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Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on September 13, 2010)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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