Learn How to Introduce Yourself in Xaad Kíl

Sing ait laa. Leslie Shaklee di naan oo ee jung. Jeffrey Shaklee Sr. di chin oo ee jung. Carrie Shaklee di ao oo ee jung. Aaron Framke di hot oo ee jung.

Hoot Gigenaa hinudikiaaang. K'at'ak as goosdu di kwaaalagung. Kaws tlai stoosh ee jung. Sta'atł'pługong hanlai eish u shnaagung. How'ah?

So I just did my haad'kil introduction, and now I'm going to help you make yours, and we'll go part by part. To start out, we'll always start with our maternal grandmother. So we'll say her name and then "di naan u'eejoong." "Di naan u'eejoong." And if she has passed, then we'll say Her name: di naanu ii jin. Di naanu ii jin. Then we'll introduce our grandfather by saying his name: di chin uu ii jung.

Di chin uu ii jung. Or if he's passed: di chin uu ii jin. Di chin uu ii jin. Then we'll introduce our mother: di ao uu ii jung. "Di-ao u-i-jung," then our father, "di-hot u-i-jung" if you're a girl, "di-hot u-i-jung," and then if you're a boy then you'll say "di-hung u-i-jung," "di-hung u-i-jung." Then after we introduce our grandparents and our parents, we'll introduce ourselves by saying our name and then "hinu di-kyeong." Hinudikya'ong.

Then we'll go on to introduce our moiety. So if you're of the Eagle moiety, then you'll say, "Gats'ak'us gustudikwalagang." Gats'ak'us gustudikwalagang. And if you're of the Raven moiety, you'll say, "Gyal'us gustudikwalagang." "Gáialas, gooshtoodee, k'wolagung." Then we'll introduce where we're from. "Stoosh eejung." There are some place names that we can use in Hardkill. So I'm from K'oustlai, which is Craig.

K'oustlai. If you're from Heidelberg, you could say "Hikta Hundlai." Hikta Hundlai. "Gits'hawn" if you're from Ketchikan. Gits-haan, Kawak is Sławak. Sławak.

Juneau is Stautl Pluugwan Khandlai. Stautl Pluugwan Khandlai. If you're from the lower 48, then you could say T'agwa Pluugai. T'agwa Pluugai. And so then we'll say wherever we're from.

And then we'll add "stoosh eejung." "Stoosh eejung." We can introduce where we currently live, and then "aish oosh naagang." "Aish oosh naagang." And then you'll always want to end by saying thank you, so we'll end with a "haw'aa." "Haw'aa!".