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1. tupishyáavpa    tá    kóo    tá    kun'ípak    it.had.become.winter    PERF    all    PERF    they.came.back

   In wintertime they all came back. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. tée    kxúrar    xas    ni'ípak    PERF    evening    then    I.return

   It was late evening when I got back. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

3. koovúra    váa    kári    kuníkshuuphanik    kumákuusrah    pakári    kun'ípaktiheesh    kumákuusrah    all    so    then    long.ago.they.decided    that.month    that.time    they.would.come.back    that.month

   And all [the Salmon] fixed the month, the month they will come back. Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

4. kúna    úum    pahôotah    yâak    nu'ípakahaak    hínupa    tapu'ára    íinara    in.addition    3.SG    if.late    good.place    we.come.back    surprise    has.not.people    not.exist

   If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist. Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

5. náa    ni'ípaktiheesh    xátikrupma    úthvuuyti    itrôopahaan    pakúusrah    1sg.    I.will.come.back    springtime    it.is.called    fifth.month    the.month

   I will always come back in the spring, the month is called the fifth month (March). Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

6. káru    akraah    uum    úpaanik    "naa    káru    pishîich    ni'ípaktiheesh    xátikrupma    also    eel    3.SG    long.ago.he.said    1sg.    also    first    I.will.return    springtime

   And the Eel said: “I will also get there first in the spring.” Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

7. xas    chími     axmáy    u'ípak    then    soon    suddenly    he.comes.back

   Then after a while he came back. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

8. chími    axmáy    u'ípak    soon    suddenly    he.comes.back

   Then he came back. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

9. Xás    payêem    paxanchíifich    tu'ípak    then    now    the.frog    he.has.come.back

   And now the frog has come back. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. xás    upíip    chími    kaan    vaa    sáruk    tá    nivâaram    xás    vúra    ni'ípakeesh    vaa    papúufich    then    he.said    soon    there    that    downhill    PERF    I.go    then    Intensive    I.will.return    that    the.deer

    And he said, I'm going down there to get it, I'll bring the deer back here. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. xas    xára    xás    axmáy    u'ípak    papíkchah    Riverside    xás    uparamsîip    then    long.time    then    suddenly    it.arrived    the.picture    Riverside    then    it.arrived.from

    And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

12. pihnêefich    kóova    tu'aachíchha    patu'ípak    pamushívshaaneen    coyote    so    he.had.been.happy    when.he.returned    his.country

    Coyote was so happy, when he came back to his country. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

13. ninithívthaaneen    ninithívthaaneen    tá    ni'ípak    ninithívthaaneen    my.country    my.country    PERF    I.return    my.country

    "My country, my country, I've come back, my country!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

14. poovárip    yánava    nanithívthaaneen    tá    ni'ípak    when.he.got.out    visible    my.country    PERF    I.come.back

    When he got out, he saw, (he said), "I've come back to my country!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

15. yôotva    nanishívshaaneen    tá    ni'ípak    hurray!    my.country    PERF    I.come.back

    "Hurray, I've come back to my country!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

16. kóova    pihnêefich    u'aachíchhanik    patu'ípak    kupánakanakana    so    coyote    he.was.happy    when.he.had.come.back    the.end

    Coyote was so happy when he got back. kupánakanakana. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

17. xás    upêer    vaa    ík    vúra    kóo    ôok    ikûuntakoovish    pani'ípakahaak    xasík    ikôoheesh    then    he.told.it    so    must    Intensive    as.much.as    here    you.will.sit    until.I.come.back    then.(future)    you.will.stop

    And he told it, "You must be sitting here like that until I come back, then you can stop." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

18. xás    tá    kunxús    kíri    kun'ípak    then    PERF    they.thought    I.wish    they.come.back

    Then (people) thought, "Let them come back!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

19. xás    pee'ípakahaak    xáat    pananí'aramah    ihrôoha    then    when.you.come.back    may    my.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

20. hôoy    íf    âavahar    u'ípakeesh    where    truly    alive    he.will.come.back

    He won't come back alive." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

21. xás    kun'ípak    pa'ávansas    then    they.returned    the.men

    Then the men returned. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

22. xás    kári    pa'ávansas    patá    kun'ípak    ikxúrar    yánava    papihnîich    upakurîihvutih    then    then    the.men    when    they.returned    evening    visible    the.old.man    he.was.singing

    And when the men returned in the evening, they saw the old man was singing. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

23. púyava    patée    kxurárahaak    yiimúsich    vúra    tóo    kpêehva    patu'ípak    you.see    when    when.it.was.evening    little.ways.off    Intensive    he.has    shout    when.he.has.returned

    When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

24. kúkuum    vúra    tu'ípak    vaa    tóo    piip    axichapipúniishich    again    Intensive    he.has.returned    so    he.has    say    children-tail

    The next time he returned, he would say, "Little children-tail." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

25. kári    xás    uxús    pamukúntaat    hûut    áta    kúth    pa'ípun    vúra    kích    tu'avíkvuti    patu'ípakahaak    then    then    she.thought    their.mother    how    maybe    because.of    the.salmon.tails    Intensive    only    he.has.been.carrying    when.he.returns

    And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

26. u'ípak    kúkuum    he.came.back    again

    He came back again. Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

27. tu'ípak    he.came.back

    He came back (from Scott Valley). Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

28. ôok    u'ipak    here    he.came.back

    He returned here. Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

29. púyava    xás    kúkuum    tu'ípak    you.see    then    again    he.came.back

    Then he would come back again. Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

30. kári    xás    upíip    aaníhich    uum    chími    u'ípakeesh    then    then    he.said    my.older.brother    3.SG    soon    he.will.come.back

    And he said, "Big brother is going to come back. Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

31. kári    xás    siit    upiip    aaníhich    chími    u'ípakeesh    sôomvaan    u'ípasukeesh    then    then    mouse    he.said    my.older.brother    soon    he.will.come.back    woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage    he.will.bring.back

    Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife." Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

32. púyava    poo'ípak    yánava    panani'îin    tóo    pvuunup    you.see    when.he.got.back    visible    my.falls    PERF.3SG    flow.back.downriver

    So when he got back, he saw it, "My falls have flowed downriver." Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

33. xás    itháan    pakun'ípak    xás    úpeenvunaa    pamutunvêech    papuna'ípakahaak    kuxúseesh    tá    neeykáraheen    then    once    when.they.returned    then    she.told.them    her.little.ones    if.I.don't.come.back    you.will.know.it    PERF    she.killed.me

    And once when they returned, (Deer) told her little ones, "If I don't come back, you will know (lit., think) that she's killed me." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

34. xás    itháan    u'ípak    pakéevriik    then    once    she.came.back    the.old.woman

    And once the old woman (i.e., Bear) came back. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

35. víri    imáan    xásik    u'ípakeesh    so    tomorrow    then.(future)    she.will.come.back

    She'll come back tomorrow." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

36. xás    kúmateech    ikxúrar    vúra    xára    xás    vúra    u'ípak    then    later.in.day    evening    Intensive    long.time    then    Intensive    she.came.back

    And later on, in the evening, she came back late. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

37. pamítaat    kúmateech    xasík    u'ípakeesh    your.mother    later.in.day    then.(future)    she.will.come.back

    "Your mother will come back later today." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

38. xás    kúkuum    vúra    xára    xás    u'ípak    ikxúrar    then    again    Intensive    long.time    then    she.came.back    evening

    And again (Bear) came back late in the evening. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

39. xás    mútaat    u'ípak    then    his.mother    she.came.back

    Then his mother came back. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

40. miník    ni'ípakeesh    of.course    I.will.return

    I'll return, all right." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

41. púyava    patóo    kxáramha    pa'asiktávaan    tu'ípak    you.see    when.it.had    be.night    the.woman    she.returned

    And when it got dark, the woman returned home. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

42. púyava    máh'iit    tu'ípak    you.see    morning    she.came.back

    So she got back in the morning. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

43. vírusur    uum    tá    íp    u'ípakat    bear    3.SG    PERF    PAST    she.returned

    Bear had already come back home. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

44. xás    púyava    kumamáh'iit    xás    kúkuum    tu'ípak    vúra    uum    taay    poo'átivutih    póomkaanvuti    pakóo    kuma'ávaha    then    you.see    some.morning    then    again    she.came.back    Intensive    3.SG    much    that.she.was.carrying.in.her.burden.basket    since.she.was.gathering.from.plants    all    kinds.of.food

    And one morning she came back again, she was carrying a lot in her burden basket, since she had gathered all kinds of food. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

45. xás    kári    ta'ítam    ôok    tu'ípak    áchkuun    then    then    so    here    he.returned    swamp.robin

    Then Swamp Robin returned here. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

46. púyava    ta'ítam    ôok    u'ípakaheen    túus    you.see    so    here    he.returned    mockingbird

    So Mockingbird returned here. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

47. púyava    uum    túus    payêem    vúra    u'ípakvutih    tupímnaaniharuk    you.see    3.SG    mockingbird    now    Intensive    he.returns    he.comes.here.to.spend.the.summer

    So now Mockingbird always returns, he comes to spend the summer. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

48. kári    xás    poo'ípak    xás    u'av    then    then    when.he.came.back    then    he.ate

    And when he came back, then he ate. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

49. púyava    pakun'ípak    ôok    kumeethívthaaneen    vaa    uum    pakúphaanhanik    póokupiti    áraar    utâanaxihitihirak    you.see    when.they.returned    here    its.world    that    3.SG    the.ones.who.did.it    as.one.is.doing.it    human    where.one.is.dead

    So when they returned to this world, they are the ones who did as it is done in the land of the dead. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

50. xás    upíip    tá    ni'ípak    then    he.said    PERF    I.returned

    And he said, "I've returned." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

51. kári    xás    upiip    áp    ná'aathvat    víri    tá    ni'ípak    then    then    he.said    PAST    I.was.afraid    so    PERF    I.came.back

    And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

52. peekxariya'áraar    úmpaan    tu'ípak    the.priest    he,.himself    he.came.back

    The priest himself came home. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

53. kúmateech    poo'ípakahaak    peekxariya'áraar    vaa    ukrivkíreesh    later.in.day    when.he.came.back    the.priest    that    he.will.sit.on.it

    Later on, when the priest came back, he was going to sit on that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

54. pafatavéenaan    poo'ípakahaak    ikxúrar    tóo    pvíishrih    xás    vúra    pa'áraar    tá    kun'íranva    the.priest    NOMZ    evening    it.had    fallen.again    then    Intensive    the.people    PERF    they.went.to.celebrate.the.pikyavish

    When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

55. pafatavéenaan    yáas    u'ípak    ikxúrar    the.priest.in.the.world.renewal.ceremony    then    he.returned    evening

    Then in the evening the priest returned. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text