Violet Super: Violet's Dog (1989)

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[1]	pananichishíh'anamahach	itháan	káruk	nu'ípasroovat	káan	úkrii	chishih'aneekyáavaan
	my.little.dog	once	upriver	we.took.it.up	there	he.lived	veterinarian

Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.

[2]	xás	úpiip	uum	vúra	páy	chu'íveesh
	then	he.said	3.SG	Intensive	this	will.die

And he said, "This one is going to die.

[3]	xâatik	vúra	nu	kviit-hívath
	it's.better	Intensive	rough	put.to.sleep

"Let's just put him to sleep."

[4]	xás	nipiip	puu	xâatik	vúra	nipípas
	then	I.said	no	it's.better	Intensive	I.take.him.home

And I said, "No, let me just take him home.

[5]	xâatik	vúra	uum	vúra	hárivari	u'ívahaak
	it's.better	Intensive	3.SG	Intensive	when	when.he.dies

"Just let him be, whenever he may die.

[6]	naa	vúra	pu	naxútihan,	kíri	kunikviit-hívath
	1sg.	Intensive	NEG	I.didn't.think	I.wish	they.make.him.sleep

I just didn't want them to put him to sleep.

[7]	xás	káruk	vúra	itíhaan	vúra	ithéekxaram	xúus	ni'éethti
	then	upriver	Intensive	always	Intensive	all.night	thought	1s(>3)

And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.

[8]	táníkfuuksip	táni'áki	aas	tá	ni'akih
	I.got.up	I.fed.him	water	PERF	I.gave.him

I'd get up, I'd feed him, I'd give him water.

[9]	chavúra	u'aráriihkanha
	finally	he.recovered

Finally he recovered.

[10]	uum	tákunpiip	pamúaasravarak	íshaha	sú'	aasrávar
	3.SG	they.said	on.his.brain	water	inside	brain

People said, "He's got water on his brain, inside the brain."

[11]	káru	hôoy	akâayva	'îin	kun	kêemish	kun'ákihanik	kéemish	u'ávanik
	also	where	anyone	TOPIC	3pl(>3s)	something.dangerous	they.fed.him	something.dangerous	he.ate

"And somewhere, someone, they ... they fed him poison, he ate poison."

[12]	xás	nipíti	pûuhara
	then	I.was.saying	no

And I kept saying no."

[13]	xás	kanéepeenti	pamichíshiih	mít	uum	êen	úkuuyvanik
	then	they.were.telling.me	your.dog	near.past	3.SG	board	3s(>3)

And they were telling me, "A board fell on your dog.

[14]	vaa	kumá'ii	paxáas	tu'iv	pu'uum	vúra	fâat	kumakêemish	áamtihan
	so	because.of	that.almost	he.died	not.he	Intensive	what	kind.of.poison	he.didn't.eat

"That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."

[15]	xás	payêem	uum	vúra	tu'aráriihkanha	puhúun	vúra	íinatihan
	then	now	3.SG	Intensive	he.recovered	not.harm	Intensive	it.doesn't.do

And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.

[16]	káruma	káru	taay	u'ôorahiti	pa'ánav	patá	níkvar	pani'ákihti
	in.fact	also	much	it.was.costing	the.medicine	that.I.bought	1s(>3)	that.I.was.giving.him

And in fact it cost a lot, the medicine that I bought, that I was giving him.

[17]	payêem	puhúun	íinatihan
	now	not.harm	it.doesn't.do

Now there’s nothing wrong with him.