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1. aayâach    papihníich    tóo    píip    "kúkuum    mah'íitnihach    ku'íchunveesh    pachími    kunpávyiihfurukheeshhaak    it.was.because    the.old.man    he    say    again    early.morning    you.guys.will.hide.yourselves    when.soon    when.they.come.back.indoors

   Because the old man had said, "You must hide again tomorrow morning before they come into the house." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

2. aayâach    kun'ixviphûunishti    íp    pa'úthvoonhitihat    va'íhuk    tá    kun'ithyúruvarak    pamútraax    kich    kun'áaphutih    it.was.because    they.were.angry.at.him    PAST    that.he.had.been.eager.to    its.flower.dance    PERF    they.dragged.him.down    the.his.arms    only    they.were.carrying.(two.objects)

   That was because they were mad at him because he had wanted to dance. They they dragged him down, they were just carrying him (by) the arms". Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

3. ta'ítam    u'arankúriheen    ayâach    pásiit    tá    kunthárupriin    so    they.sank    it.was.because    the.mice    PERF    they.gnawed.through.it

   But they sank, because the mice had gnawed holes in them. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

4. kári    xás    úpthaaniv    kachakâach    aayâach    ápsii    tóo    spat    then    then    she.was.laid.up    bluejay    it.was.because    leg    it.was    be.broken

   Then Blue Jay was laid up, it was because her leg was broken. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

5. púyava    kári    xás    koovúra    kumakeemishatunvêechas    tá    kunxúrihinaa    aayâach    púfaat    papúufich    ôok    kumeethívthaaneen    you.see    then    then    all    kinds.of.little.wild.animals    PERF    they.were.hungry    it.was.because    nothing    the.deer.meat    here    its.world

   So then all the little wild animals were hungry, it was because there was no deer meat in this world. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

6. 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