Dictionary entry
chahchew • vn • it is difficult, it is hard to do
Lexicon record # 3 | Source reference(s): R189 JE66
Special meaning or use
mos chahchew it is easy [literally, "it is not hard"] JE47
Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (13)
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Chahchew kee 'w-ekwsue'.
It's difficult to find.
— Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Sa'anee nuemee pe'l soo chegahchew.
Sometimes things are hard to do (right). — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Sa'anee nuemee chahchew.
Sometimes it's difficult (to do). — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Chahchew.
It's difficult (to do/operate). — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Chegahchew.
They're difficult (to do/operate). — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
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Keech chahchew kee 'we-tektekoh.
It's hard to stick them together. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-2, 2003)
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Chahchew.
It is difficult. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
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Chahchew ko'l 'n-ohkuemek'.
The work I'm doing is hard. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Wee' nuemee mehl 'we-chahchew.
That's what makes it the hardest. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)
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Tue' 'o chahchew ho soo megetohlkwo'm kue 'ue-k'ep'ew.
It was difficult for her to look after her grandson.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwelekw 'o tene'm 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew heekoch so Rek'woy so wohpeye'm, 'ohlkuemee weet 'eenee meroge'y kee 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsee 'ue-pa'ah 'ohlkuemee keech wee' laayekw keech 'o chahchew kee 'we-hloyek' 'yohhlkoych' 'o puelekw.
And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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To' 'elekw weet 'ee nuemee 'we-chahchew kee 'ue-meek'olew mee' kwelekw neekee mehl sega'age'y 'oohl.
Well, it was difficult for anyone to swallow just because a man got rich by doing it.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Weet 'ee nuemee mehl 'we-chahchew.
That is why it is difficult.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)