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1. káruma   tá   íp   kun-pikyaar-at   pa-xuun   in.fact   PERF   PAST   3pl(>3s)-finish-PAST   the-acorn.soup

   Already they had cooked the acorn mush. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

2. káruma   vúra   nik   pu-fuhíish-tih-ap   in.fact   Intensive   a.little   NEG-believe-DUR-NEG

   But they didn't believe a word of it. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

3. káruma   t-u-yêeripha   pa-yêeripaxvuh   in.fact   PERF-3s(>3)-go.through.puberty   the-adolescent.girl

   Now that girl is going through puberty." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

4. káruma   vúra   tá   nee-kvúrish   káru   vúra   tá   na-xuniháyaachha   xás   pa-nani'-akunvarasímsiim   mûuk   ni-párupkurih   in.fact   Intensive   PERF   1s-be.tired   also   Intensive   PERF   1s-be.very.hungry   then   the-1sPOSS-hunting.knife   with.(by.means.of)   1s(>3)-chisel.into

   But I was getting tired and I was hungry besides. I took my hunting knife and began chiselling. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | 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. kári   xás   sâam   u-p-ishkáakfak   káruma   vúra   yiiv   then   then   little.downhill   3s(>3)-ITER-jump.down.from.uphill   in.fact   Intensive   far

   Then he gave a jump down, but it was very far away. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

7. káruma   íp   íshpuk   u-pachnútan-tih-at   in.fact   PAST   dentalium.shells   3s(>3)-go.to.suck-DUR-PAST

   He was going to suck dentalia, he was on the way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

8. káruma   v-oo-kúpi-ti   p-oo-'áhoo-tih   in.fact   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go-DUR

   He was walking, that was what he was doing. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

9. káruma   káru   taay   u-'ôorahi-ti   pa-'ánav   pa-tá   ní-kvar   pa-ni-'ákih-ti   in.fact   also   much   3s(>3)-cost-DUR   the-medicine   NOMZ-PERF   1s(>3)-buy   NOMZ-1s(>3)-give.(things).to-DUR

   And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

10. káruma   kahyúras   ishpúk   ni-kyâan-tih   in.fact   Klamath.Lakes   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather-DUR

    I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

11. káruma   yôorukam   pa-mukun-'áhup   u-yvóor-aahi-tih   in.fact   to.one.side   the-3plPOSS-wood   3s(>3)-pile.wood-ESS-DUR

    Their wood was piled up in the corner. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

12. yeee   káruma   íp   ní-p-aat   t-u-'áhoo-heen   pihnêefich   well   in.fact   PAST   1s(>3)-say-PAST   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT   coyote

    Well! I said Coyote had come! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

13. káruma   uum   pihnêefich   u-xú-ti   xáy   kaná-taatripaa   in.fact   3.SG   coyote   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let.not   3pl>1s-hook.toward.land

    Coyote was thinking, "Let them not hook me out." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

14. xás   íp   táay   áan   u-sáanvu-tih-at   káruma   vaa   íp   u-vúpar-eesh-at   pa-mú-spuk   then   PAST   much   string   3s(>3)-carry.(things)-DUR-PAST   in.fact   that   PAST   3s(>3)-string.beads.with-FUT-PAST   the-3sPOSS-dentalium.shells

    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

15. káruma   vúra   t-u-thapáxrah   in.fact   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-be.very.thirsty

    (Coyote) was terribly thirsty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

16. kun-píip   chími   panamnih-pákuri   kiik-'árihish   káruma   káan   chími   nú-vyiihsipree-vish   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   Orleans-song   2pl(>3)-sing   in.fact   there   soon   1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)-FUT

    And they said, "Sing an Orleans song, we're going there!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

17. káruma   t-i-tháfip-aheen   pa-nanu-patúmkir   in.fact   PERF-2s(>3)-devour-ANT   the-1plPOSS-head-rest

    You ate up our pillows!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

18. káruma   íp   uum   t-óo   yuunk-at   ahtúun   pa-mu-fithih-'ípan   in.fact   PAST   3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)   poke.with.long.object-PAST   oak.bark   the-3sPOSS-foot-end

    He had put oak bark in his toes. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

19. xás   pa-'áraar   kun-piip   káruma   pá-'aah   tá   kin-pêetheep   then   the-human   3pl(>3s)-say   in.fact   the-fire   PERF   3>1pl-take.back.from

    And the people said, "They've taken the fire away from us!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

20. káruma   uum   yúruk   t-óo   kpúhish   in.fact   3.SG   downriver   PERF-3s(>3)   swim.ashore

    The fact was, he had swum ashore downriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

21. hínu páy   uum   ithyáruk   t-óo   kvíriproov   káruma   uum   kun-xú-tih   t-óo   síinvar   surprise   3.SG   across   PERF-3s(>3)   run.upriver.from.here   in.fact   3.SG   3pl(>3s)-think-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)   drown

    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

22. káruma   uum   pa-'ifápiit   áxak   pa-mu-'ífuni   u-paathrámni   pa-pátarav-ak   in.fact   3.SG   the-young.unmarried.woman   two   the-3sPOSS-hair   3s(>3)-throw.into   the-soup.basket-Locative

    The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

23. káruma   yáan   u-'áhachak-vunaa-tih   in.fact   recently   3s(>3)-withhold.from-PL-DUR

    The truth was that he had just been holding out on them. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

24. kári   xás   vúra   pu-'ikviit-h-ára   káruma   kúnish   ú-kviit-hi-tih   then   then   Intensive   NEG-sleep-NEG   in.fact   sort.of   3s(>3)-sleep-DUR

    But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense). Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

25. káruma   á 'iknêechhan   u-'ípahoo-tih   in.fact   falcon   3s(>3)-go.back-DUR

    The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back. Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

26. xás   u-píip   pûu   vaa   vúra   ní-thxuun-eesh   káruma   nik   áachip   kóo   t-u-vík-ahi-tih   then   3s(>3)-say   no   so   Intensive   1s(>3)-put.over.head-FUT   in.fact   a.little   middle   as.much.as   PERF-3s(>3)-weave-ESS-DUR

    And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

27. káruma   ník   apxan-yâamach-as   tá   kun-p-ithxuná-tiih-va   yaas'arara-'îin   pu-'ithváaf-tih-eesh-ap   in.fact   a.little   cap-pretty-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-put.over.head-DUR-PL.ACT   humankind-TOPIC   NEG-think.well.of-DUR-FUT-NEG

    The fact is, (the others) wear pretty caps, (but) Mankind won't have much use for them. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

28. pa-hûutva   kóo   yaas'ára   u-'íina-haak   víri   naa   vúra   kích   kaná-'aam-tih-eesh   káruma   apxan-kêemich   pa-niní-pxaan   NOMZ-somehow   as.much.as   rich.person   3s(>3)-exist-when   so   1sg.   Intensive   only   3pl>1s-eat-DUR-FUT   in.fact   cap-poor   the-1sPOSS-cap

    However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

29. káruma   u-'iikív-tih   yiipahvuf-'ímyah   in.fact   3s(>3)-wear.necklace-DUR   rotten.roots-breath

    The fact was, he was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

30. káruma   uum   u-kitaxríharahi-tih   in.fact   3.SG   3s(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR

    (But) the fact was, she was being unfaithful. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

31. káruma   uum   pa-'áraar   t-óo   par   xás   pa-mú-'aax   t-óo   pûux-sur   in.fact   3.SG   the-human   PERF-3s(>3)   bite   then   the-3sPOSS-blood   PERF-3s(>3)   hold.in.mouth-off

    The fact was, (Horsefly) had bit human beings, and taken out a mouthful of their blood. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

32. káruma   tá   púfaat   pa-mú-thvaay   in.fact   PERF   nothing   the-3sPOSS-chest

    The fact was, his heart was gone. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

33. káruma   ôok   ithivthanéen-'aachip   xasík   xákaan   puráan   kun-ipmáh-eesh   in.fact   here   land-middle   then.(future)   both   each.other   3pl(>3s)-see.again-FUT

    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

34. káruma   aván-hiipux   in.fact   husband-without

    (But) the fact was, she was without a husband. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

35. káruma   t-u-'íchunva   pa-'ávansa   impáh-tiimich   in.fact   PERF-3s(>3)-hide.oneself   the-man   trail-very.edge

    The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

36. imáan   u-máh   u-tháaniv   vúra   kári   ú-ksaah-tih   káruma   t-u-'ív-aheen   tomorrow   3s(>3)-see   3s(>3)-sit   Intensive   then   3s(>3)-laugh-DUR   in.fact   PERF-3s(>3)-die-ANT

    The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text

37. káruma   uum   yiimúsich   t-u-'íshunva-heen   pa-'ápuroon   in.fact   3.SG   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)-hide-ANT   the-magic.charm

    The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

38. káruma   kári   pa-'áraar-as   kári   pa-'áraar-as   kári   kun-'áathvu-naa-tih   in.fact   then   the-human-PL   then   the-human-PL   then   3pl(>3s)-be.afraid-PL-DUR

    (But) the fact was, the Indians were still afraid. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

39. káruma   itráhyar   káru   itrôop   ú-thvuuy-ti   pa-kúth   ára   u-patumkôo-tih   in.fact   ten   also   five   3s(>3)-be.named-DUR   NOMZ-because.of   person   3s(>3)-suck.disease-DUR

    The fact was, she charged fifteen (dollars) for sucking a person. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text

40. káruma   tá   kun-'ífik-vunaa   pa-xuntápan   in.fact   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pick.up-PL   the-acorn

    (Or) the case would be that they were gathering acorns. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text