Vina Smith: Sentences about animals, questions (2010)
Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2010
Project identifier: VS-14
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on July 23, 2010)
Text display mode: paragraph | sentence | word | word components
[1] | achviiv | tá | ni-mah |
bird | PERF | 1s(>3)-see |
I see a bird. |
[2] | achviiv | t-ee | mah |
bird | PERF-2s(>3) | see |
You see a bird. |
[3] | achviiv | tá | nu-mah |
bird | PERF | 1pl(>3)-see |
We see a bird. |
[4] | hûuka | t-óo | kxip-ma | pa-'achviiv |
to.where | PERF-3s(>3) | fly-to | the-bird |
To where did the bird fly? |
[5] | t-ée | mah | húm | pa-'achviiv |
PERF-2s(>3) | see | or | the-bird |
Do you see the bird? |
[6] | í-muus-ti | pa-'achviiv |
2s(>3)-look.at-DUR | the-bird |
You are looking at the bird. |
[7] | yáxa | pa-'achvíiv |
look! | the-bird |
Look, the bird! |
[8] | tá | ni-mah | pa-vírusur |
PERF | 1s(>3)-see | the-bear |
I saw the bear. |
[9] | pa-vírusur | íp | ni-mah |
the-bear | PAST | 1s(>3)-see |
I saw the bear. |
[10] | pa-virusura | íshkih | t-óo | kviip |
the-bear | quickly | PERF-3s(>3) | run |
The bear runs fast. |
[11] | pa-virusur | ipít | íshkih | u-kviip |
the-bear | yesterday | quickly | 3s(>3)-run |
The bear ran fast yesterday. |
[12] | t-ée | mah | húm | pa-púufich |
PERF-2s(>3) | see | or | the-deer |
Do you see the deer? |
[13] | chak'îimich | pa-púufich | t-u-'áhoo |
slowly | the-deer | PERF-3s(>3)-go |
The deer is walking slow. |
[14] | pa-púufich | t-u-kuníihka |
the-deer | PERF-3s(>3)-shoot.at |
He shot the deer. |
[15] | imáan | pa-púufich | u-kúniihk-eesh |
tomorrow | the-deer | 3s(>3)-shoot.at-FUT |
He is going to shoot the deer tomorrow. |
[16] | imáan | pa-púufich | ni-kúniihk-eesh |
tomorrow | the-deer | 1s(>3)-shoot.at-FUT |
Tomorrow I am going to shoot the deer. |
[17] | yáxa | pa-'ákviish |
look! | the-wildcat |
Look, the bobcat! |
[18] | naa | vura | imxathakêem |
1sg. | Intensive | bad-smelling |
I smell bad. |
[19] | yáxa | pa-'akvaat |
look! | the-raccoon |
Look, the raccoon! |
[20] | yáxa | páykuuk |
look! | over.there |
Look there! |
[21] | yáxa | páy |
look! | this |
Look here! |
[22] | vaa | yáv | pa-ní-kpuuh-tih |
that | good | NOMZ-1s(>3)-swim-DUR |
I am swimming well. |
[23] | fâat | uum | pa-músmus | u-'áam-tih |
something | 3.SG | the-cow | 3s(>3)-eat-DUR |
What does a cow eat? |
[24] | pa-músmus | uum | pírish | u-'áam-tih |
the-cow | 3.SG | plant | 3s(>3)-eat-DUR |
The cow eats grass. |