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1. yée    ôok    pámit    ni'ákunvarat    well    here    where.(in.the.near.past)    I.went.hunting

   Not long ago I was out hunting. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

2. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat    five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them

   They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

3. ithâan    mit    masúruk    saamváruk    níshxaaytihat    once    near.past    up.a.creek    at.a.creek    I.was.fishing.with.hook.and.line

   Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line. Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

4. papishyavpîish    mit    ni'ákunvarat    the.autumn    near.past    I.went.hunting

   Last fall I went on a hunting trip. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

5. 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

6. vúra    ník    mít    vaa    kun'aapúnmutihat    pa'úhish    u'ífeesh    Intensive    a.little    near.past    so    they.knew.it    that.seed    it.will.grow

   They Knew That Seeds Will Grow Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

7. kúna    vúra    mít    puhári    úhish    ipshâanmutihaphat    pa'úhish    u'ífeesh    in.addition    Intensive    near.past    never    seed    they.took.them.back    that.seed    it.will.grow

   But They Never Packed Seeds Home Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

8. vaa    vúra    kich    pumít    kupítihaphat    pumít    ikxáyxaytihaphat    so    Intensive    only    not.near.past    that.they.did.it.long.ago    not.near.past    it.was.chopped.up

   The only thing they did not do was to work on the ground. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

9. ipít    mít    usnúrat    yesterday    near.past    it.thundered

   It thundered yesterday. Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play

10. pananikústaan    vúra    mít    uum    yâamach    my.sisters    Intensive    near.past    3.SG    pretty

    My sister was pretty (long ago). Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. vúra    mít    yâamachas    Intensive    near.past    pretty.ones

    They were once pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

12. pananikústaansa    vúra    mít    uum    yâamachas    my.sisters    Intensive    near.past    3.SG    pretty.ones

    My sisters were once pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

13. manâa    vaa    pa'ávansa    vúra    vaa    puxích    mít    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan    maybe    that    the.man    Intensive    that    very.much    near.past    Intensive    always    Intensive    strong

    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

14. ithâan    mít    káru    naa    kári    nîinamich    nanítaat    upiip    sáruk    nivâarameesh    ka'tim'íin    once    near.past    also    1sg.    then    little    my.mother    she.said    downhill    I.am.about.to.go    Ishi.Pishi.Falls

    Once, I was also still little, my mother said, "I'm going downhill, to Katimin. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

15. 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

16. manâa    naa    mít    káru    nîinamich    itíhaan    áhup    nukyâati    pananitípa    xákaan    áhup    núkpaakti    maybe    1sg.    near.past    also    little    always    wood    we.were.gathering    my.brother    both    wood    we.were.chopping

    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

17. xás    hâari    tá    kunipíthvuuymath    míta    pakêemish    múthvuy    then    sometime    PERF    they.name.him.again    near.past    the.deceased.person    his.name

    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

18. mít    kunípaat    káruk    úuth    tu'íimkar    near.past    they.said    upriver    out.to.water    he.had.drowned

    They said he drowned in the river upriver." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

19. káruk    tá    kunpávyiihma    tusupaháyaachha    pámita    káan    kun'arámsiiprintih    upriver    PERF    they.went.back.to    it.was.mid-morning    where.(yesterday)    there    they.were.coming.from

    They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

20. mít    kunípaat    kahyúras    tuvâaram    near.past    they.said    Klamath.Lakes    he.had.gone

    They said he had left for Klamath Lakes. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

21. mít    kunípaat    tóo    síinvar    kahyúras    near.past    they.said    he.has    drown    Klamath.Lakes

    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

22. xás    kúkuum    vaa    vúra    káan    u'ípahoo    míta    kûukam    u'arávuukat    then    again    that    Intensive    there    she.goes.back    near.past    in.that.direction    she.started.from

    And she traveled again the way she had come there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

23. yakún    puxáy    vúra    mít    ishkáxishrihmathat    you.see    not.yet    Intensive    near.past    he.stopped.it

    You see, they couldn't stop it. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

24. ii    ninikeechíkyav    mít    tá    nupáxviiphat    oh!    my.sweetheart    near.past    PERF    we.quarreled

    "Oh, my sweetheart! we quarreled. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

25. káru    mit    kunvîihitihat    pámit    umusankôotihat    also    near.past    they.were.disliking.him    when.(in.the.near.past)    he.went.there.to.see.her

    And they had disliked him, when he had gone to see her. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

26. vaa    ík    káan    i'uumêesh    pámita    nu'ínoohvootihirak    pa'aasívak    so    must    there    you.will.go    where.(in.the.near.past)    where.we.were.staying.all.the.time    in.the.cave

    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

27. 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

28. 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

29. vaa    mít    kári    uum    nu'ahíshriihvutihat    so    near.past    then    3.SG    we.were.setting.fires

    We used to set fires (to encourage the growth of the brush). Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

30. Mister Gifford    pishíich    mít    ka'tim'îin    u'úumat    Mister Gifford    first    near.past    Ishi.Pishi.Falls    he.went.there

    Mr. Gifford went first to Katimin. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

31. xás    mít    vaa    káan    asiktávaan    uhróot    then    near.past    so    there    woman    he.hired

    He hired a woman there. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

32. hári    tá    mít    ukpákishrihat    pa'ípaha    sometime    PERF    near.past    he.cut.it.down    the.tree

    He cut down a tree sometime (recently). Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text