Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Lucille Albers: Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (2010)

Primary participants: Lucille Albers (speaker), Tamara Alexander (researcher), Andrew Garrett (researcher), Line Mikkelsen (researcher)
Date: October 24, 2010
Location: Yreka, CA
Project identifier: LA-04
Additional contributors: Julay Brooks (transcriber), John Ku (transcriber), Ebony Milbury (transcriber), Michelle Park (transcriber)

Note: All audio clips are amplified.


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[1] kahtíshraam    ni-vâaram-at   
Yreka    1s(>3)-go-PAST   
I went to Yreka.
Spoken by Lucille Albers | DownloadPlay


[2] payêem    panámniik        ni-vâaram   
now    Orleans    PERF    1s(>3)-go   
I'm going to Orleans now.
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[3] imaan    panámniik    ni-vâaram-eesh   
tomorrow    Orleans    1s(>3)-go-FUT   
I'm going to go to Orleans tomorrow.
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[4] akâay    uum    panámnik    u-vâaram-eesh   
who    3.SG    Orleans    3s(>3)-go-FUT   
Who's going to go to Orleans?
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[5] sáruk        ni-vâaram   
downhill    PERF    1s(>3)-go   
I'm going down.
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[6] káruk        ni-vâaram   
upriver    PERF    1s(>3)-go   
I'm going upriver.
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[7] ithyáruk        ni-vâaram   
across    PERF    1s(>3)-go   
I'm going across the river.
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[8] ithyáruk        -kpuuhkar   
across    PERF    1s(>3)-swim.across-river   
I'm swimming across the river.
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[9] chí    nu-'uufíthvan   
soon    1pl(>3)-go.swimming   
Lets go swimming.
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[10] koovúra    nu-'uufíthvar   
all    1pl(>3)-go.swimming   
Everybody goes swimming.
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[11]     kun-'uufíthvar   
PERF    3pl(>3s)-go.swimming   
They're going to go swimming.
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[12] pa-'áama        ni-mah   
the-salmon    PERF    1s(>3)-see   
I see the salmon.
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[13] yáxa    pa-'áama   
look!    the-salmon   
Look at the salmon.
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[14] née-muus-tih   
2s/3s>1s-look.at-DUR   
Look at me.
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[15] yáxa    pa-thufkírik   
look!    the-owl.sp.   
Look at the owl.
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[16] thufkírik    ú-kxiipship   
owl.sp.    3s(>3)-fly.away   
The owl is flying.
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[17] ú-kxiip-tih   
3s(>3)-fly-DUR   
It is flying.
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[18]     -kxiipship   
PERF    1s(>3)-fly.away   
I'm flying.
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[19] chanáakat    îin    -par   
mosquito    TOPIC    2s/3s>1s-bite   
The mosquitos bit me.
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[20] chanáakat    îin    t-ee    pár-ap   
mosquito    TOPIC    PERF-2s(>3)    bite-INV   
The mosquito bit you.
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[21] akâay    pa-'áama    u-'áam-tih   
who    the-salmon    3s(>3)-eat-DUR   
Who's eating the salmon?
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[22] vírusur    pa-'áama    u-'áam-tih   
bear    the-salmon    3s(>3)-eat-DUR   
The bear's eating the salmon.
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[23] yiivánihich    chuvnîivkach   
little.farther.off    fly   
Go away, fly.
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[24] yiivánihich    vírusur   
little.farther.off    bear   
Go away, bear.
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[25] hôoy    pa-'akvaat   
where    the-raccoon   
Where is the raccoon?
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[26] akvaat    uum    ípah-ak   
raccoon    arrive    tree-Locative   
The raccoon's in a tree.
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[27] akvaat    t-óo    kyívunih   
raccoon    PERF-3s(>3)    fall.downward   
The raccoon fell down.
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[28] akvaat    fátaak    u-kyívunih   
raccoon    somewhere    3s(>3)-fall.downward   
The raccoon fell out of the tree.
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[29] pa-vírusur    uum    íshriiv   
the-bear    3.SG    fat   
The bear is fat.
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[30] t-ée    kfúuyshur    hum   
PERF-2s(>3)    be.tired    or   
Are you tired?
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[31] t-ée    kvúrish    hum   
PERF-2s(>3)    be.tired    or   
Are you tired?
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