Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

sega'anee • adv • sometimes, often, frequently, seldom • Variants sega'nee sega'

Lexicon record # 2968 | Source reference(s): R246 JE57 JE118 R246 FS(B214)

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (35)

1. To' sega'anee nue kweget.
   I often come to visit you.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

2. Sega'anee nue kertkek'.
   I sometimes go fishing.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

3. Sega'anee nue kertkerk'.
   I sometimes go fishing.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

4. Sega'anee tue' 'ue-kergert.
   S/he often goes fishing.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

5. Sega'anee 'ue-kergert naahl kue 'ne-nos.
   My husband and I go fishing.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

6. Sega'anee kue 'ne-nos'ue nee'ee'geyoh kue 'ne-kergert.
   My husband and I go fishing together.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

7. Sega'anee teno' 'we-ten.
   Sometimes it rains a lot.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

8. Sega'anee 'o hl'e'goh.
   Sometimes it thunders.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

9. Sega'anee 'o kwerykwerywerk'.
   Sometimes I whistle.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

10. Sega'anee kwergeryek'.
    Sometimes I whistle.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

11. Sega'anee 'o kweryerwerk' ... wo'nee ko'l hohkuemek'.
    Sometimes I whistle while I work.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

12. Sega'anee nue kweget.
    He often comes to visit.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

13. Sega'anee cho' neemee wee' 'ook'.
    Sometimes I'm not there.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

14. Tue' sega'anee neemee wee' 'ook'.
    Sometimes I'm not there.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

15. Sega'anee 'ue-perkwperkw kue 'ne-'ekso'.
    Sometimes he knocks at the door.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

16. To' sega'anee 'o rook'ws.
    Sometimes the wind blows.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

17. Sega'anee pe'l soo swerrk'ws.
    Sometimes the wind suddenly comes up strong.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

18. Sega'anee to' pe'l soo swerrk'ws.
    Sometimes the sudden wind would be really hard.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

19. Sega'anee 'o kohchewok' kue regok.
    Sometimes I catch trout.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

20. Sega'anee 'o kegohchewok'.
    Sometimes I catch a bunch (of fish, different sizes).

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

21. Sega'anee 'och 'ee leeekoot'.
    He sometimes stabbed (someone).

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-2, 2006)

22. Sega'anee 'o leeekoot'.
    He sometimes stabbed (someone).

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-2, 2006)

23. Sega'anee 'och 'ee lekoot'.
    Sometimes he goes ahead and stabs (someone).

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Action (EJW-01-1-2, 2006)

24. Sega'anee nuemee teytesek'.
    Something makes me angry every now and then.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)

25. Sega'anee tue' pe'l soo skuy'.
    Sometimes it turns out real beautiful.

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)

26. Sega'anee nuemee tegeytesek'.
    Sometimes I get very angry (about something).

    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)

27. To' 'o sega'anee neekee mo'ok'w 'we-otter.
    And then sometimes there weren't any otters.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)

28. K'ehl nuemee tokto'm, sega'anee popsew, neeko'l nepuy, sega'anee kahkah, sega'anee cho' nerper'w k'en 'ok'w.
    It was in tiny bits, sometimes bread, always salmon, sometimes sturgeon, sometimes there was meat.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Feeding Otters" (LA181-31, 1986)

29. Kolchee ko'l sootok'w kue cheenes kem tue' sega'nee poy 'o chee nue raayo'r kue 'ue-ka'ar.
    Whenever the young man went anywhere his pet would often run right on ahead of him.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

30. Keech 'o pe'l kue ka'ar, tue' 'o sego'n sega'anee 'o menechok'w.
    The pet grew up, and it often happened that it disappeared in these runs.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

31. Kem tue' negeee'no'w sega'nee noohl sohchee 'ue gek'ws.
    And he would look for it and frequently found it high up in the hills.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

32. Sega'anee noohl sohchee 'ue gek'ws.
    Often he found it far up in the hills.

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

33. Tue' sega'anee poy 'o chee nue raayo'r.
    And frequently it ran right on ahead.

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