Violet Super: Violet Cooking (2004)

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[1]	pi'êepvari	kári	naa	nîinamich	kunípeenti	chími	pimnîishi
	long.ago	then	1sg.	little	they.used.to.say	soon	cook

Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”

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[2]	ta'ítam	tá	nupimnîish	nanitípah	xákaan
	so	PERF	we.cooked	my.brother	with.(one.person)

So we cooked, my brother and I.

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[3]	xás	pukári	kín'aapunmutihara	pahári	patóo	mtup
	then	not.then	we.don't.know	when	that.it.is	be.ripe

And we didn’t know when (the food) was done.

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[4]	mâaka	kúuk	tá	núktaama	vaa	káan	pananítaat	utháaniv	uyíkihitih
	in.other.room	to	PERF	we.took.it	so	there	my.mother	she.was.lying	she.was.sick

We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.

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[5]	xás	tá	kinipêer	vúra	ník	tóo	mptup
	then	PERF	she.told.us	Intensive	a.little	it.is	be.ripe

Then she told us, “It’s cooked.”

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[6]	xasík	nupêenti	chími	payêem	nuxúti	kíri	gravy	núkyav
	then.(future)	we.said	soon	now	we.thought	I.wish	gravy	we.make.it

Then we told her we “Now we would like to make gravy.”

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[7]	xás	tá	kin'éethih	hûut	panukúpheesh
	then	PERF	she.told.us	how	that.we.will.do

Then she told us how we should do it.

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[8]

xás

upíip

pa'íshaha

itárivramnihaak

vaa

kári

vúra

itasámsaamtiheesh

itíhaan

peekóohaak

uum

vaa

get

lumpy

then

she.said

when.water

you.pour.it.in

that

then

Intensive

you.will.stir.it

always

if.you.stop

3.SG

so

get

lumpy

And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”

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[9]	ítam	pananibrother	tóo	tôonsur
	earlier.today	my.brother	he.has

Then my brother turned it off.

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[10]	xás	too	píip	tá	néekfuuyshur	chími	start	stirring
	then	he.has	say	PERF	I'm.tired	soon	start	stirring

And he said, “I’m tired, you start stirring!”

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[11]	ta'ítam	naa	tá	nitasánsaar
	so	1sg.	PERF	I.stir.it

So I stirred it.

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[12]	naa	vúra	nîinamich	víri	ûum	vúra	ni'áfishrih	pastovetop
	1sg.	Intensive	little	so	barely	Intensive	I.touch.it	the.stove.top

I was just little, I could barely reach the stove top.

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[13]	kóova	nîinamich
	so	little

I was so little. (chuckle)

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[14]	xás	vúra	uum	yâamach	pagravy	núkyav	vúra	just	nice
	then	Intensive	3.SG	pretty	the.gravy	we.made	Intensive	just	nice

And we made nice gravy, really just nice!

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[15]	káru	vaa	pafâat	ixútihaak	kíri	nímnish
	also	so	whatever	you.are.thinking	I.wish	I.cook

(She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to.

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[16]	pâay	káru	tá	níkyav
	pie	also	PERF	I.made.it

I made pie too.

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[17]

xás

on

a

bench

nihyári

xás

vaa

a'

tá

ni'ípanha

on

the

table

then

on

a

bench

I.stood

then

that

above

PERF

I.reach

on

the

table

And I stood on a bench, so I could reach the table.

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[18]

kári

xás

pahári

vúra

tá

nixusâak

kíri

pâay

níkyav

pananítaat

tóo

piip

chími

man

ikyav

then

then

whenever

Intensive

PERF

when.I.thought

I.wish

pie

I.make

my.mother

she.has

say

soon

why...

make

Whenever I wanted to make a pie, my mother would tell me, “Go ahead.”

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[19]

kári

vúra

naa

nîinamich

víri

vaa

kumá'ii

payêem

naa

uum

púfaat

neekyâatihara

then

Intensive

1sg.

little

so

so

because.of

now

1sg.

3.SG

nothing

I.cannot.do

I was little then (chuckle), but now I can’t do anything.

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[20]	tá	kéevriikha
	PERF	become.old

I’ve gotten old.

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[21]	víri	ûum	vúra	panivúrayvutih
	so	barely	Intensive	that.I.go.around

I can hardly get around.

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[22]	paninípshiih	áthiik	tu'ívahaak	vaa	kári	vúra	puna'áhootihara
	my.legs	cold	it.died	so	then	Intensive	I.don't.walk

When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.

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[23]	pu'îikam	neefyúkutihara
	not.outdoors	I.don't.go.around

I can’t take a walk outdoors.

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(The transcription of the final part of this sentence is uncertain.)

[24]	manâa	vaa	kôomahich	tá	nipikróok
	maybe	that	little.bit	PERF	I.remember

That’s as much as I remember.

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