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nekee'

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nekee'pron • I, me [emphatic] • See

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Sentence examples (16)

  1. Nekee' serrhlerperk' hl'ekwhl'ekw 'weryhl.
    I broke the eggs.

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

  2. Nekee' nahchesek'.
    I gave it to her.

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

  3. Nek ma kemolek', nekee' ma hlook'.
    I stole it, I took it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  4. Kwesee 'o neekee 'w-egolek', Tee'neesho wee' gohkuemek', mee' nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
    So he said,What are you doing there, because this is my log?

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

  5. Kwesee 'o ge'm, Kues soo hese'm, Nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
    It said, Why do you think, This is my log?

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

  6. Kem 'o ge'm kue twegoh, Kues soo hese'm, Nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
    Again the coon said, Why do you think, This is my log?

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

  7. Kwesee neekee 'w-egolek', Tee'neesho wee' 'o gohkueme'm, mee' nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
    So he said, What are you doing there, because this is my log?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  8. Kwesee ye'm, Kues soo hese'm, Nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
    It said, Why do you think, This is my log?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  9. Kem 'ee ye'm kue twegoh, Kues soo hese'm, Nekee' 'ne-tektoh?
    Again the coon said, Why do you think, This is my log?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  10. Kwelekw keech komchuemek' wee k'e-mehl hesek', Nekee' 'ne-tektoh.
    Well, now I know why you think, This is my log.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

  11. Noohl weeshtue' 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Cho nuemee chpe'royo'm k'ee nekee' soch.
    Then the old man said, Listen carefully to what I say.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  12. Mos nekee' 'ne-ch'eesh.
    It is not my dog.

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

  13. Tu' nekee' kee nah.
    [He said,] I will.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)

  14. Peesh weeshtue' 'o soonok's, 'w-esek', " Kwelekw to' nekee' kee 'ne-muech hohkuemek' (…)
    So this is how she thought, thinking, "I myself am the one who will make it.

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  15. ... o' nohsue'n pee'eeh 'ap ue kwel nekee' 'ne-skuyahpelek'.
    ... mussels are from there because I was good.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  16. Nekee' kem 'o nohsuenowok'.
    I was born in the same place (as you).

    — Captain Spott, Explanation of Medicine Song for Rough Water From the Fourth Youngest of Eleven Brothers (Xk, 1906)