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1. yée   ôok   pá-mit   ni-'ákunvar-at   well   here   NOMZ-near.past   1s(>3)-go.hunting-PAST

   Not long ago I was out hunting. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

2. yée   víri   íiv   ni-píivur   kóova   puxich   ni-kvúrish   well   so   meaning.unknown   1s(>3)-meaning.unknown   so   very.much   1s(>3)-be.tired

   I was so tired I was nearly dead. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

3. hínupa   yee   u-'apunkôo-ti   pa-mahnûuvanach   surprise   well   3s(>3)-cast.spell.on-DUR   the-chipmunk

   That one kept poisoning Chipmunk. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

4. púyava   yee   chími   ímpaan   akich   you.see   well   soon   you.(reflexive)   friend

   Then (they said), "Well, how about you (singing), friend!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

5. kári   xás   pá-'aas   kun-píshmaar   yee   chúvaarap   then   then   NOMZ-water   3pl(>3s)-finish.drinking   well   let's.go

   And when they finished eating, (they said) "Well, let's go!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

6. kári   xás   kun-píip   yee   chími   árihishrih   then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   well   soon   sing

   And they said, "Well, sing!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

7. yee   chúvaarap   well   let's.go

   (And they said), "Well, let's go!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

8. yeee   káruma   íp   ní-p-aat   t-u-'áhoo-heen   pihnêefich   well   in.fact   PAST   1s(>3)-say-PAST   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT   coyote

   Well! I said Coyote had come! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

9. yee   chémi   yôotva   yôotva   ishávaas   well   all.right   hurray!   hurray!   child.of.deceased.sibling

   "Well, all right, hurray, hurray, nephew!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

10. xás   u-piip   yée   naa   pihnêefich   t-u-vôor-uvrath-aheen   then   3s(>3)-say   well   1sg.   coyote   PERF-3s(>3)-creep-over-ANT

    And he said, "Well, Coyote has come into the sweathouse. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

11. ta'ítam   yée   chími   árihish   so   well   soon   sing

    Then (they said), "Well, sing!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

12. ta'ítam   yée   naa   hínupa   páy   uum   vúra   pihnêefich   pa-yûum   u-thívtaap-tih   so   well   1sg.   surprise   this   3.SG   Intensive   coyote   NOMZ-uphill.downriver   3s(>3)-do.war.dance-DUR

    So (they said), "Well, that's Coyote who is dancing downriver! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

13. xás   pihnêefich   t-óo   piip   yée naa   yiivárih   then   coyote   PERF-3s(>3)   say   well   rather.far

    And Coyote said, "Hey, go away! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

14. xás   u-píip   yee   vúra   ník   kúnish   ûumukich   then   3s(>3)-say   well   Intensive   a.little   sort.of   near

    And he said, "Say, it's kind of close! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

15. 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

16. yee   amayaa-'íshara   well   good-tasting-extremely

    "My, it's delicious! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

17. yée   naa   apsunxára   káan   ú-kuroovu-tih   well   1sg.   long.snake   there   3s(>3)-be.headed.upriver-DUR

    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

18. xás   kun-piip   yée   naa   íf   páy   pa-xúun   amáyav   then   3pl(>3s)-say   well   1sg.   truly   this   the-acorn.soup   good-tasting

    And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

19. xás   tá   kun-ipêer   pa-mukun-'ákah   yee   arákaas   hûut   t-i-'iin   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say.to   the-3plPOSS-father   well   old.man   how   PERF-2s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant

    And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you? Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

20. xás   u-píip   yítha   pa-'ávansa   yee   páy   fâat   tá   ni-mah   then   3s(>3)-say   one   the-man   well   this   what   PERF   1s(>3)-see

    And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

21. kári   xás   u-píip   pihnêefich   yee   hûut   i-nísh-eesh   pa-mí-'aan   húuk   paathm-i   then   then   3s(>3)-say   coyote   well   how   2s(>3)-do-FUT   the-2sPOSS-string   to.where   throw.toward-IMPER

    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

22. yee!   xás   u-xú-tih   hûut   áta   pá-ni-kuph-eesh   well   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   how   maybe   NOMZ-1s(>3)-do-FUT

    Well, then he thought, "How ever shall I do?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

23. xás   kári   u-xú-tih   yee   fâat   yáxa   then   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   well   what   look!

    And he thought, "Well, look! What is it? Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

24. xás   u-xus   yée   naa   íf   tá   na-kúha   then   3s(>3)-think   well   1sg.   truly   PERF   2s/3s>1s-be.sick

    And he thought, "Say, it really hurts me!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

25. yee   víri   kún   káan   xás   kun-'iin   pa-kéevniikich   káru   pa-'ifápiit   well   so   meaning.unknown   there   then   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   also   the-young.unmarried.woman

    Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

26. yee   kári   xás   vúra   púxay   vúra-xay   xay   vura   hûut--heesh   vúra   puxích   t-u-yíkiha   well   then   then   Intensive   not.yet   Intensive-not   not   Intensive   how--FUT   Intensive   very.much   PERF-3s(>3)-get.sick

    Oh, nothing can be done, she's really sick. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

27. yée   yáxa   ithyáruk   xás   u-vásip   pa-kúusrah   well   look!   across   then   3s(>3)-rise.up   the-sun

    There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill). Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play