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

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Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on July 23, 2010)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

Where is the cat?

[2]

papúsihich húm ithiinátih?

Do you have a cat?

[3]

hãã papúsihich nithiinátih.

Yes, I have a cat.

[4]

papúsihich úm tee mah?

Did you see the cat?

[5]

hãã tá nimah papúsihich.

Yes, I do see the cat.

[6]

pûuhara punamáahtihara papúsihich.

No, I do not see the cat.

[7]

yuraschíshiih tá nimah.

I see the horse.

[8]

payuraschíshiih tóo kviip íshkih.

The horse runs fast.

[9]

payuraschíshiih nikûuntakoo.

I am riding on the horse.

[10]

payuraschíshiih ikûuntakoo hum?

Did you ride the horse?

[11]

íshkih úm tóo kxip?

Does it fly fast?

[12]

pachúufish chaka'îimich tóo kxip.

The eagle flies slowly.

[13]

áama húm i'áveesh?

Are you going to eat salmon?

[14]

hãã áama ni'áveesh.

Yes, I am going to eat salmon.

[15]

uum payêem uum áama u'áveesh.

He is going to eat salmon now.

[16]

koovúra áama nu'áveesh.

We are all going to eat salmon.

[17]

chími áama nu'áva.

Let's eat salmon.

[18]

áama nimnísheesh.

I am going to cook salmon.

[19]

ipít áama nímnish.

Yesterday I cooked salmon.

[20]

iim áama ímniishtih.

You cooked salmon.

[21]

áama úm ivíshtaantih?

Do you like salmon?

[22]

hãã áama nivíshtaantih.

Yes, I like salmon.

[23]

hãã naa áama karu nivíshtaantih.

Yes, I also like salmon.

[24]

hárivari pa'áama nu'áveesh?

When will we eat salmon?

[25]

uumkun hárivari pa'áama kunáveesh?

When will they eat salmon?

[26]

yúfishhi pa'áama.

Salt the fish.

[27]

íshkih ukpúuhtih.

It swims fast.

[28]

íshkih úm pa'ákraa ukpúuhtih?

Does the eel swim fast?

[29]

ivíshtaantih húm pa'ákraah?

Do you like eels?

[30]

fâat kuma'ish?

What kind of drink (do you like)?

[31]

arará'ish nivíshtaantih.

I like to drink the indian drink.

[32]

íshaha tá ni'ish.

I am drinking water.

[33]

pa'íshah ni'ísheesh.

I am going to drink water.

[34]

pa'íshaha húm i'ísheesh?

Do you want to drink water?

[35]

naa yúfish nivíshtaantih.

I like salt.

[36]

chími papufích'iish numnísheesh.

Let's cook deer meat.

[37]

iimkun papufích'iish kumnísheesh?

Are you all going to cook the deer meat?

[38]

hãã koovúra numnísheesh papufích'iish.

Yes, we are all going to cook deer meat.

[39]

pûuhara papufích'iish pukinimnísheeshara.

No, we are not going to cook deer meat.

[40]

papufích'iish úm ivíshtaantih?

Do you like deer meat?

[41]

uum papufich'íish uvíshtaantih.

He likes deer meat.

[42]

ipít númniishti papufich'íish.

Yesterday we cooked deer meat.

[43]

yúfishhi papufich'íish.

Salt the deer meat.

[44]

naa íp niyúfishhat papufích'iish.

I put salt on the deer meat.

[45]

ipít uxraah nu'ávat.

Yesterday we ate berries.

[46]

payêem uxraah nu'áamtih.

We are eating berries now.

[47]

uxraah nivíshtaantih.

I like berries.

[48]

iim uxraah ivíshtaantih?

Do you like berries?

[49]

ipít páxuun nu'ávat.

Yesterday we ate acorn soup.