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

Vina Smith: Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (2010)

Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2010
Project identifier: VS-19
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on September 13, 2010)

Note: This text consists of descriptions by Vina Smith of the pictures in Mercer Mayer's book A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog. A video showing the pictures with her narration is available here.


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[1] Avansáxiich u'áhooti káru pachíshiih.
The boy is walking, and the dog too.
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[2] Pa'avansáxiich usxâareesh káru pamuchíshiih.
The boy is going to go fishing with his dog.
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[3] Pa'avansáxiich úmuusti paxanchíifich.
The boy is looking at the frog.
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[4] Tá kunithvíripunih muchíshiih xákaan.
They're running down, the dog too.
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[5] Xás tá kunmah paxanchíifich.
And they see the frog.
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[6] Xás tóo kvíripunih káan.
And they're running down there.
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[7] Xás tóo kyívish.
And then he (the boy) falls down.
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[8] Xás paxanchíifich uthítiv.
And the frog hears them.
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[9] Xás tóo kyíimkurih.
And he (the boy) has fallen into the water.
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[10] Xás pa'íshaha tóo kyíimkurih.
And he's fallen into the water.
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[11] Pamufíthih kich tá numah.
We can only see his feet.
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[12] Káru pachishíih upsáravriiktih, avansáxiich.
And the dog is helping the boy.
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[13] Tu'ay.
He (the frog) is scared.
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[14] Xás pa'avansáxiich káru pachishíih tá kunmáh paxanchíifich.
And the boy and the dog see the frog.
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[15] Xás paxanchíifich payêem tóo mah.
And now the frog sees them.
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[16] Tu'áapunma uumkun yav.
He knows they're good.
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[17] Yáv tóo mah.
He sees that they're good.
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[18] Ikíich paxanchíifich xás tóo pvâaram.
Maybe then the frog goes back.
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[19] Xás payêem paxanchíifich tu'ípak.
And now the frog has come back.
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[20] Xás tóo muustihinaa pa'avansáxiich káru ... Hôoy uum pachishíih?
And he's looking at the boy and ... where's the dog?
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[21] Xás paxanchíifich tóo múusti pachishiih káru pa'avansáxiich.
And the frog is looking at the dog and the boy.
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[22] Avansáxiich uchuphuníshkooti pachishiih.
The boy is talking to the dog.
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[23] Xás uum paxanchíifich îin kinímuustih.
And the frog is looking at them.
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[24] Pa'avansáxiich îin tá kunchuphuníshkoo.
The boy is talking (to the dog).
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[25] "Now, fâat káru?"
"Now, what else?"
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[26] "Pay'ôok uum paxanchíifich."
"Here's the frog."
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[27] Uxútih, " Neexaychákisheesh paxanchíifich."
He (the boy) is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
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[28] Uxútih, " Neexaychákish paxanchíifich."
He's thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
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[29] "Pay'ôok uum fâat?"
"What's this here?"
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[30] Pa'avansáxiich uxútih, " Neexaychákisheesh paxanchíifich."
The boy is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
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[31] Kúnish ipshûunkinich pay.
It (the net) is kind of short (to catch the frog).
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[32] Púya if vúra uum kâarim xás pamuchíshiih xás tuxaychákish.
Oh my, its really bad, he's caught his dog.
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[33] Káru uum paxanchíifich uum tóo skáaksur.
And the frog jumped off, too.
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[34] Pay'ôok uum xákaan kun'íin pa'avansáxiich káru pachishiih.
In this one here they're both sitting, the boy and dog.
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[35] Xás paxanchíifich káan úkrii, sáruk káan úkrii.
And the frog is sitting down there.
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[36] Kári pachishíih káru úkrii.
And the dog is sitting too.
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[37] Ithyáruk xás ukûuntakoo paxanchíifich.
And across, the frog is sitting down.
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[38] Xás ikíich tóo kvúrish.
And maybe he's gotten tired.
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[39] Ikíich tóo kvúrish tuxus tóo pvâaram.
Maybe he's gotten tired, he's thinking that he'll go home.
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[40] Káru payêem vúra vaa umúustih kári.
And now he's still looking at them.
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[41] Xás vúra tá kunpiyâaram.
And they're leaving.
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[42] Xás vúra uum tóo kvúrish káru paxanchíifich.
And the frog is really tired, too.
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[43] Xás vúra umúustih húukava patá kunívyiihma, mukunfíthih.
And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.
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[44] Váa káan kun'áhootiheen.
They were walking there.
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[45] Xás vúra káan tú'uum váa káan u'áharamuraatih.
And then he (the frog) gets there, he follows them there.
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[46] Káan pakun'áhootih.
There, where they were walking.
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[47] Kári iish upáatvutih pa'axiich.
And the child is taking a bath.
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[48] Xás iish tá kunpáatva.
And they're taking a bath.
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[49] Xás payêem iish tá kunpáatva.
And now they're taking a bath.
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[50] Xás vúra uum paxanchíifich vúra uum yav patóo pmahóonkoon.
And the frog, he's feeling really good.
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[51] Iinâak úkrii.
He's inside.
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[52] Xás paxanchíifich îin tá kunímuusti pakunpáatvutih.
And the frog is looking at them while they're taking a bath.
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[53] Xás payêem paxanchíifich tóo xus, " Kíri naa káru nipáatveesh."
And now the frog is thinking, "I want to take a bath, too."
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[54] Xás umuustihinaa.
He's looking at them.
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[55] Xás vúra uum payêem tá kunpáatvaheen.
And now they've bathed.
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[56] Káru paxanchíifich u'úum váa káan, ukûuntakoo pachishihaxvâah.
And the frog gets there, he sits down on the dog's head.
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