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1. vúra   yâamach   Intensive   pretty

   It looks nice. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. ée   if   ôok   asa-yâamach   u-tháaniv   oh!   truly   here   rock-pretty   3s(>3)-sit

   "Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

3. xas   u-'êechip   pa-'as   pa-'asa-yâamach   then   3s(>3)-pick.up   the-rock   the-rock-pretty

   Then he picked it up, that rock, that pretty rock. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

4. 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

5. xás   u-píip   "ahúp-yaamach   vúra   kan-'árihish   then   3s(>3)-say   "wood-pretty   Intensive   1s(>3)-become

   Then he said: "I will be a nice-looking piece of wood. 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. pirish-yâamach-as   xútnahich-as   tinihyâach-as   ipaníchih-sha   tíim-xuuskunish-as   plant-pretty-PL   thin-PL   quite.wide-PL   -PL   edge-smooth-PL

   They are nice leaves, thin [sheetlike], not very wide, sharp pointed, smooth-edged. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

7. iim   yâamach   2sg.   pretty

   You're beautiful. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

8. pa-nani-xvâah   uum   yâamach   the-1sPOSS-head   3.SG   pretty

   I have a pretty head. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

9. yâamach   mí-xvaah   pretty   2sPOSS-head

   Your head is pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. pa-nani-kústaan   uum   yâamach   the-1sPOSS-sister   3.SG   pretty

    My sister is pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. pa-nani-kústaan   uum   yâamach-heesh   the-1sPOSS-sister   3.SG   pretty-FUT

    My sister will be pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

12. pa-nani-kústaan   uum   yâamach   payêem   the-1sPOSS-sister   3.SG   pretty   now

    My sister is pretty now. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

13. pa-nani-kústaan   vúra   mít   uum   yâamach   the-1sPOSS-sister   Intensive   near.past   3.SG   pretty

    My sister was pretty (long ago). Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

14. pa-nani-kústaan   uum   payêem   pu-yâamach-hara   the-1sPOSS-sister   3.SG   now   NEG-pretty-NEG

    My sister is not pretty now. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

15. koovúra   pa-nani-kústaan   uum   yâamach-as   all   the-1sPOSS-sister   3.SG   pretty-PL

    My sisters are all pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

16. koovúra   pa-nani-kústaan   vúra   yâamach-as   all   the-1sPOSS-sister   Intensive   pretty-PL

    All my sisters are pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

17. pa-nani-kústaan   koovúra   yâamach-as   the-1sPOSS-sister   all   pretty-PL

    My sisters are all pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

18. koovúra   yâamach-as-heesh   all   pretty-PL-FUT

    They will all be pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

19. pa-nani-kústaan-sa   vúra   yâamach-as   payêem   the-1sPOSS-sister-PL   Intensive   pretty-PL   now

    My sisters are pretty now. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

20. vúra   mít   yâamach-as   Intensive   near.past   pretty-PL

    They were once pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

21. pa-nani-kústaan-sa   vúra   mít   uum   yâamach-as   the-1sPOSS-sister-PL   Intensive   near.past   3.SG   pretty-PL

    My sisters were once pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

22. koovúra   yâamach-as   pa-nanú-vuup   all   pretty-PL   the-1plPOSS-neck

    We all have pretty necks. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

23. yáv   vúra   yâamach   pa-yupsítanach   xás   vúra   uum      pa-kêech   ú-kyav   xás   vúra   uum   imusakêem   good   Intensive   pretty   the-baby   then   Intensive   3.SG   after.while   NOMZ-big   3s(>3)-make   then   Intensive   3.SG   ugly

    She was pretty as a baby, but after a while, when she got bigger, she looked ugly. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

24. xás   vúra   uum   yâamach   pa-gravy   nú-kyav   vúra   just   nice   then   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   the-gravy   1pl(>3)-make   Intensive   just   nice

    And we made nice gravy, really just nice! Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

25. kári   xás   u-piip   sah'ahup-yâamach   kan-párihish   then   then   3s(>3)-say   driftwood-pretty   1s(>3)-be.transformed

    And he said, "Let me turn into a pretty piece of driftwood!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

26. kári   xás   sah'ahup-yâamach   vaa   u-párihish   then   then   driftwood-pretty   so   3s(>3)-be.transformed

    And he turned into a pretty piece of driftwood. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

27. 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

28. xás   pihnêefich   u-xús   chími   ahup-yâamach   kan-párihish   then   coyote   3s(>3)-think   soon   wood-pretty   1s(>3)-be.transformed

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

29. 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

30. 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

31. xás   t-óo   píip   ahup-yâamach   kan-párihish   then   PERF-3s(>3)   say   wood-pretty   1s(>3)-be.transformed

    And he said, "Let me become a pretty stick. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

32. púyava   tá   kun-mah   pa-'ahup-yâamach   t-u-thívruuhvarak   you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   the-wood-pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver

    Then they saw it, the pretty stick floating down from upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

33. xás   tá   kun-píip   yáxa   pa-'ahup-yâamach   t-u-thívruuhvarak   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   look!   the-wood-pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver

    And they said, "Look at the pretty stick floating down! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

34. ahup-yâamach   vúra   ni-párihishrih   wood-pretty   Intensive   1s(>3)-be.transformed

    (He said), "Let me turn into a pretty stick." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

35. kári   xás   kun-mah   t-u-thívruuhvarak   pa-'ahup-yâamach   then   then   3pl(>3s)-see   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver   the-wood-pretty

    And they saw it, the pretty stick floated down from upriver. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

36. miník   kii-kxúrik-eesh-ap   yâamach   kii-kyâa-vish-ap   of.course   1/3>2pl-mark-FUT-INV   pretty   1/3>2pl-make-FUT-INV

    I'll paint you, I'll make you pretty!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

37. xás   u-xus   íf   yâamach   pa-mu-pákurih   then   3s(>3)-think   truly   pretty   the-3sPOSS-song

    And he thought, "His song is really pretty. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

38. kári   xás   u-píip   íf   yâamach   mikun-pákurih   then   then   3s(>3)-say   truly   pretty   2plPOSS-song

    And he said, "Your song is really pretty!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

39. yâamach   vúra   kii-kyâa-vish-ap   pretty   Intensive   1/3>2pl-make-FUT-INV

    I'll make you pretty." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

40. xás   yâamach-as   ku-músahi-tih   then   pretty-PL   2pl(>3)-look-DUR

    And (he said), "You look pretty." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

41. kári   xás   pa-'âapun   t-u-túraayva   yee   asa-yaamach-'íshara   ôok   páy   u-tháaniv   then   then   NOMZ-on.the.ground   PERF-3s(>3)-look.around   well   rock-pretty-extremely   here   this   3s(>3)-sit

    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

42. pa-'ás   u-'êechip   asa-yâamach   the-rock   3s(>3)-pick.up   rock-pretty

    He picked up the rock, the pretty rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

43. kári   xás   u-xus   íf   yâamach   then   then   3s(>3)-think   truly   pretty

    And he thought, "It's really pretty! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

44. xás   pa-yeeripáxvu   t-óo   kêechha   xás   yâamach   t-u-'íifship   then   the-adolescent.girl   PERF-3s(>3)   be.big   then   pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-grow.up

    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

45. xás   vúra   uum   yâamach   mu-'asiktaván-'aramah   then   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   3sPOSS-woman-child

    And her female child was pretty. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

46. káruma   ník   apxan-yâamach-as   tá   kun-p-ithxuná-tiih-va   yaas'arara-'îin   pu-'ithváaf-tih-eesh-ap   in.fact   a.little   cap-pretty-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-put.over.head-DUR-PL.ACT   humankind-TOPIC   NEG-think.well.of-DUR-FUT-NEG

    The fact is, (the others) wear pretty caps, (but) Mankind won't have much use for them. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

47. koovúra   yâamach-as   pa-mukun-'ápxaan   all   pretty-PL   the-3plPOSS-cap

    All their caps were pretty. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

48. kári   xás   vúra   uum   yâamach   ú-kyav   vúra   ú-kyav   then   then   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   3s(>3)-make   Intensive   3s(>3)-make

    And he fixed them pretty, he fixed them. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

49. kári   xás   u-xús   pa-pirishkâarim   púya   íf   yâamach   p-oo-'iikív-tih   then   then   3s(>3)-think   the-grizzly   and.so   truly   pretty   NOMZ-3s(>3)-wear.necklace-DUR

    And Grizzly thought, "My, he's really wearing a pretty necklace! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

50. xás   u-píip   pa-pirishkâarim   íf   yâamach   p-ee-'iikív-tih   then   3s(>3)-say   the-grizzly   truly   pretty   NOMZ-2s(>3)-wear.necklace-DUR

    And Grizzly said, "You're really wearing a pretty necklace!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

51. vúra   yâamach   mu-'ifápiit   Intensive   pretty   3sPOSS-young.unmarried.woman

    His daughter was pretty. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

52. xás   kun-ipéer   púya   íf   yâamach   p-ee-p-âanvu-tih   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   and.so   truly   pretty   NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-paint.one's.(own).face-DUR

    And they said to (Horsefly), "My, your face is painted pretty! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

53. kári   xás   xára   vúra   yâamach   kun-kupá-'iin-ahi-tih   then   then   long.time   Intensive   pretty   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-(two).be-Modal-DUR

    And they lived nicely for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

54. chavúra   kun-'uum   vúra   uum   yâamach   p-eethívthaaneen   kípa   thúkin   finally   3pl(>3s)-arrive   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   the-land   like   bile

    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

55. yâamach   tá   kun-ipmahóonkoon   pretty   PERF   3pl(>3s)-feel

    They felt good. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

56. xás   pa-mukun-yafusa-yêepsha   vúra   uum   yâamach   u-kyâah-ahi-tih   then   the-3plPOSS-dress-good.(pl.)   Intensive   3.SG   pretty   3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR

    And their good dresses were made pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text