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

Vina Smith, Sonny Davis: Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (2010)

Primary participants: Vina Smith (speaker), Sonny Davis (speaker)
Date: 2010
Project identifier: SD-VS-01
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett and Line Mikkelsen on October 25, 2010)


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[1]     nithítiv   
PERF    I.hear.it   
I heard it.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[2]     nithítiv   
PERF    I.hear.it   
I heard it.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[3]     nuthítiv   
PERF    we.hear.it   
We all heard it.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[4]     nithítiv    papúsihich   
PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat   
I heard the cat.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[5]     nimah    papúsihich   
PERF    I.see.it    the.cat   
I see the cat.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[6]     nimah    papúsihich   
PERF    I.see.it    the.cat   
I see the cat.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[7] iim        numah   
2sg.    PERF    I.see.you(sg)   
I see you (sg).
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[8] iim        numah   
2sg.    PERF    I.see.you(sg)   
I see you (sg).
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[9]     nimah   
PERF    I.see.it   
I see it.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[10]     numah   
PERF    we.see.it   
We all see it.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[11] nimáheesh   
I.will.see.it   
I will see it.
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[12] papúsihich    îin        námah   
the.cat    TOPIC    PERF    it.sees.me   
The cat sees me.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[13] papúsihich    umáhtih    iim   
the.cat    it.sees.you    2sg.   
The cat sees you.
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[14] papúsihich    iim    tumah   
the.cat    2sg.    it.sees   
The cat sees you.
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[15] taay    úm    papúsihich    úm    ithiinátih    um   
much    or    the.cat    or    you.have.it(sg)    or   
Do you have lots of cats?
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[16] taay    paninipúsihich   
much    my.cats   
I have lots of cats.
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[17] Sally    uum    taay    papúsihich    uthiinátih   
    3.SG    much    the.cat    she.has.it(sg)   
Sally has lots of cats.
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[18] Sally    uum    taay    pamupúsihich   
    3.SG    much    her.cat   
Sally has lots of cats.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[19] naa    púsihich    nithiinátih   
1sg.    cat.(dimin.)    I.have.it   
I have a cat.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[20] naa    áxak    papúsihich    nithiinátih   
1sg.    two    the.cat    I.have.it   
I have two cats.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[21] naa    áxak    púsihich    nithiinátih   
1sg.    two    cat.(dimin.)    I.have.it   
I have two cats.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[22] naa    áxak    papúsihich    nithiinátih   
1sg.    two    the.cat    I.have.it   
I have two cats.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[23]     nimshákar    papúsihich   
PERF    I.smell    the.cat   
I smell the cat.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[24] nithítiimtih    papúsihich    uum   
I.hear.it    the.cat    3.SG   
I hear the cat
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[25] papúsihich    nithítiimti    upakurîihvutih   
the.cat    I.hear.it    it.is.singing   
I hear the cat purring.
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[26] papúsihich    upakurîihvutih   
the.cat    it.is.singing   
The cat is purring.
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[27]     nithítiv    papúsihich    upakurîihvutih   
PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    it.is.singing   
I hear the cat purring.
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[28]     nithítiv    papúsihich    upakurîihvutih   
PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    it.is.singing   
I hear the cat purring.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[29] nímuustih    uum    papúsihich    u'áamtih   
I.am.looking.at    3.SG    the.cat    it.is.eating   
I am looking at the cat eating.
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[30] papúsihich    u'áamtih   
the.cat    it.is.eating   
The cat is eating.
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[31] papúsihich    u'áamtih   
the.cat    it.is.eating   
The cat is eating.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[32] papúsihich    íp    tu'ávat   
the.cat    PAST    it.has.eaten   
The cat just ate.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[33] púsihich    ipít    tu'avat   
cat.(dimin.)    yesterday    it.ate   
The cat ate yesterday.
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[34] papúsihich        ni'áfish   
the.cat    PERF    I.touch.it   
I'm touching the cat.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[35] papúsihich        na'áfish   
the.cat    PERF    it.touches.me   
The cat is touching me.
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[36] papúsihich        kunváthiv   
the.cat    PERF    they.fight   
The cats are fighting.
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[37]     nithítiv    payupsítanach    uxráratih   
PERF    I.hear    the.baby    it.is.crying   
I hear the baby crying.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[38] yáxa    papúsihich   
look!    the.cat   
Look at the cat!
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[39] fâat    ukupavêenah   
what    it.is.doing   
What is it doing?
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[40]     nithítiv    papúsihich    îikam   
PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    outdoors   
I hear the cat outside.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[41]     nithítiv    papúsihich    îikam    uvathíivtih   
PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    outdoors    it.is.fighting   
I hear the cats fighting outside.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[42] taay    púsihich        nimah   
much    cat.(dimin.)    PERF    I..see.it   
I see lots of cats.
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[43] púfaat    papúsihich   
nothing    the.cat   
There are no cats.
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[44] púfaat    papúsihich   
nothing    the.cat   
There are no cats.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[45] ararachúupha    nuu    payêem    nuchúuphitih   
Indian.language    we    now    we.are.talking   
We are talking our Indian language now.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[46] yánava    koovúra    kunivyíhuk   
visible    all    they.come   
Look they all came!
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[47] yánava    pakúusrah    tóokfuk    súpaah   
visible    the.sun    it.has.climbed    day   
Look the sun is getting up!
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[48]     kúnish    nithítiv    pachishíi    poohyíivtih   
PERF    sort.of    I.hear    the..dog    it.is.barking   
I heard the dog barking.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[49] yánava    pachishíih    poohyíivtih   
visible    the.dog    it.is.barking   
The dogs are barking!
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[50] uhyíivtih   
it.is.barking   
It is barking.
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[51] yupthúkirar    uxráratih   
panther    it.is..crying   
A mountain lion is crying.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[52] vírusur    uum    taay    pooxrúunhatih   
bear    3.SG    much    it.is..growling   
The bear is growling a lot.
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[53] súva nik        nimah   
so.long!    PERF    I.see.it   
I see it later on (?)
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[54] súva nik    numáheesh   
so.long!    I.will.see.you   
I will see you later.
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[55] nu    ni'áasish    nikvíit-ha    xás    vúra    fâatva    nithítiv   
    I.go.to.bed    I.fall..down    then    Intensive    something    I..hear   
When I was sleeping I heard something.
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay


[56] taahkúnish    pamu'ífunih   
white    her.hair   
Her hair is white.
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[57] Vina    mu'ífuni    uum    taahkúnish   
    her.hair    3.SG    white   
Vina has white hair.
Spoken by Sonny Davis | DownloadPlay


[58] hôoy    uum    pa'ikxáramkunish    púsihich   
where    3.SG    the.black    cat.(dimin.)   
Where is the black cat?
Spoken by Vina Smith | DownloadPlay