Ararahih'urípih

Karuk Dictionary

by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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nu- marker used for 'we' (subject) without an object, for 'we' (subject) acting on 'him/her/it/'them' (object); Marker used for 'I' or 'we' (subject) acting on 'you' singular (object)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4370 | revised Aug 20 2015

nu- • PREF • 1 marker used for 'we' (subject) without an object, for 'we' (subject) acting on 'him/her/it/'them' (object) • 2 Marker used for 'I' or 'we' (subject) acting on 'you' singular (object) (lexicon ID #7358)

Source: WB G 520

Note: In the imperative (with a wish or command), this prefix is sometimes accented.

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (309)

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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

kúkuum	húm	nu-têek-eesh
again	or	1pl(>3)-dip.(water)-FUT

Do you want some more water?

Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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chími	nú-kviit-h-i
soon	1pl(>3)-sleep-IMPER

Let's go to sleep!

Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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xas	yítha	u-píip	"fâat	kumá'ii	pa-nu-'íchunv-eesh
then	one	3s(>3)-say	"what	because.of	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-hide.oneself-FUT

And one of the girls asked, "What for do we have to hide?"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

xas	yítha	u-píip	"xâatik	nu-'íchunva
then	one	3s(>3)-say	"it's.better	1pl(>3)-hide.oneself

But the other said, "Yes, we had better hide!"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

xáyfaat	ik	kúkuum	nu-'íchunva
don't!	must	again	1pl(>3)-hide.oneself

We won't hide again!"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

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

xas	yítha	u-píip	"pûuhara	yaayâach	pa-pihníich	nú-peen	tá	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

xas	kun-'ipêer	"tá	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

xas	pa-pihnîich	u-píip	"chími	nu-'íhukvunaa
then	the-old.man	3s(>3)-say	"soon	1pl(>3)-have.flower.dance

Then the old man said, "Let's have a puberty dance!

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

xas	u-píip	"vúra	nu-'íhukvunaa-vish
then	3s(>3)-say	"Intensive	1pl(>3)-have.flower.dance-FUT

Then he said, "Indeed! We will have to dance!"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

xas	kun-píip	"nuu	nu-sêey-ti	pá-vaa	kooka-pákurih
then	3pl(>3s)-say	"we	1pl(>3)-not.know-DUR	NOMZ-so	kind-song

Then they said, "We don't know that kind of song!"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

xas	u-pákurih	"yíiv	vúra	nu-thyuruv-eesh
then	3s(>3)-sing	"far	Intensive	1pl(>3)-drag.to-FUT

And he sang, "We will drag her a long ways."

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

yíiv

vúra

nu-thyuruv-eesh

chími

âapun

tá

ni-myáhumar

chími

âapun

tá

ni-chnahirúvuukva

chími

âapun

tá

ni-thurirúvuukva

chími

âapun

far

Intensive

1pl(>3)-drag.to-FUT

soon

on.the.ground

PERF

1s(>3)-be.exhausted

soon

on.the.ground

PERF

1s(>3)-shit.all.over.self

soon

on.the.ground

PERF

1s(>3)-urinate.all.over.self

soon

on.the.ground

"We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"

Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

kun-píip	miník	xúus	tá	nu-'uum
3pl(>3s)-say	of.course	thought	PERF	1pl(>3)-arrive

They said "We treated him quite hard."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

arará-hi	ípum	pa-nu-chúuphi-ti-heesh
human-language		NOMZ-1pl(>3)-speak-DUR-FUT

We're supposed to be talking Indian.

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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xás	kúkuum	tá	nu-píkav
then	again	PERF	1pl(>3)-get.(person)

And then we'll go get him again].

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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chiimíchvahich	pa-fâat	pa-nu-'áapunma
little.by.little	NOMZ-what	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-know

We only know a little bit of all that.

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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chími	nu-hyániichv-i
soon	1pl(>3)-chat-IMPER

Let's have a conversation.

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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nu-tákin-tih

1pl(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)-DUR

We're soaking acorn dough.

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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káru	pa-'arará-hi	nu-'úuhyana-ti	vaa	i-piip	pot
also	the-human-language	1pl(>3)-speak-DUR	so	2s(>3)-say	pot

We're [supposed to be] talking Indian language, and then you say "pot."

Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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taay	vúra	hôotah	pa-nú-kviit-ih-at	ipít	ikxáram
much	Intensive	late	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-sleep-DUR-PAST	yesterday	night

It was really late when we went to bed last night.

Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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tá	nu-party	party	nu-'úum-at	nu-'úum-at
PERF	1pl(>3)-party	party	1pl(>3)-arrive-PAST	1pl(>3)-arrive-PAST

We had partied. We went to a party. We went.

Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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kári	xás	vúra	taay	pa-nu-'íish-tih	káru	áam-tih
then	then	Intensive	much	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-drink-DUR	also	eat-DUR

We ate and drank a lot.

Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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kári	xas	kun-piip	chími	nu-'írunaa	pay	uum	vúra	pihnîichich
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-go.(pl.)	this	3.SG	Intensive	old.man

Then they said: "Let's travel; it is some old man."

Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

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

kun-píip	fâat	kumá'ii	p-eekmaháchraam	tá	nu-p-sáamkir
3pl(>3s)-say	what	because.of	the-sweathouse	PERF	1pl(>3)-ITER-be.left

They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?"

Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

xás	yítha	îin	kun-ipêer	tá	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

xás	koovúra	kun-pakúriihva-naa	kun-ipêer	ôok	ichvánihich	tá	nú-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

xás	yíth	u-píip	áthiik	t-u-vîish	chími	nu-ptaamáax-i
then	other	3s(>3)-say	cold	PERF-3s(>3)-come.down	soon	1pl(>3)-stoke.(fire)-IMPER

Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."

Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

xás	achvúun	u-ppiip	naa	îin	pu-kin-îik^yár-eesh-ara	vaa	vúra	páy	k^yôomahich	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

kúna	úum	pa-hôotah	yâak	nu-'ípak-ahaak	hínupa	ta-pu-'ára	íin-ara
in.addition	3.SG	NOMZ-late	good.place	1pl(>3)-come.back-when	surprise	PERF-NEG-person	exist-NEG

If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist.

Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

chí	nu-'uufíthvar
soon	1pl(>3)-go.swimming

Let's go swimming.

Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about fear and going places (LA-01) | read full text
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chí	nu-'uufíthvan
soon	1pl(>3)-go.swimming

Lets go swimming.

Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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koovúra	nu-'uufíthvar
all	1pl(>3)-go.swimming

Everybody goes swimming.

Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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pay'ôok	xákaan	nu-chúuphi-tih
right.here	both	1pl(>3)-speak-DUR

We are talking right here.

Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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koovúra	pa-'áraar-as	pay'ôok	nu-chúuph-eesh	káru
all	the-human-PL	right.here	1pl(>3)-speak-FUT	also

All the Indian people here, we are also going to talk.

Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about speaking Karuk (SD-02) | read full text
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tá	nu-thítiv
PERF	1pl(>3)-hear

We all heard it.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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iim	tá	nu-mah
2sg.	PERF	1pl(>3)-see

I see you (sg).

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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iim	tá	nu-mah
2sg.	PERF	1pl(>3)-see

I see you (sg).

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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tá	nu-mah
PERF	1pl(>3)-see

We all see it.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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arara-chúupha	nuu	payêem	nu-chúuphi-tih
human-speech	we	now	1pl(>3)-speak-DUR

We are talking our Indian language now.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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súva nik	nu-máh-eesh
so.long!	1pl(>3)-see-FUT

I will see you later.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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ku-mâam	nú-vyiiship
3sPOSS-uphill	1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)

Let's go uphill.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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ipít	ku-mâam	nú-vyiishipriv
yesterday	3sPOSS-uphill	1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)

Yesterday we went up the hill.

Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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iim	tá	nu-pítap
2sg.	PERF	1pl(>3)-know

I know you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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iim	pu-nu-pítap-tih-ara
2sg.	NEG-1pl(>3)-know-DUR-NEG

I don't know you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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tá	nu-mah
PERF	1pl(>3)-see

I see you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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tá	nu-mah	îin
PERF	1pl(>3)-see	TOPIC

I see you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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tá	nu-thítiv
PERF	1pl(>3)-hear

I hear you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	pu-nu-thítiim-tih-ara
2sg.	NEG-1pl(>3)-hear-DUR-NEG

I do not hear you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	tá	nu-msákar
2sg.	PERF	1pl(>3)-smell.(something)

I smell you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	tá	nu-'áfish
2sg.	PERF	1pl(>3)-touch

I touch you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	pu-nu-'áfishrih-ara
2sg.	NEG-1pl(>3)-touch-NEG

I do not touch you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	nu-pár-eesh
2sg.	1pl(>3)-touch-FUT

I am going to bite you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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nu-pár-eesh

1pl(>3)-bite-FUT

I will bite you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	payêem	tá	nu-pár
2sg.	now	PERF	1pl(>3)-bite

I am biting you now.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	naa	pu-nu-pár-eesh-ara
2sg.	1sg.	NEG-1pl(>3)-bite-FUT-NEG

I won't bite you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	pu-nu-pár-eesh-ara	payêem
2sg.	NEG-1pl(>3)-bite-FUT-NEG	now

I am not biting you right now.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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iim	tá	nu-mah
2sg.	PERF	1pl(>3)-see

I see you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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achviiv	tá	nu-mah
bird	PERF	1pl(>3)-see

We see a bird.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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koovúra	áama	nu-'áv-eesh
all	salmon	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

We are all going to eat salmon.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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chími	áama	nu-'áva
soon	salmon	1pl(>3)-eat

Let's eat salmon.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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áama	ni-mnísh-eesh
salmon	1pl(>3)-cook-FUT

I am going to cook salmon.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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ipít	áama	ní-mnish
yesterday	salmon	1pl(>3)-cook

Yesterday I cooked salmon.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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hárivari	pa-'áama	nu-'áv-eesh
when	the-salmon	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

When will we eat salmon?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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chími	pa-pufích'iish	nu-mnísh-eesh
soon	the-deermeat	1pl(>3)-cook-FUT

Let's cook deer meat.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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hãã	koovúra	nu-mnísh-eesh	pa-pufích'iish
yes	all	1pl(>3)-cook-FUT	the-deermeat

Yes, we are all going to cook deer meat.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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ipít	nú-mniish-ti	pa-pufich'íish
yesterday	1pl(>3)-cook-DUR	the-deermeat

Yesterday we cooked deer meat.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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ipít	uxraah	nu-'áv-at
yesterday	berry	1pl(>3)-eat-PAST

Yesterday we ate berries.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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payêem	uxraah	nu-'áam-tih
now	berry	1pl(>3)-eat-DUR

We are eating berries now.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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ipít	pá-xuun	nu-'áv-at
yesterday	the-acorn.soup	1pl(>3)-eat-PAST

Yesterday we ate acorn soup.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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vúra	nu-'ápim-tih
Intensive	1pl(>3)-look.for-DUR

We were looking for them.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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vúra	uum	puxich	nu-'ítap-eesh	pa-'arará-hih
Intensive	3.SG	very.much	1pl(>3)-know-FUT	the-human-language

We are trying to learn the Karuk language.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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Pa-mu-fíthih	kich	tá	nu-mah
the-3sPOSS-	only	PERF	1pl(>3)-see

We can only see his feet.

Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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íf	xára	xás	tá	nu-pmah
truly	long.time	then	PERF	1pl(>3)-see.again

I haven't seen you in a long time.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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súva	nik	nu-pmáh-eesh
listen!	a.little	1pl(>3)-see.again-FUT

I'll see you again.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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kúmateechvanihich	ník	nu-pmáh-eesh
little.later.in.the.day	a.little	1pl(>3)-see.again-FUT

I'll see you later today.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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imáan	nu-pmáh-eesh
tomorrow	1pl(>3)-see.again-FUT

I'll see you tomorrow.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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fâat	koovúra	pa-nu-'áv-eesh
what	all	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

What (is it that) are we all going to eat?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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fâat	koovúra	nu-'áv-eesh
what	all	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

What are we all going to eat?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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fâat	nu-'áv-eesh
what	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

What are we all going to eat?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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koovúra	nú-vyiihshipree-vish
all	1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)-FUT

We're all going to leave together.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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nu-kôokan-eesh

1pl(>3)-go.together-FUT

We are all going to go with you.

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fâat	uum	koovúra	nu-'áv-eesh
what	3.SG	all	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

What are we all going to eat?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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fâat	nu-'am-vunâa-vish
what	1pl(>3)-eat-PL-FUT

What are we all going to be eating?

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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chími	nu-'am
soon	1pl(>3)-eat

Let's eat!

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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chími	nú-puunv-i
soon	1pl(>3)-rest-IMPER

Let's (you and I) rest!

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chí	nú-puunv-i
soon	1pl(>3)-rest-IMPER

Let's (you and I) rest!

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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uhyanaváraar	mûuk	nu-chúuph-eesh
telephone	with.(by.means.of)	1pl(>3)-speak-FUT

I am going to call you on the telephone.

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xáyfaat	uhyanaváraar	mûuk	nú-chuupha
don't!	telephone	with.(by.means.of)	1pl(>3)-speak

Don't call me!

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íkiich	uhyanaváraar	mûuk	nu-chúuph-eesh
maybe	telephone	with.(by.means.of)	1pl(>3)-speak-FUT

I am going to use the phone to call you.

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xás	vaa	tá	nu-'ákunvar
then	that	PERF	1pl(>3)-go.hunting

And we would go hunting.

Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás	vaa	tá	nu-'ákunvar	pa-púufich	ímpaah
then	that	PERF	1pl(>3)-go.hunting	the-deer	trail

And we were hunting the deer [from the] road.

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asá-kaam-sa	kaan	xás	vaa	á'	tá	nu-kfukúraa
rock-large-PL	there	then	that	above	PERF	1pl(>3)-climb.uphill.(plural)

We used to climb those big rocks out there.

Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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yeah	nú-sxay	nú-sxay-vunaa
yeah	1pl(>3)-fish.with.line	1pl(>3)-fish.with.line-PL

Yeah, we fished, we all fished.

Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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xás	káru	nuu	aah	nu-kyáa-ti	îikam
then	also	we	fire	1pl(>3)-make-DUR	outdoors

And we made a fire outside.

Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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vaa	apxantínihich-as	pa-nu-chuphuníshkoo-naa-tih
that	white.man-PL	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-talk.to-PL-DUR

We are talking to those white people.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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payôok	koovúra	nú-krii
right.here	all	1pl(>3)-live

We are all sitting here.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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koovúra	nu-'áasishrih-inaa
all	1pl(>3)-lie.down-PL

We are all lying down.

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koovúra	nu-hyárih
all	1pl(>3)-stand

We are all standing.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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tá	nu-mah
PERF	1pl(>3)-see

I see you.

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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chími	nu-chúuph-i
soon	1pl(>3)-speak-IMPER

Let's talk!

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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iim	nu-chuphuníshkoo-vish
2sg.	1pl(>3)-talk.to-FUT

We're going to talk to you (one person).

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chími	nu-vyíishipree-vish
soon	1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)-FUT

We are going to go.

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chími	pa-cake	nu-kyâar-i
soon	the-cake	1pl(>3)-make.up-IMPER

Let's make a cake!

Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text
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chími	pa-cake	nú-kyav
soon	the-cake	1pl(>3)-make

Lets make a cake!

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ta'ítam	tá	nu-p-imnîish	nani-típah	xákaan
so	PERF	1pl(>3)-ITER-cook	1sPOSS-brother	with.(one.person)

So we cooked, my brother and I.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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mâaka	kúuk	tá	nú-ktaama	vaa	káan	pa-naní-taat	u-tháaniv	u-yíkihi-tih
in.other.room	to	PERF	1pl(>3)-carry.to.(in.hand)	so	there	the-1sPOSS-mother	3s(>3)-sit	3s(>3)-get.sick-DUR

We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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xasík	nu-pêen-ti	chími	payêem	nu-xú-ti	kíri	gravy	nú-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
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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.

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xás	vúra	uum	yâamach	pa-gravy	nú-kyav	vúra	just	nice
then	Intensive	3.SG	pretty	the-gravy	1pl(>3)-make	Intensive	just	nice

And we made nice gravy, really just nice!

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pa-nani-chishíh-'anamahach	itháan	káruk	nu-'ípasroov-at	káan	ú-krii	chishih-'aneekyáavaan
the-1sPOSS-dog-little	once	upriver	1pl(>3)-take.(someone).upriver-PAST	there	3s(>3)-life	dog-doctor

Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.

Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

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

nu-vuxich-shúr-oo	nu-vuxich-shiipriv	vuxich[ar]	bucksaw	muuk	nu-vuxich-vúxich
1pl(>3)-saw-off-PL.ACT	1pl(>3)-saw-up	saw		with.(by.means.of)	1pl(>3)-saw-saw

We sawed it down– [correction] sawed it up, we sawed it up with a saw– with a bucksaw.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

Kúkuum

again

Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

ta-'ítam	sáruk	ta-nu-thyúru-fak
PERF-earlier.today	downhill	PERF-1pl(>3)-drag-from.uphill

Then we dragged them downhill.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

sâam	xás	ta-nu-p-vupákpak
little.downhill	then	PERF-1pl(>3)-ITER-cut.up

Downhill, then we split them.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

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

víri	vaa	kumá'ii	pa-'itíhaan	nuu	xás	nu-kyáviichvu-ti	aa	íshaha	káru	nú-ktaam-ti
so	that	because.of	NOMZ-always	we	then	1pl(>3)-work-DUR		water	also	1pl(>3)-hold.in.hand-DUR

That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

ishkêesh-ak	ta-nu-tárivrip	máruk	ta-nu-kvírip-raa
river-Locative	PERF-1pl(>3)-bail.water	uphill	PERF-1pl(>3)-run-here

We dipped it up at the river (for laundry), we ran uphill.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

mama	had	three	tubs	ta-nu	axyár	ta-nú-kyav	p-oo-pithxáh-eesh
				PERF-1pl(>3)	full	PERF-1pl(>3)-make	NOMZ-3s(>3)-wash-FUT

Mama had three tubs, we- we filled them, when she was going to do the wash.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

vúra	itíhaan	pa-nu-kyáviichvu-ti
Intensive	always	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-work-DUR

We were always working.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

áhup	káru	nu-'akaa-fúruk-vu-ti
wood	also	1pl(>3)-carry.(plural).objects-indoors-PL.ACT-DUR

We were also carrying wood into the house in our arms.

Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

púxich	tá	ná-'aachichha	pa-'ôok	tá	ní-krii	panámniik	pa-'ôok	kóovan	nu-'áraarahi-ti
very.much	PERF	1s-be.happy	NOMZ-here	PERF	1s(>3)-live	Orleans	NOMZ-here	together.with.(plural)	1pl(>3)-live.(pl.)-DUR

I'm very happy that I'm here in Orleans, that I'm here with all of you.

Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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xás	u-piip	oo	êev	chími	nú-taatripaa	pa-sah'áhup
then	3s(>3)-say	oh!	greeting.to.women	soon	1pl(>3)-hook.toward.land	the-driftwood

And (the other) said, "Oh, dear, let's hook the driftwood out!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

vaa	mûuk	nu-tâatripaa-vish
that	with.(by.means.of)	1pl(>3)-hook.toward.land-FUT

We'll hook it out with that."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

súva	ník	vúra	tá	nú-vyiihma	nú-p-eesh
listen!	a.little	Intensive	PERF	1pl(>3)-go.to.(pl.)	1pl(>3)-say-FUT

You will hear us arrive, we will say so.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-píip	tá	nu-vyíhuk
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	PERF	1pl(>3)-come.(pl.)

And they said, "We've come home."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

kun-xus	uknamxánahich	chími	nu-'íhukan-v-eesh
3pl(>3s)-think	placename	soon	1pl(>3)-go.flower-dancing-PL.ACT-FUT

They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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vaa	ík	vúra	pa-nu-víit-i-haak
that	must	Intensive	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-paddle-DUR-when

That's the way it must be when we paddle.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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vúra	ník	pa-nú-vyiihma-haak	xasík	vúra	i-yuuph-éesh
Intensive	a.little	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-go.to.(pl.)-when	then.(future)	Intensive	2s(>3)-open.eyes-FUT

When we get there, then you can open your eyes."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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xás	kun-ipêer	tá	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
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víri	vaa	kun-kupí-tih	pa-'asiktávaan-sa	kun-xú-ti	kíri	nu-tururípa-n	pa-'áhup
so	so	3pl(>3s)-do-DUR	the-woman-PL	3pl(>3s)-think-DUR	I.wish	1pl(>3)-hook.out-PL.ACT	the-wood

They were doing that, the women were trying to hook out the sticks.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

chími	nú-taatripaa
soon	1pl(>3)-hook.toward.land

Let's hook it out!"

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

xáyfaat	nú-hmaachichva
don't!	1pl(>3)-bother

"Let's not fool with it."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-píip	chími	nu-pákmuuvan-v-i	uknamxánahich
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-go.spend.night-PL.ACT-IMPER	placename

And they said, "Let's spend the night away from home, at uknamxánahich."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

súva	ník	asámyiith	u-xák-eesh	i-xus-êesh	tá	nu-pávyiihma
listen!	a.little	gravel	3s(>3)-make.noise-FUT	2s(>3)-think-FUT	PERF	1pl(>3)-go.back.to.(pl.)

You will hear gravel sound, you will know we have arrived.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

vaa	vúra	ôok	nu-p-thivrúhuk-eesh
so	Intensive	here	1pl(>3)-ITER-float.to.here-FUT

We'll float back to here."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

chími	nu-'êethripaa
soon	1pl(>3)-take.out

Let's take it out!"

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

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

úuth	nu-pí-paathkan
out.to.water	1pl(>3)-ITER-throw.into.river

Throw him in the river!"

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

káru	hôoy	pa-ta-nú-p-viitma	kíri	ni-mah
also	where	NOMZ-PERF-1pl(>3)-ITER-paddle.to	I.wish	1s(>3)-see

"And where have we paddled to? I want to see!"

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

chími	man	xâatik	fúum	ôok	nu-p-ikvêesh
soon	why...	it's.better	don't	here	1pl(>3)-ITER-spend.night

Well, let's not camp here."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

kári	xás	ík	vúra	i-túraayv-eesh	pa-nú-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

xás	kun-piip	chími	nu-pávyiihship
then	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-go.away.again.(pl.)

Then they said, "Let's leave again."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

kári	xás	ík	vúra	i-túraayv-eesh	pa-nú-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

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

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

kíri	nu-píraanva
I.wish	1pl(>3)-trade

Let's trade!

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

ní-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

chími	nú-puunv-i
soon	1pl(>3)-rest-IMPER

Let's rest!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

chími	nu-píraanv-i
soon	1pl(>3)-trade-IMPER

Let's trade!

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

tá	nu-píraanva
PERF	1pl(>3)-trade

We have traded.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

xás	pihnêefich	u-píip	chími	aan	nu-paríshriihvu-naa
then	coyote	3s(>3)-say	soon	string	1pl(>3)-twine-PL

Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!"

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

kári	xás	u-píip	chími	nu-píraanv-i
then	then	3s(>3)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-trade-IMPER

And he said, "Let's trade!

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

xâatik	nu-píraanva
it's.better	1pl(>3)-trade

Let's trade."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-píip	nuu	páy	p-eethívthaaneen	itaharâan	nu-píhiroopithvu-tih
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	we	this	the-land	ten.times	1pl(>3)-dance.around-DUR

And they said, "We dance around this earth ten times."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

xás	kun-piip	xâatik	vúra	pá-'aah	nu-páxraam
then	3pl(>3s)-say	it's.better	Intensive	the-fire	1pl(>3)-bet.again

Then they said, "Let's bet the fire."

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

kári	xás	pa-'ifápiit-sha	kun-piip	chôora	êev	íshaha	nu-ktávan
then	then	the-young.unmarried.woman-PL	3pl(>3s)-say	let's.go	greeting.to.women	water	1pl(>3)-go.get.(in.hand)

And the young women said (to each other), "Let's go, dear, let's go get water."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-xú-tih	chími	nú-thtiit-vunaa
then	then	3pl(>3s)-think-DUR	soon	1pl(>3)-gamble-PL

And they thought, "Let's gamble."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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chôora	nu-p-xákaan-p-i	payêem
let's.go	1pl(>3)-ITER-both-DENOM-IMPER	now

Let's go back together now."

Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-piip	púra kára	vúra	áama	aam-tíh-eesh-ara	yúkun	tá	nu-píshunva	pa-'áama
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	nobody	Intensive	salmon	eat-DUR-FUT-NEG	you.see	PERF	1pl(>3)-put.away	the-salmon

And they said, "Nobody will eat salmon, we have hidden the salmon."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

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

yakún	nuu	tá	nu-'ífikar	xuntápan
you.see	we	PERF	1pl(>3)-go.gather	acorn

We're going to pick acorns."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

xâatik	nu-pkêevish
it's.better	1pl(>3)-be.transformed

Let's be transformed.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

âanxus	kun-ipêer	chími	nú-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

pa'-ávansa	káan	t-u-'uum-áhaak	tó-o	piip	íkamish	chími	nu-thtîi-ti
the-man	there	PERF-3s(>3)-arrive-when	PERF-3s(>3)	say	son-in-law.(dimin.)	soon	1pl(>3)-gamble-DUR

When a man arrived there, she said "Son-in-law, let's gamble!"

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

púya-va	kúkuum	yítha	t-u'-uum	kúkuum	vúra	vaa	tó-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

kári	xás	u-piip	íkamish	chími	nu-thtîi-ti
then	then	3s(>3)-say	son-in-law.(dimin.)	soon	1pl(>3)-gamble-DUR

And she said, "Son-in-law, let's gamble."

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

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

xás	âanaxus	u-piip	chími	ôok	naa	chími	nu-kunaaskúnas-hi-tih
then	weasel	3s(>3)-say	soon	here	come	soon	1pl(>3)-play.on.teeter-totter-DUR

Then Weasel said, "Come here, let's play on the teeter-totter."

Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

ník	vaa	káan	nu-'úum-eesh
a.little	so	there	1pl(>3)-arrive-FUT

We will go there (to help you)."

Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

xás	áxak	ifápiit-sha	kun-piip	chími	nu-músan-v-i	pa-yáan'iiftihan-sa
then	two	young.unmarried.woman-PL	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-go.see-PL.ACT-IMPER	the-young.person-PL

And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men."

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

víri	íp	nu-xús-aat	vaa	ku-kupá-'aapunm-ah-eesh	vaa	íp	kúth	pa-nu-paathrámnih-at	pa-'ásip-ak
so	PAST	1pl(>3)-think-PAST	so	2pl(>3)-MODAL-know-Modal-FUT	so	PAST	because.of	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-throw.into-PAST	the-bowl-DUR

We thought you would know it in that way, that's why we threw them in the baskets."

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

yôotva	nu-'áv-eesh	yôotva	nu-'áv-eesh
hurray!	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT	hurray!	1pl(>3)-eat-FUT

"Hurray, we're going to eat, hurray, we're going to eat!"

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

chími	nu-p-ikyáasiiprin	xasík	nu-pávyiihshipree-vish
soon	1pl(>3)-ITER-begin	then.(future)	1pl(>3)-go.away.again.(pl.)-FUT

Let's get started, we're going to leave."

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

kúna	nuu	yaas'arará-'uuthkam	kích	nu-'iru-kúunpiithvu-tih-eesh
in.addition	we	humankind-seaward	only	1pl(>3)-PL-sit.around-DUR-FUT

But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

kúna	naa	naa	káru	pa-nini-túnviiv	páy nanusúruk	kúuk	tá	nu-pávyiihma
in.addition	1sg.	1sg.	also	the-1sPOSS-children	underground	to	PERF	1pl(>3)-go.back.to.(pl.)

But I, I and my children, we are going underground.

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

xás	u-píip	pirishkâarim	á'	nu-tákararih-eesh	súrukam	aah	ni-kyâ-avish	pa-pu-pasupíichva-haak
then	3s(>3)-say	grizzly	above	1pl(>3)-hang-FUT	under	fire	1s(>3)-make-FUT	NOMZ-NEG-reveal-when

Then Grizzly Bear said, "I'll hang you up, I'll make a fire under you if you don't tell."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

pa-kun-xú-tih	kíri	nu-'áapunma	hûut	kumá’ii	pa-kun-yíkihi-ti	púyava	kári	xás	kun-píkav	xánkiit
NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-think-DUR	I.wish	1pl(>3)-know	how	because.of	NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-get.sick-DUR	you.see	then	then	3pl(>3s)-get.(person)	bullhead

When they thought, "Let's find out why they are sick," then they summoned Bullhead.

Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

nuu	tá	nú-pthith	pa-nunú-pxaan
we	PERF	1pl(>3)-finish.weaving	the-1plPOSS-cap

We've finished weaving our caps."

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

xás	kun-ipêer	manâa	vúra	tá	nú-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

kári	xás	kun-píip	chími	chêemyaach	nu-tákuk-vunaa
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	quickly	1pl(>3)-clean.out.basket-PL

And they said, "Let’s clean out our baskets quickly."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

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

xás	u-píip	chími	nu-thvîip-i
then	3s(>3)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-(two).run-IMPER

And he said, "Let's run!"

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

xás	u-hyûunish	pa-mú-'arama	chéemyaach	árihrupuk-i	t-óo	mtup	pa-mú-'iish	chimi	nu-'am
then	3s(>3)-shout.to	the-3sPOSS-child	quickly	rush.outdoors-IMPER	PERF-3s(>3)	be.ripe	the-3sPOSS-flesh	soon	1pl(>3)-eat

And she shouted to her child, "Jump out quickly, her meat is cooked, let's eat!"

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

chéemyaach	chími	nu-'am
quickly	soon	1pl(>3)-eat

"Quick, let's eat!"

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

kári	xás	pa-'ípat	u-piip	chími	man	nu-piyâaram-i
then	then	the-doe	3s(>3)-say	soon	why...	1pl(>3)-go.back.(two.people)-IMPER

And Doe said, "Come on, let's leave."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

nuu	tá	nu-xúrihi-naa	káru	tá	nú-kviitha
we	PERF	1pl(>3)-be.hungry-PL	also	PERF	1pl(>3)-sleep

We're hungry and we're sleeping.

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

xás	kun-piip	chimi	nu-píkaan	chimi	ôok	kum-eethívthaaneen	nu-pípas-ramnih-i
then	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-go.get	soon	here	3sPOSS-land	1pl(>3)-take.(person).home-into-IMPER

And they said, "Let's go get her, let's bring her back into this world!"

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-piip	hûut	nu-kupa-'írunaa-vish
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	how	1pl(>3)-MODAL-go.(pl.)-FUT

And they said, "How shall we go?"

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-piip	chimi	nu-paríshriihv-i	chimi	aan	nu-kyav
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-twine-IMPER	soon	string	1pl(>3)-make

And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string!

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

kári	xasík	nu-kuníh-uraa-vish
then	then.(future)	1pl(>3)-shoot-up-FUT

Then we can shoot it up."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

xâatik	vúra	nu-kyaavárihva
it's.better	Intensive	1pl(>3)-try

Let's try."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

xás	kun-piip	puraanmásva	nú-muustih
then	3pl(>3s)-say	by.turns	1pl(>3)-look.at

And they said, "Let's watch her by turns."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

kári	xás	u-xús	pá-chishii	hôoy	íf	vaa	páy	pá-nu-kuph-eesh
then	then	3s(>3)-think	the-dog	where	truly	that	this	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-do-FUT

And Dog thought, "We can't do it like this."

Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

xás	u-píip	chéemyaach	nu-p-íkpuuhkar-i
then	3s(>3)-say	quickly	1pl(>3)-ITER-swim.across-river-IMPER

And he said, "Let's swim across from them quickly!

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

koovúra	pa-keemisha-tunvêech-as	kun-piip	xâatik	yíchaach	nu-'êerahi-ti
all	the-something.dangerous-small.(pl.)-PL	3pl(>3s)-say	it's.better	together	1pl(>3)-store.food-DUR

All the little wild animals said, "Let's store our food together."

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

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

xás	kári	pa-'asiktávaan	kun-xus	tîi	vaa	káan	nu-sôomv-an
then	then	the-woman	3pl(>3s)-think	let...	so	there	1pl(>3)-offer.herself.in.marriage-go.to

And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

xás	chími	áxvaay	nú-piikivmath-i
then	soon	crane	1pl(>3)-put.necklaces.on-IMPER

And (they said), "Let's put necklaces on Crane."

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text

púyava	xás	u-piip	ee	chími	nú-puunv-i
you.see	then	3s(>3)-say	oh!	soon	1pl(>3)-rest-IMPER

And he said, "Well, let's rest!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

xás	kun-xús	nuu	káru	vaa	tîi	nú-kuuph-i
then	3pl(>3s)-think	we	also	so	let...	1pl(>3)-do-IMPER

And they thought, "Let us do that too!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

kári	xás	pirishkâarim	u-piip	naa	îin	nu-'íship-tih-eesh
then	then	grizzly	3s(>3)-say	1sg.	TOPIC	1pl(>3)-extinguish.fire-DUR-FUT

Then Grizzly Bear said, "I can put you out."

Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

púyava	kúkuum	vúra	imáan	chími	nu-'ûupvan-v-i	kúkuum
you.see	again	Intensive	tomorrow	soon	1pl(>3)-go.to.dig.roots-PL.ACT-IMPER	again

So again the next day (they said), "Let's go dig roots again!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-piip	hûut	pá-nu-kuph-eesh
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	how	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-do-FUT

And they said, "How shall we do?"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-piip	víri	vaa	yáas	tá	nu-píkyaar
then	then	3pl(>3s)-say	so	so	only	PERF	1pl(>3)-finish

And they said, "We have just finished.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

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

ii	víri	chími	nú-p-iin-i
oh!	so	soon	1pl(>3)-ITER-(two).be-IMPER

Oh, let's live as two again!

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

ôok	ithivthanéen-'aachip	xasík	nu-p-inívruuhtunv-eesh
here	land-middle	then.(future)	1pl(>3)-ITER-roll.together.(pl.)-FUT

We will roll together here at the middle of the world.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

kóovan	vúra	nu-pkêevishrih-eesh
together.with.(plural)	Intensive	1pl(>3)-be.transformed-FUT

We will be transformed together."

Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

víri	naa	kích	îin	tá	nu-'apúnmiik
so	1sg.	only	TOPIC	PERF	1pl(>3)-learn.from

I alone have learned it from you.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

xás	kun-xus	chími	nu-sôomkir
then	3pl(>3s)-think	soon	1pl(>3)-offer.herself.in.marriage

And they thought, "Let's offer ourselves in marriage!"

Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

kári	xás	kun-xus	xâatik	nu-pêerunpa
then	then	3pl(>3s)-think	it's.better	1pl(>3)-die.(pl.)

Then they thought, "Let's die!"

Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

kári	xás	yítha	niinamichtâapas	xás	u-piip	chími	nu-p-ahavíshkaanv-i	páy nanu'ávahkam
then	then	one	smallest	then	3s(>3)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-ITER-fish-IMPER	sky

Then the littlest one said, "Let's hunt in the sky!"

Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

naa	kích	îin	tá	nu-'apúnmiik
1sg.	only	TOPIC	PERF	1pl(>3)-learn.from

I alone have learned it from you.

Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

ta'ítam	u-xús-anik	p-eekpihan-tâapas	tîi	xákaan	nú-vuunv-i
so	3s(>3)-think-ANC	the-strong-most	let...	with.(one.person)	1pl(>3)-wrestle-IMPER

So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"

Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

ta'ítam	u-ksáh-een	pa-maruk'áraar	u-xus	íf	nîinamich	pa-xákaan	nu-vúunv-eesh
so	3s(>3)-laugh-ANT	the-uphill.person	3s(>3)-think	truly	little	NOMZ-both	1pl(>3)-wrestle-FUT

And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"

Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

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

xás	u-piip	pûu	naa	vúra	pa-naní-paa	nîinamich	hôoy	íf	nu-yâah-eesh
then	3s(>3)-say	no	1sg.	Intensive	the-1sPOSS-boat	little	where	truly	1pl(>3)-be.good-FUT

And he said, "No, my boat is little, we won't fit.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

xáy	nu-táapxuv
let.not	1pl(>3)-capsize

We might capsize.

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

kun-pakúriihvu-tih	xáyfaat	nu-táapxuv
3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-DUR	don't!	1pl(>3)-capsize

They were singing, "Let us not capsize!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

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

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

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

víri	chôora	chími	nu-'íshunv-i
so	let's.go	soon	1pl(>3)-hide-IMPER

Come on, let's hide you!

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

koovura-'îin	pa-tá	kun-'áakup	chí	nu-thtîi-ti
all-TOPIC	NOMZ-PERF	3pl(>3s)-challenge	soon	1pl(>3)-gamble-DUR

Everybody challenged him, "Let’s gamble!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

u-piip	athithxuntápan	nú-mkaanvu-tih
3s(>3)-say	hazelnut	1pl(>3)-gather-DUR

She said, "We're gathering hazelnuts.

Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

xás	u-píip	chími	pa-naní-yuup	nu-píkyav
then	3s(>3)-say	soon	the-1sPOSS-eye	1pl(>3)-repair

And she said, "Let's fix my eyes!"

Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

miník	koovúra	nu-'ákih-eesh	pa-nini-'arará-'uup
of.course	all	1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT	the-1sPOSS-human-possession

I'll give you all my Indian treasure."

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

kári	xás	u-xus	tá	ná-'aathva	kip	nu-súmah-tih
then	then	3s(>3)-think	PERF	1s-be.afraid	just	1pl(>3)-detect.a.sound-DUR

And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

kíri	kun-xús	taayvávan	pa-nu-'áraarahi-tih
I.wish	3pl(>3s)-think	many.people	NOMZ-1pl(>3)-live.(pl.)-DUR

"Let them think we are a lot of people!"

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

mímik	koovúra	pa-nani-'arará-'uup	nu-'ákih-eesh
of.course	all	the-1sPOSS-human-possession	1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT

I'll give you my Indian treasure.

Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

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

kári	xás	tá	kun-píip	chími	nanu-'eeráriiv	nu-p-imúsan
then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1plPOSS-den	1pl(>3)-ITER-go.see

Then people used to say, "Let’s go look at our dens!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

púya-va	xákaan	vúra	pa-tá	kun-xús	kíri	nu-tâat-sip
and.so-so	with.(one.person)	Intensive	NOMZ-PERF	3pl(>3s)-think	I.wish	1pl(>3)-handle.with.implement-up

Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"

Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

xás	tá	kun-píip	chími	nu-vûuksahi-naa
then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-have.work.contest-PL

They would say, "Let's have a contest!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

púya-va	tá	kun-pavyíhuk	kári	xás	chími	nu-vûuksahi-naa
and.so-so	PERF	3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)	then	then	soon	1pl(>3)-have.work.contest-PL

So they came home and then (they said), "Let's have a contest!"

Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

kári	xás	tá	nu-'av	pa-tá	nu-p-íshri-ish
then	then	PERF	1pl(>3)-eat	NOMZ-PERF	1pl(>3)-ITER-target-shooting-down

And we ate when we came back from target-shooting.

Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

kári	iinâak	nu-'iin
then	indoors	1pl(>3)-(two).be

And we two (priestesses) stayed inside.