Vina Smith: Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (2010)
Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2010
Project identifier: VS-17
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on July 23, 2010)
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[1] | hôoy | pa-púsihich |
where | the-cat.(dimin.) |
Where is the cat? |
[2] | pa-púsihich | húm | i-thiiná-tih |
the-cat.(dimin.) | or | 2s(>3)-have-DUR |
Do you have a cat? |
[3] | hãã | pa-púsihich | ni-thiiná-tih |
yes | the-cat.(dimin.) | 1s(>3)-have-DUR |
Yes, I have a cat. |
[4] | pa-púsihich | úm | t-ee | mah |
the-cat.(dimin.) | or | PERF-2s(>3) | see |
Did you see the cat? |
[5] | hãã | tá | ni-mah | pa-púsihich |
yes | PERF | 1s(>3)-see | the-cat.(dimin.) |
Yes, I do see the cat. |
[6] | pûuhara | pu-na-máah-tih-ara | pa-púsihich |
no | NEG-1s(>3)-see-DUR-NEG | the-cat.(dimin.) |
No, I do not see the cat. |
[7] | yuraschíshiih | tá | ni-mah |
horse | PERF | 1s(>3)-see |
I see the horse. |
[8] | pa-yuraschíshiih | t-óo | kviip | íshkih |
the-horse | PERF-3s(>3) | run | quickly |
The horse runs fast. |
[9] | pa-yuraschíshiih | ni-kûuntakoo |
the-horse | 1s(>3)-sit.(on) |
I am riding on the horse. |
[10] | pa-yuraschíshiih | i-kûuntakoo | hum |
the-horse | 2s(>3)-sit.(on) | or |
Did you ride the horse? |
[11] | íshkih | úm | t-óo | kxip |
quickly | or | PERF-3s(>3) | fly |
Does it fly fast? |
[12] | pa-chúufish | chaka'îimich | t-óo | kxip |
the-eagle | slowly | PERF-3s(>3) | fly |
The eagle flies slowly. |
[13] | áama | húm | i-'áv-eesh |
salmon | or | 2s(>3)-eat-FUT |
Are you going to eat salmon? |
[14] | hãã | áama | ni-'áv-eesh |
yes | salmon | 1s(>3)-eat-FUT |
Yes, I am going to eat salmon. |
[15] | uum | payêem | uum | áama | u-'áv-eesh |
3.SG | now | 3.SG | salmon | 3s(>3)-eat-FUT |
He is going to eat salmon now. |
[16] | koovúra | áama | nu-'áv-eesh |
all | salmon | 1pl(>3)-eat-FUT |
We are all going to eat salmon. |
[17] | chími | áama | nu-'áva |
soon | salmon | 1pl(>3)-eat |
Let's eat salmon. |
[18] | áama | ni-mnísh-eesh |
salmon | 1pl(>3)-cook-FUT |
I am going to cook salmon. |
[19] | ipít | áama | ní-mnish |
yesterday | salmon | 1pl(>3)-cook |
Yesterday I cooked salmon. |
[20] | iim | áama | í-mniish-tih |
2sg. | salmon | 2s(>3)-cook-DUR |
You cooked salmon. |
[21] | áama | úm | i-víshtaan-tih |
salmon | or | 2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
Do you like salmon? |
[22] | hãã | áama | ni-víshtaan-tih |
yes | salmon | 1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
Yes, I like salmon. |
[23] | hãã | naa | áama | karu | ni-víshtaan-tih |
yes | 1sg. | salmon | also | 1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
Yes, I also like salmon. |
[24] | hárivari | pa-'áama | nu-'áv-eesh |
when | the-salmon | 1pl(>3)-eat-FUT |
When will we eat salmon? |
[25] | uumkun | hárivari | pa-'áama | kun-áv-eesh |
they | when | the-salmon | 3pl(>3s)-eat-FUT |
When will they eat salmon? |
[26] | yúfish-h-i | pa-'áama |
salt-DENOM-DENOM | the-salmon |
Salt the fish. |
[27] | íshkih | u-kpúuh-tih |
quickly | 3s(>3)-swim-DUR |
It swims fast. |
[28] | íshkih | úm | pa-'ákraa | u-kpúuh-tih |
quickly | or | the-eel | 3s(>3)-swim-DUR |
Does the eel swim fast? |
[29] | i-víshtaan-tih | húm | pa-'ákraah |
2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR | or | the-eel |
Do you like eels? |
[30] | fâat | kuma-'ish |
what | 3sPOSS-drink |
What kind of drink (do you like)? |
[31] | arará'ish | ni-víshtaan-tih |
1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
I like to drink the indian drink. |
[32] | íshaha | tá | ni-'ish |
water | PERF | 1s(>3)-drink |
I am drinking water. |
[33] | pa-'íshah | ni-'ísh-eesh |
the-water | 1s(>3)-drink-FUT |
I am going to drink water. |
[34] | pa-'íshaha | húm | i-'ísh-eesh |
the-water | or | 2s(>3)-drink-FUT |
Do you want to drink water? |
[35] | naa | yúfish | ni-víshtaan-tih |
1sg. | salt | 1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
I like salt. |
[36] | chími | pa-pufích'iish | nu-mnísh-eesh |
soon | the-deermeat | 1pl(>3)-cook-FUT |
Let's cook deer meat. |
[37] | iimkun | pa-pufích'iish | ku-mnísh-eesh |
2pl. | the-deermeat | 2pl(>3)-cook-FUT |
Are you all going to cook the deer meat? |
[38] | hãã | koovúra | nu-mnísh-eesh | pa-pufích'iish |
yes | all | 1pl(>3)-cook-FUT | the-deermeat |
Yes, we are all going to cook deer meat. |
[39] | pûuhara | pa-pufích'iish | pu-kin-imnísh-eesh-ara |
no | the-deermeat | NEG-1pl(>3)-cook-FUT-NEG |
No, we are not going to cook deer meat. |
[40] | pa-pufích'iish | úm | i-víshtaan-tih |
the-deermeat | or | 2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
Do you like deer meat? |
[41] | uum | pa-pufich'íish | u-víshtaan-tih |
3.SG | the-deermeat | 3s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
He likes deer meat. |
[42] | ipít | nú-mniish-ti | pa-pufich'íish |
yesterday | 1pl(>3)-cook-DUR | the-deermeat |
Yesterday we cooked deer meat. |
[43] | yúfish-h-i | pa-pufich'íish |
salt-DENOM-DENOM | the-deermeat |
Salt the deer meat. |
[44] | naa | íp | ni-yúfish-h-at | pa-pufích'iish |
1sg. | PAST | 1s(>3)-salt-DENOM-PAST | the-deermeat |
I put salt on the deer meat. |
[45] | ipít | uxraah | nu-'áv-at |
yesterday | berry | 1pl(>3)-eat-PAST |
Yesterday we ate berries. |
[46] | payêem | uxraah | nu-'áam-tih |
now | berry | 1pl(>3)-eat-DUR |
We are eating berries now. |
[47] | uxraah | ni-víshtaan-tih |
berry | 1s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
I like berries. |
[48] | iim | uxraah | i-víshtaan-tih |
2sg. | berry | 2s(>3)-like.(food)-DUR |
Do you like berries? |
[49] | ipít | pá-xuun | nu-'áv-at |
yesterday | the-acorn.soup | 1pl(>3)-eat-PAST |
Yesterday we ate acorn soup. |