
| pʰik'a | xo: | mo:w | di | |
| basket | two | he | borrow | |
| pʰik'a | xo: | mo:w | dasaji | |
| basket | two | he | borrow | |
| mo:w | peysu | dasaji | |
| he | money | borrow | |
| shal | peysu | ʔa: | mit̪o | dasaji | |
| five | dollar | I | you | borrow | |
| t̪o: | mo:w | pʰik'a | -na:m | di | |
| me | he | basket | -the | borrow | |
| mit̪o | mo:w | peysu | dasaji | |
| you | he | money | borrow | |
| mo:w | mu:l | pʰik'a | -na:m | ma-de: | -l | di | |
| he | that | basket | -the | his older sister | -acc. | borrow | |
| tsin | shiba | t̪a | miʔ | pʰit̪'am | -na:m | na | -ʔ | |
| how | color | Q | your | flower | -the | be | -Q | |
| wayʔe | ʔa: | mu:l | da | -y | |
| early | I | that | winnow | -past | |
| bishe | ma: | -hi | she: | yu: | ma: | |
| rain | rain | -having | then | snow | rain | |
after raining then it snowed | ||||||
| xa | bane | -ji | |
| water | flow | -semelf. | |
water flowed | |||
| habe: | t̪a | pʰit̪'am | -nay | na | -ʔ | |
| where | Q | flower | -the | be | -Q | |
| mu:l | -na:m | pʰit̪'am | na | |
| that | -the | flower | be | |
| pʰit̪'am | -na:m | bade:n | -ye | |
| flower | -the | grow | -past | |
| pʰit̪'am | -na:m | -mu:l | -ya:ʔ | datʰaʔ | -na:m | -ma:dal | ʔis | -ka | |
| flower | -the | -that | -nom. | old woman | -the | -her | sneeze | -cause | |
| pʰit̪'am | -na:m | -mil | mo:w | shil | -ade | |
| flower | -the | -from.that | he | hang | -present | |
he is going to hold onto those flowers | ||||||
| pʰit̪'am | -na:m | -mil | mo:w | shili | |
| flower | -the | -from.that | he | hang | |
he holds onto those flowers | |||||
| ʔa: | mo:wal | pʰit̪'am | da- | -yo:y | -ka | |
| I | him | flower | hand- | -gather | -cause | |
| pʰit̪'am | ma:n | mishe | |
| flower | she | smell | |
| pʰit̪'am | -na:m | bade: | -de | |
| flower | -the | grow | -present | |
| mo:w | pʰit̪'am | -na:m | -mil | shili | |
| he | flower | -the | -from.that | hang | |
he holds onto those flowers (2) | |||||
| pʰit̪'am | -na:m | shili | -m | |
| flower | -the | hang | -command | |
hold onto the flowers! (imperative) | ||||
| pʰit̪'am | da- | -yo:yi | -n | |
| flower | hand- | -gather | -ing | |
| t̪oʔ | xama: | ma:n | xol | -hu | |
| me | accompany | she | around | -go | |
she followed me around | |||||
| ma:daʔ | xama: | ʔa: | xol- | -hu | -y | |
| her | accompany | I | around- | -go | -past | |
I followed her around | ||||||
| ma:daʔ | xama: | ʔa: | xol- | -hu | |
| her | accompany | I | around- | -go | |
I followed her around (2) | |||||
| t̪oʔ | xama: | kawiya ma:t̪a | xol- | -hu | -y | ma:n | |
| me | accompany | girl | around- | -go | -past | she | |
the girl who followed me around | |||||||
| nan | min | bich'uʔ | nant̪e | ʔa: | ma:daʔ | xama: | xol- | -hu | -t̪i | -n | |
| and | thus | small | but | I | her | accompany | around | -go | -mev. | -ing | |
and although I was young, I followed her around | |||||||||||
| mo:w | pʰowal | kujiyaʔ | -na:m | di | |
| he | them | knife | -the | borrow | |
| mo:w | pʰowal | kujiyaʔ | -na:m | dasaji | |
| he | them | knife | -the | borrow | |
| mo:w | kujiyaʔ | -na:m | pʰowal | dasaji | |
| he | knife | -the | them | borrow | |
| mo:wal | ʔa: | peysu | dasa | -ʔ | -ye | |
| him | I | money | borrow | -semelf. | -past | |
| mo:wal | peysu | dasa | -ʔ | -ya | |
| him | money | borrow | -semelf. | -passive | |
(they) borrowed money from him | |||||
| jali:l | peysu | batʰe | mu:l | ma:n | ma: | -na:m | -mil | dasa | -y | -t̪a | -ka | -n | |
| just | money | lots | that | she | land | -the | -from.that | borrow | -semelf. | -mevv. | -cause | -ing | |
| k'aye | -ʔi | ma:n | peysu | dasa | -ji | -ʔi | |
| self | -reflex. | she | money | borrow | -semelf. | -reflex. | |
| ma:n | mo:wal | peysu | dasa | -ji | |
| she | him | money | borrow | -semelf. | |
| mo:wal | pʰow | peysu | dasa | -ji | |
| him | they | money | borrow | -semelf. | |
| datʰaʔ | dasay | -yajul | k'o | yehen | -ka | -ya | -tʰe | |
| old woman | blind | -acc. | thing | do | -cause | -passive | -used to | |
the old blind lady used to be allowed to do something | ||||||||
| peysu | batʰe | ʔa: | ba | balawka | |
| money | lots | I | person | owe | |
| ʔa: | k'o | ʔoʔ | ʔa: | balawka | mana: | -ji | -nha | |
| I | not | still | I | owe | pay | -semelf. | -not | |
I still have not paid what I owe | ||||||||
| shina: | -na:m | di- | -xoti | -n | |
| head | -the | with fingers- | -detach | -ing | |
detaching the heads (of a sunflower) | |||||
| xama | de:n | -ʔa | |
| footprint | trail | -passive | |
be followed (by your footprints) | |||
| xama | de:n | -ʔa | -n | |
| track | trail | -passive | -ing | |
being followed (by your footprints) | ||||
| mit̪o | ʔa: | xama | de:n | -ye | |
| you | I | footprint | trail | -past | |
I tracked your footprints | |||||
| ma:n | tsimu | -tsimu | -da | ma:dal | ʔo | tʰot' | -nay | -mu:l | mat̪iy | -ji | |
| she | smirk | -redup. | -when | her | tooth | rotten | -the | -that | appear | -semelf. | |
while she smirked she showed those rotten teeth of hers when she smiled, her rotten teeth appeared | |||||||||||
| ma:n | tsimu | -tsimu | -da | ma:dal | ʔo | tʰot' | mat̪iy | -ji | |
| she | smirk | -redup. | -when | her | tooth | rotten | appear | -semelf. | |
when she smiled her rotten teeth appeared while she smirked, her rotten teeth showed | |||||||||
| be: | yo:w | -kʰe | mo:w | na | |
| dir. | south | -from | he | be | |
Edna said drawing out the vowel on "south" indicated an emphasis here | |||||
| shalam | -na:m | -mu:l | ʔu:l | t'aboʔ | -da | |
| sunflower | -the | -that | now | dry | -when | |
once the sunflowers have dried | ||||||
| shalam | so: | |
| sunflower | seed | |
| diwene | ʔa: | mo:wal | diyen | -ye | |
| yesterday | I | him | show how | -past | |
yesterday I showed him how | |||||
| mu:l | ʔa: | da | |
| that | I | winnow | |
I winnowed that (just now) | |||