Ararahih'urípih
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ipêer / ípeen- to say to, to tell; (rarely) to call

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2733 | revised Dec 17 2014

ipêer / ípeen- V • to say to, to tell; (rarely) to call

Derivative (1)
ipéenkoo "to say to one's face"

Source: WB 652, p.348

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after prefixal vowels.

  • hûut kumá'ii patakinipêer kiik'íchunvi. Why did you tell us to hide? [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 035]
  • hûut pávaa ípeenti pamíhimuuk. What are you telling him in your language? [Reference: KV]


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  1. kári   xas   pa-yeeripáxvuh-sa   kin-'ipêer  
    then   then   the-adolescent.girl-PL   3pl>3pl-say.to  
    Well, then, people told the girls,
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas   kun-pavyíihfuruk   xas   kun-'ipêer   "chu   pihnîich   pay   mi-váfish  
    then   3pl(>3s)-go.back.indoors.(pl.)   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   "here!   old.man   this   2sPOSS-liver  
    And then (the ten young men) came in, and they said, "Here, old man, here is your liver!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. xas   kun-'ipêer   "pa-pihníich   íp   nik   nu-xus-at   tharampuka-yaa-'íshara  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   "the-old.man   PAST   a.little   1pl(>3)-think-PAST   acorn.soup-good-extremely  
    Then one of them said, "Old man, we have been thinking about what a good cook you are!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. xas   yítha   u-píip   "pûuhara   yaayâach   pa-pihníich   -peen      nu-piyâaram  
    then   one   3s(>3)-say   "no   better   the-old.man   1pl(>3)-say.to   PERF   1pl(>3)-go.back.(two.people)  
    But the other said, "No, it is better to tell the old man before we go."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. xas   kun-'ipêer   "   nu-piyâaram  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   "PERF   1pl(>3)-go.back.(two.people)  
    So they went and said to him, "We are going home."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  6. kári   xás   kachakâach   u-píip   ããx   fatamakêesh   kich   ára   u-pêer-eesh  
    then   then   bluejay   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  7. ipêer-i  
    say.to-IMPER  
    Tell her!
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  8. xás   kun-ipêer   nuu   chími   nu-vyîihshipree-vish   chími   nu-'ákunvan-v-eesh  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   we   soon   1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)-FUT   soon   1pl(>3)-go.hunting-PL.ACT-FUT  
    Then they told him: "We are going out, we are going hunting."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  9. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   man  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   why...  
    Then they told him: "Do your own way."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  10. xás   yítha   îin   kun-ipêer      nu-paratánmaahpa  
    then   one   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   PERF   1pl(>3)-turn.back  
    Then one of them told him: "We have turned back."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  11. xás   koovúra   kun-pakúriihva-naa   kun-ipêer   ôok   ichvánihich      -fchuy  
    then   all   3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL   3pl(>3s)-say.to   here   little.bit   PERF   1pl(>3)-be.crowded  
    Then all sang. They told him: "Come a little this way, we are crowded."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  12. xás   kun-ipêer   íim   úm   vúra   pu-'ip-vôonupuk-eesh-ara  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sg.   or   Intensive   NEG-ITER-leave.house-FUT-NEG  
    Then they told him: "Aren't you going to go out?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  13. iim   vúra   îin   pu-n-êekyár-eesh-ara   atipimámvaan   achvúun   ú-peer-anik  
    2sg.   Intensive   TOPIC   NEG-2s/3s>1s-beat-FUT-NEG   buzzard   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-say.to-ANC  
    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  14. xás   ú-ppeer-anik   achvúun   îin   kun-íppeer-anik   xáy faat   ík   vúra   ôok   i-páfyuk   iim   vúra   pu-'ôok   vúrayvu-tih-eesh-ara  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to-ANC   hookbill.salmon   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to-ANC   don't!   must   Intensive   here   2s(>3)-come.around.again   2sg.   Intensive   NEG-here   go.around-DUR-FUT-NEG  
    And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  15. xás   kun-íppéer   iim   kyáru   vura   xáy faat   ík   ôok   i-páfyuk   iim   kyáru   vura   pu-'ôok   ikr-êevish-ara   achvúun   kun-íppéer  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sg.   also   Intensive   don't!   must   here   2s(>3)-come.around.again   2sg.   also   Intensive   NEG-here   live-FUT-NEG   hookbill.salmon   3pl(>3s)-say.to  
    And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  16. xás   kúkuum      kun-ipêer   "hôoy   t-i-vâaram   pihnêefich  
    then   again   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say.to   "where   PERF-2s(>3)-go   coyote  
    Then they asked him again: "Where are you going, Coyote?"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  17. xás   kun-ipêer   "chôora   chími   nanu-kríivram  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   "let's.go   soon   1plPOSS-house  
    Then they told him: "Let's go to our house."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  18. xas   pa--kîit   u-peer   tâak   pa-mi-yáfus   -xraam  
    then   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3s(>3)-say.to   give.me!   the-2sPOSS-wear.dress   1s(>3)-bet  
    And he told his grandmother: “Give me your dress. Let me bet it.”
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  19. pa-koovúra   pa-nanu-ppírish   puyíththaxay   vúra   kúnish   vaa   kum-eekyâa-hara   p-eheeraha-'íppa   vúra   chishihpurith-'íppa   kích   vaa   kúnish   kum-éekyav   pa-'apxantîich   îin      kin-ippêer  
    NOMZ-all   the-1plPOSS-plant   not.a.single.one   Intensive   sort.of   that   3sPOSS-making-NEG   the-tobacco-tree   Intensive   nightshade.sp.-tree   only   that   sort.of   3sPOSS-making   the-white.man   TOPIC   PERF   3>1pl-say.to  
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  20. pa-mi-típa   ipêen   ôok   naa  
    the-2sPOSS-brother   say.to   here   come  
    Go get your brother.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  21. mi-típa   ipêen   ôok   naa  
    2sPOSS-brother   say.to   here   come  
    Go get your brother.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  22. náa   nee-pêer-at      kóo   íim   p-ee-shkâak-tih  
    1sg.   2s/3s>1s-say.to-PAST   PERF   all   2sg.   NOMZ-2s(>3)-jump-DUR  
    She told me no more jumping.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  23. pi'êep-vari   kári   naa   nîinamich   kun-ípeen-ti   chími   p-imnîish-i  
    long.ago-toward   then   1sg.   little   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   soon   ITER-cook-IMPER  
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  24. xás      kin-ipêer   vúra   ník   t-óo   mptup  
    then   PERF   3>1pl-say.to   Intensive   a.little   PERF-3s(>3)   be.ripe  
    Then she told us, “It’s cooked.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  25. xasík   nu-pêen-ti   chími   payêem   nu--ti   kíri   gravy   -kyav  
    then.(future)   1pl(>3)-say.to-DUR   soon   now   1pl(>3)-think-DUR   I.wish   gravy   1pl(>3)-make  
    Then we told her we “Now we would like to make gravy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  26. xás   née-peen-ti   chí   payôok   ihyárihish   payôok   áxak   pa-donkeys  
    then   2s/3s>1s-say.to-DUR   soon   right.here   stand.still   right.here   two   the-donkeys  
    And he told me, "Stand right here, right here by the two donkeys."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  27. xás   kan-éepeen-ti   pa-mi-chíshiih   mít   uum   êen   ú-kuuyva-nik  
    then   1s(>3)-say.to-DUR   the-2sPOSS-dog   near.past   3.SG   board   3s(>3)-strike-ANC  
    And they were telling me, "A board fell on your dog.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  28. kúkuum   vúra   ta-nu-p-ipêer   itíhaan   vaa   vúra   áhup   nu-kyâa-ti  
    again   Intensive   PERF-1pl(>3)-ITER-say.to   always   that   Intensive   wood   1pl(>3)-make-DUR  
    Again we told each other, “We’re always gathering wood.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  29. ítam   víri   vaa   kumá'ii   ú-peen      púfaat   mu-'ípih  
    earlier.today   so   so   because.of   3s(>3)-say.to   PERF   nothing   3sPOSS-bone  
    That's why it says he doesn't have any bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  30. koovúra   pa-nani-'ararée-fyiiv-shas   naa   kíi-peen-tih-ap   yôotva   púxich   ta--'aachichha  
    all   the-1sPOSS-human-friend-PL   1sg.   1/3>2pl-say.to-DUR-INV   hurray!   very.much   PERF-1s-be.happy  
    To all my Indian friends, I'm saying, "Thank you, I'm very glad!"
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
    Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play
  31. xás   pa-   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
  32. u-thítiim-ti   pa-kun-ípeen-ti   t-u-'áhoo-heen  
    3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    He heard them telling (each other), "He has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  33. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   pa-pihnêefich   i-'asímchaak-tih-eesh   ik  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   the-coyote   2s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR-FUT   must  
    And they told Coyote, "You must keep your eyes closed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  34. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   árihishrih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   sing  
    And they said, "Sing!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  35. xás   kun-ipêer   chémi  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   all.right  
    And they told him, "All right."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  36. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   xáyfaat   ík   i-yúupha  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   don't!   must   2s(>3)-open.eyes  
    And they told him, "Don't open your eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  37. xás   kun-ipêer      nu-vyíhuk  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   PERF   1pl(>3)-come.(pl.)  
    And they told him, "We've arrived here."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  38. xás   ú-peen-ti   îim   ôok   keemisha-'îin   i-'áv-eesh-ap  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   outdoors   here   something.dangerous-TOPIC   2s(>3)-eat-FUT-INV  
    And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  39. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   páah-ak   váramnih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   boat-Locative   go.in  
    And they told him, "Get in the boat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  40. pihnêefich   páah-ak   kun-ipêer   sú'   ithxuuprámnih-i  
    coyote   boat-Locative   3pl(>3s)-say.to   inside   lie.face.down-IMPER  
    They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  41. xás   kun-ípeen-ti   pihnêefich   payêem   pu-kin-ípkookanp-eesh-ara  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   coyote   now   NEG-1>2s-go.with.again-FUT-NEG  
    Then they told Coyote, "Now you won't go with us again."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  42. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   pihnêefich   chími   várip-i   páah-ak  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   coyote   soon   get.out-IMPER   boat-Locative  
    And they told Coyote, "Get out of the boat!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  43. xás   kun-ipêer   pihnêefich   ôok   uum   panámniik  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   coyote   here   3.SG   Orleans  
    And they told Coyote, "Here's Orleans."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  44. víri   vaa   kun-ípeen-tih   pihneefpíshtaaxva  
    so   that   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   winged.ant  
    That's what they call "Coyote pulling-back-foreskin."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  45. vaa   pa-kun-ípeen-ti   pihneefchúnivach  
    that   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   bird.sp.  
    That's what they call "little Coyote-urine" (Astragalinus sp.)
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  46. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   vúra   ík   i-'asímchaak-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   Intensive   must   2s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR-FUT  
    And they told him, "You must keep your eyes closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  47. kári   xás   ík   vúra   i-túraayv-eesh   pa--peer-ahaak  
    then   then   must   Intensive   2s(>3)-look.around-FUT   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-say.to-when  
    Then when we tell you, you can look around."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  48. kári   xás   ík   vúra   i-túraayv-eesh   pa--peer-ahaak  
    then   then   must   Intensive   2s(>3)-look.around-FUT   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-say.to-when  
    Then when we tell you, you can look around."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  49. púyava   uknamxánahich      kun-p-ípasma   kári   xás   kun-ipêer   chími   túraayv-i  
    you.see   placename   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-bring.(person)   then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   look.around-IMPER  
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  50. xás   u-pêer   pa-sípnuuk   naa   ík   vúra   nee-músahi-tih-eesh   p-ee-kûuntakoo  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-storage.basket   1sg.   must   Intensive   2s/3s>1s-look-DUR-FUT   NOMZ-2s(>3)-sit.(on)  
    And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  51. xás   u-pêer   vaa   ík   vúra   kóo   ôok   i-kûuntakoo-vish   pa-ni-'ípak-ahaak   xasík   i-kôoh-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   so   must   Intensive   as.much.as   here   2s(>3)-sit.(on)-FUT   NOMZ-1s(>3)-come.back-when   then.(future)   2s(>3)-stop-FUT  
    And he told it, "You must be sitting here like that until I come back, then you can stop."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  52. -peer-eesh   chími   ishávaas   nu-píraanv-i  
    1s(>3)-say.to-FUT   soon   child.of.deceased.sibling   1pl(>3)-trade-IMPER  
    I'll say to him, 'Nephew, let's trade!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  53. xás   kun-ipêer   hôoy if   í-kfuuyshur-eesh  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   no.way   2s(>3)-be.tired-FUT  
    And they told him, "No, you'll get tired.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  54. xás   ú-peen-vunaa   p-eekvípaan-sa   pay'ôok   ikrîish  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   the-runner-PL   right.here   sit.down  
    And he told the runners, "Sit here."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  55. xás   pihnêefich   ú-peen-vunaa   p-aaxíich   chími   pa-mikún-'aav   kiik-'âanvath-ap  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   the-child   soon   the-2plPOSS-face   1/3>2pl-paint.(someone's).face-INV  
    And Coyote told the children, "Let me paint you on your faces!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  56. xás   ú-peen-vunaa   pay'ôok   kii-tkúrih-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   right.here   2pl(>3)-look.into.water-DUR  
    And he told them, "Look in here."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  57. xás   kun-ipêer   atafâat   íim   araraxus'úmaan  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   maybe   2sg.   doctor  
    And they said to him, "Maybe you're a doctor."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  58. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   chími   patúmkoo  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   suck.disease  
    And they said to him, "Suck (the disease out of) her!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  59. xás   u-xús   xâatik   ni-pêer   chími   yárarah-i  
    then   3s(>3)-think   it's.better   1s(>3)-say.to   soon   (woman).marry-IMPER  
    And he thought, "Let me tell her, 'Get married!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  60. xás   ú-peen-ti   pa--'aramah   kúna   vúra   yáv   p-ee-kup-eekrêe-hi-tih-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   the-3sPOSS-child   in.addition   Intensive   good   NOMZ-2s(>3)-MODAL-live-Modal-DUR-FUT  
    And he told his child, "But you will live well.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  61. kári   xás   u-pêer   pa-mu-kústaan   yítha   chími   nu-mnîish-i  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-sister   one   soon   1pl(>3)-cook-IMPER  
    Then one said to her sister, "Let's cook!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  62. u-pêer   pa--'arama   ni-kvárakuk-tih  
    3s(>3)-say.to   the-2sPOSS-child   1s(>3)-come.to.buy-DUR  
    He said, "I am coming to buy your child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  63. hínu páy   ikreemyaha'úru   p-óo-peen-ti   iktûunih-i  
    surprise   eggs.of.wind   NOMZ-3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   carry.down-IMPER  
    There it was eggs of the wind that she told him to take down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  64. xás   âanxus   u-pêer   pa-pu-'imáan   ív-ahaak   xáat   pa-niní-'arama   ihrôoha  
    then   weasel   3s(>3)-say.to   NOMZ-NEG-tomorrow   die-when   may   the-1sPOSS-child   wife  
    And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  65. âanxus   kun-ipêer   chími   -vuunv-i  
    weasel   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   1pl(>3)-wrestle-IMPER  
    Weasel was told, "Let's wrestle!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  66. púya-va   kúkuum   yítha   t-u'-uum   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   -o   pêer   íkamish   chími   nu-thtîi-ti  
    and.so-so   again   one   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   again   Intensive   so   PERF-3s(>3)   say.to   son-in-law.(dimin.)   soon   1pl(>3)-gamble-DUR  
    So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  67. kári   xás   u-pêer   mâa   páy   pa-mi-kinínaasich  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say.to   look!   this   the-2sPOSS-pet  
    And he said, "Here's your pets."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  68. xás   u-pêer   pa-mu-kîit   p-ee-máh-aak   nani-píkvas   t-óo   kyívunih      ni-'iv  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   the-2s(>3)-see-when   1sPOSS-plume   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.downward   PERF   1s(>3)-die  
    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  69. pa-'asiktavan-'îin   kun-ipêer   xáyfaat   xáyfaat   i-vâaram  
    the-woman-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   don't!   don't!   2s(>3)-go  
    The women told him, "Don't, don't go."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  70. ú-pêer   pa-pihníich   chími   nu-kunaaskúnas-hi-tih  
    3s(>3)-say.to   the-old.man   soon   1pl(>3)-play.on.teeter-totter-DUR  
    The old man said to them, "Let's (you and I) play on the teeter-totter."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  71. xás   pihnîich   kun-ipêer   ôok   naa  
    then   old.man   3pl(>3s)-say.to   here   come  
    And the old man said, "Come here!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  72. xás   kun-ipêer   vaa   káan   kúniihk-i   mu-fithíhkaam   mu-pîimich   vaa   káan   pa--thvaay   u-tháaniv  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   so   there   shoot.at-IMPER   3sPOSS-big.toe   3sPOSS-next.to   so   there   the-3sPOSS-chest   3s(>3)-sit  
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  73. xás   pa-pihnîich   ú-peen-vunaa   pa-yeeripáxvuh-sas   chími   kiik-p-iru-vôonishuk-i  
    then   the-old.man   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   the-adolescent.girl-PL   soon   2pl(>3)-ITER-PL-crawl.out-IMPER  
    And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  74. xás      kun-ipêer   pa-mukun-'ákah   yee   arákaas   hûut   t-i-'iin  
    then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say.to   the-3plPOSS-father   well   old.man   how   PERF-2s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant  
    And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  75. xás   kári   kun-ipêer   pa-'arákaas   hûut   t-i-'iin  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   the-old.man   how   PERF-2s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant  
    Then (the sons) said to the old man, "What's wrong with you?
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  76. pa-'arákaas   íp   îin   kin-ípeer-at   kiik-'íchunv-i  
    the-old.man   PAST   TOPIC   3>1pl-say.to-PAST   2pl(>3)-hide.oneself-IMPER  
    The old man told us to hide.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text
  77. víri   kun-ipêer   hôoy íf   yaxéek   i-'úum-eesh  
    so   3pl(>3s)-say.to   no.way   you'll.see   2s(>3)-arrive-FUT  
    They told him, "You can't get there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  78. pa-mu-túnviiv   ú-peen-vunaa   ôok   vúra   kíik-'iin-i  
    the-3sPOSS-children   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   here   Intensive   2pl(>3)-(two).be-IMPER  
    She told her children, "You stay here.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  79. pa-mu-túnviiv   ú-peen-vunaa   t-u-'ifuyâach-ha  
    the-3sPOSS-children   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   PERF-3s(>3)-that's.right-DENOM  
    She told her children, "It's really true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  80. xás   p-oo-páhariith-vunaa   pa-mu-hrooha-'îin   kun-ipêer   yaxéek   iim   vaa   kích   i-kupí-tih-eesh  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-catch.up.with-PL   the-3sPOSS-wife-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   you'll.see   2sg.   so   only   2s(>3)-do-DUR-FUT  
    And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  81. víri-va   kumá'ii   kun-ípeen-ti   xúux   mu-krivruh--nam-ich  
    so-so   because.of   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   placename   3sPOSS-roll-PL.ACT-place-DIM  
    For that reason they call it "xuux's little rolling-place."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  82. fatamakêesh   kích   ára   ú-peer-eesh  
    anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    She'll tell a person just anything."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text
  83. yáas   xunyêep      kun-p-ípeer   t-i-káriha-hum   nik  
    then   tan.oak.tree   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-say.to   PERF-2s(>3)-be.ready-or   a.little  
    Then they told Tan Oak, "Are you ready?
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  84. xás   kun-ipêer   manâa   vúra      -psaamkir  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   maybe   Intensive   PERF   1pl(>3)-abandon  
    And they told her, "Perhaps we're leaving you behind."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  85. xás   kin-ipêer   chími   kii-vyíhish  
    then   3pl>3pl-say.to   soon   2pl(>3)-get.there.(pl.)  
    And they were told, "Gather together."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  86. xás   xuntápan   kun-ipêer   hûut   iim   u-'íina-ti   kúth   pa-pu-'ipthíth-aheen   pa--pxaan  
    then   acorn   3pl(>3s)-say.to   how   2sg.   3s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant-DUR   because.of   NOMZ-NEG-finish.weaving-ANT   the-2sPOSS-cap  
    And they said to Tan Oak Acorn, "What's the matter with you that you didn't finish weaving your cap?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  87. xás   yaas'ara-'îin   kun-ipêer   iim   kumá'ii   pa-'ára   u-'íin-ahaak   i-'áam-tih-eesh-ap   vaa   kúth   pu-haríxay   xúrihi-tih-eesh  
    then   rich.person-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sg.   because.of   NOMZ-person   3s(>3)-exist-when   2s(>3)-eat-DUR-FUT-INV   so   because.of   NEG-sometimes   be.hungry-DUR-FUT  
    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  88. xás   itháan   pa-kun-'ípak   xás   ú-peen-vunaa   pa-mu-tunvêech   pa-pu-na-'ípak-ahaak   ku-xús-eesh      nee-ykár-aheen  
    then   once   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-come.back   then   3s(>3)-say.to-PL   the-3sPOSS-small.(pl.)   NOMZ-NEG-1s(>3)-come.back-when   2pl(>3)-think-FUT   PERF   2s/3s>1s-beat-ANT  
    And once when they returned, (Deer) told her little ones, "If I don't come back, you will know (lit., think) that she's killed me."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  89. xás   u-pêer   pa-'avansáxiich   imáankam   sáruk   astíip   pa--chaas   xákaan   ík   ku-yâaram-eesh   ikxúrar  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-boy   next.day   downhill   shore   the-2sPOSS-younger.brother   with.(one.person)   must   2pl(>3)-(two.people).go-FUT   evening  
    And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  90. xás   pa-mu-'aaníhich   u-pêer   chôora   nu-píkniihv-an   ikmaháchraam  
    then   the-3sPOSS-my.older.brother   3s(>3)-say.to   let's.go   1pl(>3)-sweat.self-go.to   sweathouse  
    And he told his older brother (i.e., the Bear's son), "Let's go sweat ourselves in the sweathouse!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  91. kári   xás   u-pêer   pa--'aramah   chími   pa-mi-'áka   êeh-i   pa-xuun  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-child   soon   the-2sPOSS-father   give-IMPER   the-acorn.soup  
    And she told her child, "Give your father his acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  92. púyava   xás   p-aaxíich   u-pêer   pa--taat   úma   kachakâach   vaa   u-kupí-tih   kachakáach   u-yveeshrîih-vu-ti   pa-xuun  
    you.see   then   the-child   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-mother   emphatic(?)   bluejay   that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   bluejay   3s(>3)-pour.out-PL.ACT-DUR   the-acorn.soup  
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  93. kári   xás   kun-ipéer   hôoy   i-máh-anik  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   where   2s(>3)-see-ANC  
    And he was asked, "Where did you find it?
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  94. xás   u-pêer   xáyfaat   ík   vúra   haríxay   kâam   kúuk   i-'íipma  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   don't!   must   Intensive   sometimes   little.upriver   to.there   2s(>3)-return  
    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  95. íp   kan-éepeer-at   xáyfaat   ôok   i-naa  
    PAST   3pl>1s-say.to-PAST   don't!   here   2s(>3)-go.uphill  
    They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  96. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   -myaahti   hûutva   kóo   -myaahti   vúra   iim   fátaak   asa-súruk   vaa   káan   i-'ifchíkinku-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sPOSS-life   somehow   as.much.as   2sPOSS-life   Intensive   2sg.   somewhere   rock-under   so   there   2s(>3)-be.stuck.onto-DUR-FUT  
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  97. ithyarukpíhriiv   kun-ihyûunish-tih   u-pêen-tih   na-kûush-i  
    Across.the.Water.Widower   3pl(>3s)-shout.to-DUR   3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   2s/3s>1s-copulate-IMPER  
    Across-the-Water Widower was shouted at, (the person) said to him, "Copulate with me!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  98. xás   áchkuun   kun-ipéer   túus   u-piip   pa-mi-pakuhíram   t-u-'ífikaraha   pa-xuntápan  
    then   swamp.robin   3pl(>3s)-say.to   mockingbird   3s(>3)-say   the-2sPOSS-acorn.gathering.ground   PERF-3s(>3)-be.many.people.picking   the-acorn  
    And Swamp Robin was told, Mockingbird said, "They're picking the acorns at your acorn-picking grounds."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  99. xás   kun-ipéer   púya   íf   yâamach   p-ee-p-âanvu-tih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   and.so   truly   pretty   NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-paint.one's.(own).face-DUR  
    And they said to (Horsefly), "My, your face is painted pretty!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  100. púyava   kun-ípeen-tih   hôoy   iim   i-máah-tih   p-ee-p-âanvu-tih  
    you.see   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   where   2sg.   2s(>3)-see-DUR   NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-paint.one's.(own).face-DUR  
    So they said to him, "How do you find what you paint your face with?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  101. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   vôonfuruk-i  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   enter.a.house-IMPER  
    Then (the girls) told him, "Come in!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  102. xás   kun-ipêer   chími   vôonfuruk-i   iim   kahyuras'afishríhan  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   enter.a.house-IMPER   2sg.   Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man  
    They told him, "Come in, you Klamath Lakes Young Man!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  103. xás   kun-ipêer   yôotva   nanu-'ávan-heesh  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   hurray!   1plPOSS-husband-FUT  
    And they said, "Hurray, (you) are our husband!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  104. xás   kun-ípeen-ti   ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav   hûut   kích   i--tih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit   how   only   2s(>3)-think-DUR  
    And (the person) said to Sacred Sweathouse Spirit, "How are you feeling?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  105. kári   xás   pa-mu-kústaan   u-péer   chími   árus   vîik-i  
    then   then   the-3sPOSS-sister   3s(>3)-say.to   soon   seed.basket   weave-IMPER  
    And he told his sister, "Weave seed-baskets!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  106. kári   xás   asiktâan   kin-ipéer   chími   shipnúk-aam   kiik-vîik-i  
    then   then   woman   3pl>3pl-say.to   soon   storage.basket-large   2pl(>3)-weave-IMPER  
    And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  107. víri   vaa   kin-ípeer-anik   hûutva   kóo   ithívthaaneen   u-thaanêe-haak   xáyfaat   ik   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   ku-kup-eep-vík-aha  
    so   so   3>1pl-say.to-ANC   somehow   as.much.as   land   3s(>3)-sit-when   don't!   must   again   Intensive   so   2pl(>3)-MODAL-ITER-weave-Modal  
    (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  108. xás   kun-ipéer   chími   pásas  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   get.dressed  
    And she told him, "Dress up (in dance regalia)!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  109. xás   kun-ipéer   vúra   chími   pásas  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   Intensive   soon   get.dressed  
    And she told him, "Do dress up!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  110. xás   kun-ipéer   xâatik   nu-pkôokanpa  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   it's.better   1pl(>3)-go.with.again  
    And they said to him, "Let us go back with you."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  111. xás   kun-ipéer   sáhyuux   iktávan  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   sand   go.get.(in.hand)  
    And (the women) told him, "Go get sand!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  112. xás   kun-ipéer   chími   iktîit-i   pa-nanu-'átimnam  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   soon   undo-IMPER   the-1plPOSS-pack-basket  
    And they told him, "Unpack our burden baskets!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  113. xás   kun-ipéer   hári-va   p-ee-máh-aak   pa-sáhyuux   aas   kích   i-xús-eesh      kun-piyâaram-aheen  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   sometime-INDEF   NOMZ-2s(>3)-see-when   the-sand   water   like   2s(>3)-think-FUT   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.back.(two.people)-ANT  
    And they told him, "Whenever you see that the sand is wet, you will know that we've gone again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  114. kári   xás   u-piip   pa-'íf-haak   víri   chími   nu-pêen   p-ée-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-true-when   so   soon   1pl(>3)-say.to   NOMZ-2s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  115. kári   xás   asiktâan   u-péer   nu-xákaanh-i  
    then   then   woman   3s(>3)-say.to   1pl(>3)-go.with-IMPER  
    And she said to a woman, "Let's go together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  116. kári   xás   kun-ipéer   mâa   kâam   vuhvúha   u-kyáa-ti   pa-kúth   i-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   look!   little.upriver   deerskin.dance   3s(>3)-make-DUR   NOMZ-because.of   2s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  117. kári   xás   kin-ipéer   chími   kiik-piyâaram-i  
    then   then   3pl>3pl-say.to   soon   2pl(>3)-go.back.(two.people)-IMPER  
    Then they were told, "Go back home!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  118. yukún   vaa   kun-ípeen-ti   yumaará'aama   achvuun  
    you.see   so   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   hookbill.salmon   hookbill.salmon  
    You see, they call dog salmon "dead-man's salmon."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  119. kári   xás   kin-ipéer   pa-'áraar   t-u-'ív-ahaak   vaa   ík   apmántiim   ku-yvúruk-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl>3pl-say.to   NOMZ-human   PERF-3s(>3)-die-when   that   must   lip   2pl(>3)-rub-DUR-FUT  
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  120. xás   u-péer   chôora   máruk  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   let's.go   uphill  
    And she told him, "Let's go uphill!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  121. xás   u-péer   chími   ôok   vúra   íkrii      kun-tápkuup   pa-'arara-'íin  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   soon   here   Intensive   live   PERF   3pl(>3s)-like   the-human-TOPIC  
    And she told him, "Live here!"; the people liked him.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text
  122. xás   pa-mu-tat-'îin   kun-ipêer   îikam   kúuk   uum-i  
    then   the-3sPOSS-mother-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   outdoors   to.there   arrive-IMPER  
    And his mother told him, "Go outdoors!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  123. xás   -mita   îin   kun-síitv-at   ú-peen-ti   xáyfaat   mâam   kúuk   i-kuníhivraa  
    then   NOMZ-near.past   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-steal-PAST   3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   don't!   uphill   to.there   2s(>3)-shoot.over  
    And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  124. xás   pa-'avansáxiich   u-xús   fâat   áta   kúth   -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
  125. kun-ípeen-ti   axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich   yáxa   í-krii  
    3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM   look!   2s(>3)-live  
    He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  126. púya   mâam   kanée-peen-tih   axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich   -krii  
    and.so   uphill   3pl>1s-say.to-DUR   child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM   1s(>3)-live  
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  127. xás   kun-ipêer   hãã  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   yes  
    And he was told (by his kidnappers), "Yes.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  128. ayu'âach   kanée-peen-tih   axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich   -krii  
    it.was.because   3pl>1s-say.to-DUR   child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM   1s(>3)-live  
    It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  129. kári   xás   u-péer   páy   húm   mi-'ífunih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say.to   this   or   2sPOSS-hair  
    And he said, "Is this your hair?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  130. kin-ípeen-ti   kêemish   pa-'apxantínihich-as  
    3pl>3pl-say.to-DUR   something.dangerous   the-white.man-PL  
    They were told that the white men were devils.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  131. kári   xás   kin-ipêer   káan   ík   -vyiihm-eesh  
    then   then   3pl>3pl-say.to   there   must   2pl(>3)-go.to.(pl.)-FUT  
    And they told (the Indians) to come there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  132. xás   u-thvuyâana-ti   ípa   kóo   kun-ípeer-at   ikvan  
    then   3s(>3)-call.by.name-DUR   PAST   all   3pl(>3s)-say.to-PAST   buy  
    And he was naming all that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  133. xás   koovúra   t-u-p-ipshinvárihva   p-éethvuy   ípa   kun-ípeer-at   ikvan  
    then   all   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-forget   the-name   PAST   3pl(>3s)-say.to-PAST   buy  
    And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  134. 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
  135. naní-taat   mít   kin-'ípeen-tih-at   tuyshipnee'ípanich   uum   sarip-kêem-shas  
    1sPOSS-mother   near.past   3>1pl-say.to-DUR-PAST   mountain.peak   3.SG   hazel.twigs-bad-PL  
    My mother used to tell us, "They are bad hazel sticks on the hilltop."
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  136. púra fâat   vúra   kin-ípeen-tih-at  
    nothing   Intensive   3>1pl-say.to-DUR-PAST  
    They (the government) didn't say anything to us.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  137. puxích   kúnish   u-páthriih-tih   víri   pu--tih-ap   kíri   nu-pêer   pa-axíitich-as   ôok   kóova   nu-'am  
    very.much   sort.of   3s(>3)-rain-DUR   so   NEG-think-DUR-NEG   I.wish   1pl(>3)-say.to   the-child-PL   here   so   1pl(>3)-eat  
    It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text
  138. kári   xás   kachakâach   u-piip   ããx   naa   fatamakêesh   kích   ára   ú-peer-eesh  
    then   then   bluejay   3s(>3)-say   ugh!   1sg.   anything   only   person   3s(>3)-say.to-FUT  
    Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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