wan pi(tu wan)
mi akesi2 [toki akesi2• alasama ilo]
My name is Dak Hamee.
akesi2 mi li nimi [ona•pali akesi2seloilo]• tasomi sama ala e akesi2 [ona•pali akesi2seloilo] ali• mi ante • tenpo pini mute la mi ken ala weka e selo pi (kasi suli) • la mi ken weka e selo pi (kasi lili)• tenpo ni la mi sona e ni — mi ante e akesi2 [ona•pali akesi2seloilo] ali
I am Hork-Bajir. But I am different. Not like others. I have known this since I was too small to strip any but the most tender bark.
mama mi li toki e ni tawa mi — akesi2 [toki akesi2• alasama ilo] o sina li nasa a
My mother said to me, “Dak Hamee, you are strange.”
mi nasa la ona li tawa e mi lon kulupu pi (akesi2 lawa
She took me to see the elders in the Tribe Tree.