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1. atafâat    ixúti    kíri    ni'am    maybe    you.are.thinking    I.wish    I.eat

   Maybe you think you want to eat something. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. íshaha    húm    xâatik    kíri    ni'ish    water    or    it's.better    I.wish    I.drink

   Did you want to drink water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

3. íshaha    xaat    íim    kíri    ni'ish    water    may    2sg.    I.wish    I.drink

   Do you want water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

4. xaat    úm    kíri    íshaha    natêeki    may    or    I.wish    water    you.dip.up.water.for.me

   Do you want to drink water? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

5. 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 text

6. íp    vúra    nik    nixútihat    kíri    nivik    ítam    pâanpay    tá    na'ûuriha    PAST    Intensive    a.little    I.thought    I.wish    I.weave    earlier.today    after.while    PERF    I.get.lazy

   I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

7. kíri    kanaxusêer    puthitíimtihara    I.wish    they.think.about.me    he.does.not.hear

   "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

8. uum    vúra    kunxúseentihanik    kíri    hûuk    u'uum    vúra    kunvîihanik    3.SG    Intensive    they.had.been.thinking    I.wish    to.where    he.go.    Intensive    they.disliked.him

   They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

9. íshaha    uhi    kíri    usah'áhupha    water    let.it.rise    I.wish    there.be.driftwood

   May the river rise, so there will be lots of driftwood." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

10. kiri    a'    u'íthimship    I.wish    above    she.lies.stomach.upward

    Would that she would lie stomach up. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

11. kíri    a'    u'íthimship    I.wish    above    she.lies.stomach.upward

    Would that she lie stomach up." Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

12. kári    xás    upiip    uum    vúra    vaa    páy    arara'îin    kunxúseentih    kíri    âapun    úyruuhriv    then    then    she.said    3.SG    Intensive    so    this    somebody    they.are.thinking    I.wish    on.the.ground    she.lies

    Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

13. Xás    payêem    paxanchíifich    tóo    xus    Kíri    naa    káru    nipáatveesh    then    now    the.frog    he.PERF    think    I.wish    1sg.    also    I.will.bathe

    And now the frog is thinking, "I want to take a bath, too." Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

14. fâat    ixútih    kíri    ni'av    what    you.are.thinking    I.wish    I.eat

    What do you want to eat? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

15. 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

16. káru    vaa    pafâat    ixútihaak    kíri    nímnish    also    so    whatever    you.are.thinking    I.wish    I.cook

    (She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

17. kári    xás    pahári    vúra    tá    nixusâak    kíri    pâay    níkyav    pananítaat    tóo    piip    chími    man    ikyav    then    then    whenever    Intensive    PERF    when.I.thought    I.wish    pie    I.make    my.mother    she.has    say    soon    why...    make

    Whenever I wanted to make a pie, my mother would tell me, “Go ahead.” Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

18. naa    vúra    pu    naxútihan,     kíri    kunikviit-hívath    1sg.    Intensive    NEG    I.didn't.think    I.wish    they.make.him.sleep

    I just didn't want them to put him to sleep. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

19. xás    uxus    kíri    páy    kári    vaa    ni'ish    then    he.thought    I.wish    this    then    so    I.drink

    And he thought, "I wish I could drink that." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

20. kíri    íshaha    úxrah    I.wish    water    he.thirsts.for.it

    May he get thirsty!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

21. víri    vaa    kunkupítih    pa'asiktávaansa    kunxúti    kíri    nutururípan    pa'áhup    so    so    they.were.doing.it    the.women    they.were.thinking    I.wish    we.hook.it.out.(with.sticks)    the.stick

    They were doing that, the women were trying to hook out the sticks. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

22. chiimuuch'îin    kunxúseeranik    kíri    vaa    ukúupha    pufáat    vúra    yávheeshara    Lizard    he.thought.it.about.him    I.wish    so    he.does.it    nothing    Intensive    will.not.be.good

    Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

23. káru    hôoy    patanúpviitma    kíri    nimah    also    where    that.we.have.paddled.back.to    I.wish    I.see

    "And where have we paddled to? I want to see!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

24. kíri    vúra    yunâamich    ni'itxâarihva    I.wish    Intensive    little.bit    I.open.my.eyes

    Let me open my eyes just a little!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

25. kíri    chími    áas    uxráheesh    I.wish    soon    water    let.him.thirst.for.it!

    Let him get thirsty!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

26. kíri    nupíraanva    I.wish    let's.trade

    Let's trade! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

27. chími    árihish    pamipákurih    kíri    ni'ítap    soon    sing    your.song    I.wish    I.know

    Sing your song, let me learn it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

28. 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

29. kíri    níhmaachichva    I.wish    I.fool.around.with.her

    He thought, "Let me fool around with her!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

30. vaa    kíri    ni'av    pakéech    that    I.wish    I.eat.it    the.big.one

    Let me eat that one, the big one!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

31. víri    vaa    nixútih    kíri    ni'axaychákish    so    so    I.am.thinking    I.wish    I.catch.him

    I am thinking, 'Let me catch him!'" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

32. pakunxútih    kíri    nu'áapunma    hûut    kumá’ii    pakunyíkihiti    púyava    kári    xás    kunpíkav    xánkiit    when.they.think    I.wish    1pl(>3)    how    because.of    when.they.get.sick    you.see    then    then    they.get    bullhead

    When they thought, "Let's find out why they are sick," then they summoned Bullhead. Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

33. kíri    naa    vúra    kích    yaas'arara'îin    na'áamti    káru    tápas    neekyâavish    I.wish    1sg.    Intensive    only    Humankind    they.eat.me    also    real    they.will.make.me

    May Mankind eat me alone and take care of me!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

34. kóova    kíri    kanéepshaamkir    so    I.wish    they.left.me.behind

    They wanted so much to leave me behind. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

35. papirishkâarim    tá    kuníkfuukiraa    yuuxmachmahánach    uxus    kíri    ni'ax    the.grizzly.bear    PERF    they.grabbed.at.him    lizard.sp.    she.thought    I.wish    I.kill.him

    Grizzly (in her death throes) grabbed at Lizard, she thought, "Let me kill him!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

36. chavúra    kun'áapunma    hínupa    êeth    hínupa    uxúti    tá    taay    kíri    pácheech    ni'av    finally    they.find.out    surprise    slug    surprise    he.is.thinking    PERF    much    I.wish    all.alone    I.eat

    Finally they found out, there it was Slug, there he thought, "There's a lot, let me eat it by myself!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

37. xás    uxús    kíri    kinpíychaak    pamutúnviiv    then    he.thought    I.wish    they.inflict.them.with.bad.luck    his.children

    And he wished that his children would have bad luck. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

38. púyava    kári    xás    ta'ítam    uvíkaheen    you.see    then    I.wish    so    she.wove

    And so then she wove. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

39. kíri    naa    káru    íshkiit    na'árihish    I.wish    1sg.    also    lucky    I.become

    Let me become lucky too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

40. kíri    kunxús    taayvávan    panu'áraarahitih    I.wish    let.them.think    many.people    we.are.many.people

    "Let them think we are a lot of people!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

41. púyava    xákaan    vúra    patá    kunxús    kíri    nutâatsip    you.see    with.(one.person)    Intensive    that    they.thought    I.wish    we.should.toss.it

    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!" Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

42. xás    panunu'ífunih    vúra    xávish    mûuk    nupákootih    kíri    vâaramas    u'if    panunu'ífunih    then    our.hair    Intensive    mock.orange    with.(by.means.of)    we.were.whipping.our.hair    I.wish    long    it.grows    our.hair

    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

43. 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

44. íi    kári    xás    kunxus    púya    íf    puxích    too    kúha    kíri    xuus    kun'uum    oh!    then    then    they.thought    and.so    true    very.much    she.has    be.sick    I.wish    thought    they.go.to.it

    And they were thinking that she's really sick, that she needs to get doctored. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

45. xás    uxútih    kíri    vaa    káan    ni'uum    pakáan    kúusrah    hôoy    u'aramsîiprivtih    then    he.was.thinking    I.wish    so    there    I.arrive    where    sun    where    it.is.starting.out

    He's thinking he wants to go there, where the sun comes from. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play