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1. kári    xas    payeeripáxvuhsa    kin'ipêer    then    then    the.daughters    they.told.them

   Well, then, people told the girls, Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

2. xas    kunpavyíihfuruk    xas    kun'ipêer    "chu    pihnîich    pay    miváfish    then    they.came.back.indoors    then    they.said    here!    old.man    this    your.liver

   And then (the ten young men) came in, and they said, "Here, old man, here is your liver!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

3. xas    kun'ipêer    "papihníich    íp    nik    nuxusat    tharampukayaa'íshara    then    they.said    old.man    PAST    a.little    we.thought    extremely.good.acorn.soup

   Then one of them said, "Old man, we have been thinking about what a good cook you are!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

4. xas    yítha    upíip    "pûuhara    yaayâach    papihníich    núpeen    tá    nupiyâaram    then    one    she.said    no    better    the.old.man    we.tell.him    PERF    we.are.going.back

   But the other said, "No, it is better to tell the old man before we go." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

5. xas    kun'ipêer    "tá    nupiyâaram    then    they.said    PERF    we.are.going.back

   So they went and said to him, "We are going home." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

6. kári    xás    kachakâach    upíip    ããx    fatamakêesh    kich    ára    upêereesh    then    then    bluejay    he.said    ugh!    anything    only    person    he.will.say.it

   Then Bluejay said, "Indeed! Maybe he will say something!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

7. ipêeri    tell.her!

   Tell her! Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

8. xás    kunipêer    nuu    chími    nuvyîihshipreevish    chími    nu'ákunvanveesh    then    they.told.him    we    soon    we.will.go.out    soon    we.will.go.hunting

   Then they told him: "We are going out, we are going hunting." Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

9. xás    kunipêer    chími    man    then    they.told.him    soon    why...

   Then they told him: "Do your own way." Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

10. xás    yítha    îin    kunipêer    tá    nuparatánmaahpa    then    one    TOPIC    they.told.him    PERF    we.turned.back

    Then one of them told him: "We have turned back." Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

11. xás    koovúra    kunpakúriihvanaa    kunipêer    ôok    ichvánihich    tá    núfchuy    then    all    they.sang    they.told.him    here    little.bit    PERF    we.are.crowded

    Then all sang. They told him: "Come a little this way, we are crowded." Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

12. xás    kunipêer    íim    úm    vúra    pu'ipvôonupukeeshara    then    they.told.him    2sg.    or    Intensive    you.will.not.go.out

    Then they told him: "Aren't you going to go out?" Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

13. iim    vúra    îin    punêekyáreeshara    atipimámvaan    achvúun    úpeeranik    2sg.    Intensive    TOPIC    you.will.not.kill.me    buzzard    hookbill.salmon    he.told.him

    "You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

14. xás    úppeeranik    achvúun    îin    kuníppeeranik    xáy faat    ík    vúra    ôok    ipáfyuk    iim    vúra    pu'ôok    vúrayvutiheeshara    then    he.told.him    hookbill.salmon    TOPIC    he.told.him    don't!    must    Intensive    here    you.come.around.again    2sg.    Intensive    not.here    you.will.not.be.going.around

    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

15. xás    kuníppéer    iim    kyáru    vura    xáy faat    ík    ôok    ipáfyuk    iim    kyáru    vura    pu'ôok    ikrêevishara    achvúun    kuníppéer    then    they.told.him    2sg.    also    Intensive    don't!    must    here    you.come.around.again    2sg.    also    Intensive    not.here    you.will.not.stay    hookbill.salmon    they.told.him

    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

16. xás    kúkuum    tá    kunipêer    "hôoy    tivâaram    pihnêefich    then    again    PERF    they.asked.him    where    you.are.going    coyote

    Then they asked him again: "Where are you going, Coyote?" Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

17. xás    kunipêer    "chôora    chími    nanukríivram    then    they.told.him    let's.go    soon    our.house

    Then they told him: "Let's go to our house." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

18. xas    pamúkîit    upeer    tâak    pamiyáfus    níxraam    then    his.grandmother    he.tells.her    give.me!    your.dress    I.bet.it

    And he told his grandmother: “Give me your dress. Let me bet it.” Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

19. pakoovúra    pananuppírish    puyíththaxay    vúra    kúnish    vaa    kumeekyâahara    peheeraha'íppa    vúra    chishihpurith'íppa    kích    vaa    kúnish    kuméekyav    pa'apxantîich    îin    tá    kinippêer    that.of.all    our.plant    not.a.single.one    Intensive    sort.of    that    it.is.not.the.kind.of.make    the.tobacco.plant    Intensive    black.nightshade.plant    only    that    sort.of    kind.of.make    the.white.man    TOPIC    PERF    he.said.to.us

    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

20. pamitípa    ipêen    ôok    naa    your.brother    say.to    here    come

    Go get your brother. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

21. mitípa    ipêen    ôok    naa    your.brother    say.to    here    come

    Go get your brother. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

22. náa    neepêerat    tá    kóo    íim    peeshkâaktih    1sg.    she.told.me    PERF    all    2sg.    that.you.are.jumping

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

23. pi'êepvari    kári    naa    nîinamich    kunípeenti    chími    pimnîishi    long.ago    then    1sg.    little    they.used.to.say    soon    cook

    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!” Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

24. xás    tá    kinipêer    vúra    ník    tóo    mptup    then    PERF    she.told.us    Intensive    a.little    it.is    be.ripe

    Then she told us, “It’s cooked.” Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

25. xasík    nupêenti    chími    payêem    nuxúti    kíri    gravy    núkyav    then.(future)    we.said    soon    now    we.thought    I.wish    gravy    we.make.it

    Then we told her we “Now we would like to make gravy.” Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

26. xás    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 | Play

27. xás    kanéepeenti    pamichíshiih    mít    uum    êen    úkuuyvanik    then    they.were.telling.me    your.dog    near.past    3.SG    board    3s(>3)

    And they were telling me, "A board fell on your dog. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

28. kúkuum    vúra    tanupipêer    itíhaan    vaa    vúra    áhup    nukyâati    again    Intensive    we.told.each.other    always    that    Intensive    wood    we're.gathering

    Again we told each other, “We’re always gathering wood.” Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

29. ítam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    úpeen    tá    púfaat    mu'ípih    earlier.today    so    so    because.of    it.says    PERF    nothing    his.bones

    That's why it says he doesn't have any bones. Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

30. koovúra    panani'araréefyiivshas    naa    kíipeentihap    yôotva    púxich    taná'aachichha    all    my.Indian.friends    1sg.    I.am.telling.you.guys    hurray!    very.much    I.am.happy

    To all my Indian friends, I'm saying, "Thank you, I'm very glad!" Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text Spoken by William Bright | Download | Play

31. xás    patá    kunípeerahaak    fâat    iyúrish    xás    patu'ûurihaak    púyava    uum    hâari    ára    vaa    kúth    tóo    tháaniv    then    when    when.they.tell.him    what    pay    then    when.he.refuses    so    3.SG    sometime    person    so    because.of    PERF    sit

    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

32. uthítiimti    pakunípeenti    tu'áhooheen    he.was.hearing.it    when.they.were.telling    he.has.arrived

    He heard them telling (each other), "He has come." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

33. kári    xás    kunipêer    papihnêefich    i'asímchaaktiheesh    ik    then    then    they.told.him    Coyote    you.will.keep.your.eyes.closed    must

    And they told Coyote, "You must keep your eyes closed. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

34. xás    kunipêer    chími    árihishrih    then    they.say    soon    sing

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

35. xás    kunipêer    chémi    then    they.told.him    all.right

    And they told him, "All right." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

36. kári    xás    kunipêer    xáyfaat    ík    iyúupha    then    then    they.told.him    don't!    must    you.open.your.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

37. xás    kunipêer    tá    nuvyíhuk    then    they.told.him    PERF    we.arrived.here

    And they told him, "We've arrived here." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

38. xás    úpeenti    îim    ôok    keemisha'îin    i'áveeshap    then    he.told.him    outdoors    here    a.monster    it.will.eat.you

    And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

39. xás    kunipêer    chími    páahak    váramnih    then    they.told.him    soon    in.the.boat    go.in

    And they told him, "Get in the boat. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

40. pihnêefich    páahak    kunipêer    sú'    ithxuuprámnihi    coyote    in.the.boat    they.told.him    inside    lie.face.down!

    They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

41. xás    kunípeenti    pihnêefich    payêem    pukinípkookanpeeshara    then    they.were.telling.him    coyote    now    we.will.not.go.along.with.you.again

    Then they told Coyote, "Now you won't go with us again." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

42. kári    xás    kunipêer    pihnêefich    chími    váripi    páahak    then    then    they.told.him    coyote    soon    get.out!    at.the.boat

    And they told Coyote, "Get out of the boat!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

43. xás    kunipêer    pihnêefich    ôok    uum    panámniik    then    they.told.him    coyote    here    3.SG    Orleans

    And they told Coyote, "Here's Orleans." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

44. víri    vaa    kunípeentih    pihneefpíshtaaxva    so    that    they.are.calling.it    winged.ant

    That's what they call "Coyote pulling-back-foreskin." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

45. vaa    pakunípeenti    pihneefchúnivach    that    that.they.are.calling.it    bird.sp.

    That's what they call "little Coyote-urine" (Astragalinus sp.) Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

46. kári    xás    kunipêer    vúra    ík    i'asímchaaktiheesh    then    then    they.told.him    Intensive    must    you.will.be.closing.your.eyes

    And they told him, "You must keep your eyes closed. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

47. kári    xás    ík    vúra    itúraayveesh    panúpeerahaak    then    then    must    Intensive    you.will.look.around    when.we.tell.you

    Then when we tell you, you can look around." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

48. kári    xás    ík    vúra    itúraayveesh    panúpeerahaak    then    then    must    Intensive    you.will.look.around    when.we.tell.you

    Then when we tell you, you can look around." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

49. púyava    uknamxánahich    tá    kunpípasma    kári    xás    kunipêer    chími    túraayvi    you.see    placename    PERF    they.brought.him.back.to    then    then    they.told.him    soon    look.around!

    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

50. xás    upêer    pasípnuuk    naa    ík    vúra    neemúsahitiheesh    peekûuntakoo    then    he.told.it    the.storage.basket    1sg.    must    Intensive    you.will.look.like.me    as.you.sit

    And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

51. 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

52. nípeereesh    chími    ishávaas    nupíraanvi    I.will.say    soon    child.of.deceased.sibling    let's.trade

    I'll say to him, 'Nephew, let's trade! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

53. xás    kunipêer    hôoy if    íkfuuyshureesh    then    they.told.him    no.way    you'll.get.tired

    And they told him, "No, you'll get tired. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

54. xás    úpeenvunaa    peekvípaansa    pay'ôok    ikrîish    then    he.told.them    the.runners    right.here    sit.down

    And he told the runners, "Sit here." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

55. xás    pihnêefich    úpeenvunaa    paaxíich    chími    pamikún'aav    kiik'âanvathap    then    coyote    he.told.them    the.children    soon    your.faces    let.me.paint.your.faces

    And Coyote told the children, "Let me paint you on your faces! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

56. xás    úpeenvunaa    pay'ôok    kiitkúrihtih    then    he.told.them    right.here    you.guys.look.in!

    And he told them, "Look in here." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

57. xás    kunipêer    atafâat    íim    araraxus'úmaan    then    they.say    maybe    2sg.    doctor

    And they said to him, "Maybe you're a doctor." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

58. kári    xás    kunipêer    chími    patúmkoo    then    then    they.say    soon    suck.disease

    And they said to him, "Suck (the disease out of) her!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

59. xás    uxús    xâatik    nipêer    chími    yárarahi    then    he.thinks    it's.better    I.tell.her    soon    get.married!

    And he thought, "Let me tell her, 'Get married! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

60. xás    úpeenti    pamú'aramah    kúna    vúra    yáv    peekupeekrêehitiheesh    then    he.is.saying.to.her    his.child    in.addition    Intensive    good    that.you.will.be.living.in.that.way

    And he told his child, "But you will live well. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

61. kári    xás    upêer    pamukústaan    yítha    chími    numnîishi    then    then    she.tells    her.sister    one    soon    let.us.cook

    Then one said to her sister, "Let's cook!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

62. upêer    pamí'arama    nikvárakuktih    he.told.her    your.child    I.am.coming.to.buy.her

    He said, "I am coming to buy your child." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

63. hínu páy    ikreemyaha'úru    póopeenti    iktûunihi    surprise    eggs.of.wind    that.she.told.him    take.them.down!

    There it was eggs of the wind that she told him to take down. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

64. xás    âanxus    upêer    papu'imáan    ívahaak    xáat    paniní'arama    ihrôoha    then    weasel    she.told.him    if.not.tomorrow    you.die    may    my.child    wife

    And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

65. âanxus    kunipêer    chími    núvuunvi    weasel    they.told.him    soon    let's.wrestle!

    Weasel was told, "Let's wrestle! Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

66. púyava    kúkuum    yítha    tu'uum    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    tóo    pêer    íkamish    chími    nuthtîiti    you.see    again    one    one.would.arrive    again    Intensive    so    she.would    say.to    son-in-law.(dimin.)    soon    let's.gamble

    So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

67. kári    xás    upêer    mâa    páy    pamikinínaasich    then    then    he.said    look!    this    your.pets

    And he said, "Here's your pets." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

68. xás    upêer    pamukîit    peemáhaak    nanipíkvas    tóo    kyívunih    tá    ni'iv    then    he.told.her    his.grandmother    if.you.see    my.headdress-feather    it.has    fall.downward    PERF    I.died

    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

69. pa'asiktavan'îin    kunipêer    xáyfaat    xáyfaat    ivâaram    the.women    they.told.him    don't!    don't!    you.go

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

70. úpêer    papihníich    chími    nukunaaskúnas-hitih    he.told.them    the.old.man    soon    we.are.playing.on.a.teeter-totter

    The old man said to them, "Let's (you and I) play on the teeter-totter." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

71. xás    pihnîich    kunipêer    ôok    naa    then    old.man    they.told.him    here    come

    And the old man said, "Come here!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

72. xás    kunipêer    vaa    káan    kúniihki    mufithíhkaam    mupîimich    vaa    káan    pamúthvaay    utháaniv    then    they.told.him    so    there    shoot.at.him!    his.big.toe    next.to.it    so    there    his.heart    it.lies

    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

73. xás    papihnîich    úpeenvunaa    payeeripáxvuhsas    chími    kiikpiruvôonishuki    then    the.old.man    he.told.them    the.girls    soon    you.guys.crawl.out.again!

    And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

74. xás    tá    kunipêer    pamukun'ákah    yee    arákaas    hûut    ti'iin    then    PERF    they.told.him    their.father    well    old.man    how    you.have.something.wrong.with.you

    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

75. xás    kári    kunipêer    pa'arákaas    hûut    ti'iin    then    then    they.told.him    the.old.man    how    you.have.something.wrong.with.you

    Then (the sons) said to the old man, "What's wrong with you? Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

76. pa'arákaas    íp    îin    kinípeerat    kiik'íchunvi    the.old.man    PAST    TOPIC    he.told.us    you.guys.hide.yourselves!

    The old man told us to hide. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

77. víri    kunipêer    hôoy íf    yaxéek    i'úumeesh    so    they.tell    no.way    you'll.see    you.will.arrive.there

    They told him, "You can't get there. Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

78. pamutúnviiv    úpeenvunaa    ôok    vúra    kíik'iini    her.children    she.told.them    here    Intensive    you.guys.stay!

    She told her children, "You stay here. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

79. pamutúnviiv    úpeenvunaa    tu'ifuyâachha    her.children    she.told.them    it.is.really.true

    She told her children, "It's really true. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

80. xás    poopáhariithvunaa    pamuhrooha'îin    kunipêer    yaxéek    iim    vaa    kích    ikupítiheesh    then    when.he.caught.up.with.them    his.wife    she.told.him    you'll.see    2sg.    so    only    you.will.be.doing

    And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

81. víriva    kumá'ii    kunípeenti    xúux    mukrivruhvánamich    so    because.of    they.are.saying    placename    her.little.rolling-place

    For that reason they call it "xuux's little rolling-place." Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

82. fatamakêesh    kích    ára    úpeereesh    anything    only    person    she.will.tell.them

    She'll tell a person just anything." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

83. yáas    xunyêep    tá    kunpípeer    tikárihahum    nik    then    tan.oak.tree    PERF    they.told.her    are.you.ready?    a.little

    Then they told Tan Oak, "Are you ready? Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

84. xás    kunipêer    manâa    vúra    tá    núpsaamkir    then    they.told.her    maybe    Intensive    PERF    we.leave.you.behind

    And they told her, "Perhaps we're leaving you behind." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

85. xás    kinipêer    chími    kiivyíhish    then    they.told.them    soon    you.get.there!

    And they were told, "Gather together." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

86. xás    xuntápan    kunipêer    hûut    iim    u'íinati    kúth    papu'ipthíthaheen    pamípxaan    then    acorn    they.told.her    how    2sg.    it.is.wrong    because.of    that.you.did.not.finish.weaving    your.cap

    And they said to Tan Oak Acorn, "What's the matter with you that you didn't finish weaving your cap?" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

87. xás    yaas'ara'îin    kunipêer    iim    kumá'ii    pa'ára    u'íinahaak    i'áamtiheeshap    vaa    kúth    puharíxay    xúrihitiheesh    then    Humankind    they.told.her    2sg.    because.of    when.humanity    it.exists    it.will.eat.you    so    because.of    never    it.will.be.hungry

    Then Man told her, "For your sake, when people exist, they will eat you, because of that they will never hunger. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

88. 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

89. xás    upêer    pa'avansáxiich    imáankam    sáruk    astíip    pamíchaas    xákaan    ík    kuyâarameesh    ikxúrar    then    she.told.him    the.boy    next.day    downhill    shore    your.younger.brother    with.(one.person)    must    you.two.will.go    evening

    And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

90. xás    pamu'aaníhich    upêer    chôora    nupíkniihvan    ikmaháchraam    then    his.older.brother    he.told.him    let's.go    let's.go.sweat.ourselves    sweathouse

    And he told his older brother (i.e., the Bear's son), "Let's go sweat ourselves in the sweathouse!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

91. kári    xás    upêer    pamú'aramah    chími    pami'áka    êehi    paxuun    then    then    she.told.her    her.child    soon    your.father    give.it.to.him    the.acorn.soup

    And she told her child, "Give your father his acorn soup!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

92. púyava    xás    paaxíich    upêer    pamútaat    úma    kachakâach    vaa    ukupítih    kachakáach    uyveeshrîihvuti    paxuun    you.see    then    the.child    she.told.her    her.mother    emphatic(?)    bluejay    that    she.is.doing    bluejay    she.is.pouring.it.out    the.acorn.soup

    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down." Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

93. kári    xás    kunipéer    hôoy    imáhanik    then    then    they.said.to.him    where    you.found.it

    And he was asked, "Where did you find it? Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

94. xás    upêer    xáyfaat    ík    vúra    haríxay    kâam    kúuk    i'íipma    then    he.said    don't!    must    Intensive    sometimes    little.upriver    to.there    you.go.back

    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

95. íp    kanéepeerat    xáyfaat    ôok    inaa    PAST    they.told.me    don't!    here    you.go.upriver

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

96. kári    xás    kunipêer    mímyaahti    hûutva    kóo    mímyaahti    vúra    iim    fátaak    asasúruk    vaa    káan    i'ifchíkinkutiheesh    then    then    they.say    your.life    somehow    as.much.as    your.life    Intensive    2sg.    somewhere    under.a.rock    so    there    you.will.be.stuck.onto.it

    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

97. ithyarukpíhriiv    kunihyûunishtih    upêentih    nakûushi    Across.the.Water.Widower    they.were.shouting.at.him    she.was.telling.him    copulate.with.me!

    Across-the-Water Widower was shouted at, (the person) said to him, "Copulate with me!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

98. xás    áchkuun    kunipéer    túus    upiip    pamipakuhíram    tu'ífikaraha    paxuntápan    then    swamp.robin    they.told.him    mockingbird    he.said    your.acorn.gathering.grounds    many.are.picking    the.acorns

    And Swamp Robin was told, Mockingbird said, "They're picking the acorns at your acorn-picking grounds." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

99. xás    kunipéer    púya    íf    yâamach    peepâanvutih    then    they.told.him    and.so    truly    pretty    you.were.painting.your.face

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

100. púyava    kunípeentih    hôoy    iim    imáahtih    peepâanvutih    you.see    they.were.saying.to.him    where    2sg.    you.were.finding.it    what.you.are.painting.your.face.with

     So they said to him, "How do you find what you paint your face with?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

101. xás    kunipêer    chími    vôonfuruki    then    they.told.him    soon    enter.the.house!

     Then (the girls) told him, "Come in!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

102. xás    kunipêer    chími    vôonfuruki    iim    kahyuras'afishríhan    then    they.told.him    soon    enter.the.house!    2sg.    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man

     They told him, "Come in, you Klamath Lakes Young Man! Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

103. xás    kunipêer    yôotva    nanu'ávanheesh    then    they.told.him    hurray!    our.future.husband

     And they said, "Hurray, (you) are our husband! Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

104. xás    kunípeenti    ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav    hûut    kích    ixútih    then    they.told.him    Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit    how    only    you.are.thinking

     And (the person) said to Sacred Sweathouse Spirit, "How are you feeling?" Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

105. kári    xás    pamukústaan    upéer    chími    árus    vîiki    then    then    his.sister    he.told    soon    seed.basket    weave!

     And he told his sister, "Weave seed-baskets! Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

106. kári    xás    asiktâan    kinipéer    chími    shipnúkaam    kiikvîiki    then    then    woman    they.were.told    soon    big.storage.basket    you.weave

     And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

107. víri    vaa    kinípeeranik    hûutva    kóo    ithívthaaneen    uthaanêehaak    xáyfaat    ik    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    kukupeepvíkaha    so    so    they.told.them    somehow    as.much.as    land    it.exists    don't!    must    again    Intensive    so    you.must.not.weave.that.way

     (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

108. xás    kunipéer    chími    pásas    then    she.told.him    soon    get.dressed

     And she told him, "Dress up (in dance regalia)!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

109. xás    kunipéer    vúra    chími    pásas    then    they.told.him    Intensive    soon    get.dressed

     And she told him, "Do dress up!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

110. xás    kunipéer    xâatik    nupkôokanpa    then    they.told.him    it's.better    we.go.back.with.you

     And they said to him, "Let us go back with you." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

111. xás    kunipéer    sáhyuux    iktávan    then    they.told.him    sand    go.get.(in.hand)

     And (the women) told him, "Go get sand!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

112. xás    kunipéer    chími    iktîiti    pananu'átimnam    then    they.told.him    soon    unpack.them!    our.burden.baskets

     And they told him, "Unpack our burden baskets!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

113. xás    kunipéer    háriva    peemáhaak    pasáhyuux    aas    kích    ixúseesh    tá    kunpiyâaramaheen    then    they.told.him    whenever    when.you.see.it    the.sand    water    like    you.will.think    PERF    they.went.back

     And they told him, "Whenever you see that the sand is wet, you will know that we've gone again." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

114. kári    xás    upiip    pa'ífhaak    víri    chími    nupêen    péekupheesh    then    then    he.said    if.true    so    soon    let.me.tell.you    how.you.will.do

     And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

115. kári    xás    asiktâan    upéer    nuxákaanhi    then    then    woman    she.told.her    let's.go.together!

     And she said to a woman, "Let's go together!" Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

116. kári    xás    kunipéer    mâa    kâam    vuhvúha    ukyáati    pakúth    ivúrayvutih    then    then    they.told.her    look!    little.upriver    deerskin.dance    he.is.making.it    the.one.for.whose.sake    you.are.wandering.around

     And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

117. kári    xás    kinipéer    chími    kiikpiyâarami    then    then    they.told.them    soon    you.guys.go.back!

     Then they were told, "Go back home!" Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

118. yukún    vaa    kunípeenti    yumaará'aama    achvuun    you.see    so    they.call.it    hookbill.salmon    hookbill.salmon

     You see, they call dog salmon "dead-man's salmon." Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

119. kári    xás    kinipéer    pa'áraar    tu'ívahaak    vaa    ík    apmántiim    kuyvúruktiheesh    then    then    they.told.them    when.a.person    he.has.died    that    must    lip    you.guys.will.be.rubbing.it.on.them

     And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

120. xás    upéer    chôora    máruk    then    she.told.him    let's.go    uphill

     And she told him, "Let's go uphill!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

121. xás    upéer    chími    ôok    vúra    íkrii    tá    kuntápkuup    pa'arara'íin    then    she.told.him    soon    here    Intensive    live    PERF    they.liked.him    the.people

     And she told him, "Live here!"; the people liked him. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

122. xás    pamutat'îin    kunipêer    îikam    kúuk    uumi    then    his.mother    she.told.him    outdoors    to.there    go!

     And his mother told him, "Go outdoors! Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

123. xás    pámita    îin    kunsíitvat    úpeenti    xáyfaat    mâam    kúuk    ikuníhivraa    then    who    TOPIC    they.stole.him    he.told.him    don't!    uphill    to.there    you.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

124. xás    pa'avansáxiich    uxús    fâat    áta    kúth    pávaa    kanéepeentih    then    the.boy    he.thought    what    maybe    because.of    that    they.were.telling.me

     And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

125. kunípeenti    axicha'êechkeepuhich    yáxa    íkrii    they.were.telling.him    kidnapped.child    look!    you.are

     He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

126. púya    mâam    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii    and.so    uphill    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am

     "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

127. xás    kunipêer    hãã    then    they.told.him    yes

     And he was told (by his kidnappers), "Yes. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

128. ayu'âach    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii    it.was.because    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am

     It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

129. kári    xás    upéer    páy    húm    mi'ífunih    then    then    he.told.her    this    or    your.hair

     And he said, "Is this your hair?" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

130. kinípeenti    kêemish    pa'apxantínihichas    they.told.them    something.dangerous    the.white.men

     They were told that the white men were devils. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

131. kári    xás    kinipêer    káan    ík    kúvyiihmeesh    then    then    they.told.them    there    must    you.will.go

     And they told (the Indians) to come there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

132. xás    uthvuyâanati    ípa    kóo    kunípeerat    ikvan    then    he.was.naming    PAST    all    they.said    buy

     And he was naming all that they had told him to buy. Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

133. xás    koovúra    tupipshinvárihva    péethvuy    ípa    kunípeerat    ikvan    then    all    he.forgot    the.name    PAST    they.said    buy

     And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy. Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

134. xás    kunipêer    fâat    panu'ákiheesh    then    they.say    what    we.will.give.you

     And they said to him, "What can we give you?" Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

135. nanítaat    mít    kin'ípeentihat    tuyshipnee'ípanich    uum    saripkêemshas    my.mother    near.past    she.was.telling.us    mountain.peak    3.SG    bad.hazel.twigs

     My mother used to tell us, "They are bad hazel sticks on the hilltop." Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

136. púra fâat    vúra    kinípeentihat    nothing    Intensive    they.weren't.saying.to.us

     They (the government) didn't say anything to us. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

137. puxích    kúnish    upáthriihtih    víri    puxútihap    kíri    nupêer    paaxíitichas    ôok    kóova    nu'am    very.much    sort.of    it's.raining    so    they.do.not.think    I.wish    we.say    the.children    here    so    we.eat

     It's sort of raining hard, so they don't want to ask the (neighbor's) children to eat here with them. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Birthday Party" (WB_KL-89) | read full text

138. kári    xás    kachakâach    upiip    ããx    naa    fatamakêesh    kích    ára    úpeereesh    then    then    bluejay    she.said    ugh!    1sg.    anything    only    person    she.will.tell.him

     Bluejay said, "Ããx, she would just say anything to anybody. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play