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soo

Dictionary entry

soo • vn • think

Lexicon record # 3225 | Source reference: R250

Special meaning or use

nek soo maybe YLCB28 YLCB33

Sentence examples (18)

Nek soo cho-rek'-week 'o merk.
Maybe it's a white crane.

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— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)
Nek soo he-sek' kee-tee ten-pe-we'hl.
I think maybe it's going to rain.

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— Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)
Nek soo kee noh-te-nek'.
I think I'm able to do it.

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— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)
Kues keech ho nes-kwe-chom'? Nek soo kee le-go'.
When did you arrive? I think it's sundown.

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— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)
Nek soo nee-mok-sue nue nes 'o wee'shk'oh.
I don't think he'll come today.

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— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
Kwe-see keech tyoh-pey-yok-see' weet 'o 'we-goo mee' he-sehl, Nek soo kee-tee keem-kee' kue 'uuek-soh.
They dislike going around there because they think, Maybe their children will be injured.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)
Noohl 'o ge's, Nek soo nee-nee so tmoo-loy. Ne-kah chyue kee lo-'o-mah.
Then he thought, I think we shot it. We should run away.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
Kwe-see yem' kue lo-chom', Nek soo kel' ha-sem', Mrmer-yer-werk' .
Then the toad said, I think that you think "I'm pretty".

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)
Chmey-yo-nen 'o ge's, Nek soo muehl-cho' wee'shk'oh nes-kwe-chol'.
In the evening he thought, I believe that maybe it will come back now.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Noohl 'o gam', 'Ey, 'nek-'ep-'e-wo-roh, nek kwe-lekw kee me-ge-lok' k'ee kwe-nee k'e-le'-mow', 'ohl-kue-mee nek soo ke-lew kwe-lekw nee-mee kee skuey' soo hoo-le'-mow' mo nee-mee 'okw' weesh k'ee mehl chwe-geen-kep' k'ee kwen cho soo hoo-le'-mow'.
Then he said, Yes, my grandchildren, I will come with you wherever you are going, for I think you will not get on well if there is no one who will speak on your behalf wherever you may go.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Nek soo keech ke-gey-chek mee' chpaa-neek' wee k'e-me'-wo-me'-mow'.
I am sure you are tired for your voyage here has been long.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Nek soo wee kol' chee-ner-mer-werh kwehl nek.
I think I will get acquainted a little with her.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kwe-see yem' kue 'wah-pew, Nek soo, nek kom-chue-mek' k'ee wee mehl so-no-wom'; kol' kee 'e-la key ko-lo k'e-neeen'.
Then his wife said, I think, nay I know, how you are; you keep sitting here and gazing.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Nek soo kwe-lekw k'e-serh-ker-mery wee'.
I think you are homesick here.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
'Aa-wokw, 'aa-wokw, 'we-le-pe-hlek' 'we-we-chek' kue 'ne-kue-chos, mee' nek soo nee-mee kom-chuem' k'ee kwe-nee so 'ne-me-ne-chok'.
Alas, alas that my grandmother's life is a burden to her, as I fear that she does not know where I have disappeared to.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
'O gam' kue me-wee-mor, Nek soo kwe-lekw kel' kee chkey-yem'.
The old man said, Well, I think you will sleep.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Nek soo kee-tee ten.
I think it will rain.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nek soo yo' ke-lach 'o noo'-rep'.
I think he followed you there.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)