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1. kári   xás   púufich   t-óo   ykar   then   then   deer   PERF-3s(>3)   beat

   Then he killed a deer. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

2. nu-ykár-eesh   pa-'îin   púufich   i-'êethiipvu-tih-at   1pl(>3)-beat-FUT   NOMZ-TOPIC   deer   2s(>3)-take.away.from-DUR-PAST

   We will kill the one who has been taking the deer from you." Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

3. kári   xás   u-ykár   pa-púufich   then   then   3s(>3)-beat   the-deer

   Then he (Pygmy Owl) killed a deer. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

4. xás   kun-íykar   then   3pl(>3s)-beat

   Then they killed him. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

5. itnoopámahich   ník   kana-'êeh   xás   váa   káru   vúra   pa-'íshpuk   púva-xay   kana-'êeh-ap   káruma   chími-heesh   itha-kûusrah   véenik   mit   pa-ni-ykára-naa-t   five.each   a.little   3pl>1s-give   then   so   also   Intensive   the-dentalium.shells   not.yet-not   3pl>1s-give-INV   in.fact   soon-FUT   one-sun   ago   near.past   NOMZ-1s(>3)-beat-PL-PAST

   They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

6. 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

7. xás   achvúun   u-ppiip   naa   îin   pu-kin-îikyár-eesh-ara   vaa   vúra   páy   kyôomahich   nu-níshsh-eesh   then   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   TOPIC   NEG-1>2s-beat-FUT-NEG   so   Intensive   this   little.bit   1pl(>3)-do-FUT

   Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you." Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

8. ni-ykár-eesh   pa-púufich   1s(>3)-beat-FUT   the-deer

   I'm going to kill the deer. Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

9. chôora   chími   nu-ykan   let's.go   soon   1pl(>3)-beat

   Let's go, let's kill him!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

10. ta'ítam   chími   nu-ykan   tá   kin-piksháyvuunish   so   soon   1pl(>3)-beat   PERF   1pl(>3)-tell.lies.to

    So let's kill him, he's deceiving us!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

11. vaa   kích   u-pí-ti   itroopatíshaamni   tá   ní-ykar   pa-'ávans-as   so   only   3s(>3)-say-DUR   nine   PERF   1s(>3)-beat   the-man-PL

    She kept saying, "I killed nine men. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

12. víri   iim   xás   îin   tá   née-ykar   so   2sg.   then   TOPIC   PERF   2s/3s>1s-beat

    Then you killed me. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

13. chavúra   táay   tó-o   ykar   finally   much   PERF-3s(>3)   beat

    Finally she killed a lot. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

14. âanaxus   u-thítiim-ti   táay   tá   kin-íykar   áraar-as   weasel   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   much   PERF   3pl>3pl-beat   human-PL

    Weasel heard that they were killing a lot of people. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

15. xáy   iykár-ap   let.not   beat-INV

    Don't let them kill you." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

16. xás   u-piip   chémi   imáan   ník   ni-ykár-eesh   then   3s(>3)-say   all.right   tomorrow   a.little   1s(>3)-beat-FUT

    And (Weasel) said, "All right, I'll kill it tomorrow." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

17. xás   ú-ykar   pa-'áama   then   3s(>3)-beat   the-salmon

    And he killed the salmon. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

18. xás   u-piip   chémi   tá   ní-ykar   pa-'áama   then   3s(>3)-say   all.right   PERF   1s(>3)-beat   the-salmon

    And he said, "All right, I've killed the salmon." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

19. t-óo   ykar   p-áachviiv   PERF-3s(>3)   beat   the-bird

    He killed the bird. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

20. pa-pihnîich   mú-'arama   tá   kun-íykar   the-old.man   3sPOSS-child   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat

    He killed the old man's child. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

21. xás   âanaxus   t-óo   naa   pa-'áraar   kun-iykára-naa-ti   âanaxus   then   weasel   PERF-3s(>3)   go.uphill   the-human   3pl(>3s)-beat-PL-DUR   weasel

    Then Weasel went upriver, the people were killing (i.e., trying to kill) Weasel. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

22. pa-vúra   i-xus-áhaak   kúnish   chí   kanee-ykár-eesh   vúra   i-kpêehv-eesh   ík   NOMZ-Intensive   2s(>3)-think-when   sort.of   soon   3pl>1s-beat-FUT   Intensive   2s(>3)-shout-FUT   must

    Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

23. xás   pa-pihnîich   ú-xrar   mú-'arama   tá   kun-íykar   then   the-old.man   3s(>3)-weep   3sPOSS-child   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat

    And the old man cried, his child had been killed. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

24. kúkuum   vúra   amvá-kaam   ú-ykar   again   Intensive   salmon-large   3s(>3)-beat

    Again he caught a big salmon. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

25. xás   itháan   pa-kun-'ípak   xás   ú-peen-vunaa   pa-mu-tunvêech   pa-pu-na-'ípak-ahaak   ku-xús-eesh   tá   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

26. ii   xas   u-'aapúnm-at   pa-mú-taat   t-óo   ykára-heen   oh!   then   3s(>3)-know-PAST   the-3sPOSS-mother   PERF-3s(>3)   beat-ANT

    Oh, then he knew that she had killed his mother! Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

27. xás   kári   yuuxmachmahánach   u-piip   yôotva   niní-vaasan   tá   ní-ykar   then   then   lizard.sp.   3s(>3)-say   hurray!   1sPOSS-enemy   PERF   1s(>3)-beat

    And Lizard said, "Hurray! I've killed my enemy!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

28. yôotva   naní-vaasan   ní-ykar   hurray!   1sPOSS-enemy   1s(>3)-beat

    Hurray, I killed my enemy." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

29. ú-ykar   pirishkâarim   3s(>3)-beat   grizzly

    He killed Grizzly Bear. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

30. púyava   vaa   u-kup-eeykár-ah-anik   pa-pirishkâarim   you.see   so   3s(>3)-MODAL-beat-Modal-ANC   the-grizzly

    So he killed Grizzly that way. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

31. pufích-taay   kun-iykára-tih   itráhyar   mu-túnviiv   deer-much   3pl(>3s)-beat-DUR   ten   3sPOSS-children

    His ten sons were killing lots of deer. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

32. púra fâat   iykár-at   nothing   beat-PAST

    They didn't kill anything. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

33. chavúra   kun-íykar   pa-'ávansa   finally   3pl(>3s)-beat   the-man

    Finally they killed the man. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

34. xáyfaat   ík   kú-ykar   pa-'ápsuun   pa-'ôok   ku-máh-aak   don't!   must   2pl(>3)-beat   the-snake   NOMZ-here   2pl(>3)-see-when

    You mustn't kill the snakes when you see them here." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

35. kári   xás   chámuxich   ú-ykar   then   then   sucker   3s(>3)-beat

    And he caught a sucker. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text

36. xás   vaa   káan   kun-íkriihva   táay   kun-íykar   pa-'áama   then   so   there   3pl(>3s)-fish.with.set-net   much   3pl(>3s)-beat   the-salmon

    And they fished there, they caught a lot of fish. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

37. vaa   púufich   kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-ti   pa-'áraar   kun-tátapvu-tih   so   deer   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR   the-human   3pl(>3s)-trap-DUR

    The Indians killed deer that way, they trapped them. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

38. vaa   kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-ti   pa-púufich   so   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR   the-deer

    They killed the deer that way. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

39. víri-va   pa-'áama   kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-tih   so-so   the-salmon   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR

    They caught the salmon that way. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

40. púyava   itráhyar   t-óo   ykar   you.see   ten   PERF-3s(>3)   beat

    He would kill ten. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

41. púyava   koovúra   tá   kun-iykára-naa   you.see   all   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat-PL

    They killed them all. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

42. púyava   kári   tá   kun-pávyiihship   taay   tá   kun-íykar   pa-púufich   you.see   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.away.again.(pl.)   much   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat   the-deer

    Then they went back home, they had killed lots of deer. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

43. púyava   pa-'îim   ikrêe-n   púyava   t-óo   ykar   pa-vírusar   you.see   NOMZ-outdoors   live-Participial   you.see   PERF-3s(>3)   beat   the-bear

    And the one who stayed outside killed the bear. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

44. púyava   íshyaav   kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-tih   you.see   winter   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR

    They killed it that way in the winter. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

45. pa-t-óo   skákavruk   káan   xás   tá   kun-íykar   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   jump.down.over   there   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-beat

    When (an elk) jumped down over a bank (and disabled itself), then (the dogs) killed it there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text