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1. 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

2. nuu   vúra   pú-vaa   kin-kuphêesh   we   Intensive   NEG-so   1pl(>3)-will.do

   We can't do that. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

3. nuu   vúra   yith   va-'áraar   yith   kuma-'áraar-as   we   Intensive   other   3sPOSS-human   other   3sPOSS-human-PL

   We're different people, a different kind of people, Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

4. 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

5. nuu   vúra   pa-kuma-'áraar-as   vúra   pufâat   úhish   ip-sháruk-tih-ap-hanik   xáat   máruk   kun-ifyúku-tih-anik   we   Intensive   the-3sPOSS-human-PL   Intensive   nothing   seed   ITER-bring.(things)-DUR-INV-ANC   may   uphill   3pl(>3s)-go.around-DUR-ANC

   Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

6. 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 Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

7. 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 Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

8. núu   ithvóon   we   eager

   We are eager. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

9. nuu   koovúra   ithvóon   payêem   we   all   eager   now

   We are all eager now. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. xás   âanaxus   u-piip   chími   nuu   ka'íru   then   weasel   3s(>3)-say   soon   we   also

    And Weasel said, "Let me and you (do it) too." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

14. xás   kun-piip   nuu   vaa   nanu-'ífunih   then   3pl(>3s)-say   we   that   1plPOSS-hair

    And they said, "It's our hair. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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