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1. yée   ôok   pá-mit   ni-'ákunvar-at   well   here   NOMZ-near.past   1s(>3)-go.hunting-PAST

   Not long ago I was out hunting. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

2. 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

3. ithâan   mit   masúruk   saamváru-k   ní-shxaay-tih-at   once   near.past   up.a.creek   creek-Locative   1s(>3)-fish.with.line-DUR-PAST

   Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line. Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

4. pa-pishyavpîish   mit   ni-'ákunvar-at   the-autumn   near.past   1s(>3)-go.hunting-PAST

   Last fall I went on a hunting trip. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

5. 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

6. vúra   ník   mít   vaa   kun-'aapúnmu-tih-at   pa-'úhish   u-'íf-eesh   Intensive   a.little   near.past   so   3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-PAST   NOMZ-pipe.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-grow-FUT

   They Knew That Seeds Will Grow Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

7. kúna   vúra   mít   pu-hári   úhish   ipshâanmu-tih-ap-hat   pa-'úhish   u-'íf-eesh   in.addition   Intensive   near.past   NEG-sometime   seed   take.back.(things)-DUR-NEG-PAST   NOMZ-pipe.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-grow-FUT

   But They Never Packed Seeds Home Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

8. vaa   vúra   kich   pu-mít   kupí-tih-ap-hat   pu-mít   ikxáyxay-tih-ap-hat   so   Intensive   only   NEG-near.past   do-DUR-NEG-PAST   NEG-near.past   chop.up-DUR-NEG-PAST

   The only thing they did not do was to work on the ground. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

9. ipít   mít   u-snúr-at   yesterday   near.past   3s(>3)-thunder-PAST

   It thundered yesterday. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play

10. pa-nani-kústaan   vúra   mít   uum   yâamach   the-1sPOSS-sister   Intensive   near.past   3.SG   pretty

    My sister was pretty (long ago). Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. vúra   mít   yâamach-as   Intensive   near.past   pretty-PL

    They were once pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

12. pa-nani-kústaan-sa   vúra   mít   uum   yâamach-as   the-1sPOSS-sister-PL   Intensive   near.past   3.SG   pretty-PL

    My sisters were once pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

13. manâa   vaa   pa-'ávansa   vúra   vaa   puxích   mít   vúra   itíhaan   vúra   ikpíhan   maybe   that   the-man   Intensive   that   very.much   near.past   Intensive   always   Intensive   strong

    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

14. ithâan   mít   káru   naa   kári   nîinamich   naní-taat   u-piip   sáruk   ni-vâaram-eesh   ka'tim'íin   once   near.past   also   1sg.   then   little   1sPOSS-mother   3s(>3)-say   downhill   1s(>3)-go-FUT   Ishi.Pishi.Falls

    Once, I was also still little, my mother said, "I'm going downhill, to Katimin. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

15. 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

16. manâa   naa   mít   káru   nîinamich   itíhaan   áhup   nu-kyâa-ti   pa-nani-típa   xákaan   áhup   nú-kpaak-ti   maybe   1sg.   near.past   also   little   always   wood   1pl(>3)-go.gather-DUR   the-1sPOSS-brother   both   wood   1pl(>3)-chop-DUR

    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

17. xás   hâari   tá   kun-ip-íthvuuymath   míta   pa-kêemish   mú-thvuy   then   sometime   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-name.(someone)   near.past   the-deceased.person   3sPOSS-name

    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

18. mít   kun-íp-aat   káruk   úuth   t-u-'íimkar   near.past   3pl(>3s)-say-PAST   upriver   out.to.water   PERF-3s(>3)-drown

    They said he drowned in the river upriver." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

19. káruk   tá   kun-pávyiihma   t-u-supah-áyaachha   pá-mita   káan   kun-'arámsiiprin-tih   upriver   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.)   PERF-3s(>3)-day-well   NOMZ-near.past   there   3pl(>3s)-start.out-DUR

    They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

20. mít   kun-íp-aat   kahyúras   t-u-vâaram   near.past   3pl(>3s)-say-PAST   Klamath.Lakes   PERF-3s(>3)-go

    They said he had left for Klamath Lakes. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

21. mít   kun-íp-aat   t-óo   síinvar   kahyúras   near.past   3pl(>3s)-say-PAST   PERF-3s(>3)   drown   Klamath.Lakes

    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

22. xás   kúkuum   vaa   vúra   káan   u-'ípahoo   míta   kûukam   u-'arávuuk-at   then   again   that   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-go.back   near.past   in.that.direction   3s(>3)-start.from-PAST

    And she traveled again the way she had come there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

23. yakún   puxáy   vúra   mít   ishkáxishrihmath-at   you.see   not.yet   Intensive   near.past   stop.from.doing-PAST

    You see, they couldn't stop it. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

24. ii   nini-keechíkyav   mít   tá   nu-páxviiph-at   oh!   1sPOSS-sweetheart   near.past   PERF   1pl(>3)-quarrel-PAST

    "Oh, my sweetheart! we quarreled. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

25. káru   mit   kun-vîihi-tih-at   pá-mit   u-musan-kôo-tih-at   also   near.past   3pl(>3s)-hate-DUR-PAST   NOMZ-near.past   3s(>3)-go.see-to-DUR-PAST

    And they had disliked him, when he had gone to see her. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

26. vaa   ík   káan   i-'uum-êesh   pá-mita   nu-'ínoohvoo-tih-irak   pa-'aasív-ak   so   must   there   2s(>3)-arrive-FUT   NOMZ-near.past   1pl(>3)-stay.all.the.time.(pl.)-DUR-where   the-cave-Locative

    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

27. xás   pá-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

28. 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

29. vaa   mít   kári   uum   nu-'ahíshriih-vu-tih-at   so   near.past   then   3.SG   1pl(>3)-set.fire-PL.ACT-DUR-PAST

    We used to set fires (to encourage the growth of the brush). Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

30. Mister Gifford   pishíich   mít   ka'tim'îin   u-'úum-at   Mister Gifford   first   near.past   Ishi.Pishi.Falls   3s(>3)-arrive-PAST

    Mr. Gifford went first to Katimin. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

31. xás   mít   vaa   káan   asiktávaan   u-hróo-t   then   near.past   so   there   woman   3s(>3)-use-PAST

    He hired a woman there. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

32. hári   tá   mít   u-kpákishrih-at   pa-'ípaha   sometime   PERF   near.past   3s(>3)-cut.down-PAST   the-tree

    He cut down a tree sometime (recently). Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text