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1. páy    kóo    paxánthiip    páy    yítha    kóo    paxánthiip    káan    u'íihya    this    as.much.as    the.oak.tree    this    one    as.much.as    the.oak.tree    there    it.was.standing

   There's an oak tree, there's an oak tree standing there. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. itráhyar    pa'asípiitsa    káru    vaa    kóohoo    imvarámpiitsa    káru    itráhyar    síkih    ten    the.new.bowls    little.ways.off    that    as.much.as    new.plates    also    ten    spoon

   There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

3. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    itíhan    kuméekxaram    nanitúnviiv    vaa    pay'ôok    kun'írunaatiheesh    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    Intensive    as.much.as    always    its.night    my.children    so    right.here    they.will.pass

   As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

4. chavúra    pâanpay    vúra    vaa    kóo    tah    pavaa    káan    nithyúrurupukeesh    finally    after.while    Intensive    so    as.much.as    already    who.that    there    I.will.drag.it.out

   After a while it was big enough that I could pull one out. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

5. aas    koo    a little bit, and then they put it in a little pot    water    as.much.as    a little bit, and then they put it in a little pot

   As much as water and then they put it in a little pot. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

6. vaa    uum    vúra    hitíhaan    araréethvaayvari    vaa    kóo    vâaramas-hitih    that    3.SG    Intensive    always    towards.a.person's.chest    so    as.much.as    being.tall

   But most of the time they come up to a person's chest. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

7. vaa    tá    kunpíip    fâat    vúrava    pa'úuxhaak    úux    ihêeraha    kóo    úux    so    the    they.say.it    what    just    when.it.is.bitter    bitter    tobacco    as.much.as    bitter

   They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

8. nanittáat    mít    upôovôo?ihat    pafâat    vúrava    úuxhaak    iheeraháxiit    kyúnish    kyóo    uux    my.mother    near.past    ?    anything    just    when.it.is.bitter    green.tobacco    sort.of    as.much.as    bitter

   My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

9. hâari    tá    kunpakátkat    payaaf    pakári    kuntákkiritihat    kári    xás    tá    kunpiip    ihêeraha    vúra    kári    kyóo    úux    payaaf    sometime    the    they.take.a.taste.of.it    the.acorn.dough    that.still    when.they.were.leeching.it    then    then    the    they.say    tobacco    Intensive    then    as.much.as    bitter    the.acorn.dough

   Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

10. achavúra    ithá'iithva    vaa    kóo    uparíshriihva    finally    one.pack-load    that    as.much.as    he.twined.it

    Finally he twined a whole pack. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

11. 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

12. chavúra    koovúra    ixráam    upikyafipáyaachha    pa'ípa    kóo    kinpáxeepat    finally    all    bet    he.wins.back    recently    as.much.as    they.won.from.them

    Finally he won back all the stakes, as much as they had won away. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play

13. víri    hûutva    kóo    ithívthaaneen    u'iináhaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    kuníhruuvtiheesh    pasímsiim    so    somehow    as.much.as    land    when.it.exists    that    Intensive    as.much.as    they.will.be.using    the.knife

    However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

14. ishvít    kóo    tu'uum    piece    as.much.as    he.had.arrived

    He arrived as far as half-way (up the tree). Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

15. naa    vúra    kóo    yáv    pa'akâayva    kumayáan'iiftihan    1sg.    Intensive    as.much.as    good    the.anyone    any.young.man

    "I'm just as good as any young man." Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

16. hûutva    kóo    mímyaahti    pati'ívahaak    púra fâat    vúra    îin    aamtíheeshara    somehow    as.much.as    your.life    when.you.die    nothing    Intensive    TOPIC    it.won't.be.eating.you

    All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you). Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

17. hûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    víri    yaas'araréethvaaykam    nivúrayvutiheesh    somehow    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    in.front.of.rich.people    I.will.be.going.around

    As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

18. xás    xunyêep    upíip    naa    yáas    áachip    kóo    nivíiktih    then    tan.oak.tree    she.said    1sg.    only    middle    as.much.as    I.am.weaving

    And Tan Oak said, "I've just woven it half-way." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

19. xás    upíip    pûu    vaa    vúra    níthxuuneesh    káruma    nik    áachip    kóo    tuvíkahitih    then    she.said    no    so    Intensive    I.will.wear.it.on.my.head    in.fact    a.little    middle    as.much.as    it.is.woven

    And she said, "No, I'll wear it this way, (though) the fact is that it's only woven half-way. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

20. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    víri    naa    vúra    kích    kaná'aamtiheesh    káruma    apxankêemich    paninípxaan    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    1sg.    Intensive    only    they.will.eat.me    in.fact    poor.cap    my.cap

    However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

21. xasík    vaa    ík    vúra    kóo    káan    ku'íineesh    paaxvâahar    tóo    msípishrihaak    xasík    kupínaavish    then.(future)    so    must    Intensive    as.much.as    there    you.two.will.stay    when.the.pitch-wood    it.has    cooled.down    then.(future)    you.will.come.back

    You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

22. pukáru    vúra    hûut    kóo    ípanheeshara    not.also    Intensive    how    as.much.as    it.won't.reach

    It won't reach that far either. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

23. 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

24. 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

25. pamukúntiik    ishvít    kóo    aas    kun'áakkurihtih    pakun'axaychákishrihtih    their.hands    piece    as.much.as    water    they.were.putting.their.hands.into.water    when.they.were.grabbing.it

    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales). Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

26. káakum    pa'éekoons    táay    vúra    tá    kun'ífik    xás    itahara'átimnam    kóo    tóo    píishha    some    the.acorns    much    Intensive    PERF    they.gathered.them    then    ten.baskets    as.much.as    he.had    soak.acorns

    Some people gathered a lot of acorns, and put as many as ten baskets to soak. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

27. xás    kári    íshaha    tá    kuníyvaayramni    pakóo    kunxúti    u'úumeesh    then    then    water    PERF    they.poured.it.in    as.much.as    they.were.thinking    it.will.go

    And they poured in water, as much as they thought would go. Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

28. hâari    vúra    xára    kuníthtiitvanaatih    pahûutva    kóo    ararátaayhaak    sometime    Intensive    long.time    they.gamble    how.long    as.much.as    many.people

    Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people. Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text