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

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Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on July 23, 2010)


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[1]

achviiv tá nimah.

I see a bird.

[2]

achviiv tee mah.

You see a bird.

[3]

achviiv tá numah.

We see a bird.

[4]

hûuka tóo kxipma pa'achviiv?

To where did the bird fly?

[5]

tée mah húm pa'achviiv?

Do you see the bird?

[6]

ímuusti pa'achviiv.

You are looking at the bird.

[7]

yáxa pa'achvíiv!

Look, the bird!

[8]

tá nimah pavírusur.

I saw the bear.

[9]

pavírusur íp nimah.

I saw the bear.

[10]

pavirusura íshkih tóo kviip.

The bear runs fast.

[11]

pavirusur ipít íshkih ukviip.

The bear ran fast yesterday.

[12]

tée mah húm papúufich?

Do you see the deer?

[13]

chak'îimich papúufich tu'áhoo.

The deer is walking slow.

[14]

papúufich tukuníihka.

He shot the deer.

[15]

imáan papúufich ukúniihkeesh.

He is going to shoot the deer tomorrow.

[16]

imáan papúufich nikúniihkeesh.

Tomorrow I am going to shoot the deer.

[17]

yáxa pa'ákviish!

Look, the bobcat!

[18]

naa vura imxathakêem.

I smell bad.

[19]

yáxa pa'akvaat!

Look, the raccoon!

[20]

yáxa páykuuk!

Look there!

[21]

yáxa páy!

Look here!

[22]

vaa yáv paníkpuuhtih.

I am swimming well.

[23]

fâat uum pamúsmus u'áamtih?

What does a cow eat?

[24]

pamúsmus uum pírish u'áamtih.

The cow eats grass.