Ararahih'urípih
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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Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett on September 13, 2010)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   
boy    he.is.walking    also    the.dog   
The boy is walking, and the dog too.
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[2] Pa'avansáxiich    usxâareesh    káru    pamuchíshiih   
the.boy    he.will.go.fishing    also    his.dog   
The boy is going to go fishing with his dog.
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[3] Pa'avansáxiich    úmuusti    paxanchíifich   
the.boy    he.is.looking.at.it    the.frog   
The boy is looking at the frog.
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[4]     kunithvíripunih    muchíshiih    xákaan   
PERF    they.two.run.downhill    his.dog    with.(one.person)   
They're running down, the dog too.
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[5] Xás        kunmah    paxanchíifich   
then    PERF    they.see.it    the.frog   
And they see the frog.
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[6] Xás    tóo    kvíripunih    káan   
then    he.has    run.away.downhill    there   
And they're running down there.
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[7] Xás    tóo    kyívish   
then    he.has    fall.down   
And then he (the boy) falls down.
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[8] Xás    paxanchíifich    uthítiv   
then    the.frog    he.hears.them   
And the frog hears them.
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[9] Xás    tóo    kyíimkurih   
then    he.has    fall.into.water   
And he (the boy) has fallen into the water.
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[10] Xás    pa'íshaha    tóo    kyíimkurih   
then    the.water    he.has    fall.into.water   
And he's fallen into the water.
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[11] Pamufíthih    kich        numah   
his.feet    only    PERF    we.see.them   
We can only see his feet.
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[12] Káru    pachishíih    upsáravriiktih    avansáxiich   
also    the.dog    he.is.helping.him    boy   
And the dog is helping the boy.
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[13] Tu'ay   
he.is.scared   
He (the frog) is scared.
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[14] Xás    pa'avansáxiich    káru    pachishíih        kunmáh    paxanchíifich   
then    the.boy    also    the.dog    PERF    they.see.it    the.frog   
And the boy and the dog see the frog.
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[15] Xás    paxanchíifich    payêem    tóo    mah   
then    the.frog    now    he.does    see   
And now the frog sees them.
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[16] Tu'áapunma    uumkun    yav   
he.knows.it    they    good   
He knows they're good.
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[17] Yáv    tóo    mah   
good    he.does    see   
He sees that they're good.
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[18] Ikíich    paxanchíifich    xás    tóo    pvâaram   
maybe    the.frog    then    he.does    go.back   
Maybe then the frog goes back.
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[19] Xás    payêem    paxanchíifich    tu'ípak   
then    now    the.frog    he.has.come.back   
And now the frog has come back.
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[20] Xás    tóo    muustihinaa    pa'avansáxiich    káru    Hôoy    uum    pachishíih   
then    he.is    looking.at.them    the.boy    also    where    3.SG    the.dog   
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   
then    the.frog    he.is    look.at    the.dog    also    the.boy   
And the frog is looking at the dog and the boy.
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[22] Avansáxiich    uchuphuníshkooti    pachishiih   
boy    he.is.talking.to.him    the.dog   
The boy is talking to the dog.
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[23] Xás    uum    paxanchíifich    îin    kinímuustih   
then    3.SG    the.frog    TOPIC    he.is.looking.at.them   
And the frog is looking at them.
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[24] Pa'avansáxiich    îin        kunchuphuníshkoo   
the.boy    TOPIC    PERF    he.is.talking.to.him   
The boy is talking (to the dog).
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[25] Now    fâat    káru   
Now    what    also   
"Now, what else?"
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[26] Pay'ôok    uum    paxanchíifich   
right.here    3.SG    the.frog   
"Here's the frog."
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[27] Uxútih    Neexaychákisheesh    paxanchíifich   
he.is.thinking    I.will.catch.him    the.frog   
He (the boy) is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
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[28] Uxútih    Neexaychákish    paxanchíifich   
he.is.thinking    I.catch.him    the.frog   
He's thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
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[29] Pay'ôok    uum    fâat   
right.here    3.SG    what   
"What's this here?"
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[30] Pa'avansáxiich    uxútih    Neexaychákisheesh    paxanchíifich   
the.boy    he.is.thinking    I.will.catch.him    the.frog   
The boy is thinking, "I'll catch the frog."
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[31] Kúnish    ipshûunkinich    pay   
sort.of    low    this   
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!    Intensive    3.SG    bad    then    his.dog    then    he.has.caught.him   
Oh my, its really bad, he's caught his dog.
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[33] Káru    uum    paxanchíifich    uum    tóo    skáaksur   
also    3.SG    the.frog    3.SG    he.has    jump.off   
And the frog jumped off, too.
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[34] Pay'ôok    uum    xákaan    kun'íin    pa'avansáxiich    káru    pachishiih   
right.here    3.SG    both    they.two.are.sitting    the.boy    also    the.dog   
In this one here they're both sitting, the boy and dog.
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[35] Xás    paxanchíifich    káan    úkrii    sáruk    káan    úkrii   
then    the.frog    there    he.is.sitting    downhill    there    he.is.sitting   
And the frog is sitting down there.
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[36] Kári    pachishíih    káru    úkrii   
then    the.dog    also    he.is.sitting   
And the dog is sitting too.
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[37] Ithyáruk    xás    ukûuntakoo    paxanchíifich   
across    then    he.is.sitting    the.frog   
And across, the frog is sitting down.
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[38] Xás    ikíich    tóo    kvúrish   
then    maybe    has.has    be.tired   
And maybe he's gotten tired.
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[39] Ikíich    tóo    kvúrish    tuxus    tóo    pvâaram   
maybe    he.has    be.tired    he.thinks    he.does    go.back   
Maybe he's gotten tired, he's thinking that he'll go home.
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[40] Káru    payêem    vúra    vaa    umúustih    kári   
also    now    Intensive    that    he.is.looking.at.them    then   
And now he's still looking at them.
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[41] Xás    vúra        kunpiyâaram   
then    Intensive    PERF    they.two.are.going.back   
And they're leaving.
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[42] Xás    vúra    uum    tóo    kvúrish    káru    paxanchíifich   
then    Intensive    3.SG    he.has    be.tired    also    the.frog   
And the frog is really tired, too.
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[43] Xás    vúra    umúustih    húukava    patá    kunívyiihma    mukunfíthih   
then    Intensive    he.is.looking.at    to.somewhere    that.PERF    they.are.going.to    their.footprints   
And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.
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[44] Váa    káan    kun'áhootiheen   
so    there    they.had.been.walking.there   
They were walking there.
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[45] Xás    vúra    káan    tú'uum    váa    káan    u'áharamuraatih   
then    Intensive    there    he.gets.there    so    there    he.is.following.them.there   
And then he (the frog) gets there, he follows them there.
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[46] Káan    pakun'áhootih   
there    where.they.were.walking   
There, where they were walking.
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[47] Kári    iish    upáatvutih    pa'axiich   
then    flesh    he.is.bathing.it    the.child   
And the child is taking a bath.
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[48] Xás    iish        kunpáatva   
then    flesh    PERF    they.are.bathing.it   
And they're taking a bath.
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[49] Xás    payêem    iish        kunpáatva   
then    now    flesh    PERF    they.are.bathing.it   
And now they're taking a bath.
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[50] Xás    vúra    uum    paxanchíifich    vúra    uum    yav    patóo    pmahóonkoon   
then    Intensive    3.SG    the.frog    Intensive    3.SG    good    that.he.PERF    feel   
And the frog, he's feeling really good.
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[51] Iinâak    úkrii   
indoors    he.is   
He's inside.
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[52] Xás    paxanchíifich    îin        kunímuusti    pakunpáatvutih   
then    the.frog    TOPIC    PERF    he.is.looking.at.them    while.they.are.bathing   
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   
then    now    the.frog    he.PERF    think    I.wish    1sg.    also    I.will.bathe   
And now the frog is thinking, "I want to take a bath, too."
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[54] Xás    umuustihinaa   
then    looking.at.them   
He's looking at them.
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[55] Xás    vúra    uum    payêem        kunpáatvaheen   
then    Intensive    3.SG    now    PERF    they.had.bathed   
And now they've bathed.
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[56] Káru    paxanchíifich    u'úum    váa    káan    ukûuntakoo    pachishihaxvâah   
also    the.frog    he.got.there        there    he.sits.on.it    the.dog.head   
And the frog gets there, he sits down on the dog's head.
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