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

Vina Smith: Sentences about spatial relations (2011)

Primary participants: Vina Smith (speaker), Andrew Garrett (researcher), Line Mikkelsen (researcher), Tammy Stark (researcher)
Date: January 29, 2011
Location: McKinleyville, CA
Project identifier: VS-33
Additional contributors: Crystal Richardson (participant), Andrew Baker (transcriber), Miranda Guerrero (transcriber), Elizabeth Lieu (transcriber), William Ton (transcriber), Yichuan Yang (transcriber)

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[1] hôoy patarípaan?
Where's the cup?
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[2] vaa káan uthivtákoo.
It's sitting there.
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[3] utháantakoo pa'amkir.
It's sitting on the table.
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[4] fâat kuma'ásip?
What kind of bowl?
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[5] hôoy pa'ápus?
Where's the apple?
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[6] pa'ápus uum su'.
The apple is inside it.
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[7] pa'ávansa uthxúunatih.
The man is wearing it.
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[8] vaa káan úkrii.
He lives there.
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[9] vaa káan mukrívraam.
That's his house.
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[10] vaa káan póokrii.
That's where he lives.
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[11] íshaha papáah.
The boat is in the water.
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[12] vaa káan tas káru.
That is a fence there.
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[13] îikam patas.
The fence is outside.
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[14] hôoy uum patasákaam?
Where is the big fence?
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[15] máruk ípaha.
The tree is uphill.
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[16] vaa káan uyukúkuhiti yukúkuh.
The shoe is on her foot.
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[17] patarípaan tóo schur.
The cup got broken.
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[18] náa tá níshchur.
I broke it.
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[19] káan uvararîihvutih
It's hanging there.
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[20] kâan uvararîihvutih káan pá'aan
It's hanging on the rope.
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[21] vaa káan aah tóo kyav.
He's building a fire.
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[22] xás vaa káan úkrii.
He's sitting there.
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[23] vaa káan tóo krîishrih.
He's sitting down there.
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[24] ahapîimich kaan úkrii
He's sitting close to the fire.
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[25] vaa káan táay pa'ápus, apus'ípaha.
There are lots of apples; [it's an] apple tree.
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[26] ípaha vásihkam.
It's behind the tree.
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[27] vaa káan úkrii, ikrívkir vasíhkam.
He's at the back of the chair.
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[28] ikrívkir vasíhkam káan úkrii.
He's at the back of the chair.
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[29] vaa káan u'íchunvutih.
He's hiding.
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[30] náa ni'íchunvutih.
I'm hiding.
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[31] tu'íchunva.
He hid from her.
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[32] ípaha káan ukûuntakoo.
It [a bird] is sitting on a tree.
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[33] vaa káan u''íchunvutih.
He's hiding there.
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[34] vaa káan mukrívraam.
That's his house.
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[35] tá nimah pa'ikrivrám'aaxkunish.
I see the red house.
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[36] tá nimah pa'ikrívraam.
I see the house.
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[37] hôoy peekrivrám'aaxkunish?
Where's the red house?
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[38] tá nimah, pa'úuxkunish xuntápan.
I see the bitter acorns.
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