[Chinuk Wawa/Chinook Jargon]
Evan: Hello. Sky: Hello

E: What is that?
S: Tea

E: What is that?
S: Coffee

[TQ: Make Me Say Yes/No]
E: Do you like coffee or tea?

[TQ: Launch]
S: I always want coffee,

every once and a while I want tea

E: What tea do you to drink? 
Well, you drink a lot of coffee

S: Indeed.
E: You always drink coffee?

[TQ: Full Sentence]
S: Always. Every day I drink coffee

E: Every day? If you don’t drink coffee,
what happens to you?

S: My head gets kind of messed up, 
and also I become "impatient"

E: Oh, <i>ata təmtəm</i> [patience]?
Did you just make that word up?

S: A while ago I tried to check that word,

with you and with different speakers 
at the Grand Ronde Portland office

E: Did someone tell you that it’s correct?

S: Yeah, Henry told me it was good, 
perhaps because he knew

what I was trying to express. As always, 
I can’t tell if he likes it

or if he’ll forget it and not know what I’m saying. 
It’s okay, though

E: Good! I like that new coinage, 
I’ve never heard anyone say that before

but likewise I think it’s good. 
<i>Ata təmtəm</i>, good!

S: Likewise, you know what I’m trying to express

E: Right away I knew what you were trying to say, 
so as such I think that it’s a good word

Good? 
S: Good!

[TQ: Start at the Beginning]
E: So do you like this coffee

more than the coffee you buy at Starbucks? 
It is Starbucks

S: Oh it is, but...
E: But it’s pre-ground Starbucks

[TQ: Copy Cat/Mumble]
S: Indeed, pre-ground Starbucks

Indeed, it’s not that good, I don’t really like it
E: Half good?

[TQ: Copy Cat] 
S: Half good. Well, last weekend

we bought Skookum Coffee.
E: Oh yeah! S: Yeah

E: Can we grab it to show everyone?
S: Sure

E: Go and grab it

One weekend ago we went 
to a grocery store, and...

Oh, grab the Starbucks ground coffee also, 
so we can show the camera what "good" is

S: So, bad coffee.
And very good coffee. Skookum

“<i>Halo wawa, muckmuck kopi. 
Kopi kakwa kosah</i>”

That’s what the subtext says.
E: “<i>Kopi kakwa kosah</i>”?

S: Indeed. E: Oh.
S: A little strange

[TQ: Copy Cat]
E: A little strange

Oh, I see, they translated into English

S: Yeah. “Coffee like heaven”

E: It’s not a good translation

Well, they translate what they’re trying to say, 
but you can’t say that in English

Well, you can’t say that in Chinuk, I think.
Well you can say…

S: Well, <i>saXAli ili/i</i>

E: <i>SaXali ili/I</i> as such. It would be better if it said 
<i>Saxali ili/I</i> not <i>kopi kakwa kosah</i>

S: Yeah
E: But is it strong?

S: Yeah, and it’s good. It tastes pretty good

[TQ: Push Around the Pronoun]
E: Is it good for a woman? S: Who?

E: I don’t know, always people are saying 
that it’s “strong for a man!”

S: Oh, yeah. Well, it doesn’t matter to me

E: If women like it?
S: I’m not a misogynist!

E: Good!

So why did you buy this?
S: I saw the picture

and also I thought I’d never drunk it before,

and also I thought I might as well buy it and try it

E: And, it’s whole bean.

S: Oh yeah, well last weekend we were at 
that lady’s house

and also she had a coffee… E: Machine.
S: Machine, yeah

E: Make, make ground coffee machine?

[TQ: Correction Response]
S: Yeah. [Wrong word] becomes sand

E: Maybe. Well people say “bean” so maybe, how...?

What do you think we should call the machine? Grinding Machine?

S: Yes, Grinding Machine.
E: OK good, a Grinding Machine

I don’t have a coffee grinder here. So that’s why 
I bought those Starbucks for you.

S: Thank you. E: It’s nothing.
But you didn’t like it?

S: Ah, no, but also I can’t grind these ones 
because we don’t have a grinder here

E: Like so. Good!

Translation: Sky Hopinka
Subtitles: Joel Thomas