Vina Smith: Sentences about comparisons (2013)

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[1]	pa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram, pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich.
	The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)

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[2]	pa'ápsuun káru pa'áan xákaan vúra yav.
	The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good)

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[3]	páy uum pa'ápsuun vúra uum vâaram.
	This snake is the longest snake.

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[4]	vúra nîinamich pa'ásip.
	The cup is little.

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[5]	kêechas vúra patakâakaa.
	The quails are big.

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[6]	patakaakaatunvêechas káan kun'íchunvunaatih.
	The little quails are hiding there.

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[7]	kun'íchunvunaatih, káan.
	They are hiding there.

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[8]	patakaakaatunvêechas kun'íchunvunaatih.
	The little quails are hiding.

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[9]	puna'aapúnmutihara.
	I don't know.

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[10]	vúra nu'ápimtih.
	We were looking for them.

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[11]	pananu'átraax vúra uum ipshûunkinich.
	Our arms are too short.

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[12]	vaa kúnish kunimúsahiti pásaan.
	They (the quails) are the same color as the leaves.

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[13]	kúnish tuváxrah.
	They (leaves) were kind of dry.

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[14]	pakêechas vúra tá kuníkxiipshur.
	The big ones flew away.

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[15]	pamitípa ipêen ôok naa.
	Go get your brother.

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[16]	mitípa ipêen ôok naa.
	Go get your brother.

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[17]	vúra uum puxich nu'ítapeesh pa'araráhih.
	We are trying to learn the Karuk language.

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[18]	naa ipshûunkinich, kúna pananitípa uum vâaram.
	My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.)

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[19]	pay uum ipshûunkinich. pay cup uum vâaram.
	That cup is smaller than this cup. (That cup is short. This cup is tall.)

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[20]	pay uum pananikafih'ásip ipshûunkinich.
	My coffee cup is short.

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