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

Vina Smith: Sentences about a cat (2011)

Primary participants: Vina Smith (speaker), Andrew Garrett (researcher), Line Mikkelsen (researcher)
Date: June 2, 2011
Location: Yreka
Project identifier: VS-34b
Additional contributor: Line Mikkelsen (annotator)

Text display mode: paragraph | sentence | word | word components

[1] papúsihich    vúra    uum    taay    ip    u'ávat    ipit   
the.cat    Intensive    3.SG    much    PAST    it.ate    yesterday   
The cat ate a lot yesterday.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[2] papúsihich    ip    taay    tu'ávat   
the.cat    PAST    much    it.had.eaten   
The cat has already eaten a lot.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[3] pûuhara    papúsihich    ip    taay    tu'ávat   
no    the.cat    PAST    much    it.had.eaten   
No, the cat as already eaten a lot.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[4] papúsihich    vúra    uum    tóo    xúriha    vúra    uum    taay    u'áveesh   
the.cat    Intensive    3.SG    it.has    be.hungry    Intensive    3.SG    much    it.will.eat   
The cat is really hungry and is going to eat a lot.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[5] tóo    xúriha   
he.has    be.hungry   
He's hungry.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[6] vúra    uum    taay    papúsihich    tu'áv   
Intensive    3.SG    much    the.cat    it.has.eaten   
The cat is eating a lot.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[7] púsihich    vúra    uum    puxích    tóo    kvíit-ha   
cat.(dimin.)    Intensive    3.SG    very.much    it.has    sleep   
The cat is sleeping a lot.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[8] papúsihich    vúra    itíhaan    ukvíit-hitih   
the.cat    Intensive    always    it.is.sleeping   
The cat is always sleeping.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play