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

Vina Smith: Sentences: questions (2011)

Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2011
Project identifier: VS-03
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett, Line Mikkelsen, and Tammy Stark on January 29, 2011)


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[1]

xúun íp ni'av.

I ate acorn soup.

[2]

xúun íp ni'ávat.

I ate acorn soup.

[3]

fâat i'ávaheen?

What did you eat?

[4]

fâat i'áveesh?

What are you going to eat?

[5]

fâat i'áamti payêem?

What are you eating now?

[6]

fâat pee'áamtih?

What are you eating?

[7]

akâay u'ávaheen?

Who ate it?

[8]

hárivari i'ávaheen paputíruh?

When did you eat the potato?

[9]

vaa húm i'ávaheen?

Did you eat it?

[10]

paputíruh húm i'ávaheen?

Did you eat the potato?

[11]

vaa húm pee'ávaheen?

Did you eat it?

[12]

vaa húm pee'ávaheen paputíruh?

Did you eat the potato?

[13]

paputíruh húm i'ávaheen?

Did you eat the potato?

[14]

naa nímuusti váa.

I am looking at it.

[15]

fâat ímuustih?

What are you looking at?

[16]

fâat ímuusti íim?

What are you looking at?

[17]

vaa húm péemuustih?

Are you looking at it?

[18]

váa húm ímuustih?

Are you looking at it?

[19]

vaa húm péemuusti íim?

Are you looking at it?

[20]

papúsihich ímuusti hum?

Are you looking at the cat?

[21]

papúsihich ímuusti íim.

You are looking at the cat.

[22]

vaa pananipúsihich utapkûuputih.

My cat likes it.