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chmeyaan

Dictionary entry

chmeyaanadv • yesterday

Lexicon record # 184 | Source reference(s): R192 JE40
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (31)

  1. Chmeyaan... soo toh hoole'moh hehlkeek nee hoolee'm.
    Yesterday we talked about the animals that live in the mountains.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Kues 'we-so'nmehl 'ey wo hegole'm chmeyaan?
    Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  3. Kues so'n mehl 'ey wo hegole'm chmeyaan?
    Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  4. Chmeyaan kue 'weryhl penpenoh 'o hl'ekwhl'ew kue k'e-wa'aw... cho keemo'hl.
    Yesterday those eggs fell and broke and dirtied your floor.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  5. Kues ko'l 'ela nepe'm chmeyaan?
    Where did you eat yesterday?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  6. Tee'neesho newoo'm chmeyaan?
    What did you see yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

  7. Chmeyaan.
    Yesterday.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

  8. Chmeyaan.
    Yesterday.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 28: "Where are you going?" (GT3-28, 2003)

  9. Chmeyaan neskwechok'w kue wenchowks.
    Yesterday that woman arrived.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)

  10. Chmeyaan newook' kue merk.
    I saw the crane yesterday.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

  11. Kues ho serrhlerper'm chmeyaan?
    What did you do yesterday?

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  12. Chmeyaan hes ko'mee tenpeyo'm?
    Yesterday, did you eat too much?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)

  13. Chmeyaan ho yue'monewkwek'.
    Yesterday I was stuck/mired (in the sand).

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)

  14. Aileen nekach ho 'erperyerw chmeyaan
    Aileen told me a story yesterday.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  15. Chmeyaan kue pegerk no'p'e'n meweehl.
    The man chased an elk yesterday.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  16. Kue pegerk no'p'e'n meweehl chmeyaan.
    The man chased an elk yesterday.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  17. Chmeyaan see nes.
    He should have come yesterday.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  18. Chmeyaan keetkwo mee 'ue nes.
    He had not come back by yesterday.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  19. Keech chpaana'r kue nepuy kue chmeyaan mehl ho nepee'moh.
    The salmon we ate yesterday was stale.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  20. Chmeyaan neemee ho sku'y soneenepek'.
    I did not feel well yesterday.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  21. Chmeyaan see nes tue' 'eemee wo nes tue' nekah kelomek 'n-ew.
    He should have come yesterday, but he did not come, and we were worried.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  22. Chmeyaan neskwechook' mehl Kohpey.
    Yesterday I came back from Crescent City.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  23. Chmeyaan k'e-nes, 'ap neee'nowopa'.
    When you came yesterday, then you looked at me.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)

  24. Chmeyaan tenpewe'hl.
    It rained yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  25. Nek chmeyaan ho s'yahhlkoyek'.
    I was kicked yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  26. Chmeyaan ho s'yahhlkoyek'.
    I was kicked yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  27. Ke'l chmeyaan ho s'yahhlkoye'm.
    You were kicked yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  28. Chmeyaan ho s'yahhlkoye'm.
    You were kicked yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  29. Kweles chmeyaan ho s'yahhlko'y.
    He was kicked yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  30. Chmeyaan ho s'yahhlko'y.
    He was kicked yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)

  31. Chmeyaan keech ho kooychkwook' ch'eeshah.
    I bought a horse yesterday.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)