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t̪o: mu:l k'ona:m mildakʰe jano miyin
	t̪o:	mu:l	k'o	-na:m	mil	-dakʰe	jano	miyi	-n
	me	that	thing	-the	from.that	-about	word	tell	-ing
telling me stories about that thing
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mu:l k'ona:m jano miyin
	mu:l	k'o	-na:m	jano	miyi	-n
	that	thing	-the	word	tell	-ing
telling stories (about) that thing
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mildakʰe jano miyin
	mil	-dakʰe	jano	miyi	-n
	from.that	-about	word	tell	-ing
telling stories about that
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Tony mu:l kawiya ma:t̪ana:mpʰowaʔ hayu jano miyin
	Tony	mu:l	kawiya ma:t̪a	-na:m	-pʰowaʔ	hayu	jano	miyi	-n
	Tony	that	girl	-the	-them	dog	word	tell	-ing
Tony is telling those girls a story (about) a dog
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pʰowaʔ jano miyin hayuna:mildakʰe
	pʰowaʔ	jano	miyi	-n	hayu	-na:m	-mil	-dakʰe
	them	word	tell	-ing	dog	-the	-from.that	-about
telling them a story about that dog
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pʰowaʔdakʰe ʔa: jano miyi
	pʰowaʔ	-dakʰe	ʔa:	jano	miyi
	them	-about	I	word	tell
I told stories about them
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hayuna:mya:ʔ maʔadakʰe dineka
	hayu	-na:m	-ya:ʔ	maʔa	-dakʰe	dineka
	dog	-the	-nom.	food	-about	think
the dog is thinking about food
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t̪iʔ hayuna:mu:l mo:w jalil k'uts'aʔade
	t̪iʔ	hayu	-na:m	-mu:l	mo:w	jalil	k'uts'a	-ʔa	-de
	his.logo.	dog	-the	-that	he	just	annoy	-reflex.	-present
he just feels annoyed about his dog
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shana:m maʔaya
	sha	-na:m	maʔa	-ya
	fish	-the	eat	-passive
the fish was eaten (my in-law) ate the fish (this construction was used to indirectly talk about an in-law)
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ba-kaʔ ma:dal t̪iʔ dakʰe jano matu
	ba-kaʔ	ma:dal	t̪iʔ	dakʰe	jano	matu
	her maternal grandmother	her	her.logo.	about	word	tell
her grandmother told her stories about herself
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ʔa:mi-s'uʔuʔ dakʰe ya meʔ na:maʔ jano lowaʔye mo:w jano miyiji meʔ

ʔa:mi-s'uʔ

-uʔ

dakʰe

meʔ

na:maʔ

jano

lowaʔ

-ye

mo:w

jano

miyi

-ji

meʔ

my uncle

-obl.

about

char.

always

word

talk

-past

word

tell

-semelf.

char.

we always talked about my uncle (and) the kind of stories he told

ʔa:mi-s'uʔuʔ dakʰe ya meʔ na:maʔ jano lowaʔye
	ʔa:mi-s'uʔ	-uʔ	dakʰe	ya	meʔ	na:maʔ	jano	lowaʔ	-ye
	my uncle	-obl.	about	we	char.	always	word	talk	-past
we always talked about my uncle
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hayuna:mya:ʔ maʔa daket̪ dineka
	hayu	-na:m	-ya:ʔ	maʔa	daket̪	dineka
	dog	-the	-nom.	food	tough	think
the dog thought strongly about food
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mu:l maʔana:m ya dineka
	mu:l	maʔa	-na:m	ya	dineka
	that	food	-the	we	think
we thought about that food
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t̪o: sikʰitjade
	t̪o:	sikʰit	-j	-ade
	me	choke	-semelf.	-present
I am going to choke I am about to gasp/sputter
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mo:w ma:dal k'on malamjade
	mo:w	ma:dal	k'on	malam	-j	-ade
	he	her	throat	strangle	-semelf.	-present
he is going to choke her he is about to strangle her
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jano miyin meʔ k'edi bade:din
	jano	miyi	-n	meʔ	k'edi	bade:di	-n
	word	tell	-ing	char.	good	grow	-ing
telling a story so it grows well when talking about this phrase, Edna says, "it's like a train of thought, you might say; everything has to be one after the other, whatever happened, it must be told in sequence"
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holmoʔo k'o nat̪ ma:n meʔ nay
	holmoʔo	k'o	na	-t̪	ma:n	meʔ	na	-y
	sloppy	thing	be	-mev.	she	char.	be	-past
she was haphazard about things
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xa:mnay
	xa:m	-nay
	heart	-the
that heart (that we were talking about)
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set'ay yemal t̪ʰint̪a ʔa: nayʔ
	set'ay	yemal	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	ʔa:	na	-y	-ʔ
	how many	year	not	-Q	I	be	-past	-Q
about how old was I? how old was I then, huh?
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du: jano janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale na

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

other

language

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

if you want to speak another language, you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

du: janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale nanway

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

nanway

other

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

disc.mrkr.

if you want to speak another (language), you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

t̪ʰana jama
	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	hand	jump	-cont.
jump to (one's) hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t̪o: t̪ʰana jama
	t̪o:	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	me	hand	jump	-cont.
(it) jumped to my hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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mu:lya:ʔ t̪o: t̪ʰana jama
	mu:l	-ya:ʔ	t̪o:	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	that	-nom.	me	hand	jump	-cont.
that jumped to my hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t̪o: jali:l t̪ʰana jama
	t̪o:	jali:l	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	me	just	hand	jump	-cont.
(it) just jumped to my hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t̪a mit̪o t̪ʰana jamaʔ
	t̪a	mit̪o	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma	-ʔ
	Q	you	hand	jump	-cont.	-Q
did it jump to your hand? from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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Annie t̪iʔ kanemaʔ dakʰe jano:di
	Annie	t̪iʔ	kanemaʔ	dakʰe	jano:	-di
	Annie	her.logo.	relative	about	talk	-present
Annie is talking about her relatives
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t̪iyaʔ kanemaʔ dakʰe pʰow lo:waʔa
	t̪iyaʔ	kanemaʔ	dakʰe	pʰow	lo:wa	-ʔa
	their.logo.	relative	about	they	talk	-reflex.
they talk about their relatives
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da kojajade
	da	ko	-ja	-j	-ade
	moon	out	-move	-semelf.	-present
the moon is going to rise the moon is about to come out
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ʔul da kojajade
	ʔul	da	ko	-ja	-j	-ade
	now	moon	out	-move	-semelf.	-present
the moon is about to rise now the moon is now about to come out
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mo:waʔ dakʰe k'o chiba:ya:ʔ sili: ma: showt̪ajinhan

mo:waʔ

dakʰe

k'o

chiba:

-ya:ʔ

sili:

ma:

show

-t̪a

-ji

-nha

-n

him

about

not

who

-nom.

after

thing

hear

-mev.

-semelf.

-not

-ing

no one hears anything from him anymore
nobody hears things about him anymore

masa:n ʔe: kolay hayam diyuʔ ʔuymo hayam diyuʔ kopʰilida mu:l ʔal ʔul yaʔ ma: shojankan nadon

-ay

diyuʔ

diyuʔ

kopʰili

-da

sho

-jan

-ka

-n

-don

white person

hair

long

-plural

beard

lots

face

beard

lots

arrive.plural

-when

that

this

now

our

land

lack

-semelf.

-cause

-ing

-evid.

I heard (the older generations used to say) when white people with long hair and beards, with lots of facial hair, arrived, our world was about to end

ya meʔ tʰuʔul jano lowaʔa
	ya	meʔ	tʰuʔul	jano	lowa	-ʔa
	we	char.	old	word	talk	-reflex.
we talk about old stories
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tʰuʔul jano ya lowaʔa
	tʰuʔul	jano	ya	lowa	-ʔa
	old	word	we	talk	-reflex.
we talk about old stories (2)
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pist̪olnay
	pist̪ol	-nay
	pistol	-the
the pistol that pistol (we were talking about)
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mo:w k'o shi:maʔye mu:l mil ma:n yoʔt̪'aka
	mo:w	k'o	shi:	-ma	-ʔ	-ye	mu:l	mil	ma:n	yoʔt̪'aka
	he	what	wear	-cont.	-reflex.	-past	that	from.that	she	sneer at
she made fun of what he was wearing she insulted what he wore she teased him about what he wore she sneered at what he was wearing
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mo:w k'o shi:maʔye mu:l ma:n yoʔt̪'aka
	mo:w	k'o	shi:	-ma	-ʔ	-ye	mu:l	ma:n	yoʔt̪'aka
	he	what	wear	-cont.	-reflex.	-past	that	she	insult
she made fun of what he was wearing (2) she insulted what he wore (2) she teased him about what he wore (2) she sneered at what he was wearing (2)
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ma: k'uts'int̪e ʔa: mu:l k'o jano:dinha be: xamal jo:diʔi

ma:

k'uts'i

-nt̪e

ʔa:

mu:l

k'o

jano:

-di

-nha

be:

xamal

jo:di

-ʔi

things

annoy

-but

that

not

talk

-present

-not

dir.

inside

keep

-reflex.

I get annoyed with things but don't talk about that, keeping it inside
things bother me, but I do not talk about them, keeping it inside

ma: k'uts'int̪e ʔa: k'o jano:dinha xamal jo:diʔin

ma:

k'uts'i

-nt̪e

ʔa:

k'o

jano:

-di

-nha

xamal

jo:di

-ʔi

-n

things

bother

-but

not

talk

-present

-not

inside

keep

-reflex.

-ing

I get annoyed with things but don’t talk about that, keeping it inside (2)
things bother me, but I do not talk about them, keeping it inside (2)

ma:n bapʰojando nant̪e xamal k'ayajin
	ma:n	ba	-pʰo	-ja	-n	-do	nant̪e	xamal	k'aya	-ji	-n
	she	person	-marry	-semelf.	-ing	-evid.	but	back	reject	-semelf.	-ing
I heard she was going to get married but then refused she was about to get married, I heard, but rejected (him) I heard she was going to marry someone, but turned (him) down
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t̪a ma:n mu:l k'ayajadeʔ
	t̪a	ma:n	mu:l	k'aya	-j	-ade	-ʔ
	Q	she	that	refuse	-semelf.	-present	-Q
is she going to refuse that? is she going to reject that? is she about to turn that down?
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xabedaxaʔ mo:w jawinade
	xabeda	-xaʔ	mo:w	jawin	-ade
	river	-toward	he	run	-present
he is going to run toward the river he is about to run towards the stream
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streetna:mil shakult̪u mo:w jawinade
	street	-na:m	-mil	shakul	-t̪u	mo:w	jawin	-ade
	street	-the	-from.that	side	-loc.	he	run	-present
he is going to run along the street he is about to run alongside that street
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mo:w jawatjade
	mo:w	ja-	-wat	-j	-ade
	he	rear-	-break apart	-semelf.	-present
he is going to break (it) apart he is going to crush (it) he is about to destroy (it)
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mo:w mawatjade
	mo:w	ma-	-wat	-j	-ade
	he	foot-	-break apart	-semelf.	-present
he is going to break (it) apart he is going to crush (it) he is about to destroy (it)
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shanenay
	shane	-nay
	sweatlodge	-the
the roundhouse that sweatlodge that sweathouse (we were just talking about)
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habe: t̪a shanenay naʔ
	habe:	t̪a	shane	-nay	na	-ʔ
	where	Q	roundhouse	-the	be	-Q
where is that roundhouse? where is the sweatlodge? where is that sweathouse (we were just talking about)?
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