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1. oo   vúra   uum   táay   vura   uum   pa-'asiktávaan-sa   lots of women, you know, up there in the reservation   oh!   Intensive   3.SG   much   Intensive   3.SG   the-woman-PL   lots of women, you know, up there in the reservation

   Oh and there were lots of women up there in the reservation. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

2. oo   vúra   uum   ikyáakaam   oh!   Intensive   3.SG   difficult

   Oh, it was hard. Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

3. oo   vúra   uum   puxich   tá   na-xúriha   oh!   Intensive   3.SG   very.much   PERF   1s-be.hungry

   I am really hungry. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about food and drink (VS-39) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

4. oo   yáxa   kóo   yâamach   sâam   pa-sah'áhup   oh!   look!   so.much   pretty   little.downhill   the-driftwood

   Oh, look at what a pretty piece of driftwood downhill!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

5. 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

6. xás   oo   tá   kun-tápkuup   then   oh!   PERF   3pl(>3s)-like

   And oh, they took a liking to it! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

7. oo   púya   íf   yâamachich   pa-sah'áhup   tá   kun-tápkuup   oh!   and.so   truly   pretty.(dimin.)   the-driftwood   PERF   3pl(>3s)-like

   Oh, how pretty the driftwood was, they took a liking to it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

8. ooo   pa-'asiktávaan-sa   kun-piip   ooo   yáxa   páykuuk   kóo   ahup-yâamach   u-thivrúhuthuna-tih   oh!   the-woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-say   oh!   look!   over.there   so.much   wood-pretty   3s(>3)-float.around-DUR

   "Oh," the women said, "oh, look there, such a pretty stick is floating around. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

9. xás   yítha   u-píip   ooo   yáxa   kóo   ahup-yâamach   t-u-thívruuhvarak   then   one   3s(>3)-say   oh!   look!   so.much   wood-pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver

   And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

10. xás   pihnêefich   u-píip   oo   vúra   iim   pu-faat--hára   then   coyote   3s(>3)-say   oh!   Intensive   2sg.   NEG-what--NEG

    And Coyote said, "Aw, you're just nothing! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

11. xás   u-píip   oo   tá   kan-éepshaamkir   then   3s(>3)-say   oh!   PERF   3pl>1s-abandon

    And he said, "Oh, they've left me! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

12. xás   pa-kéevniikich   u-piip   oo!   pu-yáv-hara   pa-pihnêefich   táay   u-kupavêenahi-ti   pa-pihnêefich   then   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-say   oh!   NEG-good-NEG   the-coyote   much   3s(>3)-do-DUR   the-coyote

    And the old woman said, "Oh, Coyote's no good, he does lots of mischief!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

13. oo   yôotva   nini-'íkam   yôotva   oh!   hurray!   1sPOSS-son-in-law   hurray!

    (The old man said), "Oh, hurray, my son-in-law, hurray! Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

14. oo   xás   yôotva   yôotva   oh!   then   hurray!   hurray!

    Oh, then (they said), "Hurray, hurray! Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text