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1. fâat    kumá'ii    pananítaat    káru    panani'áka    tá    kuniyâaram    fâat    kumá'ii    what    because.of    my.mother    also    my.father    PERF    they.took.them.away    what    because.of

   Why did they take my father and mother away? Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. fâat    kumá'ii    peexráratih    naa    ník    ôok    páy    níkrii    what    because.of    that.you.are.crying    1sg.    a.little    here    this    I.am.sitting

   "What are you crying for? I'm here with you." Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

3. xas    yítha    upíip    "fâat    kumá'ii    panu'íchunveesh    then    one    she.said    what    because.of    that.we.will.hide.ourselves

   And one of the girls asked, "What for do we have to hide?" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

4. xas    yítha    upíip    "hûut    kumá'ii    patá    kin'íchunva    then    one    she.said    how    because.of    that    you.hide.us

   Then one of them said, "What for did you hide us? Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

5. vaa    kumá'ii    poo'apunkôotih    so    because.of    he.poisoned.him

   Therefore he poisoned him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

6. víri    manâa    hôoy if    áta    ishêeyti    kumá'ii    peevíikti    so    maybe    no.way    maybe    you.don't.know.how    because.of    you're.weaving

   Well, it's not true that you don't know how, because you're weaving. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

7. hûut    kumá'ii    how    because.of

   Why? Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

8. xás    vúra    uumkun    hitíhaan    pakaan    kunivyíihmutihanik    peekxaréeyav    váa    kumá'ii    pakun'úuhyanatihanik    hûut    áta    pakunkupítiheesh    yaas'ára    then    Intensive    they    always    there    they.went.    the.First.People    so    because.of    they.were.talking.    how    maybe    they.will.do    rich.person

   The First People went in there all the time, since they were talking over what humans were going to do. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

9. kunpíip    fâat    kumá'ii    peekmaháchraam    tá    nupsáamkir    they.said    what    because.of    the.sweathouse    PERF    we.left.him

   They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?" Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

10. kári    xás    kunpíip    fâat    kumá'ii    pavaa    kaan    su'    úkrii    then    then    they.said    what    because.of    thus    there    inside    he.is

    They said: "What is he in there for?" Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

11. uum    vúra    yáv    vaa    kumá'ii    3.SG    Intensive    good    that    because.of

    She is really good, that's why. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-27) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

12. uum    vúrava    yáv    vaa    kumá'ii    3.SG    Intensive.    good    that    because.of

    That's why she is good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-27) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

13. hûut    kumá'ii    how    because.of

    Why? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

14. kári    vúra    naa    nîinamich    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    payêem    naa    uum    púfaat    neekyâatihara    then    Intensive    1sg.    little    so    so    because.of    now    1sg.    3.SG    nothing    I.cannot.do

    I was little then (chuckle), but now I can’t do anything. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

15. vaa    kumá'ii    paxáas    tu'iv    pu'uum    vúra    fâat    kumakêemish    áamtihan    so    because.of    that.almost    he.died    not.he    Intensive    what    kind.of.poison    he.didn't.eat

    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

16. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pa'itíhaan    nuu    xás    nukyáviichvuti    aa    íshaha    káru    núktaamti    so    that    because.of    always    we    then    we.workee        water    also    we.carried

    That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

17. 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

18. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    koovúra    patûupichas    pamusxíchak    so    so    because.of    all    that.small.ones    their.waists

    So that's why they all have small waists. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

19. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    patupiytúykaanva    so    so    because.of    that.he.had.kicked.it.out.into.the.water

    That's why he kicked it out. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

20. xás    uxus    hûut    kumá'ii    papunayâavahitihara    then    he.thought    how    because.of    that.I.am.not.getting.full

    And he thought, "Why am I not getting full?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

21. xás    úuth    upiytúykaanva    páyuux    uknamxánahich    mú'uuthkam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pakêech    usirishkírahitih    then    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.out.into.water    the.dirt    placename    toward.the.water.from.it    so    so    because.of    the.big.one    it.is.a.river.bar

    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there). Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

22. kári    xás    kunpatánvish    fâat    kumá'ii    ivúrayvutih    then    then    they.ask.him    what    because.of    you.are.wandering

    And they asked him, "Why are you wandering around?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

23. 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

24. víriva    kumá'ii    vaa    káan    kích    kun'áraarahitihanik    pirishkâarim    so    because.of    so    there    only    they.lived    grizzly

    For that reason grizzly bears lived only there. Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

25. 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

26. kumá'ii    papuna'ûusurutihara    because.of    I.cannot.take.it.out

    For that reason I can't take (the disease object) out. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

27. 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

28. kári    xás    uxúti    pakachakâach    hûut    áta    kumá'ii    pa'ípat    múxuun    kích    kúnish    poopátatih    then    then    she.was.thinking    the.bluejay    how    maybe    because.of    the.doe    her.acorn.soup    only    sort.of    that.he.is.eating

    And Blue Jay thought, "I wonder why he sort of eats only Doe's acorn soup?" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

29. púyava    kumá'ii    pamúyuup    aaxkúnish    poomchaaxrípaanik    you.see    because.of    his.eyes    red    because.it.(the.heat).came.out

    So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

30. víriva    kumá'ii    akráa    púfaat    mu'ípih    so    because.of    eel    nothing    his.bone

    For that reason Eel has no bones. Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

31. vaa    kumá'ii    pa'áathva    ukyáavunaati    that    because.of    be.afraid    he.makes

    That's why he scared them. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

32. xás    kunipíti    pa'asiktávaansa    púya    hûut    kumá'ii    peekxáram    xás    uvaaramôotih    then    they.said    the.women    and.so    how    because.of    in.the.evening    then    she.always.goes.away

    And the women said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

33. vaa    kumá'ii    pavaa    ukupítih    ikxáram    xás    póomkaanvutih    that    because.of    that    she.was.doing    night    then    that.she.was.gathering.from.plants

    That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

34. púyava    hínu páy    uum    vírusur    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pátaay    úmkaanvutih    you.see    surprise    3.SG    bear    so    that    because.of    so.much    that.she.was.gathering.from.plants

    So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

35. fâat    kumá'ii    paneehyûunishtih    what    because.of    she.is.shouting.at.me

    Why is she shouting at me?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

36. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    payêem    íshaha    xás    vúra    kumá'ii    úmsiipti    aah    so    that    because.of    now    water    then    Intensive    because.of    it.puts.it.out    fire

    For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

37. káru    vaa    kumá'ii    koovúra    kumakeemishatunvêechas    kun'áayti    aah    also    that    because.of    all    kinds.of.little.wild.animals    they.are.afraid    fire

    And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

38. kári    xás    vaa    upiip    iimkun    úm    kúth    ni'íiftih    iimkun    úm    kumá'ii    ni'íiftih    then    then    so    he.thought    2pl.    or    because.of    I.am.growing.up    2pl.    or    because.of    I.am.growing.up

    And he said, "Am I growing up for you people, am I growing up for your sake? Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

39. vaa    kumá'ii    payêem    áraar     kun'áraarahitih    so    because.of    now    human    they.are.living

    That's why people are living now. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

40. fâat    kumá'ii    pa'ôok    ti'áhoo    what    because.of    that.here    you.have.traveled

    Why is it that you have come here? Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

41. páy    uum    pakumá'ii    axvâak    ukúheesh    this    3.SG    because.of    in.his.head    it.will.hurt

    "This one is so that (a person) will have a headache. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

42. páy    uum    pakumá'ii    pavishváan    ukúheesh    this    3.SG    because.of    his.stomach    it.will.hurt

    This one will give him a stomach-ache." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

43. vaa    kumá'ii    payêepshas    pasárip    itharípriik    aayâach    vaa    uum    vâaramsas    káru    xúnutich    so    because.of    the.good.ones    the.hazel.twigs    fir.forest    it.was.because    so    3.SG    long.ones    also    flexible.(dimin.)

    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

44. kúmá'ii    papuna'ûusurutih    because.of    that.I.can't.take.it.off

    That's why I can't take it out. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play