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1. íshaha   xaat   íim   kíri   ni-'ish   water   may   2sg.   I.wish   1s(>3)-drink

   Do you want water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. xaat   úm   kíri   íshaha   na-têek-i   may   or   I.wish   water   2s/3s>1s-dip.(water)-IMPER

   Do you want to drink water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

3. vaa   káan   xáat   uum   fikriip-tih   so   there   may   3.SG   pick.out-DUR

   [I put them] there hoping they will be sorted. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

4. You can't tell,   xâat   xára   i-shanpíithva   pa-sárip   You can't tell,   may   long.time   2s(>3)-carry.(things).around   the-hazel.twigs

   You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

5. naa   vúra   pu-na-thitív-eesh-ara   xâat   xára   kaan   kú-'uuhyana-ti   naa   vúra   vaa   pu-na-tákir-ara   fâat   vúra   pa-ku-chuphúruthuna-tih   1sg.   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-hear-FUT-NEG   may   long.time   there   2pl(>3)-speak-DUR   1sg.   Intensive   so   NEG-1s(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)-NEG   what   Intensive   NOMZ-2pl(>3)-talk.about-DUR

   I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

6. xás   achvúun   u-ppiip   vaa   vúra   ôok   kun-pakkúriihvu-tih-eesh   nani-pákkuri   xáat   naa   pu-'ôok-hara   then   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-say   so   Intensive   here   3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-DUR-FUT   1sPOSS-song   may   1sg.   NEG-here-NEG

   Then Hookbill said: "They will be singing my song, no matter if I am not here." Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

7. pu-'ikpíhan-hara   pa-sah-ihêeraha   xáat   vaa   ár   u-hêer   NEG-strong-NEG   the-downhill-tobacco   may   that   person   3s(>3)-smoke

   That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

8. 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

9. xás   p-ee-'ípak-ahaak   xáat   pa-naní-'aramah   ihrôoha   then   NOMZ-2s(>3)-come.back-when   may   the-1sPOSS-child   wife

   And when you come back, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

10. xás   âanxus   u-pêer   pa-pu-'imáan   ív-ahaak   xáat   pa-niní-'arama   ihrôoha   then   weasel   3s(>3)-say.to   NOMZ-NEG-tomorrow   die-when   may   the-1sPOSS-child   wife

    And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

11. pa-mâaka   ná-paathripaa-haak   xáat   vaa   kári   naní-'aramah   ihrôoha   NOMZ-little.uphill   2s/3s>1s-throw.inland-when   may   so   then   1sPOSS-child   wife

    If you throw me into (the corner) uphill, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

12. xáat   pa-naní-'arama   ihrôoha   may   the-1sPOSS-child   wife

    Let my daughter be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

13. kári   xás   apsunmúnukich   u-piip   pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshri-haak   víri   pa-'asiktávaan   vaa   u-kupí-ti-haak   u-kitaxríharahi-ti-haak   xáat   káru   u-xú-ti   vúra   pu-'aapúnm-eesh-ap   víri   vaa   vúra   kun-'áapunm-eesh   then   then   racer.snake   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   NOMZ-woman   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR-when   3s(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR-when   may   also   3s(>3)-think-DUR   Intensive   NEG-know-FUT-NEG   so   so   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-know-FUT

    Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

14. víri   xáat   ithivthaneen-'ípan   t-i-'íipma   vaa   káan   i-paramsíipree-vish   so   may   land-end   PERF-2s(>3)-return   so   there   2s(>3)-start.going.back-FUT

    You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

15. kári   xás   u-píip   pa-'asiktávaan   pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshrih-aak   víri   xáat   káru   tá   kun-'íitshur   víri-va   vúra   u-pmáh-eesh   pa-nini-pákuriha   mûuk   then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-woman   NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   may   also   PERF   3pl(>3s)-leave   so-so   Intensive   3s(>3)-see.again-FUT   the-1sPOSS-song   with.(by.means.of)

    And the woman said, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) may also become abandoned, (but) she will find (her sweetheart) again by means of my song. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

16. vaa   vúra   káan   u-paramsíipree-vish   xáat   káru   ithivthaneen-'ípan   t-u-'íipma   so   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-start.going.back-FUT   may   also   land-end   PERF-3s(>3)-return

    He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

17. kári   xás   u-xus   pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshrih-aak   víri   uum   káru   vúra   vaa   u-kuph-eesh   xáat   kâanimich   then   then   3s(>3)-think   NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   3.SG   also   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-do-FUT   may   poor

    And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

18. pa-nini-pákuri   u-'aapúnm-ahaak   víri-va   vúra   ávan   u-thiiná-tih-eesh   xáat   asiktavan-kéem   NOMZ-1sPOSS-song   3s(>3)-know-when   so-so   Intensive   husband   3s(>3)-have-DUR-FUT   may   woman-bad

    If she knows my song, she will have a husband, (though) she may be a homely woman." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

19. púyava   p-oo-táyiithh-ara-ti   yíiv   vúra   tá   kun-'aramsípriin   kún-ikvárish-tih   xáat   káru   vik-a-kêemich   you.see   NOMZ-3s(>3)-lash-INST-DUR   far   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-start.out   3pl(>3s)-buy-DUR   may   also   weave-DEVERB-bad.(dimin.)

    So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

20. t-u-'iipkúrih-ar   xáat   káru   ni-'iv   PERF-3s(>3)-dive-go.to   may   also   1s(>3)-die

    He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

21. káru   vúra   xáat   nee-hrúuthvah-i   also   Intensive   may   2s/3s>1s-make.slave.of-IMPER

    And you may even take me as your slave." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text