Vina Smith: Sentences about comparisons (2013)
Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2013
Project identifier: VS-18
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Line Mikkelsen, Clare Sandy, Erik Maier, and Florrine Super on January 27th, 2013)
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pa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram, pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich. |
The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short) |
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[2] |
pa'ápsuun káru pa'áan xákaan vúra yav. |
The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good) |
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páy uum pa'ápsuun vúra uum vâaram. |
This snake is the longest snake. |
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[4] |
vúra nîinamich pa'ásip. |
The cup is little. |
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[5] |
kêechas vúra patakâakaa. |
The quails are big. |
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[6] |
patakaakaatunvêechas káan kun'íchunvunaatih. |
The little quails are hiding there. |
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[7] |
kun'íchunvunaatih, káan. |
They are hiding there. |
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[8] |
patakaakaatunvêechas kun'íchunvunaatih. |
The little quails are hiding. |
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[9] |
puna'aapúnmutihara. |
I don't know. |
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[10] |
vúra nu'ápimtih. |
We were looking for them. |
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[11] |
pananu'átraax vúra uum ipshûunkinich. |
Our arms are too short. |
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[12] |
vaa kúnish kunimúsahiti pásaan. |
They (the quails) are the same color as the leaves. |
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[13] |
kúnish tuváxrah. |
They (leaves) were kind of dry. |
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[14] |
pakêechas vúra tá kuníkxiipshur. |
The big ones flew away. |
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[15] |
pamitípa ipêen ôok naa. |
Go get your brother. |
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[16] |
mitípa ipêen ôok naa. |
Go get your brother. |
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[17] |
vúra uum puxich nu'ítapeesh pa'araráhih. |
We are trying to learn the Karuk language. |
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[18] |
naa ipshûunkinich, kúna pananitípa uum vâaram. |
My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.) |
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[19] |
pay uum ipshûunkinich. pay cup uum vâaram. |
That cup is smaller than this cup. (That cup is short. This cup is tall.) |
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[20] |
pay uum pananikafih'ásip ipshûunkinich. |
My coffee cup is short. |