Jimmie James
Sentences (LC-01-1) (2007)
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
Display style: sentence | look-up
Text identifier: LC-01-1
Speaker: Jimmie James
Primary documentation: Leo Cañez
Audio source: LC-01-1
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Nimi komchumek'.
I don't know.
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Mos kom, kich peloyek'...
I don't know, I'm too old ... | Download -
Numi koy kol he'wehlek' kitkwo 'o ho'oh ku nii'n 'ne-lew.
I'm going to wake up early when it's still dark to check my net. | Download -
Mos numi sku'y soo chwegin ku wenchokws. Kol nimi 'oohl 'we-son.
I don't like to talk to that woman. She's not nice. | Download -
Ku meges ku kweget...
I'm going to visit the doctor ... | Download -
'Owook koloni ko nuu'moh ku 'oohl 'we-chwegin ki 'we-laayolew.
Tomorrow we are going to teach people to talk (Indian language). | Download -
Mos numi skeweg... Nimi kom kwen ki sho'n.
It's not very nice outside ... | Download -
To' ki laayoluchek' k'i 'oohl... ki ku saa'agochek'.
I will teach you people ... I can speak Yurok. | Download -
Hegoorekech 'i 'ne-rekwoh... sku'y soninepek'.
My throat feels good when I drink Indian tea. | Download -
'Ne-k'ep'ew 'u negii'n 'o krmsrhl 'o teno'. Teno' 'w-ekwsek'.
My grandson looked for a lot of mushrooms. He found a lot. | Download -
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Ti'nisho' ku ki srrhlrprk'? Ki negii'n niko'hl ki k'e-srrhlrpek', skuyeni ki 'ne-srrhl.
What can I do? ... | Download -
K'i 'ne-paa cho' skewok ki k'e-ses'one'wes chewes.
I want you to shake my brother's hands. | Download -
Ses'one'wes chewes.
Shake his hands. | Download -
Ku ke'l nepuy hes mehl muhlkoche'm?
Did you sell your salmon? | Download -
Kihl muhlkoche'm hes... k'e-nepuy?
Are you going to sell your salmon? | Download -
Give your salmon to the elders ... | Download -
I hope all the young people grow up and learn about the indian ways ... | Download -
Pechik me'womey ki nek k'i 'ne-pichowos 'esi k'i 'ne-kuchos.
My grandparents' people came from upriver. | Download -
... cheykeni ko'l 'we-son ku 'ne-pichowos. ... nimi ma komchumek'.
My grandfather died when I was a baby. I never met him. | Download -
'Ne-ykew wohpuk 'o leko'n, pa'aahl 'o leko'n. Kwesi wit 'o soo ho we'y kin.
My brother drowned in the river when he was fishing. | Download -
Hikoch hes 'o myah ku 'we-le'loyhlpa'aahl?
Did the fire jump across the water? | Download -
Hikoch hes 'o myah so hikoh ku pa'aahl?
Did it jump across the water? | Download -
Pulik 'ela ko'l le'loyhl. Teno' meraa mehl pulik.
There must be a fire downriver. There's a lot of smoke coming from downriver. | Download -
Tu' wit mehl tewomehlkok' ki 'ne-laayolahki 'ne-saa'agochek'.
I'm glad you're teaching me how to speak Yurok. | Download -
Numi pe'l so'n... k'i 'ne-too'mar, tu' numi tewomehlkok' ki 'ne-komchusek'.
It's very important ... you are my good friend, and I'm glad I know you. | Download -
Ku 'o'lehl... 'o le'loyhl, niki mo'ok'w. Ku 'o'lehl so le'loyhl.
The house burned down in the fire, so it's gone. The house went up in flames. | Download -
Mewah himar 'o koo'op' ku tepoo.
The boy is standing under the fir tree. | Download -
Mewah himar 'o key ku s'e'goh 'o tep.
The boy is sitting under the madrone tree. | Download -
Wonu so nur'urn, regoh 'o tep tu' wit 'o key.
He climbed up and he is sitting in the tree. | Download -
Woomehl mo kich pe'l so'n rook'ws, 'o penpenoh ku woomehl.
When the wind blows hard the acorns fall to the ground. | Download -
When the salmon come up the river the seagulls follow them, they fly up too. | Download -
... ku nepuy 'o nepe'm ku 'we'alox.
The seagulls are waiting to eat the fish guts. | Download -
Komchume'm hes ko'l kweni ho kegoh ke'win?
Do you know anybody who caught eels? | Download -
'Ee, numi skewoo'mo'l mo kich pemu' ku ke'win.
Yes, it smells good when people are roasting eels. | Download -
Nimi skewok ku ki 'we-saa'agochek' won kich 'o chwegin...
She doesn't want to say the words wrong. | Download -
Mos kom, kich kahselumek'... Wonoye'ik' ho 'ne-chwegin ki sku'y so'n wi' 'o goole'm k'i 'oohl.
I don't know, I forget ... I was praying that the Indian people will live well. | Download -
Cho' hes kich ki wi' soo hegoo'm ki k'e-negaapek'?
Are you all ready to start walking? | Download -
... nikichyu... ko'moyohl ku 'ne-chwegin.
... everbody can hear me. | Download -
Cho' nini plrrse'm k'e-chwegin, nikichyu 'we-ko'moyohl.
Talk louder so everyone can hear you. | Download -
Ko'l nimi hesek' ki ko'moyohl. Cho' nini plrrse'm.
I don't think they can hear you. Talk a little louder. | Download -
Skewok ki 'we-komchumehl... Cho' sku'y soo laayoluse'm.
They want to know ... Teach him well. | Download -
Cho' kem ko sochpeyewe'm.
Say it again. | Download -
Skewok ki 'we-sku'y soo ko'moyok'... ki k'e-laayolusek'.
She wants to hear (it) well ... teach her. | Download -
Ku k'oo'y wi' wit 'o go key ku 'rplrs 'o teponi.
The bluejay is sitting in the apple tree. | Download -
Skewok hes pa'ah?
Do you want some water? | Download -
Kich kweskwesek'.
I have a cold. | Download -
... nego'l ki tooloh kweskwesek'. Cheporeg.
... I think I have a cold. Its cold out. | Download -
Kus kich roo? Thirteen minutes after chomi'sh...
What time is it? It's thirteen minutes after noon. | Download -
...nini teno' 'i wi' ko'l 'ne-chyuuk'wenek' ki 'ne-kweget.
I wish I had more time to sit and visit. | Download -
Skewok ku 'ne-lewetek', witi 'olonekw 'ne-lew. Ko'l tensewok' k'i nepuy.
I'm going to set my net, my net will float there. I'll catch a lot of salmon. | Download -
Ki ni tensewok' k'i nepuy.
I will catch a lot of salmon. | Download -
Niko'hl ki 'ne-tensewok' k'i nepuy 'o ke'l.
I'm going to catch more salmon than you. | Download -
Cho' chpurko'mo'w wi' k'e-laayi'm o'w ku laas, ... ki k'e-lehlkoo'.
Be careful walking on that trail. You might fall ... | Download -
Pe'l soo te'nes 'i kwesi yo'kwen 'o leko'n, hichoo 'iki leko'n.
He got really drunk and fell, and he fell down. | Download -
It smells good when it rains. | Download -
Numi pe'l soo tenpewe'hlin the kipun.
It rains really hard in the winter. | Download -
Sa'ani wit soo pe'l soo tenpewe'hl kimi neworkwek' ku wi' 'ne-laayek'.
Sometimes it rains so hard I can't see where I'm going. | Download -
Pe'l soo tenpewe'hl 'i kimi neworkwek' ku laas 'ne-laayek'.
(Sometimes) it rains so hard I can't see the way I'm going. | Download -
Matthew hes ho tegeruse'm we'yk'oh kechoyhl?
Have you talked to Matthew today? | Download -
Laas ko'l 'o gohkumehl 'o pulik.
They're working on the road downriver. | Download -
I'm just sitting here waiting for my wife. | Download -
Chmeyaan... soo toh hoole'moh hehlkik ni hooli'm.
Yesterday we talked about the animals that live in the mountains. | Download -
Nahschuh hes 'o ku 'o meloni 'o lo helomeye'm?
Did you dance last night at the brush dance? | Download -
Ho nrrmryek' nahschuh ku 'o meloni.
I sang last night at the brush dance. | Download -
Wenos wok kwehl hlkyorkwe'moh... wi' 'o ko meloni.
Come over here and we'll watch (them dancing in) the brush dance. | Download -
'Owook wit ko'l ku 'o nepek' ku 'ne-kuchos 'o'l.
I'm going to eat at my grandmother's house tomorrow. | Download -
Tu wit hoole'n... ku 'we-kuchos hegoh 'o... ku 'we-skry, 'we-skry ho hool.
She is wearing the dress her grandmother made. | Download -
We'yk'oh 'ochkaa holi'm cheykeni 'we-no'os. Kiti 'o huuk... wit holi'm.
Right now she's making a baby basket for her baby ... | Download -
'Ochkaa pekwolu'm ku 'w-olihl. Kit holi'm 'we-no'os.
Right now she's peeling her hazel sticks. She's going to make a baby basket. | Download -
'Ochkaa laayolu'm... 'we-no'os ku 'u-me'y.
She is teaching her daughter how to make a basket. | Download -
Ku we'yon 'ochkaa mehl we'y wit 'we-soosek' kwen mewah ki 'we-ni'ihl.
The girl is thinking about which boy she will go with. | Download -
'Owook koy ki nowone'm puuk.
Tomorrow morning he will bring you deer meat. | Download -
Cho' humonrk' 'o lekw mo kich ta' 'o lekw.
It's warm outside when it gets warm outside. | Download -
Mo kich chme'y, mo kich 'o chepore'hl.
When it's evening it gets cold outside. | Download -
K'-up'r'n prkryrh.
Your nose is bleeding. | Download - Ko'moyok' 'we-ch'uch'ish. Tu' kus 'w-ew? Nimi komchumek'.
I hear his bird. But what's it called? I don't know. | Download -
Mos sku'y soo chkeye'm nahschuh... 'n-e'wehlek'
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I had a hard time going to sleep last night ... I was awake. | Download -
Ho sku'y soo chkeye'm hes nahschuh?
Did you sleep well last night? | Download -
Kus roo 'o chkeye'm?
What time did you go to sleep? | Download -
Kus ki roo ko'l 'o nepi'moh?
What time are we going to eat? | Download -
Nek kwelekw nimi komchumek' kwen ko'l ki nepek'. 'Eni cho ni kich chme'y.
I don't know when I'm going to eat. Maybe in the evening. | Download -
'Owook ki kem wit mehl toh ki 'ne-saa'agoche'moh.
We'll talk Yurok again tomorrow. | Download -
'Owook ki kem ki tohkow ki 'ne-saa'agoche'moh.
We'll talk Yurok again tomorrow. | Download -
Ti'ni mehl k'e-skewok ki k'e-chwegin?
What do you want to talk about? | Download -
'O k'-ahpew hes?
Is that your wife? | Download -
'O k'-ahpew.
(This is) your wife. | Download -
Kus choo'm k'-uuk?
How many children do you have? | Download -
Chpi niige'yu'.
It's just the two of you. | Download -
Kich 'i ho nes... ki k'-egok'?
Are you ready to go? | Download -
Nek hesi 'ne-tegerew, tegerupa' ?
Are you talking to me? | Download -
Keli' 'ne-tegeruchek'.
I'm talking to you. | Download -
Tene'moh skewok ki k'e-tegerew.
They want to talk to you. | Download -
Wo' tu' skewok ki k'e-tegerew.
He wants to talk to you. | Download -
'O ku ch'ishah ku pa'aahl 'i koo'.
The dog is standing in the water. | Download -
Ku pegrk pa'aahl 'i koo', 'u-krtkek'.
The man is standing in the water, fishing with a pole. | Download -
Nek kem ku pa'aahl ko koo'opek', ku krtkrk'.
I am going to stand in the water too and fish. | Download -
... soosek' ki 'ne-kemeyek'.
I think I will go home now. | Download -
Kich ho'oh, cho' kemeye'm.
It's getting dark, you better go home. | Download -
Laas 'we-ho'oh, laaye'm.
The road is getting dark, you better go. | Download -
... ko'l kiti ho'oh.
I better go home, it's getting kind of dark. | Download -
Kiti 'wegah hes?
Are they going to get married? | Download -
Ku 'nr-mrm Wechpus... 'o 'wegah. Witi' 'o 'w-ahpew 'o Wechpus.
My son is getting married in Weitchpec. His wife is from Weitchpec. | Download -
'O Wechpus ki me'womechok'w ku ki 'wegah.
The person he's going to marry is from Weitchpec. | Download -
Cho' ko he'wonihlkwopa' koypoh mo kich k'-egok.
Wake me up in the morning before you go. | Download -
You are a lucky man. | Download -
Wit 'o chyuuk'we'n prrgish pa'aahl 'o nii'no'w, 'o newohl nepuy... wit 'o soo kohchewohl.
The eagle is sitting there looking at the water, they see salmon ... that's how they catch them. | Download -
Ti'now niige'yu'?
Who was with you? | Download -
Ho so'n mrk.
That's how the crane was. | Download -
Ko'l ti'nishoo srm?
Who's winning? | Download