Ararahih'urípih
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fâat / fata- what?, something

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1281 | revised Nov 07 2014

fâat / fata- • PRON • what?, something

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 350, p.333

  • fâat i'áveesh. What are you going to eat? [Reference: Richardson 1993:13]
  • vaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv, pu'uum, vúra fâat kumakêemish áamtihan. That's why he almost died, he didn't eat any kind of poison. [Reference: Violet's Dog]

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  1. fâat   i-kyâa-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-make-DUR  
    What are you doing?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  2. fâat   uum   vaa  
    what   3.SG   that  
    What is this?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. fâat   i-xú-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-think-DUR  
    What are you thinking?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  4. fâat   i-chuuphí-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-speak-DUR  
    What did you say?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  5. i-pikrôok-ti   húm   fâat   p-ee-pí-tih  
    2s(>3)-remember-DUR   or   what   NOMZ-2s(>3)-say-DUR  
    Did you learn (remember) what you said?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  6. fâat   yáxa  
    what   look!  
    [What's that?]
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  7. fâat   kumá'ii   pa-naní-taat   káru   pa-nani-'áka   tá   kun-iyâaram   fâat   kumá'ii  
    what   because.of   the-1sPOSS-mother   also   the-1sPOSS-father   PERF   3pl(>3s)-(two.people).go   what   because.of  
    Why did they take my father and mother away?
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
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  8. fâat   kumá'ii   p-ee-xrára-tih   naa   ník   ôok   páy   ní-krii  
    what   because.of   NOMZ-2s(>3)-weep-DUR   1sg.   a.little   here   this   1s(>3)-live  
    "What are you crying for? I'm here with you."
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
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  9. koovúra   ni-'áapunma   fâat   ni-kyâa-tih  
    all   1s(>3)-know   what   1s(>3)-make-DUR  
    I learned everything, I can make anything.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
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  10. xas   yítha   u-píip   "fâat   kumá'ii   pa-nu-'íchunv-eesh  
    then   one   3s(>3)-say   "what   because.of   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-hide.oneself-FUT  
    And one of the girls asked, "What for do we have to hide?"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  11. I have to be like   fâat   kuma-kêemish   p-oo-'iithvú-tih-anik   fâatva  
    I have to be like   what   3sPOSS-something.dangerous   ITER-3s(>3)-pack-DUR-ANC   something  
    I'll be like ... some kind of animal to pack them, something ...
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. fâat   kích   i-víik-tih  
    what   only   2s(>3)-weave-DUR  
    [To Madeline:] What are you weaving?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  13.      
    chími   fâat   ayu'âach vúra   uum   vúra   vaa   tá-ni-'áfish   mâa    vaa   pay   vaahyâach  
    soon   what   it.was.becauseIntensive   3.SG   Intensive   so   PERF-1s(>3)-touch   look!   so   this   exactly.that  
    It's because I feel it, [I think] “That's the right one!”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  14. My mother used to tell me,   pa-fâat   i-xu-ti   kíri   ni-vik   ipthíith-i   otherwise you never will  
    My mother used to tell me,   the-what   2s(>3)-want-DUR   want   1s(>3)-weave   finish.weaving-IMPER   otherwise you never will  
    My mother used to tell me, whatever you want to weave, finish it, otherwise you never will.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  15. chiimíchvahich   pa-fâat   pa-nu-'áapunma  
    little.by.little   NOMZ-what   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-know  
    We only know a little bit of all that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  16. naa   vúra   pu-na-thitív-eesh-ara   xâat   xára   kaan   kú-'uuhyana-ti   naa   vúra   vaa   pu-na-tákir-ara   fâat   vúra   pa-ku-chuphúruthuna-tih  
    1sg.   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-hear-FUT-NEG   may   long.time   there   2pl(>3)-speak-DUR   1sg.   Intensive   so   NEG-1s(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)-NEG   what   Intensive   NOMZ-2pl(>3)-talk.about-DUR  
    I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  17. sáruk   áta   vúra   asá-riik   húm   fâat  
    downhill   maybe   Intensive   rock-place   or   what  
    By the river, in the rocks, or what?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  18. fáat  
    what  
    What?
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  19. kun-píip   fâat   kumá'ii   p-eekmaháchraam   tá   nu-p-sáamkir  
    3pl(>3s)-say   what   because.of   the-sweathouse   PERF   1pl(>3)-ITER-be.left  
    They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  20. kári   xás   kun-píip   fâat   kumá'ii   pa-vaa   kaan   su'   ú-krii  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   what   because.of   NOMZ-so   there   inside   3s(>3)-live  
    They said: "What is he in there for?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  21. vaa   tá   kun-píip   fâat   vúrava   pa-'úux-haak   úux   ihêeraha   kóo   úux  
    so   the   3pl(>3s)-say   what   just   NOMZ-bitter-when   bitter   tobacco   as.much.as   bitter  
    They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  22. nani-ttáat   mít   u-p-ôovôo-?ih-at   pa-fâat   vúrava   úux-haak   iheerahá-xiit   kyúnish   kyóo   uux  
    1sPOSS-mother   near.past   3s(>3)----PAST   the-what   just   bitter-when   tobacco-green   sort.of   as.much.as   bitter  
    My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  23. fâat   vaa   vúra   vaa   pá-vaa   kupí-tih-an   man'áta   axraas  
    what   that   Intensive   that   NOMZ-that   do-DUR-Participial   maybe   gopher  
    It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  24. fâat   kuma-'áv   p-oo-'áam-tih  
    what   3sPOSS-food   NOMZ-3s(>3)-eat-DUR  
    What kind of food is he eating?
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about cooking (SD-03) | read full text
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  25. fâat   u-kupavêenah  
    what   3s(>3)-do  
    What is it doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  26. fâat   i-'áv-aheen  
    what   2s(>3)-eat-ANT  
    What did you eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  27. fâat   i-'áv-eesh  
    what   2s(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are you going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  28. fâat   i-'áam-ti   payêem  
    what   2s(>3)-eat-DUR   now  
    What are you eating now?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  29. fâat   p-ee-'áam-tih  
    what   NOMZ-2s(>3)-eat-DUR  
    What are you eating?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  30. fâat   í-muus-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-look.at-DUR  
    What are you looking at?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  31. fâat   í-muus-ti   íim  
    what   2s(>3)-look.at-DUR   2sg.  
    What are you looking at?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  32. fâat   îikam  
    what   outdoors  
    What is outside?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  33. fâat   îikam   t-ée   mah  
    what   outdoors   PERF-2s(>3)   outdoors  
    What did you see out there?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  34. fâat   u-thivtákoo   pa-mí-xvaah  
    what   3s(>3)-lie.on   the-2sPOSS-head  
    What is on your head (inanimate object)?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  35. fâat   u-tháaniv   káan   pee-mpaah  
    what   3s(>3)-sit   there   the-trail  
    What is lying on the road?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  36. fâat   tá   ní-kúupha  
    what   PERF   1s(>3)-do  
    What did I do?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  37. fâat   i-kyâa-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-make-DUR  
    What are you making?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  38. fâat   t-ee-kyâa-tih  
    what   PERF-2s(>3)-make-DUR  
    What did you make?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  39. fâat   i-kyáv-eesh  
    what   2s(>3)-make-FUT  
    What will you make?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  40. fâat   t-ee-kyáv  
    what   PERF-2s(>3)-make  
    What did you make?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  41. fâat   i-kupavêena-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  42. fâat   kuma-'áv  
    what   3sPOSS-food  
    What kind of food is it?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  43. fâat   kuma-'áv   p-ee-mnísh-eesh  
    what   3sPOSS-food   NOMZ-2s(>3)-cook-FUT  
    What kind of food are you gonna cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  44. fâat   kum-éethyur   p-ee-kvár-eesh  
    what   3sPOSS-car   NOMZ-2s(>3)-go.to.buy-FUT  
    What kind of car are you gonna buy?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  45. fâat   kuma-páah   p-ee-kyáv-eesh  
    what   3sPOSS-boat   NOMZ-2s(>3)-make-FUT  
    What kind of boat are you gonna make?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  46. fâat   kuma-'ávah   p-ee-víshtaan-tih  
    what   3sPOSS-food   NOMZ-2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR  
    What kind of food do you like to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  47. fâat   kuma-'ish  
    what   3sPOSS-drink  
    What kind of drink (do you like)?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  48. Now   fâat   káru  
    Now   what   also  
    "Now, what else?"
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  49. Pay'ôok   uum   fâat  
    right.here   3.SG   what  
    "What's this here?"
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  50. fâat   iimkun   ku-kupavêenahi-tih  
    what   2pl.   2pl(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you guys doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  51. fâat   iimkun   ku-kupavêena-tih  
    what   2pl.   2pl(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you guys doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  52. iim   fâat   i-kupavêena-tih  
    2sg.   what   2s(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  53. fâat   i-'aapúnmu-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-know-DUR  
    What do you know?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  54. fâat   p-óo-mniish-tih  
    what   NOMZ-3s(>3)-cook-DUR  
    What does he cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  55. fâat   iim   i-'áv-eesh  
    what   2sg.   2s(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are you going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  56. fâat   koovúra   pa-nu-'áv-eesh  
    what   all   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What (is it that) are we all going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  57. fâat   koovúra   nu-'áv-eesh  
    what   all   1pl(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are we all going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  58. fâat   nu-'áv-eesh  
    what   1pl(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are we all going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  59. fâat   uum   pay  
    what   3.SG   this  
    What is this?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  60. fâat   uum   vaa  
    what   3.SG   that  
    What is that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  61. fâat   kóok  
    what   kind  
    What kind of thing is that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  62. fâat   iim   i-'áv-eesh  
    what   2sg.   2s(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are you going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  63. fâat   iimkun   ku-'áv-eesh  
    what   2pl.   2pl(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are you guys going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  64. fâat   uum   koovúra   nu-'áv-eesh  
    what   3.SG   all   1pl(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are we all going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  65. fâat   nu-'am-vunâa-vish  
    what   1pl(>3)-eat-PL-FUT  
    What are we all going to be eating?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  66. vaa   xas   vúra   vaa   uum   vúra   uum   chéemyaach   káru   uum   vúra   vaa   pu-'aapúnmu-tih-ara   fâat   uum   pa-washing machine  
    so   then   Intensive   so   3.SG   Intensive   3.SG   quickly   also   3.SG   Intensive   so   NEG-know-DUR-NEG   what   3.SG   the-washing machine  
    And she was quick, and she didn't even know what a washing machine was.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  67. fâat   i-xú-tih   kíri   ni-'av  
    what   2s(>3)-think-DUR   I.wish   1s(>3)-eat  
    What do you want to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  68. fâat   kuma-'ásip  
    what   3sPOSS-bowl  
    What kind of bowl?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  69. fâat   uum   pay  
    what   3.SG   this  
    What is that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  70. fâat   i-'áv-eesh  
    what   2s(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What are you going to eat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  71. fâat   i-xú-ti   i-'áv-eesh  
    what   2s(>3)-think-DUR   2s(>3)-eat-FUT  
    What do you feel like eating?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  72. fâat   i-víshtaan-tih   musmús-'iish   káru   nakísh-'iish  
    what   2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR   cow-flesh   also   pig-flesh  
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  73. káru   vaa   pa-fâat   i-xú-ti-haak   kíri   ní-mnish  
    also   so   NOMZ-what   2s(>3)-think-DUR-when   I.wish   1s(>3)-cook  
    (She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  74. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-xáas   t-u-'iv   pu-'uum   vúra   fâat   kuma-kêemish   áam-tih-an  
    so   because.of   NOMZ-almost   PERF-3s(>3)-die   NEG-3.SG   Intensive   what   3sPOSS-something.dangerous   eat-DUR-Participial  
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  75. púya-va   uum   fâat   t-u-'ûukar  
    and.so-so   3.SG   what   PERF-3s(>3)-put.out.(boat)  
    Then he paid something.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  76. xás   pa-tá   kun-ípeer-ahaak   fâat   iyúrish   xás   pa-t-u-'ûuri-haak   púya-va   uum   hâari   ára   vaa   kúth   t-óo   tháaniv  
    then   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-say.to-when   what   pay   then   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-be.unwilling-when   and.so-so   3.SG   sometime   person   so   because.of   PERF-3s(>3)   sit  
    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  77. xás   axmáy   fâat   kúnish   u-thítiv  
    then   suddenly   what   sort.of   3s(>3)-hear  
    And suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  78. xás   pa-'ávans-as   uumkun   yúruk   ník   tá   kun-ithvirípiithva   xás   pu-vúra   fâat   tá   máh-ap  
    then   the-man-PL   they   downriver   a.little   PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.around.(pl.)   then   NEG-Intensive   what   PERF   see-INV  
    And the men ran around downriver, and they didn't see anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  79. xás   u-piip   fâat   yáxa   kuma-kitâana  
    then   3s(>3)-say   what   look!   3sPOSS-kitâana  
    And he said, "Look, what kind of 'kitâana' is it?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  80. iim   vúra   pu-faat--hára  
    2sg.   Intensive   NEG-what--NEG  
    You're just nothing!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  81. xás   pihnêefich   u-píip   oo   vúra   iim   pu-faat--hára  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-say   oh!   Intensive   2sg.   NEG-what--NEG  
    And Coyote said, "Aw, you're just nothing!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  82. kári   xás   u-píip   fâat   iimkun   ku-kyâa-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   what   2pl.   2pl(>3)-make-DUR  
    And he said, "What do you do?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  83. xás   fâat   chími   vúra   kun-páxraam-eesh  
    then   what   soon   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-bet.again-FUT  
    Then what were they to bet?
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  84. xás   vúra   fâat   chími   pá-'aah   kun-ikyâar-eesh   tá   kun-píimsha-vunaa  
    then   Intensive   what   soon   the-fire   3pl(>3s)-make.with-FUT   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.cold-PL  
    Then what were they to make fire with? They were freezing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  85. kári   xás   kun-patánvish   fâat   kumá'ii   i-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-ask.question   what   because.of   2s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And they asked him, "Why are you wandering around?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  86. xás   u-píip   yítha   pa-'ávansa   yee   páy   fâat   tá   ni-mah  
    then   3s(>3)-say   one   the-man   well   this   what   PERF   1s(>3)-see  
    And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  87. xánpuut   kípa   fâat   pa-mú-pxaan   káru   xánthiip  
    maul.oak.acorn   like   what   the-3sPOSS-cap   also   black.oak  
    Maul Oak and Black Oak had beautiful caps.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

  88. xás   púxay   fâat   vúra   pí-tih-ara  
    then   not.yet   what   Intensive   say-DUR-NEG  
    And he didn't say anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  89. fâat   kúth   p-ee-pakurîihvu-tih  
    what   because.of   NOMZ-2s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR  
    Why are you singing?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  90. víri   vaa   kúth   chishíi   fâat   vúra   vaa   u-thíram-tih  
    so   that   because.of   dog   what   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-trail-DUR  
    For that reason Dog can track anything that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  91. kári   xás   kun-piip   fâat   kóok  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   what   kind  
    And they said, "What is it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  92. yakún   tá   kun-'ay   fâat   kóok  
    you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-fear   what   kind  
    You see, they were afraid, (they wondered), "What is it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  93. xás   kári   u-xú-tih   yee   fâat   yáxa  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   well   what   look!  
    And he thought, "Well, look! What is it?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  94. fâat   kumá'ii   pa-nee-hyûunish-tih  
    what   because.of   NOMZ-2s/3s>1s-shout.to-DUR  
    Why is she shouting at me?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  95. fâat   kôok   p-ee-p-âanvu-ti   iim  
    what   kind   NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-paint.one's.(own).face-DUR   2sg.  
    What did you paint it with?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  96. víri   teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   kúnish   fâat   u-thítiv  
    so   after.a.while   suddenly   sort.of   what   3s(>3)-hear  
    After a while suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  97. teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   kúnish   fâat   u-thítiv  
    after.a.while   suddenly   sort.of   what   3s(>3)-hear  
    In a little while, suddenly he sort of heard something.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  98. fâat   kúnish   kun-'ixáxa-naa-tih  
    what   sort.of   3pl(>3s)-cry.(pl.)-PL-DUR  
    They were sort of crying somewhat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  99. fâat   kumá'ii   pa-'ôok   t-i-'áhoo  
    what   because.of   NOMZ-here   PERF-2s(>3)-go  
    Why is it that you have come here?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  100. axmáy   kúnish   pay'ôok   fâat   u-pmahóonkoon  
    suddenly   sort.of   right.here   what   3s(>3)-feel  
    Suddenly he sort of felt something right here (on his body).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  101. xás   pa-'avansáxiich   u-xús   fâat   áta   kúth   pá-vaa   kanée-peen-tih  
    then   the-boy   3s(>3)-think   what   maybe   because.of   NOMZ-so   3pl>1s-say.to-DUR  
    And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  102. xás   kun-ipêer   fâat   pa-nu-'ákih-eesh  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   what   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT  
    And they said to him, "What can we give you?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  103. xás   pa-peevapíthvaan   u-píip   fâat   kúna  
    then   the-storekeeper   3s(>3)-say   what   in.addition  
    And the storekeeper said, "What else?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  104. xás   kári   pa-preacher   mu-hrôoha   u-máh   fâat   t-u-'úrishuk   sichakvutvara-súruk  
    then   then   the-preacher   3sPOSS-wife   3s(>3)-see   what   PERF-3s(>3)-take.out   belt-under  
    And the preacher's wife saw her take something out of the belt.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

  105. xás   u-kyâa-hi-ti   pa-káan   kun-iváxraahmath-ti   pa-'áama   káru   vúra   fâat   vúra   pa-kun-tâarahi-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR   NOMZ-there   3pl(>3s)-dry.(something)-DUR   the-salmon   also   Intensive   what   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-have-DUR  
    And they were made so that they dried fish there and whatever (else) they had.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  106. xás   âapun   vúra   uum   p-oo-tâayhi-ti   pa-mukun-'ásip   káru   vúra   fâat   vúra   pa-kun-tâarahi-ti   pa-kun-imnísh-eesh  
    then   on.the.ground   Intensive   3.SG   NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.many-DUR   the-3plPOSS-bowl   also   Intensive   what   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-have-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cook-FUT  
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  107. fáat   vúra   u-péesh  
    what   Intensive   3s(>3)-will.say  
    She'll just say anything."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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