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1. 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   tá   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

2. xáyfaat   kin-chuphuníshkoo   don't!   3>1pl-talk.to

   Don't talk to us. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

3. xás   tá   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

4. xás   tá   kin-'éethih   hûut   pa-nu-kúpheesh   then   PERF   3>1pl-tell   how   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-will.do

   Then she told us how we should do it. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

5. xás   kun-píip   payêem   xasík   chí   kin-máh-eesh   then   3pl(>3s)-say   now   then.(future)   soon   3>1pl-see-FUT

   And they said, "Now we are going to see them." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

6. kin-piksháyvuunish-tih   3>1pl-tell.lies.to-DUR

   He's deceiving us. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

7. 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

8. 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

9. xás   pa-'asiktávaan   u-xús   naa   ni-xú-ti   kin-'áhachaku-tih   then   the-woman   3s(>3)-think   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   3>1pl-withhold.from-DUR

   And the woman thought, "I think he's holding out on us." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

10. naa   ni-xú-ti   kin-'áhachaku-tih   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   3>1pl-withhold.from-DUR

    I think he's holding out on us." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

11. hínupa   vúra   kin-'áhachaku-tih   surprise   Intensive   3>1pl-withhold.from-DUR

    He's holding out on us. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

12. kári   xás   ii   xás   u-piip   vúra   ník   pu-kín-'aapunm-eesh-ap   pa-nu-kitaxríharahi-tih   then   then   oh!   then   3s(>3)-say   Intensive   a.little   NEG-3>1pl-know-FUT-NEG   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR

    Then (hearing someone coming) he said, "Oh, they mustn't know that we're being unfaithful!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

13. púxay   vúra   kín-'aapunm-eesh-ap   not.yet   Intensive   3>1pl-know-FUT-NEG

    They were not to know. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

14. 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

15. koovúra-'îin   kin-ímuus-tih   all-TOPIC   3>1pl-look.at-DUR

    Everyone looked at us. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

16. 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

17. 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