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1. vúra    yâamach    Intensive    pretty

   It looks nice. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

2. ée    if    ôok    asayâamach    utháaniv    oh!    truly    here    pretty.rock    it.is.lying.there

   "Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

3. xas    u'êechip    pa'as    pa'asayâamach    then    he.picked.it.up    the.rock    the.pretty.rock

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

4. xas    uxus    tîi    matêe    kanpútyiinkachi    páy    pa'asayâamachak    vúra    uum    yâamach    pa'as    then    he.thought    let...    later    let.me.defecate.on.it    this    on.the.pretty.rock    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.rock

   Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

5. xás    upíip    "ahúpyaamach    vúra    kan'árihish    then    he.said    pretty.wood    Intensive    let.me.become

   Then he said: "I will be a nice-looking piece of wood. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

6. pirishyâamachas    xútnahichas    tinihyâachas    ipaníchihsha    tíimxuuskunishas    nice.leaves    thin.ones    wide.ones    little.pointed.ones    smooth-edged.ones

   They are nice leaves, thin [sheetlike], not very wide, sharp pointed, smooth-edged. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

7. iim    yâamach    2sg.    pretty

   You're beautiful. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers (VS-01) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

8. pananixvâah    uum    yâamach    my.head    3.SG    pretty

   I have a pretty head. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

9. yâamach    míxvaah    pretty    your.head

   Your head is pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. pananikústaan    uum    yâamach    my.sisters    3.SG    pretty

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

11. pananikústaan    uum    yâamachheesh    my.sisters    3.SG    will.be.pretty

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

12. pananikústaan    uum    yâamach    payêem    my.sisters    3.SG    pretty    now

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

13. 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

14. pananikústaan    uum    payêem    puyâamachhara    my.sisters    3.SG    now    not.pretty

    My sister is not pretty now. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

15. koovúra    pananikústaan    uum    yâamachas    all    my.sisters    3.SG    pretty.ones

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

16. koovúra    pananikústaan    vúra    yâamachas    all    my.sisters    Intensive    pretty.ones

    All my sisters are pretty. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: pretty sisters (VS-26) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

17. pananikústaan    koovúra    yâamachas    my.sisters    all    pretty.ones

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

18. koovúra    yâamachasheesh    all    future.pretty.ones

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

19. pananikústaansa    vúra    yâamachas    payêem    my.sisters    Intensive    pretty.ones    now

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

20. 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

21. 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

22. koovúra    yâamachas    pananúvuup    all    pretty    our.necks

    We all have pretty necks. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

23. yáv    vúra    yâamach    payupsítanach    xás    vúra    uum        pakêech    úkyav    xás    vúra    uum    imusakêem    good    Intensive    pretty    the.baby    then    Intensive    3.SG    after.while    when.big    she.made?    then    Intensive    3.SG    ugly

    She was pretty as a baby, but after a while, when she got bigger, she looked ugly. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

24. xás    vúra    uum    yâamach    pagravy    núkyav    vúra    just    nice    then    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.gravy    we.made    Intensive    just    nice

    And we made nice gravy, really just nice! Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

25. kári    xás    upiip    sah'ahupyâamach    kanpárihish    then    then    he.said    pretty.driftwood    let.me.transform!

    And he said, "Let me turn into a pretty piece of driftwood!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

26. kári    xás    sah'ahupyâamach    vaa    upárihish    then    then    pretty.driftwood    so    he.transformed.into.it

    And he turned into a pretty piece of driftwood. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

27. oo    yáxa    kóo    yâamach    sâam    pasah'áhup    oh!    look!    so.much    pretty    little.downhill    the.driftwood

    Oh, look at what a pretty piece of driftwood downhill!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

28. xás    pihnêefich    uxús    chími    ahupyâamach    kanpárihish    then    coyote    he.thought    soon    a.pretty.stick    let.me.be.transformed!

    And Coyote thought, "Let me become a pretty stick! Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

29. ooo    pa'asiktávaansa    kunpiip    ooo    yáxa    páykuuk    kóo    ahupyâamach    uthivrúhuthunatih    oh!    the.women    they.said    oh!    look!    over.there    so.much    a.pretty.stick    it.is.floating.around

    "Oh," the women said, "oh, look there, such a pretty stick is floating around. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

30. xás    yítha    upíip    ooo    yáxa    kóo    ahupyâamach    tuthívruuhvarak    then    one    she.said    oh!    look!    so.much    a.pretty.stick    it.has.floated.down.from.upriver

    And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!" Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

31. xás    tóo    píip    ahupyâamach    kanpárihish    then    he.had    say    a.pretty.stick    let.me.become.it!

    And he said, "Let me become a pretty stick. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

32. púyava    tá    kunmah    pa'ahupyâamach    tuthívruuhvarak    you.see    PERF    they.saw.it    the.pretty.stick    it.had.floated.down.from.upriver

    Then they saw it, the pretty stick floating down from upriver. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

33. xás    tá    kunpíip    yáxa    pa'ahupyâamach    tuthívruuhvarak    then    PERF    they.said    look!    the.pretty.stick    it.has.floated.down.from.upriver

    And they said, "Look at the pretty stick floating down! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

34. ahupyâamach    vúra    nipárihishrih    pretty.stick    Intensive    I.become.it

    (He said), "Let me turn into a pretty stick." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

35. kári    xás    kunmah    tuthívruuhvarak    pa'ahupyâamach    then    then    they.saw.it    it.floated.down.from.upriver    the.pretty.stick

    And they saw it, the pretty stick floated down from upriver. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

36. miník    kiikxúrikeeshap    yâamach    kiikyâavishap    of.course    I.will.mark.you.guys    pretty    I.will.make.you.guys

    I'll paint you, I'll make you pretty!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

37. xás    uxus    íf    yâamach    pamupákurih    then    he.thought    truly    pretty    his.song

    And he thought, "His song is really pretty. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

38. kári    xás    upíip    íf    yâamach    mikunpákurih    then    then    he.said    truly    pretty    your.song

    And he said, "Your song is really pretty!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

39. yâamach    vúra    kiikyâavishap    pretty    Intensive    I.will.make.you.guys

    I'll make you pretty." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

40. xás    yâamachas    kumúsahitih    then    pretty.ones    you.guys.look.like.it

    And (he said), "You look pretty." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

41. kári    xás    pa'âapun    tutúraayva    yee    asayaamach'íshara    ôok    páy    utháaniv    then    then    on.the.ground    he.looked.around    well    a.pretty.rock    here    this    sits

    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

42. pa'ás    u'êechip    asayâamach    the.rock    he.picks.up    pretty.rock

    He picked up the rock, the pretty rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

43. kári    xás    uxus    íf    yâamach    then    then    he.thinks    truly    pretty

    And he thought, "It's really pretty! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

44. xás    payeeripáxvu    tóo    kêechha    xás    yâamach    tu'íifship    then    the.daughter    she    be.big    then    pretty    she.grew.up

    And the girl got big, and she grew up pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

45. xás    vúra    uum    yâamach    mu'asiktaván'aramah    then    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    her.female.child

    And her female child was pretty. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

46. káruma    ník    apxanyâamachas    tá    kunpithxunátiihva    yaas'arara'îin    pu'ithváaftiheeshap    in.fact    a.little    pretty.caps    PERF    they.wear.them.on.their.heads    Humankind    it.will.not.think.well.of.them

    The fact is, (the others) wear pretty caps, (but) Mankind won't have much use for them. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text

47. koovúra    yâamachas    pamukun'ápxaan    all    pretty    their.caps

    All their caps were pretty. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

48. kári    xás    vúra    uum    yâamach    úkyav    vúra    úkyav    then    then    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    he.fixed.them    Intensive    he.fixed.them

    And he fixed them pretty, he fixed them. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

49. kári    xás    uxús    papirishkâarim    púya    íf    yâamach    poo'iikívtih    then    then    she.thought    the.grizzly.bear    and.so    truly    pretty    what.he's.wearing.as.a.necklace

    And Grizzly thought, "My, he's really wearing a pretty necklace! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

50. xás    upíip    papirishkâarim    íf    yâamach    pee'iikívtih    then    she.said    the.grizzly.bear    truly    pretty    what.you're.wearing.as.a.necklace

    And Grizzly said, "You're really wearing a pretty necklace!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

51. vúra    yâamach    mu'ifápiit    Intensive    pretty    his.daughter

    His daughter was pretty. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

52. xás    kunipéer    púya    íf    yâamach    peepâanvutih    then    they.told.him    and.so    truly    pretty    you.were.painting.your.face

    And they said to (Horsefly), "My, your face is painted pretty! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

53. 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

54. chavúra    kun'uum    vúra    uum    yâamach    peethívthaaneen    kípa    thúkin    finally    they.arrived    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.country    like    bile

    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

55. yâamach    tá    kunipmahóonkoon    pretty    PERF    they.felt

    They felt good. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

56. xás    pamukunyafusayêepsha    vúra    uum    yâamach    ukyâahahitih    then    their.good.dress    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    it.was.made

    And their good dresses were made pretty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text