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you’ll want them in my saucer II hello

you’ll want them in my saucer II hello catch working with the Aventa key

catch working with the Aventa key

catch working with the Aventa key language is a huge opportunity it’s

language is a huge opportunity it’s

language is a huge opportunity it’s something that I welcomed with open arms

something that I welcomed with open arms

something that I welcomed with open arms it was something that I felt was a

it was something that I felt was a

it was something that I felt was a responsibility as a native actor and I

responsibility as a native actor and I

responsibility as a native actor and I can’t come to me I had to learn a whole

can’t come to me I had to learn a whole

can’t come to me I had to learn a whole new language for this role we’re

new language for this role we’re

new language for this role we’re learning Western Abenaki it’s tough but

learning Western Abenaki it’s tough but

learning Western Abenaki it’s tough but we have a great teacher great dialect

we have a great teacher great dialect

we have a great teacher great dialect coach and he’s really put in his all

coach and he’s really put in his all

coach and he’s really put in his all into it

into it

into it Western ivenna he is an amalgamation

Western ivenna he is an amalgamation

Western ivenna he is an amalgamation really of all of the New England native

really of all of the New England native

really of all of the New England native languages from Massachusetts up into

languages from Massachusetts up into

languages from Massachusetts up into Maine New Hampshire Vermont parts of New

Maine New Hampshire Vermont parts of New

Maine New Hampshire Vermont parts of New York as people were displaced over about

York as people were displaced over about

York as people were displaced over about a 200 year period different communities

a 200 year period different communities

a 200 year period different communities would come together and different parts

would come together and different parts

would come together and different parts of the language is kind of coalesced and

of the language is kind of coalesced and

of the language is kind of coalesced and created what we have today which is

created what we have today which is

created what we have today which is still spoken language that’s been passed

still spoken language that’s been passed

still spoken language that’s been passed down from one generation to the next

down from one generation to the next

down from one generation to the next very few people still speaking and there

very few people still speaking and there

very few people still speaking and there are now several dialects I have really

are now several dialects I have really

are now several dialects I have really relied as an actor very much on the

relied as an actor very much on the

relied as an actor very much on the language to allow my character to come

language to allow my character to come

language to allow my character to come forth this particular language is quite

forth this particular language is quite

forth this particular language is quite amazing because working with Jessie we

amazing because working with Jessie we

amazing because working with Jessie we work not only in learning phonetics and

work not only in learning phonetics and

work not only in learning phonetics and then of course memorizing but we also

then of course memorizing but we also

then of course memorizing but we also work with in breaking down all the

work with in breaking down all the

work with in breaking down all the sentences into syntax Jessie’s been

sentences into syntax Jessie’s been

sentences into syntax Jessie’s been really probably one of the most amazing

really probably one of the most amazing

really probably one of the most amazing language coaches that I’ve worked with a

language coaches that I’ve worked with a

language coaches that I’ve worked with a pronunciation came first was to get the

pronunciation came first was to get the

pronunciation came first was to get the pattern the international pattern of the

pattern the international pattern of the

pattern the international pattern of the language down and the cadence is solid

language down and the cadence is solid

language down and the cadence is solid musasa we’d said of nasa’s so it which

musasa we’d said of nasa’s so it which

musasa we’d said of nasa’s so it which is the way we’d say it in english so we

is the way we’d say it in english so we

is the way we’d say it in english so we worked that first that was the first

worked that first that was the first

worked that first that was the first thing we did was get the music

thing we did was get the music

thing we did was get the music musicality down of the language phenom

musicality down of the language phenom

musicality down of the language phenom one tina munim one Kingdom moon in the

one tina munim one Kingdom moon in the

one tina munim one Kingdom moon in the moon the moon

we actually know what we’re saying and

we actually know what we’re saying and we constantly reverse with one another

we constantly reverse with one another

we constantly reverse with one another to make sure that we are actually

to make sure that we are actually

to make sure that we are actually speaking to one another and

speaking to one another and

speaking to one another and understanding what what we’re saying to

understanding what what we’re saying to

understanding what what we’re saying to one another are not just waiting for a

one another are not just waiting for a

one another are not just waiting for a cue it seemed impossible when I saw

cue it seemed impossible when I saw

cue it seemed impossible when I saw how much how much of this movie is going

how much how much of this movie is going

how much how much of this movie is going to be in the event icky language but I’m

to be in the event icky language but I’m

to be in the event icky language but I’m just everyday I’m just so pleasantly

just everyday I’m just so pleasantly

just everyday I’m just so pleasantly surprised these guys are professionals

surprised these guys are professionals

surprised these guys are professionals gotta pull the lock myself so what see

gotta pull the lock myself so what see

gotta pull the lock myself so what see me I had one line that was with demo ah

me I had one line that was with demo ah

me I had one line that was with demo ah Aliyah kike Hadid let’s teach them how

Aliyah kike Hadid let’s teach them how

Aliyah kike Hadid let’s teach them how to farm here it’s not a literal

to farm here it’s not a literal

to farm here it’s not a literal translation it’s a different point of

translation it’s a different point of

translation it’s a different point of view

view

view it literally means let us speak to them

it literally means let us speak to them

it literally means let us speak to them so they can know how to work the earth

so they can know how to work the earth

so they can know how to work the earth that’s it’s poetic but aside from the

that’s it’s poetic but aside from the

that’s it’s poetic but aside from the beauty of it it’s a different

beauty of it it’s a different

beauty of it it’s a different perspective of what it means to farm

perspective of what it means to farm

perspective of what it means to farm let us talk to them not teach them let

let us talk to them not teach them let

let us talk to them not teach them let us speak with them so that they know how

us speak with them so that they know how

us speak with them so that they know how to work the earth that’s profound

to work the earth that’s profound

to work the earth that’s profound because the language is a huge huge part

because the language is a huge huge part

because the language is a huge huge part of an opportunity to really tell the

of an opportunity to really tell the

of an opportunity to really tell the story we’re still surviving our language

story we’re still surviving our language

story we’re still surviving our language is still surviving that’s the beautiful

is still surviving that’s the beautiful

is still surviving that’s the beautiful thing about this project makes me proud

thing about this project makes me proud

thing about this project makes me proud to be to be speaking the language and

to be to be speaking the language and

to be to be speaking the language and you know it’s further for the young

you know it’s further for the young

you know it’s further for the young people you know we want want the young

people you know we want want the young

people you know we want want the young people to see this and to be inspired to

people to see this and to be inspired to

people to see this and to be inspired to speak their own language

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