Violet Super: Violet's Dog (1989)

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[1]	pa-nani-chishíh-'anamahach	itháan	káruk	nu-'ípasroov-at	káan	ú-krii	chishih-'aneekyáavaan
	the-1sPOSS-dog-little	once	upriver	1pl(>3)-take.(someone).upriver-PAST	there	3s(>3)-life	dog-doctor

Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.

[2]	xás	ú-piip	uum	vúra	páy	chu-'ív-eesh
	then	3s(>3)-say	3.SG	Intensive	this	-be.dry-FUT

And he said, "This one is going to die.

[3]	xâatik	vúra	nu	kviit-hívath
	it's.better	Intensive	rough	put.to.sleep

"Let's just put him to sleep."

[4]	xás	ni-piip	puu	xâatik	vúra	ni-pípas
	then	1s(>3)-say	no	it's.better	Intensive	1s(>3)-take.(person).home

And I said, "No, let me just take him home.

[5]	xâatik	vúra	uum	vúra	hárivari	u-'ív-ahaak
	it's.better	Intensive	3.SG	Intensive	when	3s(>3)-die-when

"Just let him be, whenever he may die.

[6]	naa	vúra	pu	na-xú-tih-an,	kíri	kun-ikviit-hívath
	1sg.	Intensive	NEG	1s(>3)-think-DUR-Participial,	I.wish	3pl(>3s)-put.to.sleep

I just didn't want them to put him to sleep.

[7]	xás	káruk	vúra	itíhaan	vúra	ithéekxaram	xúus	ni-'éeth-ti
	then	upriver	Intensive	always	Intensive	all.night	thought	1s(>3)-carry-DUR

And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.

[8]	tá-ní-kfuuksip	tá-ni-'áki	aas	tá	ni-'akih
	PERF-1s(>3)-get.up.(from.lying)	PERF-1s(>3)-give.(things).to	water	PERF	1s(>3)-give.(things).to

I'd get up, I'd feed him, I'd give him water.

[9]	chavúra	u-'aráriihkanha
	finally	3s(>3)-get.well

Finally he recovered.

[10]	uum	tá-kun-piip	pa-mú-aasravara-k	íshaha	sú'	aasrávar
	3.SG	PERF-3pl(>3s)-say	the-3sPOSS-brain-Locative	water	inside	brain

People said, "He's got water on his brain, inside the brain."

[11]	káru	hôoy	akâayva	'îin	kun	kêemish	kun-'áki-hanik	kéemish	u-'áv-anik
	also	where	anyone	TOPIC	3pl(>3s)	something.dangerous	3pl(>3s)-give.(things).to-ANC	something.dangerous	3s(>3)-eat-ANC

"And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."

[12]	xás	ni-pí-ti	pûuhara
	then	1s(>3)-say-DUR	no

And I kept saying no."

[13]	xás	kan-éepeen-ti	pa-mi-chíshiih	mít	uum	êen	ú-kuuyva-nik
	then	1s(>3)-say.to-DUR	the-2sPOSS-dog	near.past	3.SG	board	3s(>3)-strike-ANC

And they were telling me, "A board fell on your dog.

[14]	vaa	kumá'ii	pa-xáas	t-u-'iv	pu-'uum	vúra	fâat	kuma-kêemish	áam-tih-an
	so	because.of	NOMZ-almost	PERF-3s(>3)-die	NEG-3.SG	Intensive	what	3sPOSS-something.dangerous	eat-DUR-Participial

"That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."

[15]	xás	payêem	uum	vúra	t-u-'aráriihkanha	pu-húun	vúra	íina-tih-an
	then	now	3.SG	Intensive	PERF-3s(>3)-get.well	NEG-harmful	Intensive	experience.something.unpleasant-DUR-Participial

And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.

[16]	káruma	káru	taay	u-'ôorahi-ti	pa-'ánav	pa-tá	ní-kvar	pa-ni-'ákih-ti
	in.fact	also	much	3s(>3)-cost-DUR	the-medicine	NOMZ-PERF	1s(>3)-buy	NOMZ-1s(>3)-give.(things).to-DUR

And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.

[17]	payêem	pu-húun	íina-tih-an
	now	NEG-harmful	experience.something.unpleasant-DUR-Participial

Now there’s nothing wrong with him.