mo:w | bishe | boʔo | -di | na:maʔ | |
he | deer | hunt | -present | always | |
mo:w | yat̪ | -t̪a | -n | |
he | vomit | -mev. | -ing | |
mo:wal | yat̪ | -t̪a | |
him | vomit | -mev. | |
ʔa: | mina | -mina | |
I | cry | -redup. | |
bidu | -na:m | -mil | -kʰe | ch'a:kan | t̪o: | dika | -t̪i | -m | |
tan oak acorn | -the | -from.that | -from | one by one | me | give | -mev. | -command | |
give me the acorns one by one! (imperative) | |||||||||
ma:dal | jima | -t̪ | -ka | -kʰe | mo:w | kaweyo | bila: | |
her | sit | -mev. | -cause | -in order to | he | horse | buy | |
mo:wal | t̪a | ma | baʔol | -t̪a | -y | -ʔ | |
him | Q | you | call | -mev. | -past | -Q | |
ball | daje | -t̪i | -n | |
ball | catch | -mev. | -ing | |
mu:l | ʔa: | daje | -t̪a | -de | |
that | I | catch | -mev. | -present | |
mu:l | ʔa: | daje | -t̪ | -kʰemna | |
that | I | catch | -mev. | -future | |
t̪ʰana | -wi | daje | -t̪i | -n | |
hand | -with | catch | -mev. | -ing | |
ʔa: | k'o | daje | -t̪ | -kʰemna | |
I | thing | catch | -mev. | -future | |
mu:l | ʔa: | daje | -t̪e | |
that | I | catch | -mev. | |
shaxan | -wi | daje | -t̪e | |
basket | -with | catch | -but | |
mo:w | daje | -t̪e | |
he | catch | -mev. | |
so | jime | -t̪i | -n | |
clover | gather | -mev. | -ing | |
nan | muu | so | jime | -t̪i | -n | |
and | there | clover | gather | -mev. | -ing | |
ya | meʔ | tʰuʔul | jano | miyi | -t̪e | |
we | char. | old | word | tell | -mev. | |
ya | meʔ | tʰuʔul | jano | miyi | -t̪ | -tʰe | |
we | char. | old | word | tell | -mev. | -used to | |
kʰe | maji | kohu | -da | ʔa: | k'ala: | |
my | day | come | -when | I | die | |
when my time comes I (will) die | ||||||
mo:w | mu:l | lok' | -t̪a | -ka | |
he | that | fall | -mev. | -cause | |
mu:l | ʔa: | lok' | -t̪a | -ka | |
that | I | fall | -mev. | -cause | |
lok' | -t̪a | -ka | -ya | |
fall | -mev. | -cause | -passive | |
mo:wal | ʔa: | lok' | -t̪a | -ka | |
him | I | fall | -mev. | -cause | |
t'iin | ʔul | ma:n | k'o | maʔa | -nha | |
long time | now | she | not | eat | -not | |
t'iin | ʔul | ma:n | k'o | maʔa | -maʔa | -nha | |
long time | now | she | not | food | -eat | -not | |
ma:n | yat̪ | -t̪a | |
she | vomit | -mev. | |
ba-tsaʔ | shuʔu | -ʔ | na | -y | wayʔe | |
his maternal grandfather | crazy | -semelf. | be | -past | earlier | |
her grandfather went crazy long ago their grandfather went crazy a long time ago | ||||||
wayʔe | ba-tsaʔ | shuʔu | -ʔ | na | -y | |
earlier | his maternal grandfather | crazy | -semelf. | be | -past | |
her grandfather went crazy long ago (2) their grandfather went crazy a long time ago (2) | ||||||
ma-t'iy | -l | ma:n | da- | -ts'ap | -t̪i | |
her younger brother | -acc. | she | hand- | -slap | -mev. | |
she slapped her younger sister (multiple times) | ||||||
she:k'o | ʔa: | ba-t'iy | -l | jadi | -da | ma:dal | ʔe: | xats'e | -y | na | -mi | |
first | I | his younger sister | -acc. | see | -when | her | hair | black | -plural | be | -emph. | |
the first time I saw her younger sister, she had black hair | ||||||||||||
xo: | yu | t̪o: | lum | ma- | -sili | |
two | time | me | briar | foot- | -step on | |
the sticker poked me twice when I stepped on it (2) I will step on the thistle twice (2) | ||||||
jamma | -na:m | -mil | -kʰe | t̪o: | dika | -t̪i | -m | ch'a:kan | |
twenty | -the | -from.that | -from | me | give | -mev. | -command | one by one | |
hand me (acorns) one at a time out of those twenty! (command) | |||||||||
she:k'o | ʔa: | ma:dal | jadi | -da | ma:dal | ʔe: | xats'e | -y | na | -mi | |
first | I | her | see | -when | her | hair | black | -plural | be | -emph. | |
her hair was black when I first saw her | |||||||||||
ʔa: | bich'uʔ | -na:m | -muu | -t̪u | ʔa: | mu:l | min | show | -ʔ | -ye | |
I | small | -the | -there | -from | I | that | thus | hear | -semelf. | -past | |
I have heard it that way since I was young | |||||||||||
mo:wal | yat̪ | -t̪a | -nhe | |
him | vomit | -mev. | -evid. | |
I hear him vomiting (over and over) | ||||
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 | |||||||||||
set'ayt̪u | t̪a | Gary | duhu | -ʔ | |
what time | Q | Gary | go | -Q | |
muu | set'ayt̪u | t̪a | Mary | ja | -hu | -y | -ʔ | |
there | what time | Q | Mary | house | -go | -past | -Q | |
what time did Mary arrive at the house there? | ||||||||
muu | t̪a | set'ayt̪u | ma:n | ja | -hu | -y | -ʔ | |
there | Q | what time | she | house | -go | -past | -Q | |
what time did she arrive at the house there? | ||||||||
set'ayt̪u | t̪a | ma:n | muu | ja | -hu | -y | -ʔ | |
what time | Q | she | there | house | -go | -past | -Q | |
what time did Mary arrive at the house there? (2) | ||||||||
muu | set'ayt̪u | t̪a | ma:n | muu | ja | -hu | -y | -ʔ | |
there | what time | Q | she | there | house | -go | -past | -Q | |
what time did she arrive at the house there? (3) | |||||||||
set'ayt̪u | ʔul | t̪a | na | -ʔ | |
what time | now | Q | be | -Q | |
du: | jano | jano | -n | daʔa | -di | -n | meʔ | ma | mu:l | haba: | t̪'o | -xale | na | |
other | language | speak | -ing | want | -present | -ing | char. | you | that | tongue | suck | -should | be | |
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: | jano | -n | daʔa | -di | -n | meʔ | ma | mu:l | haba: | t̪'o | -xale | nanway | |
other | speak | -ing | want | -present | -ing | char. | you | that | tongue | suck | -should | disc.mrkr. | |
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!” | |||||||||||||
t'iin | ʔul | ʔa: | sho:w | -ji | |
long time | now | I | hear | -semelf. | |
I already listened to that for a long time | |||||
ʔa: | t'iin | ʔul | k'o | jadi | -nha | |
I | long time | now | not | see | -not | |
Doreen | -t̪u | ʔa: | t'iin | ʔul | k'o | jadi | -nha | |
Doreen | -acc. | I | long time | now | not | see | -not | |
t'iin | ʔul | na | |
long time | now | be | |
t'iin | ʔul | mil | sili: | koma | |
long time | now | from.that | after | happen | |
ja | diyi | pʰow | t'iin | pʰo | |
house | next to | they | long time | stay | |
they sat next to the house for a while | |||||
t'iin | jadi | -n | |
long time | see | -ing | |
she:k'o | ʔa: | mit̪o | beʔ | -xaʔa | -t̪u | jadi | |
first | I | you | this | -morning | -loc. | see | |
tʰuʔul | -da | kaweyo | jade: | -de | |
old | -when | horse | run | -present | |
xamamasokt̪a | -na:m | -muu | mo:w | yat̪ | -t̪a | |
carpet | -the | -there | he | vomit | -mev. | |
he vomited (multiple times) there on the carpet | ||||||
xamamasokt̪a | mina: | mo:wal | yat̪ | -t̪a | |
carpet | on top of | him | vomit | -mev. | |
he threw up (multiple times) on the carpet | |||||
nan | meʔ | ʔal | yal | hint̪il | -yajul | hawilda | yoʔhet̪aʔa | -n | |
and | char. | this | us | Indian | -acc. | long time ago | make fun of (plural) | -ing | |