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1. kári    xás    kaan    níkrii    xára    then    then    there    I.sit    long.time

   There I sat down and waited a while. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

2. xás    kúkuum    vura    xára    níhmachiichva    then    again    Intensive    long.time    I.am.bothering.it

   Then I tried quite a while. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

3. You can't tell,    xâat    xára    ishanpíithva    pasárip    You can't tell,    may    long.time    you.handle.them    the

   You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

4. naa    vúra    punathitíveeshara    xâat    xára    kaan    kú'uuhyanati    naa    vúra    vaa    punatákirara    fâat    vúra    pakuchuphúruthunatih    1sg.    Intensive    I.won't.hear    may    long.time    there    you.talk    1sg.    Intensive    so    I.can't.leach.acorn.meal    what    Intensive    what.you.are.talking.about

   I won't be able to hear, even if you talk a long time, I won't be able to leach acorn or whatever you're talking about. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

5. xas    xára    vura    u'êethithun    pa'as    then    long.time    Intensive    he.carried.it.around    the.rock

   Then he packed that rock around. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

6. chavúra    káan    xára    tóo    krii    finally    there    long.time    he    live

   Then he stayed there a long time. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

7. peehêeraha    apmáan    ukrixyúpxupti    ára    úux    xára    vúr    apmáan    u'ákkatih    the.tobacco    mouth    it.has.a.burning.taste    person    bitter    long.time    Intensive    mouth    it.tastes.like.(something)

   Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

8. íf    xára    xás    tá    nupmah    truly    long.time    then    PERF    I.see.you.again

   I haven't seen you in a long time. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

9. vúra    xára    xás    vúra    tu'íf    Intensive    long.time    then    Intensive    it.raised

   And after a long time it raised. Source: Vina Smith, Biscuits (VS-23) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. íkiich    vúra    xára    vúra    tá    níkrii    maybe    Intensive    long.time    Intensive    PERF    I.lived

    Maybe I have lived a long time. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. xára    tá    níkrii    long.time    PERF    I.live

    I have lived for a long time. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

12. xas    xára    xás    axmáy    u'ípak    papíkchah    Riverside    xás    uparamsîip    then    long.time    then    suddenly    it.arrived    the.picture    Riverside    then    it.arrived.from

    And after a long time, one day the picture arrived, it arrived from Riverside. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

13. chavúra    tá    xára    kuníthtiit    finally    PERF    long.time    they.gambled

    In the end they gambled for a long time. Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

14. vúra    uum    xára    pookúkuri    pa'íshaha    tu'ísh    taay    Intensive    3.SG    long.time    that.he.stooped.down.to.the.water    the.water    he.had.drunk    much

    He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

15. chavúra    xára    tah    axmáy    asámyiith    úxak    finally    long.time    already    suddenly    gravel    it.made.a.noise

    Finally it was a long time, (when) suddenly gravel sounded. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

16. xás    vúra    xára    u'áhoo    then    Intensive    long.time    he.traveled

    And he traveled a long time. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

17. xás    vúra    uum    xára    tá    kunípvit    then    Intensive    3.SG    long.time    PERF    they.paddled.back

    And they paddled for a long time. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

18. xás    pa'îin    kun'áharamuti    xára    xás    kunithyárukha    ayu'âach    ishahákaam    then    the.ones.that    they.were.following.him    long.time    then    they.went.across-river    it.was.because    lots.of.water

    And those following him were a long time crossing, because there was a lot of water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

19. vúra    xára    tá    kun'uuhyániichva    Intensive    long.time    PERF    they.chatted

    They chatted for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

20. xás    póokyiimti    tukuchnáxavrin    xás    tóo    krírihivrin    xás    vúra    xára    ukyiivúur    then    when.he.fell    he.fell.head.over.heels    then    he    roll.over.and.over    then    Intensive    long.time    he.fell.for.a.long.time

    And when he fell, he turned head over heels, and he rolled over sideways, and he was falling for a long time. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

21. kári    xás    úkyiv    xás    vúra    xára    póokyiv    then    then    he.fell    then    Intensive    long.time    that.he.fell

    And he fell, and it was a long time that he fell. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

22. vúra    xára    tusínmoo    Intensive    long.time    he.has.been.absent

    He was away for a long time. Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

23. xás    kúmateech    ikxúrar    vúra    xára    xás    vúra    u'ípak    then    later.in.day    evening    Intensive    long.time    then    Intensive    she.came.back

    And later on, in the evening, she came back late. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

24. xás    kúkuum    vúra    xára    xás    u'ípak    ikxúrar    then    again    Intensive    long.time    then    she.came.back    evening

    And again (Bear) came back late in the evening. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

25. chavúra    xára    usínmoo    finally    long.time    he.was.gone

    Finally he was gone a long time. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

26. xás    xárahirurav    usínmoo    kusrípan    then    for.too.long    he.was.absent    madrone.tree

    But Madrone stayed away too long. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

27. kári    xás    xára    vúra    yâamach    kunkupá'iinahitih    then    then    long.time    Intensive    pretty    they.lived.in.that.way

    And they lived nicely for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

28. xás    vúra    xára    kunvikúur    then    Intensive    long.time    they.wove

    And they wove for a long time. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

29. vúra    xára    tá    kun'áchakutih    Intensive    long.time    PERF    they.were.floating.in.a.bunch

    They floated in a bunch for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

30. tá    xára    vúra    tá    kun'iin    PERF    long.time    Intensive    PERF    they.stayed

    They lived (there) a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

31. yukún    vúra    uum    xára    tá    kun'íchunva    áasiv    you.see    Intensive    3.SG    long.time    PERF    they.hid.themselves    cave

    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

32. chavúra    púxay    xárahara    axmáy    yeenipaxvúhich    káan    u'uum    finally    not.yet    not.a.long.time    suddenly    girl    there    she.arrived

    Finally it wasn't a long time after, (when) suddenly a little girl arrived there. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

33. xás    xára    vúra    upápiv    then    long.time    Intensive    she.looked.for.him

    And she looked for him for a long time. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

34. púyava    vúra    tá    xára    kári    xás    pa'apurúvaan    umah    you.see    Intensive    PERF    long.time    then    then    the.devil    he.found.her

    So after a long time, then the devil found her. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

35. púyava    vúra    káan    sú'    ukrítumkuri    hâari    ithahárinay    káru    hâari    kumáxara    you.see    Intensive    there    inside    it.piles.into    sometime    all.year    also    sometime    longer.time

    So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

36. 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