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1. xas    kunpíip    "nuu    nusêeyti    pávaa    kookapákurih    then    they.said    we    we.don't.know.it    that    kind.of.song

   Then they said, "We don't know that kind of song!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

2. nuu    vúra    púvaa    kinkuphêesh    we    Intensive    not.that    we.do

   We can't do that. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

3. nuu    vúra    yith    va'áraar    yith    kuma'áraaras    we    Intensive    other    its.people    other    kind.of.people

   We're different people, a different kind of people, Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

4. 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

5. nuu    vúra    pakuma'áraaras    vúra    pufâat    úhish    ipsháruktihaphanik    xáat    máruk    kunifyúkutihanik    we    Intensive    the.kind.of.people    Intensive    nothing    seed    they.had.been.bringing.it.long.ago    may    uphill    they.had.been.going.around.long.ago

   Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

6. ararachúupha    nuu    payêem    nuchúuphitih    Indian.language    we    now    we.are.talking

   We are talking our Indian language now. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

7. xás    káru    nuu    aah    nukyáati    îikam    then    also    we    fire    we.were.making.it    outdoors

   And we made a fire outside. Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

8. núu    ithvóon    we    eager

   We are eager. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

9. nuu    koovúra    ithvóon    payêem    we    all    eager    now

   We are all eager now. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. 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

11. kári    xás    kunpíip    nuu    páy    peethívthaaneen    itaharâan    nupíhiroopithvutih    then    then    they.said    we    this    the.earth    ten.times    we.dance.around

    And they said, "We dance around this earth ten times." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

12. yakún    nuu    tá    nu'ífikar    xuntápan    you.see    we    PERF    we.go.gather    acorn

    We're going to pick acorns." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

13. xás    âanaxus    upiip    chími    nuu    ka'íru    then    weasel    he.said    soon    we    also

    And Weasel said, "Let me and you (do it) too." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

14. xás    kunpiip    nuu    vaa    nanu'ífunih    then    they.said    we    that    our.hair

    And they said, "It's our hair. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

15. kúna    nuu    yaas'arará'uuthkam    kích    nu'irukúunpiithvutiheesh    in.addition    we    in.front.of.rich.people    only    we.will.sit.around

    But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

16. nuu    tá    núpthith    panunúpxaan    we    PERF    we.finished.weaving    our.caps

    We've finished weaving our caps." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

17. nuu    tá    nuxúrihinaa    káru    tá    núkviitha    we    PERF    we.are.hungry    also    PERF    we.are.sleeping

    We're hungry and we're sleeping. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

18. xás    kunxús    nuu    káru    vaa    tîi    núkuuphi    then    they.thought    we    also    so    let...    let.us.do.it

    And they thought, "Let us do that too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text