATM	sōnı̄yāw ka ocipitiht ohci
bank	sōnı̄yāwikamihk
change	meskotowinikan
cheque	sōnı̄yāwasinahikan
credit card	ka masinahikemekihk sōnı̄yāw masinahikan
money	sōnı̄yaw
tax	sōnı̄yāw ka akihtamākehk atoskewinihk
tip	sōnı̄yāw kamekihk
one cent	peyak pēyōpis’kos
five cents	niyanan pēyōpis’kos
ten cents	mitataht pewāpiskos
quarter	peyak sooniyās
one dollar	peyak nopekan
a dollar and twenty five cents	peyak nohpekan mı̄na niyananomitanaw pı̄wāpiskos
two dollars and fifty cents	niso nohpekan mı̄na nı̄yānanomitanaw pı̄wāpiskos
three dollars and five cents	nisto nohpekan mina nı̄yānan pı̄wāpiskos
five dollars	nı̄yānan nopehikum
twenty dollars	nestanaw nopehikum
fifty dollars	nı̄yānan omtanaw nopehikum
one hundred dollars	mitataht omtanaw nopehikum

Term	Translation	Audio
(buyer) give me a discount, drop the price	(otatāwew) meyin nehtakihcikewin, nicipita omah ketakitihk
(buyer) I'll buy, good price	(otatāwew) nı̄ya natāwan, miyow takehtew
(buyer) it's too expensive	(otatāwew) osam wawiyak sohkakihtew
(buyer) what about four dollars?	(otatāwew) kı̄kway nānitāw newonopehkan
(seller) I cannot	(ocacawes) sōskwāc namoya
(seller) it's a good price	(ocacawes) metoni miyow takehtew
(seller) ok	(ocacawes) āw-māka
give me some money	meyin ātiht sōnı̄yāw
he/she makes a lot of money	wı̄ya misisōnı̄yākew
how much money do you have?	tanimayikohk sōnı̄yāw kitayāwaw?
I am broke	nipı̄kopayin
I am running out of money	nati pekopayin
I give you some money	nı̄ya kimetin ātiht sōnı̄yāw
I have ten dollars	nitayāwaw mitataht nopehkan
I need money	nitaweyimaw sōnı̄yāw
I've got some money	nitayāwaw sōnı̄yāw
pay me	tipahamowin
you got any money?	kitayāwaw ci sōnı̄yāw