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1. vúra nîinamich pa'ásip.
   The cup is little.
   
   Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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2. xás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich, xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam.
   And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
   
   Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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3. uxúti nîinamich papúufich káru uum vúra yíiv sáruk xás.
   He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill.
   
   Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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4. pi'êepvari, kári naa nîinamich, kunípeenti" chími pimnîishi!"
   Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
   
   Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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5. naa vúra nîinamich, víri ûum vúra ni'áfishrih pastovetop
   I was just little, I could barely reach the stove top.
   
   Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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6. kóova nîinamich.
   I was so little. (chuckle)
   
   Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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7. kári vúra naa nîinamich, víri vaa kumá'ii payêem naa uum púfaat neekyâatihara.
   I was little then (chuckle), but now I can’t do anything.
   
   Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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8. ithâan mít káru naa kári nîinamich, nanítaat upiip, " sáruk nivâarameesh, ka'tim'íin.
   Once, I was also still little, my mother said, "I'm going downhill, to Katimin.
   
   Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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9. manâa naa mít káru nîinamich itíhaan áhup nukyâati, pananitípa xákaan, áhup núkpaakti.
   Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
   
   Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
10. kári xás upiip, " ipnîinamichpi, ipnîinamichpi."
    And he said, "Get little, get little!"
    
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
11. kári xás kun'áv papúufich, niinamíchmahich kun'av, ipa u'áxupfurukat.
    Then they ate the deer, they ate a little bit of each, which he had brought in dressed.
    
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
12. xás vúra nîinamich pooyrúhahiti pamú'aan.
    And his string was coiled just small.
    
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
13. ta'ítam uksáheen pamaruk'áraar, uxus, " íf nîinamich paxákaan nuvúunveesh."
    And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"
    
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
14. xás vúra uum nîinamich pamúpaah.
    His boat was just small.
    
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
15. vúra uum nîinamich pamúpaah.
    His boat was just little.
    
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
16. xás upiip, " pûu, naa vúra pananípaa nîinamich, hôoy íf nuyâaheesh.
    And he said, "No, my boat is little, we won't fit.
    
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
17. xás kári vúra nîinamich tu'árihish.
    Then it became small.
    
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text