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1. " chi váa kúuk kiik'uumi, kíri váa káan ku'iin, kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas."
   "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!"
   
   Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
2. kári xás úpaanik poopítithunanik: " xáyfaat ík vúra váa náa nithítiimti pamikunpákurih; náa púvaa nanívaahara pamikunpákurih."
   Then he said looking back: "I must never hear your song any more; your song will not do for me."
   
   Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
3. pirishkâarim váa úpaanik: " xáyfaat ík vúra váa náa nithítiimti pamikunpákurih."
   Grizzly Bear said it: "I must never hear your song any more.
   
   Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
4. xás pihnêefich upíip, tá kunchúuphinaa, pa'avansáxiichas kóova tá kunchúuphinaa kóova pa'avansáxiichas, xás upíip: "hôoy mikun'ákah?"
   Then Coyote said, the boys talked with him, they talked to him, the boys talked with him, and he said: "Where is your father?"
   
   Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
5. koovúra pamikúnvu kiikpíthxahi!
   You all brush your teeth!
   
   Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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6. kiikpishnakaríshukva pamikúnsaanva!
   You guys take off your clothes.
   
   Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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7. pamikun'axvâa kiikxúrikeeshap yâamachich."
   I'll paint your heads pretty."
   
   Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
8. kári xás upiip, " miník kiikpákiheesh pamikunpatúmkir, chími kanipthívkee."
   And he said, "I'll give you back your pillows, let me go along!"
   
   Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
9. kári xás upíip " íf yâamach mikunpákurih."
   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
10. kári xás upíip " púya, kanapikshúpihi pamikunpákurih.
    And he said, "Hey, teach me your song again!"
    
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
11. xás pihnêefich úpeenvunaa paaxíich, " chími pamikún'aav kiik'âanvathap.
    And Coyote told the children, "Let me paint you on your faces!
    
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text