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1. xás   u-xus   tîi   káruk   kan-vâaram-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   upriver   1s(>3)-go-IMPER

   He thought: "Let me go upriver." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

2. xas   u-xus   tîi   matêe   kan-pútyiinkach-i   páy   pa-'asa-yâamach-ak   vúra   uum   yâamach   pa-'as   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   later   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER   this   the-rock-pretty-Locative   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   the-rock

   Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

3. tîi   matêe   kan-ip-vínaxsun-ach-i   let...   later   1s(>3)-ITER-lick.off-DIM.(verbs)-IMPER

   "Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

4. tîi   pay   kich   xas   kumatêeshich   kuna   kan-pútyiinkach-i   let...   this   only   then   still.more   in.addition   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER

   Let me do a little bit more of job on it." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

5. kári   xás   u-xus   "tîi   yítha   kán-'ám   pa-xath-ímtup   then   then   3s(>3)-think   "let...   one   1s(>3)-eat   the-grasshopper-cooked

   Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

6. xás   u-xus   ti   kan-ítnuupnih-i'   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-look.through-IMPER

   He thought: "I am going to look in!" Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

7. kári   xás   u-xú-tih   tîi   kan-paríshriihv-i   then   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   1s(>3)-twine-IMPER

   And he thought, "Let me twine string! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

8. xás   u-xus   tîi   kúuk   kan-íkfuukm-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   to.there   1s(>3)-crawl.to-IMPER

   And he thought, "Let me crawl to it." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

9. kári   xás   pa-pishpíshi   u-xus   tîi   páy   kan-'am   then   then   the-yellowjacket   3s(>3)-think   let...   this   1s(>3)-eat

   And the yellowjacket thought, "Let me eat this." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

10. kári   xás   u-xús   pa-pihnêefich   tîi   kán-yuuph-i   then   then   3s(>3)-think   the-coyote   let...   1s(>3)-open.eyes-IMPER

    And Coyote thought, "Let me open my eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

11. kári   xás   kári   u-xus   tîi   kán-yuuphi   apap-íich-yuup-ich   then   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-open.eyes   one.side-DIM-eye-DIM

    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

12. xás   u-xú-ti   tîi   kan-pakatkâat-ih   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-DUR

    And he thought, "Let me taste it!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

13. xás   u-xú-ti   tîi   matée   kóomahich   kan-'ífapv-i   pa-xathímtas   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   later   little.bit   1s(>3)-pick.up-IMPER   the-roasted.grasshoppers

    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

14. u-xú-ti   tîi   kan-pakatkâat-i   pa-patúmkir   3s(>3)-think-DUR   let...   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-IMPER   the-head-rest

    And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

15. xás   u-xús   pihnêefich   tîi   kan-itníshuk   then   3s(>3)-think   coyote   let...   1s(>3)-peek

    And Coyote thought, "Let me look out!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

16. pihnêefich   u-xus   tîi   kahyúras   kan-vâaram-i   ishpúk   kan-ikyáan   coyote   3s(>3)-think   let...   Klamath.Lakes   1s(>3)-go-IMPER   dentalium.shells   1s(>3)-go.gather

    Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

17. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   yíth   kan-píkyav   pa-naní-shaanva   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   other   1s(>3)-repair   the-1sPOSS-clothing

    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

18. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-'ám   yítha   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-eat   one

    Then he thought, "Let me eat one." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

19. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-pakatkâat-i   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-take.a.taste-IMPER

    Then he thought, "Let me taste them." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

20. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-itníshuk-v-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-peek-PL.ACT-IMPER

    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me look out!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

21. uknîi   pihnêefich   kahyúras   u-xus   tîi   kan-vâaram-i   once.upon.a.time   coyote   Klamath.Lakes   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-go-IMPER

    uknîi. Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

22. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-ípuunv-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-rest-IMPER

    And he thought, "Let me rest. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

23. tîi   naa   kúna   kan-'árihishrih   pa-nini-pákurih   let...   1sg.   in.addition   1s(>3)-sing   the-1sPOSS-song

    Let me sing my song now." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

24. tîi   kan-pí-paachun   let...   1s(>3)-ITER-lose

    Let me throw (the song) away." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

25. tîi   kan-vasíhuunih-i   let...   1s(>3)-go.down.back.first-IMPER

    Let me go down back first! Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

26. tîi   kan-ixvâahuunih-i   let...   1s(>3)-go.down.head.first-IMPER

    Let me go down head first! Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

27. u-xús   tîi   kan-kanmahvanáyviichvan   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-look.around.for.fun

    He thought, "Let me go look around, just for fun." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

28. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-pútyiinkach-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER

    And he thought, "Let me defecate on it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

29. tîi   kan-vínaxsun-ach-i   let...   1s(>3)-lick.off-DIM.(verbs)-IMPER

    Let me lick it off! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

30. tîi   kan-'am   let...   1s(>3)-eat

    Let me eat it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

31. tîi   têeshich   vúra   let...   several   Intensive

    Let (me eat) a little more!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

32. chémi   kúkuum   tîi   kan-'am   all.right   again   let...   1s(>3)-eat

    "All right, let me eat it again!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

33. tîi   matêe   áama   kan-'am   let...   later   salmon   1s(>3)-eat

    Let me eat salmon for a moment!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

34. xás   u-xús   tîi   káan   kan-vunáyviichv-an   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   there   1s(>3)-wander.idly-go.to

    And he thought, "Let me go look around there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

35. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-imús-an   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-look.at-go.to

    And he thought, "Let me go see her!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

36. xás   u-xús   tîi   kan-imnîish-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-cook-IMPER

    Then he thought, "Let me cook it! Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

37. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-máh-i   hûut   áta   p-oo-kup-eekyâa-hi-tih   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-see-IMPER   how   maybe   NOMZ-3s(>3)-MODAL-make-Modal-DUR

    And she thought, "Let me see how she makes it!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

38. kári   xás   u-xús   kachakâach   tîi   kan-tharampûuk-i   then   then   3s(>3)-think   bluejay   let...   1s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup-IMPER

    Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

39. xás   kári   u-xus   tîi   máruk   kan-vâaram-i   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   uphill   1s(>3)-go-IMPER

    And he thought, "Let me go uphill." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

40. tîi   kan-imúsan   let...   1s(>3)-go.see

    Let me go look at it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

41. kári   xás   pirishkâarim   u-piip   tîi   kan-ikyaavárihv-i   then   then   grizzly   3s(>3)-say   let...   1s(>3)-try-IMPER

    Then Grizzly said, "Let me try!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

42. kári   xás   pa-tá   kun-píkyaar   pa-kun-táxraa-ti   kári   xás   asmáax   tîi   kan-'ífik-i   pa-taxrat-êep   then   then   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-flake.arrowheads-DUR   then   then   towhee   let...   1s(>3)-pick.up-IMPER   the-flake.arrowheads-refuse.from.-ing

    And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps". Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

43. 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

44. kári   xás   vírusur   u-xus   tîi   naa   káru   then   then   bear   3s(>3)-think   let...   1sg.   also

    And Bear thought, "Let me (go) too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

45. ithyarukpíhriiv   u-'árihroov   u-xus   tîi   káruk   kan-vâaram-i   Across.the.Water.Widower   3s(>3)-go.upriver   3s(>3)-think   let...   upriver   1s(>3)-go-IMPER

    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

46. 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

47. kári   xás   u-xus   ii   tîi   naa   káru   kan-'ûupvan   then   then   3s(>3)-think   oh!   let...   1sg.   also   1s(>3)-go.to.dig.roots

    And she thought, "Oh, let me go dig roots too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

48. xás   u-xús   tîi   kan-vâaram-i   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-go-IMPER

    And he thought, "Let me go there!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

49. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-p-imúsan-vunaa   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-ITER-go.see-PL

    And he thought, "Let me go to see them again!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

50. 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

51. xás   u-xus   tîi   ithyáruk   kan-p-imúsan   pa-'ifápiit   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   across   1s(>3)-ITER-go.see   the-young.unmarried.woman

    He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

52. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-imúsan   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-go.see

    And he thought, "Let me go see!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

53. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-p-ikvátan   pa-naní-paah   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-ITER-go.get.sweathouse.wood   the-1sPOSS-boat

    And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

54. xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-'ixupsúr-oo   pa-sípnuuk   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-uncover-PL.ACT   the-storage.basket

    And he thought, "Let me uncover the storage baskets!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

55. xás   u-xus   tîi   ithyáruk   patapríha-'ifápiit   kan-imúsan   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   across   placename-young.unmarried.woman   1s(>3)-go.see

    And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

56. xás   u-xús   tîi   máruk   chinach'ás-ak   kán-paathkirih-i   pa-nini-sárum   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   uphill   Big.Rock-Locative   1s(>3)-throw.into-IMPER   the-1sPOSS-Jeffrey.pine.root

    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

57. kári   xás   ithâan   ávansa   u-xus   tîi   kan-ikrûuntih   then   then   once   man   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-wait.for

    And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

58. kári   xás   u-piip   tîi   kan-ítkaanv-an   then   then   3s(>3)-say   let...   1s(>3)-spear.fish-go.to

    And he said, "Let me go spear fish!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text

59. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   sáruk   kan-vâaram-i   impaa-k   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   downhill   1s(>3)-go-IMPER   trail-LOC

    And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

60. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   kan-tharampûuk-i   then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup-IMPER

    And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

61. xás   u-piip   tîi   kán-paatvan   then   3s(>3)-say   let...   1s(>3)-go.bathe

    And he said, "Let me go bathe!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text