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

William Bright: "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (2004)

Primary participant: William Bright (speaker)
Date: 2004
Project identifier: WB-01
Publication details: Unpublished (Recorded by Susan Gehr on February 26th, 2004)

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Note: A video of Bright's speech is available here. Bright states that Vina Smith and Violet Super helped him compose this speech.

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[1] ayukîi    nanífyiivshas   
hello!    my.friends   
Hello, my friends.
Spoken by William Bright | Download |  Play

[2] púxich    tá    ná'aachichha    pa'ôok    tá    níkrii    panámniik    pa'ôok    kóovan    nu'áraarahiti   
very.much    PERF    I.am.happy    that.here    PERF    I.stay    Orleans    that.here    together.with.(plural)    we.are.staying   
I'm very happy that I'm here in Orleans, that I'm here with all of you.
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[3] pi'êep    paniyáan'iiftihanhaak    pa'ôok    káruk    veethívthaaneen    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    papanámniik    pishîich    ni'úumhaak    naa    vúra    xakitrahyar    káru    yítha    hárinay    kích    tá    níkrii   
long.ago    when.I.was.a.young.man    when.here    upriver    its.country    first    I.arrived    when.Orleans    first    I.arrived    1sg.    Intensive    twenty    also    one    year    only    PERF    I.stay   
Long ago, when I was young, when I first came to Karuk country, when I first came to Orleans, I was only 21 years old.
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[4] naa    vúra    púfaat    na'aapúnmutiharahanik   
1sg.    Intensive    nothing    I.did.not.know.it   
I didn't know anything!
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[5] kúna    vúra    pa'ararakéevriikshas    pa'ararapihnîichas    pananikáruk    va'araréefyiivshas    koovúra    neepsháravrik   
in.addition    Intensive    the.old.Indian.women    the.old.Indian.men    my.upriver    its.Indian.friends    all    they.helped.me   
But the Karuk old women, the Karuk old men, my Karuk friends, they all helped me.
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[6] kári    xás    chaka'îimich    ni'apúnmiik    pa'araráhih    pa'ararákuupha    pa'ararapíkvah   
then    then    slowly    I.learned.it.from.them    the.Indian.language    the.Indian.customs    the.Indian.stories   
And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.
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[7] payêem    námpaan    vúra    pihnîich    xakinivkihitráhyar    káru    itroopahárinay    tá    níkrii   
now    I.myself    Intensive    old.man    seventy    also    five.years    PERF    I.stay   
Now I myself am an old man, I'm 75 years old.
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[8] kúna    vúra    kúkuum    ôok    tá    ni'uum    pananífyiivshas    nimúsarukti    kári    vúra    pakáruk    váhi    ni'aapúnmiikti   
in.addition    Intensive    again    here    PERF    I.arrived    my.friends    I.am.visiting.them    then    Intensive    the.upriver    its.language    I.am.learning.it.from.them   
But I've come back here again, I'm visiting my friends, and I'm still learning the Karuk language.
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[9] koovúra    panani'araréefyiivshas    naa    kíipeentihap    yôotva    púxich    taná'aachichha   
all    my.Indian.friends    1sg.    I.am.telling.you.guys    hurray!    very.much    I.am.happy   
To all my Indian friends, I'm saying, "Thank you, I'm very glad!"
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