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

Vina Smith: Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (2015)

Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2015
Project identifier: VS-32
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Karie Moorman and Clare Sandy in Yreka on April 18, 2015)

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[1] koovúra    t-i-tháfip    pa-'áama   
all    PERF-2s(>3)-devour    the-salmon   
You ate up all the salmon.
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[2] koovúra    t-i-tháfip    pa-'áama    púfaat    vúra    naa   
all    PERF-2s(>3)-devour    the-salmon    nothing    Intensive    1sg.   
You ate up all the salmon, and I don't have any.
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[3] naa    púfaat   
1sg.    nothing   
I don't have any.
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[4] íim    t-i-tháfip    pa-'áama   
2sg.    PERF-2s(>3)-devour    the-salmon   
You ate up the salmon.
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[5] pa-púsihich    vúra    uum    íshriiv   
the-cat.(dimin.)    Intensive    3.SG    fat   
The cat is fat.
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[6] pa-púsihich    vúra    uum    táay    p-oo-'áam-tih    xas    vúra    uum    puxích    t-u-'íshriiv-ha   
the-cat.(dimin.)    Intensive    3.SG    much    NOMZ-3s(>3)-eat-DUR    then    Intensive    3.SG    very.much    PERF-3s(>3)-fat-DENOM   
The cat ate so much, and she became fat.
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[7] pa-púsihich    vúra    pu-'áam-tih-ara    xás    vúra    payêem    tá    áxaska   
the-cat.(dimin.)    Intensive    NEG-eat-DUR-NEG    then    Intensive    now    PERF    thin   
The cat didn't eat, and now she is skinny.
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[8] vúra    úum    táay    pa-mu-'ífunih    pa-púsihich   
Intensive    3.SG    much    the-3sPOSS-hair    the-cat.(dimin.)   
The cat has lots of hair.
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[9] pa-púsihich    úum    púfaat    pa-mu-'ífunih    payêem   
the-cat.(dimin.)    3.SG    nothing    the-3sPOSS-hair    now   
The cat doesn't have any hair now.
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[10] pa-'ishkêesh    t-u-piváxrah   
the-river    PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up   
The river has dried up [i.e. it is shallow].
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[11] t-u-piváxrah   
PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up   
It has dried up [i.e. it is shallow].
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[12] vúra    úum    puxích    t-u-'úh    pa-'ishkêesh   
Intensive    3.SG    very.much    PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)    the-river   
The river has risen a lot [i.e. it is deep].
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[13] t-u-'uh   
PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)   
It (the water) has risen.
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[14] pa-'ishkêesh    vúra    úum    puxích    t-u-'uh   
the-river    Intensive    3.SG    very.much    PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)   
The river has risen a lot.
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[15] pa-'ishkêesh    vúra    puxích    t-u-'uh   
the-river    Intensive    very.much    PERF-3s(>3)-rise.(water)   
The river has risen a lot.
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[16] pa-'ishkêesh    u-'úuh-tih   
the-river    3s(>3)-rise.(water)-DUR   
The river is rising.
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[17] vúra    uum    kúnish    pu-yáv    imúsaha-tih-ara   
Intensive    3.SG    sort.of    NEG-good    look-DUR-NEG   
You don't look so good.
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[18] pu-yáv    imúsaha-tih-ara   
NEG-good    look-DUR-NEG   
You don't look good.
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[19] náa    vúra    kúnish    kéevniikich   
1sg.    Intensive    sort.of    old.woman.(dimin.)   
I am sort of an old woman.
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[20] yáv    vúra    yâamach    pa-yupsítanach    xás    vúra    uum        pa-kêech    ú-kyav    xás    vúra    uum    imusakêem   
good    Intensive    pretty    the-baby    then    Intensive    3.SG    after.while    NOMZ-big    3s(>3)-make    then    Intensive    3.SG    ugly   
She was pretty as a baby, but after a while, when she got bigger, she looked ugly.
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[21] manâa    vaa    pa-'ávansa    vúra    vaa    puxích    mít    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan   
maybe    that    the-man    Intensive    that    very.much    near.past    Intensive    always    Intensive    strong   
Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
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[22] itíhaan    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan    káru    xás    vúra    vaa    p-oo-'if    vúra    vaa    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan   
strong    Intensive    that    strong    also    then    Intensive    that    NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow    Intensive    that    strong    Intensive    strong   
He is always strong, and when he grew up he was just always strong.
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[23] íp    p-oo-'íf    xás    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan   
PAST    NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow    then    Intensive    that    strong   
Growing up he was strong.
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[24] xás    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan   
then    Intensive    strong    Intensive    that    strong   
He was always strong.
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[25] itíhaan    vúra    vaa    ikpíhan   
strong    Intensive    that    strong   
He was always strong.
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[26] p-oo-'íif-ti    xás    vúra    vaa    kâarim    vúra    púfaat    pu-'ûum    táay    vúra    púfaat   
NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow-DUR    then    Intensive    that    bad    Intensive    nothing    NEG-barely    much    Intensive    nothing   
When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.
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[27] xás    vúra    vaa    t-u-'if   
then    Intensive    that    PERF-3s(>3)-grow   
He grew up that way.
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[28] vúra    púfaat    uum    vúra    mu-'ám    mu-'uup    xás    vúra    vaa    kâarim    xás    vúra    vaa    p-oo-'íif-tih   
Intensive    nothing    3.SG    Intensive    3sPOSS-food    3sPOSS-possession    then    Intensive    that    bad    then    Intensive    that    NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow-DUR   
He didn't have any food or possessions, he was poor, that is how he grew up.
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[29] vúra    uum    kâanimich    pa-'asiktávaan   
3s(>3)    3.SG    poor    the-woman   
The lady is poor.
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[30] pa-'áraar    uum    vúra    pu-pí-tih-ara   
the-human    3.SG    Intensive    NEG-say-DUR-NEG   
The Indian people didn't say that.
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[31] vâaram    t-i-'íf   
long    PERF-2s(>3)-grow   
You grew tall.
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[32] kúnish    apxantínihich    i-musahi-tih   
sort.of    white.man    2s(>3)-look-DUR   
You white people look like that.
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[33] pa-'ávansa    ipshûunkunich   
the-man    low   
The man is short.
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[34] pa-'ávansa    ipshûunkunich    arara-'ávansa   
the-man    low    human-man   
The man is short, the Indian man.
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[35] apxantinihich-'ávansa    uum    kúnish    vâaram-as   
white.man-man    3.SG    sort.of    long-PL   
White men are tall.
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[36] púfaat    mi-káfih   
nothing    2sPOSS-coffee   
You haven't had your coffee.
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[37] xás    payêem    vúra    itníivka   
then    now    Intensive    mean   
And now you are mean.
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[38] vaa    vúra    uum    puxích    tá    na-furáthfip   
that    jab    3.SG    very.much    PERF    1s-be.nervous   
I am really cranky.
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[39] káru    puxích    t-u-furáthfip   
also    very.much    PERF-3s(>3)-be.nervous   
He is really cranky, too.
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[40] íim    káru    p-ee-'áhoo-ti    vúrava    kúnish    furáthfip   
2sg.    also    NOMZ-2s(>3)-go-DUR    just    sort.of    be.nervous   
When you arrived it seemed like you were cranky.
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[41] íp    p-ee-vôonfuruk    íp    kúnish    vaa    i-furáthfip-tih   
PAST    NOMZ-2s(>3)-enter.a.house    PAST    sort.of    that    2s(>3)-be.nervous-DUR   
It seemed like you were cranky when you came in.
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[42] íkiich    pa-mi-'ávansa    t-ee-xviphûunish   
maybe    the-2sPOSS-man    PERF-2s(>3)-get.angry.at   
Maybe you got mad at your man.
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[43] íkiich    ápap-kam    vaa    mi-'asímnaam    i-txâari-heen   
maybe    one.side-side    that    2sPOSS-bed    2s(>3)-open.eyes-ANT   
Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
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[44] íp    u-'áasishrih-at   
PAST    3s(>3)-lie.down-PAST   
She lay down.
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[45] íp    u-'áasishri-heen    kúnish    vaa    pu-yáv    ipmahóonkoona-tih-ara   
PAST    3s(>3)-lie.down-ANT    sort.of    that    NEG-good    feel-DUR-NEG   
She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
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[46] páy    ni-'áv-eesh   
this    1s(>3)-eat-FUT   
I am going to eat that.
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[47] naa    ni-txâarih   
1sg.    1s(>3)-open.eyes   
I woke up.
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[48] xás    vúra    uum    yáv    nee-pmahóonkoona-tih   
then    Intensive    3.SG    good    1s(>3)-feel-DUR   
I am feeling better.
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[49] íim    hûut    i-pmahóonkoona-tih   
2sg.    how    2s(>3)-feel-DUR   
How do you you feel?
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[50] íim    yáv    i-pmahóonkoona-tih   
2sg.    good    2s(>3)-feel-DUR   
You are feeling better.
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[51] payêem    xas   
now    then   
What else?
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[52] yáv    i-kyáa-ti    pa-púsihich   
good    2s(>3)-make-DUR    the-cat.(dimin.)   
You treat the cat good.
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[53] xáyfaat    í-kyav    vaa    kâarim    i-kyáa-tih   
don't!    2s(>3)-make    that    bad    2s(>3)-make-DUR   
Don't treat her [the cat] that way, you are treating her badly.
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[54] íp    p-oo-vôonfuruk    u-ksáah-tih   
PAST    NOMZ-3s(>3)-enter.a.house    3s(>3)-laugh-DUR   
When she came in the house she was laughing.
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[55] uum    káru    p-oo-vôonfuruk-a-ti    pu-yáv    ipmahóonkoona-tih-ara   
3.SG    also    NOMZ-3s(>3)-enter.a.house--DUR    NEG-good    feel-DUR-NEG   
And when she came in she was not feeling good.
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[56] îikam    pa-axíit-ich-as    kun-ihmára-thuna-naa-tih    xás    vúra    vaa    káan    kun-iksháah-tih   
outdoors    the-child-DIM-PL    3pl(>3s)-run.(pl.)-around-PL-DUR    then    Intensive    that    there    3pl(>3s)-laugh-DUR   
The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
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[57] îikam    pa-axíit-ich-as    kun-ihmára-thunu-naa-tih    xas    vúra    koovúra    yáv    kun-ipmahóonkoona-tih   
outdoors    the-child-DIM-PL    3pl(>3s)-run.(pl.)-around-PL-DUR    then    Intensive    all    good    3pl(>3s)-feel-DUR   
The kids are running around outside, they are all feeling happy.
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[58] pûuhara    naa    ni-xú-ti    îikam    vúra    káan    kun-ihmára-thunu-naa-tih    xás    koovúra    vaa    vúra    yáv    kun-ipmahóonkoona-tih   
no    1sg.    1s(>3)-think-DUR    outdoors    Intensive    there    3pl(>3s)-run.(pl.)-around-PL-DUR    then    all    that    Intensive    good    3pl(>3s)-feel-DUR   
No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.
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[59] oh    vúra    u-tátuyishrih-ti    vaa    vúra    páy    pa-porch   
oh    Intensive    3s(>3)-sweep.down-DUR    that    Intensive    this    the-porch   
Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.
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[60] káru    p-oo-tátuyishrih-at    koovúra    pa-porch   
also    NOMZ-3s(>3)-sweep.down-PAST    all    the-porch   
And she swept the whole porch.
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[61] vúra    uum    chêech    t-u-tátuyish   
Intensive    3.SG    quickly    PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.down   
She is sweeping it fast.
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[62] chêech    t-u-tátuyishrih    pa-porch   
quickly    PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.down    the-porch   
She is sweeping the porch fast.
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[63] vúra    chêech    t-u-tátuyishrih    pa-porch   
Intensive    quickly    PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.down    the-porch   
She is sweeping the porch fast.
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