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keet

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keet • pv • near future time

Lexicon record # 910 | Source reference(s): R207

Sentence examples (93)

'Ochkaa pekwolue'm kue 'w-oleehl. Keet holee'm 'we-no'os.
Right now she's peeling her hazel sticks. She's going to make a baby basket.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Keech kweskwesek'. Keet kweskwesek'.
I have a cold. I am catching a cold.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Keet kweskwesek'.
I am catching a cold.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Keet telek'.
I am getting sick.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Tue' wee'eeet, 'o ge'm, weet keet 'n-ahpew.
That one, he said, she will be my wife.

— Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)
Kues kwenee keet 'wes'on!
For heaven's sake. (woman)

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 7: "Okay. Expressions" (GT3-07, 2003)
He'wonee'hles! K'e-met'eek keet sooto'.
Wake up! Get your hind end out of bed.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)
Keet hegehlpa'.
The water is rising.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
Keet hlkoolon kee pa'ah.
The water is muddy.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
Keet ho'oh.
It's getting dark.

— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)
Keet wohpe'y.
(S)he is coming across.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)
Keet 'o wohpeyek'.
I'm coming across.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)
Keet merterlerp'.
Her nose is runny.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)
Keet neskwoogech'.
It's getting closer.

— Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)
Keet 'epok'.
I am choking.

— Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
Kue pegerk keet ke'm.
That man is stealing.

— Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
Keet mewar.
The swelling is going down.

— Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)
To's keet neskweyowo'm.
Now you're getting outrageous.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)
Keet menekolet.
I'm freezing.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-035) (LA138-035, 1980)
Keet wo hohchoo'.
You're bragging.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)
Keet 'ue-moy, keet 'ue-moykek', keet 'ue-moyke'mek'.
They're starting to die.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-040) (LA138-040, 1980)
Keet pereyowok'.
I am getting old (a woman).

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-050) (LA138-050, 1980)
Kohchuemek' keet 'ne- keemeenahpeyek'.
I start to feel that they are no longer happy with me.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-2) (UW-PP-18a-2, 1980)
Keet lohpe'hl we'yk'oh, kem nek soo kee tenpewe'hl.
The clouds are moving and slowly breaking apart, and I think it will rain.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-2) (UW-PP-18a-2, 1980)
Kwesee keech no'p'enee' ner'er'eryhl kue otter wee'eeet to' keet 'o skelee lechee' kue 'ne-ch'eesh.
He chased two otters, and my dog fell down.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)
Noohl kem 'o le'moh tue' won keet keromoksee'hl.
Then we set out again and it started to turn differently (?).

— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
Kwelekw keech nek hesek' puelekw wo'oot tue' weesh keet hohkue'm 'ue-kaamopek''o puelekw.
I think that's what started to make the mouth of the river rough.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)
Keet wer'terysh
Someone is going all out to show off.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)
Keet kwechkeesh
He's shitting

— Frank Douglas, Sentences (FD-WB) (FD-WB, 1960s)
'O noowo'r kue 'ee nue 'er'gerp 'w-egolek', Kwelekw keet markewech' kue meweemor.
A messenger ran up saying, The old man is going to die.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)
Kwesee kem 'o noowo'r 'w-egoyek', Kwelekw cho heemooreyowo'm! Kwelekw keet markewech' kue k'e-peechowos.
And again someone ran up telling him, Well, hurry! Your grandfather is going to die.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)
Tue' nee shoo neekee ko'mo'y kue keet 'we-ruerowoo'm.
And then he heard them begin to sing.

— Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)
Tue' ke'l 'o so ko'r neemee kee ruerowo'm keet chpee k'e-wegaaneyoochek' k'ee nee tegetko'hl kee shoo heweche'm.
But you alone will not be able to sing so that you will just make noise foretelling evil in the canyons (and) so you will live.

— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
K'ehl nuemee to'm kue mewah, kwesee keet 'o pe'l weet 'o so'n keskee chpee nee yegok'w mos wey 'ue-kertkerk'.
The boy was very small, but as he began to grow up it turned out that all he would do was to go down to the water's edge and was never done with fishing for trout.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Tue' keet 'o sku'y soo 'ok'w kue perey mee' neeko'l ko'l 'we-so'nk'enek' kue mewah.
And then the old woman began to live better because the boy was always catching something in his fishing.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Keet 'o pe'l 'emkee k'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' nuemee chue kegohche'w, kem 'o ge'm kue perey:
He began to get bigger and then he would catch all sorts of birds, and the old woman said:

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kwesee noohl 'o newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw puelekuek wee keet 'we-sonchoyek'.
Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
'Inee kee cho kwelekw tenoo kee mehl 'e'gah k'ee kwenee keet 'we-le'mehl.
There is bound to be plenty more to eat wherever they are going.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kue 'O Regos keet 'o maayonew kue 'yoch, kwesee wee'eeet 'yoncheek 'o ko ho myah Segep noohl wonekw mehl tekwonue'r.
It was just going to pass the rock, and Coyote jumped in and came crashing down from high up into it.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Chee now soot'os! Kwehl kem keet kemole'm nee wee'.
Be off! You are just going to steal again.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kue keech 'o nuue'monee 'woogey keet 'emehl meguehlkochehl tue' neemee weesh wo skewok wee' 'we-sook kue nek 'ne-psech.
But after the arrival of white men the Indians began to sell them, though my father never liked that sort of thing.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kue keech 'ue-mechewolo' noohl lekwseesh 'o le'mehl 'emkee weeshtue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esee ma wegesah.
When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Keech maa'y chomee'sh 'we-roo, 'o newee' keech sega'awo'r 'o kue 'o rek'eeen; kwesee weet keet 'o weno'ee'mehl kue lemoluue'monee.
Midday passed, and shadows were seen moving where they sat; it was the eel fishers coming.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Wo'n keech so'n keet 'ue wook kem 'o gegok'w kue 'ne-psech kue 'we-nerrgersek'.
Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather sweathouse wood.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Mocho keet mo'ok'w 'n-ohkuem 'emsee 'ne-'wo'hlp'e'y chegeychekw kue nepuy kue che'lonee 'o 'o's'o' kue roowo's.
When I have no tobacco and no angelica root, I give the dried salmon to the pipes in little pieces.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Keet hego'omah cho' nuue'mehl.
They arrived just as we were making the fires.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Newook' keet 'ne-lekoomelek'.
I saw I was about to be stabbed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Ne-chewes keet tmentmen.
My hand has started to throb.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mep newook' keet 'w-ego'omah.
I was in time to see them starting to light the fires.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
To's keet heweche'm?
Are you beginning to get better?

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet po'oh 'ne-meehl.
My leg is healing.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet chkene'm k'ee puuek 'o wee'eeet.
The deer are beginning to get scarce there.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Noohl keet saawelehl.
Then they began to cool off.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Noohl newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw puelekuek keet 'we-sonchoyek'.
Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Ko newook' keet 'we-hlmeyowohl noohl 'o kemeyek'.
I saw that they were getting nasty, so I went home.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet hego'omah cho' nuue'mehl yo'hlkoh.
They arrived just as we were making the fires.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet 'o wook.
It is just before dawn.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet 'o chme'y 'o nerrger's.
As evening fell he gathered sweathouse wood.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nahcheechek' k'e-cheeek kolo won keet nee shonowo'm.
I have given you your money, you seem to be starting to act rather queerly about it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet nue chege'lohsek'.
I am going to gather seaweed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nekah keet nue tmeeego'.
We are just off hunting.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kue meraa keet mehl telek'.
I am getting ill from the smoke.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet mee wo mer'ernee' kue muelah.
That horse cannot be overtaken.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
To' kwehl keet ma'anor.
There he is starting to show off.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Inee kee cho tenoo kee mehl 'e'gah k'ee kwenee keet 'we-le'mehl.
There is bound to be plenty more to eat wherever they are going.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet nue 'yerhhlkeryterk' ha'aag.
I'm going to pick up rocks.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Keet nue 'yerhhlkeryterm'.
You're going to pick (them) up.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Keet nue 'yerhhlkeryt'.
He's going to pick (them) up.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Keet neskwechok'w.
He's coming now.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Kues keet son'?
What is happening?

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Keet sahksoh.
It's hailing.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Keet mer'erh.
It's going to cry its heart out.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Chuuee', keet hegook'.
Good-bye, I'm going.

— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)
Keet ro'r
It snows.

— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
Keet neskwechok'w.
He's coming.

— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
Keet kwermhlerhchek.'
I'm looking back.

— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
Keet kwermhlerhchers!
Look back!

— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
Kwesee' 'o newee' Segep keet nes.
Then they saw Coyote coming.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
Kwesee' keemohl 'o ko'moyo'm keet pegahchewo'm 'o 'o'lepeek.
Sure enough, he heard her moving inside the house.

— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)
Keet tue' newor.
Now it dawned.

— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)
Kwesee weeshtue 'o ho neskwechok'w Ho'owen. Ho'owens ho neskwechok'w. Perwer'k'uek keet wo sooto' mokee.
That is how he came to Ho'owen. He came to Ho'owen. He was going south then.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
Kwelekw wo' keet 'we-nepuyonah," hem' pech 'o segep.
They are becoming salmon," said Upriver Coyote.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
K'ee kwen keet 'o luenoyohl kwen hewonee 'o nohsuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
Wherever I transform to, I come from the heavens.

— Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)
Kwesee keet rechok'w neekee woohl kyue' hopkue'r.
And then it started to swim there.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)
Tue kwelekw weetee' noohl keet nee k'-egook', 'o'loolekweeshol, soneenee keech hlmeyorkwoomelek' 'ne-'wes, 'o'loolekweeshol .
That's where you going, human being, because they fear you so, village dweller.

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)
Keet penoh.
They are falling (the acorns are ripe).

— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)
Megeskwoh keet hohkue'm 'ue-meskwoh.
The doctor is making (her) medicine.

— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)
'Ue-poykeet kue kyah.
Before the sun was up.

— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)
'Ue-poykeet kue ye'w
Before sunset.

— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)
Kues keet soot?
Where are you going?

— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)
Keet kaamege'hl.
It is bad weather.

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