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

Vina Smith: Washing (2015)

Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2015
Project identifier: VS-24
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett, Erik Maier, and Line Mikkelsen on March 25, 2015)

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Note: This anecdote is about 5 and a half minutes long, and was spoken in English and Karuk. Only Karuk sections are transcribed below.

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[1] vaa    pananítaat    uum    tupíthxah    pananúsaanva    koovúra    vúra   
so    my.mother    3.SG    she.washed.them    our.clothes    all    Intensive   
My mother washed all our clothes.
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[2] pananítaat    vúra    koovúra    upíthxah   
my.mother    Intensive    all    she.washed.them   
My mother washed all (the clothes).
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[3] tupíthxah    pakoovúra    pananúsaanva    koovúra   
she.washed.them    all    our.clothes    all   
She washed them all, all our clothes.
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[4] vaa    xas    vúra    vaa    uum    vúra    uum    chéemyaach    káru    uum    vúra    vaa    pu'aapúnmutihara    fâat    uum    pawashing machine   
so    then    Intensive    so    3.SG    Intensive    3.SG    quickly    also    3.SG    Intensive    so    she.didn't.know    what    3.SG    the.washing.machine   
And she was quick, and she didn't even know what a washing machine was.
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[5] vaa    káan    tupíthxah   
so    there    she.washed.them   
She washed them there (in the back of the house).
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[6] hãã    hâari    upáthriihti    káru   
yes    sometime    it.was.raining    also   
Yes, sometimes it was even raining.
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[7] xás    káru    nuu    aah    nukyáati    îikam   
then    also    we    fire    we.were.making.it    outdoors   
And we made a fire outside.
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[8] xás    vaa    káan    kêechas    vúra    páramva    pa'íshaha   
then    so    there    big.ones    Intensive    boil    the.water   
We had to heat the water there.
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[9] ipáramva    pa'íshaha    vaa    káan   
you.heated.it    the.water    so    there   
You heated the water there.
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[10] oo    vúra    uum    ikyáakaam   
oh!    Intensive    3.SG    difficult   
Oh, it was hard.
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[11] vaa    vúra    ip    pa'aapúnmuti    vaa    vúra    kich    vaa    kuméekrii   
so    Intensive    PAST    you.know.it    so    Intensive    only    so    kind.of.life   
We only knew that kind of living.
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[12] hãã    vaa    vúra    kich    i'aapúnmuti    vaa    kuméekrii   
yes    so    Intensive    only    you.know.it    so    kind.of.life   
Yes, you only knew that kind of living.
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