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1. xáyfaat   don't!

   Don't! Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. 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

3. xas   u-píip   "xáyfaat   ôok   vúra   kíik-'iin-i   then   3s(>3)-say   "don't!   here   Intensive   2pl(>3)-(two).be-IMPER

   But he said, "Don't do that! Stay right here!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

4. xáyfaat   uum   vaa   i-pí-ti   you don't know   hôoy   if   i-pí-ti   pu-ná-'aapunmu-tih-ara   don't!   3.SG   so   2s(>3)-say-DUR   you don't know   where   truly   2s(>3)-say-DUR   NEG-1s(>3)-know-DUR-NEG

   Don't say, [in English] "I don't know.” Say [in Karuk] "I don't know." Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

5. kári   xás   ú-paanik   p-oo-pítithun-anik   xáyfaat   ík   vúra   váa   náa   ni-thítiim-ti   pa-mikun-pákurih   náa   pú-vaa   naní-vaa-hara   pa-mikun-pákurih   then   then   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.back-ANC   don't!   must   Intensive   so   1sg.   1s(>3)-hear-DUR   the-2plPOSS-song   1sg.   NEG-so   1sPOSS-so-NEG   the-2plPOSS-song

   Then he said looking back: "I must never hear your song any more; your song will not do for me." Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

6. pirishkâarim   váa   ú-paanik   xáyfaat   ík   vúra   váa   náa   ni-thítiim-ti   pa-mikun-pákurih   grizzly   so   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   don't!   must   Intensive   so   1sg.   1s(>3)-hear-DUR   the-2plPOSS-song

   Grizzly Bear said it: "I must never hear your song any more. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

7. xás   ú-ppeer-anik   achvúun   îin   kun-íppeer-anik   xáy faat   ík   vúra   ôok   i-páfyuk   iim   vúra   pu-'ôok   vúrayvu-tih-eesh-ara   then   3s(>3)-say.to-ANC   hookbill.salmon   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to-ANC   don't!   must   Intensive   here   2s(>3)-come.around.again   2sg.   Intensive   NEG-here   go.around-DUR-FUT-NEG

   And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here." Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

8. xás   kun-íppéer   iim   kyáru   vura   xáy faat   ík   ôok   i-páfyuk   iim   kyáru   vura   pu-'ôok   ikr-êevish-ara   achvúun   kun-íppéer   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sg.   also   Intensive   don't!   must   here   2s(>3)-come.around.again   2sg.   also   Intensive   NEG-here   live-FUT-NEG   hookbill.salmon   3pl(>3s)-say.to

   And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

9. xáyfaat   i-'ish   pa-nani-'íshaha   don't!   2s(>3)-drink   the-1sPOSS-water

   Don't take my water. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. xáyfaat   i-'áfish   pa-mu-'ápsuun   don't!   2s(>3)-touch   the-3sPOSS-snake

    Don't touch his snake. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. xáyfaat   i-xrára-tih   don't!   2s(>3)-weep-DUR

    Don't cry. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

12. xáyfaat   i-xrára   don't!   2s(>3)-weep

    Don't cry. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

13. xáyfaat   í-kshah   don't!   2s(>3)-laugh

    Don't laugh. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with relative clauses, negation, commands (VS-09) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

14. xáyfaat   âapun   i-shárishrih-eesh   don't!   on.the.ground   2s(>3)-put.(things).down-FUT

    Don't put it on the floor (lots of small things). Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

15. xáyfaat   t-óo   'ikxip-ma   iinâak   don't!   PERF-3s(>3)   fly-to   indoors

    It shouldn't fly into the house. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

16. xáyfaat   máruk   i-vâaram   don't!   uphill   2s(>3)-go

    Don't go uphill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

17. xáyfaat   sáruk   i'-árihfak   don't!   downhill   2s(>3)-walk.downhill

    Don't walk downhill. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

18. xáyfaat   vaa   káan   i-thárishrih   ahup'ásip   súrukam   don't!   that   there   2s(>3)-put.down   box   under

    Don't put it underneath the box. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

19. xáyfaat   i-chuuphí-tih   don't!   2s(>3)-speak-DUR

    Don't talk, you guys! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

20. xáyfaat   ku-chuuphí-naa-tih   don't!   2pl(>3)-speak-PL-DUR

    Don't talk! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

21. xáyfaat   táay   ík   pa-páy   i-'îina-tih   don't!   much   must   NOMZ-this   2s(>3)-do-DUR

    Stop it! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

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

    Don't call me! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

23. xáyfaat   ishxâar   don't!   go.fishing

    Don't go fishing! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

24. xayfáat   iim   vishvánkaam   don't!   2sg.   big-bellied

    Don't get a big belly. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

25. xáyfaat   i-shkáa-ka-tih   don't!   2s(>3)-jump-to-DUR

    Stop jumping on it. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

26. xáyfaat   i-'áam-tih   don't!   2s(>3)-eat-DUR

    Don't be eating. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

27. xáyfaat   tá   kóo   p-ee-shkâak-tih   don't!   PERF   all   NOMZ-2s(>3)-jump-DUR

    Stop, no more jumping. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

28. xáyfaat   í-kyav   vaa   kâarim   i-kyáa-tih   don't!   2s(>3)-make   that   bad   2s(>3)-make-DUR

    Don't treat her [the cat] that way, you are treating her badly. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

29. xáyfaat   ípah-ak   i-hyárih   don't!   tree-Locative   2s(>3)-stand

    Don't stand in the tree! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

30. xáyfaat   nani-'asímnaam   ku-tháaniv   don't!   1sPOSS-tree   2pl(>3)-sit

    Don't lie on my bed! (talking to more than one person) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

31. xáyfaat   nani-krívkir   i-kûuntakoo   don't!   1sPOSS-disk-seat   2s(>3)-sit.(on)

    Don't sit on my chair! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

32. xáyfaat   iknáknak   don't!   knock

    Don't knock! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

33. xáyfaat   na-xáapka   don't!   2s/3s>1s-kick

    Don't kick me! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

34. xáyfaat   ná-'iik   don't!   2s/3s>1s-hit

    Don't hit me. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

35. xáyfaat   i-chúupha   don't!   2s(>3)-speak

    Don't talk! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

36. xáyfaat   vaa   i-chuphûunish   don't!   that   2s(>3)-talk.to

    Don't talk to him! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

37. xáyfaat   kin-chuphuníshkoo   don't!   3>1pl-talk.to

    Don't talk to us. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

38. xáyfaat   ík   mán   i-yúupha   don't!   must   why...   2s(>3)-open.eyes

    Don't open your eyes." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

39. kúna   vúra   xáyfaat   ík   i-yúupha   in.addition   Intensive   don't!   must   2s(>3)-open.eyes

    But you mustn't open your eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

40. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   xáyfaat   ík   i-yúupha   then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   don't!   must   2s(>3)-open.eyes

    And they told him, "Don't open your eyes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

41. 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

42. kúna   vúra   xáyfaat   i-yúupha   in.addition   Intensive   don't!   2s(>3)-open.eyes

    But don't open your eyes." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

43. xás   u-píip   náach-ish   xáyfaat   ík   vúra   nee-xviphûunish   then   3s(>3)-say   man's.sister's.son-DIM   don't!   must   Intensive   2s/3s>1s-get.angry.at

    Then he said, "Nephew, you mustn't get angry at me!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

44. xáyfaat   ík   vúra   íshaha   u-mah   don't!   must   Intensive   water   3s(>3)-see

    He mustn't find any water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

45. u-píip   pûuhara   xáyfaat   úuth   kana-pí-paathkar   3s(>3)-say   no   don't!   out.to.water   2pl>1s-ITER-throw.into.river

    He said, "No, don't throw me in the river. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

46. kúna   vúra   i-'asimchák-eesh   ík   xáyfaat   ík   i-txâarihva   in.addition   Intensive   2s(>3)-close.eyes-FUT   must   don't!   must   2s(>3)-open.eyes

    But you must close your eyes, you mustn't open them. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

47. xáyfaat   ku-kuníh-uraa   don't!   2pl(>3)-shoot-up

    Don't shoot it up!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

48. kári   xás   u-píip   chími   man   kúna   vúra   xáyfaat   ík   i-'ûurih   then   then   3s(>3)-say   soon   why...   in.addition   Intensive   don't!   must   2s(>3)-be.unwilling

    And they said, "All right, but you mustn't get tired." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

49. xáyfaat   vaa   u-kupí-tih   don't!   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR

    Let it not do that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

50. kári   xás   pihnêefich   u-piip   xáyfaat   pûuhara   then   then   coyote   3s(>3)-say   don't!   no

    Then Coyote said, "No, don't. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

51. kúna   vúra   páykuuk   yíiv   áhoo-n   payôok   xáyfaat   i-'áhoo   p-eempahee-pshûunkinich   kâarim   i-kupheesh   in.addition   Intensive   over.there   far   go-go.to   right.here   don't!   2s(>3)-go   the-trail-low   bad   2s(>3)-will.do

    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

52. xás   kîit   u-piip   xáyfaat   then   maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3s(>3)-say   don't!

    And (his) grandmother said, "Don't. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

53. pa-'asiktavan-'îin   kun-ipêer   xáyfaat   xáyfaat   i-vâaram   the-woman-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   don't!   don't!   2s(>3)-go

    The women told him, "Don't, don't go." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

54. xáyfaat   kíik-mah-ap   don't!   1/3>2pl-see-INV

    Don't let them see you." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

55. xás   u-pêer   xáyfaat   ík   vúra   haríxay   kâam   kúuk   i-'íipma   then   3s(>3)-say.to   don't!   must   Intensive   sometimes   little.upriver   to.there   2s(>3)-return

    And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

56. íp   kan-éepeer-at   xáyfaat   ôok   i-naa   PAST   3pl>1s-say.to-PAST   don't!   here   2s(>3)-go.uphill

    They told me, 'Don't go up there.'" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

57. xás   araramvanyupsítanach   u-xus   xáyfaat   vaa   ni-piip   t-óo   piip   ípah-ak   kích   pa-ni-máah-ti   pá-'aax   then   horsefly   3s(>3)-think   don't!   so   1s(>3)-say   PERF-3s(>3)   say   tree-Locative   only   NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-DUR   the-blood

    and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

58. víri   vaa   kin-ípeer-anik   hûutva   kóo   ithívthaaneen   u-thaanêe-haak   xáyfaat   ik   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   ku-kup-eep-vík-aha   so   so   3>1pl-say.to-ANC   somehow   as.much.as   land   3s(>3)-sit-when   don't!   must   again   Intensive   so   2pl(>3)-MODAL-ITER-weave-Modal

    (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

59. 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

60. xáyfaat   ík   ná-'ay   don't!   must   2s/3s>1s-fear

    You mustn't be afraid of me. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

61. xáyfaat   ík   í-kvip   don't!   must   2s(>3)-run

    You mustn't run. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

62. xáyfaat   í-muus-tih   don't!   2s(>3)-look.at-DUR

    Don't look at her!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

63. xáyfaat   ík   kú-ykar   pa-'ápsuun   pa-'ôok   ku-máh-aak   don't!   must   2pl(>3)-beat   the-snake   NOMZ-here   2pl(>3)-see-when

    You mustn't kill the snakes when you see them here." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

64. xás   pá-mita   îin   kun-síitv-at   ú-peen-ti   xáyfaat   mâam   kúuk   i-kuníhivraa   then   NOMZ-near.past   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-steal-PAST   3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   don't!   uphill   to.there   2s(>3)-shoot.over

    And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

65. xás   u-píip   pa-'asiktávaan   xáyfaat   ík   i-pasúpiichva   then   3s(>3)-say   the-woman   don't!   must   2s(>3)-reveal

    And the woman said, "You mustn't reveal it. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text