pʰow | t̪a | pʰili | -ji | -ʔ | |
they | Q | go.plural | -semelf. | -Q | |
ya | pʰili | -ji | |
we | go.plural | -semelf. | |
ʔa:mi-t'iy | pʰow | wayʔe | ja | -w | pʰili | -ji | nakan | kʰila: | ʔa: | na | |
my younger brother | they | early | house | -dir. | go.plural | -semelf. | because | alone | I | be | |
"went home" in this instance is another way of saying "died". | |||||||||||
ma-ʔe | nin | pʰow | kot̪am | pʰili | -ji | |
her father | and | they | swim | go.plural | -semelf. | |
ba-t'iy | nan | ba-suʔ | nan | kot̪am | pʰili | -ji | |
his younger brother | and | his aunt | and | swim | go.plural | -semelf. | |
her younger brother and her aunt went swimming | |||||||
ma-t'iy | nin | pʰow | kot̪am | pʰili | -ji | |
his younger brother | and | they | swim | go.plural | -semelf. | |
(he) went swimming with his younger sister (she) went swimming with her younger brother with her younger sister, they went swimming | ||||||
ma-suʔ | nin | pʰow | kot̪am | pʰili | -ji | |
his aunt | and | they | swim | go.plural | -semelf. | |
with her aunt, they went swimming (he) and his aunt went swimming with his aunt, they went swimming | ||||||
ya | sha | kanenka | pʰili | -ji | |
we | fish | fish | go.plural | -semelf. | |
nan | ʔul | ts'oy | hach'a | -ka | -n | she: | ya | ʔul | ja | -l | pʰili | -ji | -n | diweʔda | xama | -wi | |
and | now | pack basket | fill | -cause | -ing | then | we | now | house | -dir. | go.plural | -semelf. | -ing | evening | foot | -with | |
and once we filled the pack baskets, then we walked home in the evening | |||||||||||||||||
ch'a:kan | -ya:ʔ | kawi | -ya | -na:m | -pʰow | ja | -w | -t̪u | pʰili | -ji | |
one by one | -nom. | child | -plural | -the | -they | house | -dir. | -from | go.plural | -semelf. | |
the children left the house one at a time | |||||||||||
tsinmuʔ | t̪a | maa | pʰili | -ji | -ʔ | |
when | Q | you (plural) | go.plural | -semelf. | -Q | |
xa | -l | pʰili | -ji | -n | |
water | -dir. | go.plural | -semelf. | -ing | |
going to the water | |||||