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chi soon
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lexicon ID #1109 | revised Nov 07 2014
chi • PCL • soon Variant: chími.
Derivative (1)
chíshkih "quickly"
Note: Equivalent to chími; used with future and imperative forms.
- yáxa chí papihnîich nupêen tanupiyâaram. Look, let's tell the old man we're going home. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 053]
- pavúra ixusáhaak, kúnish chí kaneeykáreesh vúra, ikpêehveesh ik. Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 062]
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chi váa kúuk kiik'uumi kíri váa káan ku'iin kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas soon that to.there you.guys.go.there I.wish that there you.guys.live I.wish that your.husband truly deer-slayers "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textchí 'axmay u'árihrishuk nixúti vinusuná'anamahich soon suddenly he.jumps.out I.am.thinking bear.cub Suddenly something ran out. At first I thought it was a little bear cub. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textooh chí pay kanípthiithtih ooh soon this I.am.going.to.finish.it “Oh, I'm going to finish it.” Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playchí nu'uufíthvar soon we.are.going.swimming Let's go swimming. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about fear and going places (LA-01) | read full text
Download | Playpaxuntápan chí nikitnákeesh the.acorns soon I.am.going.to.crack.(acorns) I am going to crack acorns. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playchí nikráveesh soon I'm.going.to.grind.(acorns) I'm gonna grind (acorns) soon. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playchí nitákireesh soon I'm.gonna.leach.those.(acorns) I'm gonna leach those (acorns). Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playchí nu'uufíthvan soon lets.go.swimming Lets go swimming. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Playchí upathríheesh hum soon it.is.going.to.rain or Is it going to rain? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish chí upathríheesh sort.of soon it.is.going.to.rain It's just about to rain. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playchí nivâarameesh soon I.am.going.to.leave I am going to leave. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playchí núpuunvi soon let's.rest! Let's (you and I) rest! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playchí upathríheesh soon it.is.going.to.rain It's going to rain. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás néepeenti chí payôok ihyárihish payôok áxak padonkeys then he.told.me soon right.here stand.still right.here two the.donkey And he told me, "Stand right here, right here by the two donkeys." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playchí á' pákathuneesh soon above you.should.cook You should cook. Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playchí pimnîish soon cook! Cook! Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playchí nipimnísheesh soon I.will.cook I'm going to cook. Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás upíip yôotva nâachish mu'íshaha chí ni'ísheesh then he.said hurray! little.nephew his.juice soon I.will.drink.it And he said, "Hurray, I'll drink nephew's juice! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás uxús chí kan'îishi then he.thought soon let.me.drink! And he thought, "Let me drink!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textchíva koovúra kunímuutarahinaa pa'ifápiitichas soon.thusly all they.were.pregnant the.young.women Soon all the young girls were pregnant. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás kunpíip payêem xasík chí kinmáheesh then they.said now then.(future) soon they.will.see.us And they said, "Now we are going to see them." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textchí kan'árihroovi soon let.me.go.upriver Let me go upriver!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textpavúra ixusáhaak kúnish chí kaneeykáreesh vúra ikpêehveesh ík when you.think sort.of soon they.are.going.to.kill.me Intensive you.will.shout must Whenever you think they are sort of about to kill you, you must shout. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish it.was.because this the.one.which.is.flowing.downstream soon they.were.going.to.dance.from.the.lake.mouth It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows. Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full textvíri tá kári pachí kun'íihrupaavish xás asaxvuhpihnîich tóo thvoonha so PERF then SUB-soon they.were.going.to.dance.down then Old.Man.Turtle PERF-he be.eager.(to.do) It was time for them to dance down, and then Old Man Turtle wanted to. Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full textchu'áveesh soon.he.was.going.to.eat.it He was about to eat it. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkoovúra kunvíikvunaa yíthuk chí kunívyiihmeesh all they.weave elsewhere soon they.will.go They were all weaving, they were about to go to a different place. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full textxás upiip pûuhara vúra kanathárihi chí kiipáhariithuneeshap then he.said no Intensive pass.her.to.me soon they.will.catch.up.with.you And he said, "No, pass her to me, they're about to catch up with you." Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full texthínu páy chí kunchúphiichveesh surprise soon they.will.chat There they were going to chat. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textchí kunívyiihshipreevish uknamxánahich káan chí kun'íhukvunaavish soon they.were.going.to.leave placename there soon they.were.going.to.have.a.flower.dance They were going to leave for 'uknamxánahich, they were going to have a flower dance there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full textkári xás kúkuum vúra vaa chí kunímthaatvunaavish then then again Intensive so soon they.were.going.to.play.shinny Again they were going to play shinny. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textkári xás púyava kúkuum peekxariya'áraar chí kamikrîish then then you.see again the.priest soon let.him.sit.down! And so (the gods thought) "Let the priest take office (lit., sit down) again!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full texthûut chí kuninísheesh how soon they.will.do.it.with.them What were they to do with (the girls)? Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textkoovura'îin patá kun'áakup chí nuthtîiti everybody that they.challenged.him soon let's.gamble Everybody challenged him, "Let’s gamble!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textxás máh'iit chí nupiyâarameesh xás táhpuus nupáthraamutih then morning soon we.(two).will.return then young.fir.tree we.were.wrapping.our.hair.with.it Then in the morning we were going to leave, and we wore our hair bound with fir boughs. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text