be

eʔ • v. • to be

Examples

• Léʔi • I am
• gudiŋahe:š Méʔi • who are you?
• t'ánuyuŋilduŋ t'éʔ Méʔle • you oughta be dead!
• t'ánuyuŋilduŋ dagumhámuʔí:k'iʔ méʔigi • you look like a dead person!
• sukúkuʔuŋil Méʔigi • you damn dogs!
• mú:deʔí:šheš k'éʔi • is that a bearskin?
• mé:Lu Léʔi • I am an old man
• láŋal k'éʔi • that's my house
• diyé:yaluʔ k'éʔi • those are my relatives
• hádigi ʔiʔdumbáŋaʔ k'éʔi • put it on the table
• t'ímeʔ deugá:guyé:s Léhuyi • We (all) know how to drink (i.e. whiskey).
• ʔímeʔé:si ʔuŋat'idé:s Léhuyi • if we don't drink, we don't say anything
• yá:saʔ lé:ši da Léʔi • we're both there again
• láŋalahé:š Méʔi • are you at my house?
• húŋa dašàʔihé:š k'éʔi • what color is it?
• john mé:Lu k'éʔi • John is an old man.
• john deʔiltétebiʔ k'éʔi • John is fat.
• john méLu šému k'éʔi • John is a very old man.
• mary deʔilpɨ́ypɨyiʔ k'éʔi • Mary is thin.
• ʔitwaláyʔ deʔilpópoyiʔ k'éʔi • The napkin is white.
• ʔitgumbáŋa deʔilšóšoŋiʔ k'éʔi • The table is brown.
• mary lák'aʔ múʔc'im dewgális k'éʔi • Mary is ten years old.
• húŋat'é:ši dewsék' hé:š k'éʔi • How deep is it?
• dzhon malaʔóŋos k'éʔi • John is a handicapped person.
• húŋat'é:ši hé:š dawgálisi k'éʔi • How old is she?
• lák'aʔ múʔc'im dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • She is ten years old.
• hélmeʔ múʔc'im dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • He is thirty years old.
• šáwlamhu t'é:k'eŋa dawgálisiʔé:s k'éʔi t'é:liwhuya • The girl is younger than the man.
• šáwlamhu delšɨ́šɨšiʔé:s k'éʔi • The girl is light; The girl is not heavy.
• té:bɨl t'éweʔ šému dewgúʔuš k'éʔi • The table is really long
• t'é:liwhu t'é:k'eʔ dewgó:k'aʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu t'é:k'eŋa dewgó:k'aʔé:s k'áʔaš • The man is older than the girl; The man is many years old, the girl is not so old.
• wí:diʔ t'éweŋa dewgúʔušé:s k'éʔi lák'aʔ t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš k'áʔaš • This one is not as long as that one; This one is not long, that one is long.
• t'é:liwhu dókdoʔ šému k'éʔi • The man is a real doctor.
• t'é:liwhu dókdoʔ mámaʔ k'éʔi • The man is finished being a doctor.
• t'é:liwhu dókdoʔ šému mámaʔ k'éʔi • The man is finished being a real doctor.
• beverli dabóš šému k'éʔi • Beverly is a real boss.
• beverli dabóš mámaʔ k'éʔi • Beverly is finished being a boss.
• beverli dabóš šému mámaʔ k'éʔi • Beverly is finished being a real boss.
• ʔitgumbáŋa t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš k'éʔi • The table is long.
• ʔitgumbáŋa t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš šému k'éʔi • The table is really long.
• té:bɨl t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš šému k'éʔi • The table is really long.
• t'é:liwhu t'é:k'eʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi míʔlaʔa • The man is the biggest.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi • The boy is tall.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu lélew • The boy is taller than the girl.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The boy is taller than the girl.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu dúlel hé:ši • The boy is taller than the girl.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu delkúškušiʔ k'éʔaš • The boy is taller than the girl / (lit.) The boy is tall, the girl is short.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu ʔilkúškušiʔaš • The boy is taller than the girl / (lit.) The boy is tall, the girl is short.
• té:bɨl t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi • The table is long.
• t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi • It is long.
• t'é:weʔ šémuŋa dewgíʔišé:s k'éʔi • It is not very long.
• t'é:weŋa dewgíʔišé:s k'éʔi • It is not long.
• bec'ɨ́lšiʔ t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi té:bɨl lélew • The rope is longer than the table.
• bec'ɨ́lšiʔ t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi té:bɨl dúlel hé:ši • The rope is longer than the table.
• té:bɨl lélew dewgíʔiš k'éʔi • It (the rope) is longer than the table.
• bec'ɨ́lšiʔ t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi té:bɨl ʔíwiʔ • The rope is longer than the table.
• bec'ɨ́lšiʔ t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi té:bɨl t'é:weŋa dewgíʔišé:s k'éʔaš • The rope is longer than the table / The rope is long, the table is not long.
• t'í:yeliʔ delp'ílp'iliʔ dewí:k'iʔ k'éʔi • He has big blue eyes.
• t'í:yeliʔ dewí:k'iʔ k'éʔi • He has big eyes.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu ʔíleʔ • The boy is taller than the girl.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhuya • The boy is taller than the girl.
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu delkáykayiʔé:s k'éʔaš • The boy is taller than the girl. / The boy is tall, the girl is not tall.
• ʔitbáŋa t'é:weʔ degúʔuš (k'éʔi) • The table is long.
• wí:diʔ ʔitbáŋa t'é:weʔ degúʔuš k'éʔi lák'aʔ lelélew • This table is longer than that one. / This table is long next to that one.
• wí:diʔ ʔitbáŋa t'é:weʔ degúʔuš k'éʔaš lák'aʔ t'é:weŋa degúʔušé:s k'éʔi • This table is longer than that one. / This table is long, that one is not long.
• wí:diʔ deMigilá:tuʔ k'éʔi hádigi lélew • This one is prettier than that one.
• wí:diʔ deMigilá:tuʔ k'éʔi hádigi ʔíwiʔ gáyap • This one is (way) prettier than that one.
• wí:diʔ deMigilá:tuʔ k'éʔi hádigi ʔíleʔ • This one is prettier than that one.
• wí:diʔ deMigilá:tuʔ k'éʔi hádigiya • This one is prettier than that one.
• t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔaš dewp'áp'ɨl t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s • There are more trees than flowers. / There are many trees; there aren't many flowers.
• t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔi dewp'áp'ɨl ʔíleʔ • There are more trees than flowers.
• t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔi dewp'áp'ɨl lélew • There are more trees than flowers.
• t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔi dewp'áp'ɨl ʔíwiʔ gáyap • There are (way) more trees than flowers.
• wí:diʔ k'étep demí:p'ɨl šemuyé:s ʔaš lák'aʔ demí:p'ɨlé:s k'éʔi • This jar is not very full, that one is empty
• t'é:weŋa dewguliweʔé:s k'éʔi • It (the ladder) is not high
• t'é:weʔ dewgúliweʔ k'éʔi lák'aʔ lélew • It (the ladder) is higher than that one
• lák'aʔ t'é:weʔ dewgúliweʔ k'éʔi lák'aʔ behéziŋ k'áʔaš • This one is high, that one is small. / This one is taller than that one.
• lák'aʔ t'é:weʔ dewgúliweʔ k'éʔi lák'aʔ t'é:weŋa dewguliweʔé:s k'áʔaš • This one is high, that one is not high
• lák'aʔ t'é:weʔ dewgúliweʔ k'éʔi lák'aʔ dewgúliweʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš • This one is high, that one is not very high. / Thsi one is taller than that one.
• ditóšap k'éʔi • It's my bag/sack
• delkáykayiʔhé:š k'éʔi • Is he tall?
• ʔuŋatešihé:š delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi • How tall is he?
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔaʔ dihámuyudiš t'é:weʔ delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔiyeʔi • I thought the boy was tall, he is very tall
• dubáldi dewgális k'éʔi • He is five years old
• pú:luliyésa lé:weʔ dewgális k'éʔi wádiŋ • Elicited: He is old enough to drive now
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'áʔaʔ pú:lul behéziŋa p'a:šé:sleŋ téšiʔ • The man is too tall to get into the small car
• ʔitbemušéʔeš t'é:weʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi • The book is long
• t'é:k'eʔ ʔéʔi • There are lots
• t'é:k'eʔ ʔéʔayʔgi • There were lots
• dá: lép'amišda haʔwáʔwaʔ t'ánu lí:giyaʔ hésgeŋa dáŋa ʔeʔé:saš • I went there and I saw eight people, and two weren't there
• wí:diʔ lák'aʔ dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ t'í:yeliʔ k'éʔi • This pinecone is big
• wí:diʔ dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ det'í:yeliʔé:s k'éʔi • This pinecone is not big
• géweŋa lí:gilelé:sišgi k'éʔi • I have never seen a coyote
• mé:hu šáwlamhuhak'a wagayáyʔigi k'éʔi • The boy will talk to the girl
• mé:hu šáwlamhuhak'a wagayáyʔigi k'éʔi wagayáyʔ galámi gehé:š • The boy can talk to the girl whenever he wants.
• mé:hu šáwlamhu wagayáŋaʔ k'éʔi • The boy should talk to the girl
• mé:hu ʔwáʔ ʔéʔi šáwlamhu wagayáŋaheligi kéʔi • If the boy was here, he would talk to the girl
• stí:vɨn delkáykayiʔ t'é:liwhu k'éʔi • Steven is a tall man
• stí:vɨn t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi • Steven is a tall man
• stí:vɨn delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi bévali delkáykayiʔé:s k'éʔaš • Steven is taller than Beverly
• stí:vɨn méLu k'éʔi • Steven is an old man
• bévali néntušu k'éʔi • Beverly is an old lady
• ʔúŋa dewgálisihéš Méʔi • How old are you?
• mé:hu dubáldiʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • The boy is five years old
• bévali ʔwáʔ ʔéʔi • Beverly is here
• wá:t ʔwáʔ ʔéʔgabigi k'éʔi • She will be here tomorrow
• mé:hu dubáldiʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhuya • The boy is five years older than the girl
• ʔloló:diʔ t'é:liwhu lí:giyaš delkáykayiʔ k'éʔayʔgi • When I saw the man yesterday, he was tall
• milélew diyáliʔigi Léʔi ʔuŋa ʔéʔuŋilišŋa • I'll stand by you no matter what
• ʔlotló:diʔ t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ ʔéʔayʔgi • There was a tall man there yesterday. / The tall man was there yesterday.
• géwe t'ánuŋa t'iʔwé:s k'éʔi • Coyotes don't eat people
• dá:bal behéziŋaʔ dewdíʔiš t'í:yeliʔ k'áʔaš • Sagebrush is small, trees are big
• dewdíʔiš t'í:yeliʔ lélew dá:bal behéziŋ k'éʔi • Next to the big tree, the sagebrush is small.
• dayé:s géʔ • Get out of the way! (lit: 'Don't be there!')
• t'á:gɨm leʔwlelé:sigi Léʔi • I have never eaten pinenuts
• lí:noyaŋa pú:luŋa deyéʔešuweʔé:sha k'éʔi • He never drives to Reno
• lí:noya pú:lulŋa deyéwamé:sha k'éʔi • He never drives to Reno
• pú:lul gík'eŋ deyéʔešha k'éʔi rí:noya giwam • He always drives to Reno
• gík'eŋ pú:lul rí:noya deyéʔešha k'éʔi • He always drives to Reno
• dahé:š ʔaʔáyt'iʔi ʔló:t • Was he there yesterday?
• ʔlotló:diʔ dá: digóyʔ ʔeʔhé:šáyt'iʔi • Was my father there yesterday?
• ʔló:t hé:š digóyʔ dé ʔaʔáyt'iʔi • Was my father there yesterday?
• ʔlotló:diʔ dahé:š digóyʔ ʔeʔáyt'iʔi • Was my father there yesterday?
• dipú:lul k'éʔi • That's my car
• guŋahé:š súkuʔ ʔéʔi • Where is the dog?
• gárdɨna ʔéʔi • He is in the garden
• súkuʔ gárdɨna hé:š ʔéʔi • Is the dog in the garden
• guŋahé:š méʔi • Where are you?
• guŋahé:š béverli ʔló:t ʔeʔáyt'iʔi • Where was Beverly yesterday?
• guŋahé:š béverli wát ʔéʔgabi • Where will Beverly be tomorrow?
• láŋala léʔi • I am at my house
• ʔló:t láŋala léʔayʔgi • I was at my house yesterday
• ʔlotló:diʔ láŋala lí: léʔayʔgi • I was at my house yesterday
• dá:ŋa leʔé:sayʔgi • I wasn't there
• dá:ŋa leʔé:sayʔgi ʔiga diʔísak'eŋ ʔí:giyaʔ • I wasn't there, she (Beverly) just saw my older sister
• lé:ŋa dá:ŋa leʔé:sayʔgi • I wasn't there
• wútpɨda léʔi • I am in Woodfords
• wútpɨda detdéyiʔ Léʔi • I am from Woodfords
• wútpɨda ʔló:t léʔayʔgi • I was in Woodfords yesterday
• ʔumósodi baŋáya háʔašišduŋ máʔaʔ • You're wet because it must be raining outside
• wayák'ašiš dihamuʔáŋawigi Léʔi • When it is warm, I am happy
• dihamuʔáŋawi lémluyaʔáŋawigi Léʔi • When I am happy, I eat
• dihamuʔáŋawi t'é:k'eʔ léʔwigi Léʔi • When I am happy, I eat a lot
• huŋaté:šiʔ dewgális hé:š mé:hu k'éʔi • How old is the boy?
• mé:hu dubáldiʔ dewgális k'éʔi • The boy is five years old
• wá:t huŋaté:šiʔ dewgális hé:š k'éʔgabigi • How old will he be tomorrow?
• huŋaté:šiʔ dewgális hé:š k'éʔgabigi • How old will he be?
• mé:hu huté:šiʔé:s dewgális šáwlamhu ʔíleʔ k'éʔi • The boy is younger than the girl
• mé:hu šáwlamhu lélew deʔilkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • The boy is not very tall beside the girl. / The boy is not as tall as the girl.
• mé:hu ʔida šáwlamhu díŋaŋ deʔilkáykayiʔ k'éʔi • The girl is as tall as the boy
• géwe t'ánu t'iʔwé:s k'éʔi • Coyotes don't eat people
• géwe tulí:šiʔ lélew húŋa dawahé:š k'éʔi • What does the coyote do compared to / next to the wolf?
• géwe debišápuʔiweyé:s k'éʔi tulí:šiʔ lélew • The coyote is always hungrier than the wolf
• géwe deʔlúʔusiʔ k'éʔi tulí:šiʔ lélew • The coyote runs faster than the wolf
• géwe wáʔ ʔéʔgap'ɨluši • The coyote has been around here
• ʔóʔošk'eŋ tá:gɨm ʔumwáguʔušgi k'éʔi • You only gather pinenuts in the fall
• detúmu leʔášaʔuŋilaš t'ánu leʔíleʔé:s šémuʔayʔgi • I was going to be chief, but not many people were on my side
• hádigi déʔek dibípsišgi k'éʔi • I can lift that rock
• hádigi déʔek dibípɨshelišgi k'éʔi • I could lift that rock
• géwe t'ánuŋa t'iʔwé:s k'éʔi • The coyote never eats anybody
• géweŋa t'ánuŋa t'iʔwé:s k'éʔi • coyotes never eat anybody
• pú:lul delp'ílp'iliʔ t'é:k'eŋa dembiʔic'iʔé:s k'éʔi • the blue car is not very expensive
• pú:lul delp'ílp'iliʔ t'é:k'eŋa dembiʔic'iʔé:s k'éʔi delélegiʔ t'é:k'eʔ dembíʔic'iʔ k'áʔaš • the blue car is not very expensive, the red one is expsensive
• béverli pú:lul baŋáya gúk'uyi ʔišga ʔwáʔŋa ʔeʔé:saʔ dihámuyi • Beverly's car is parked outside, but I think she's not here
• béverli pú:lul baŋáya gúk'uyi ʔišga ʔwáʔŋa ʔeʔé:si • Beverly's car is parked outside, but she's not here
• wesk'íʔim šémuyi dewdíʔiš gɨ́lgayleŋ ʔáʔaʔ • It is very windy. The tree is breaking.
• dúku šému wesk'íʔimi dewdíʔiš gɨ́lgayleŋ ʔáʔaʔ • It's really windy. The tree is breaking.
• béverli wát lí:gigabigi Léʔi • I will see Beverly tomorrow
• wát dubáldiʔ ʔugálisigabigi k'éʔi • He will be five years (old) tomorrow
• mé:hu wát dubáldiʔ wagálisigabigi k'éʔi • The boy will be five years (old) tomorrow
• déʔek hádigi t'í:yeliʔ dibípsišgi k'éʔi • I can lift that big rock
• t'é:k'eʔ dimó:niʔi pú:lul hádigi dibegúweʔišgi k'éʔi • If I had a lot of money, I would buy a car
• mó:niʔ t'é:k'eʔ disáʔi pú:lul hádigi dibegúweʔgalámigi Léʔi • If I had a lot of money, I would want to buy that car
• t'é:k'eʔ dibilá:daʔi pú:lul hádigi dibegúweʔgalámišgi k'éʔi • If I had a lot of money, I would want to buy that car
• béverli wí:diʔ léšɨl k'éʔi • I need to give this to Beverly
• béverli wát lí:gigabišgi k'éʔi • I am going to see Beverly tomorrow
• lí: léšlišgi k'éʔi • I can give it to her
• béverli wát lí:giyi ʔida léšlišgi k'éʔi • I will see Beverly tomorrow and give it to her
• léšɨlgabigi k'éʔi • I will give it to her
• detúmuʔ Legalámišŋa t'é:k'eŋa lé:yaŋa bašaʔé:shayaʔ • I wanted to be chief, but not many people voted for me
• béverli detúmuʔ k'éʔgalámi • Beverly wants to be chief
• detúmuʔ Leʔgalámišŋa t'é:k'eŋa lebašaʔé:shayaʔ • I wanted to be chief, but not many people voted for me
• šáwlamhu ʔúŋa dewtéš hé:š dewdáŋaʔ k'éʔi • How tall is the girl?
• ʔúŋa dewtéšiʔ hé:š dewgáyap k'éʔi • How wide is it?
• ʔúŋatešiʔ hé:š dewgóhat k'éʔi • How wide is it?
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ hé:š k'éʔi • Is the man tall?
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • The man is not very tall
• béverli lók'ašduweʔi mɨ́:de baŋáya ʔéʔiš • Beverly is afraid there is a bear outside
• milélew diyálihi ʔuŋa ʔéʔuŋilišŋa • I'll stand by you no matter what
• wáʔ léʔše • Let's stay here
• t'é:liwhu hádigi t'é:weŋa dawdáŋaʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • That man is not very tall
• t'é:weŋa dawdaŋaʔé:s k'éʔi • He is not tall
• t'é:weŋa dawdaŋaʔé:s k'éʔi há:digi t'é:liwhu • That man is not tall
• t'é:liwhu lí: delkáykayiʔé:s k'éʔi • That man is not tall
• halíŋa šemuyé:s ʔwáʔ ʔéʔišŋa ʔló:t • But she wasn't here for long yesterday
• guŋahé:š t'é:liwhu ʔéʔetiʔi dabáŋkušlegi • Where is the man who was smoking?
• t'é:liwhu dabáŋkuš k'éʔlegi • The man who was smoking
• párti ʔíʔišda t'é:liwhu lí:gilegi dabáŋkušiʔ • There was a party, and I saw the man who was smoking
• t'é:liwhu dókto kéʔigi pártiya ʔéʔuŋiliŋa lí: ʔí:yeweʔi • The man who is a doctor was at the party, but he left
• t'é:liwhu dókto k'éʔišge lí:gilegi • I saw the man who is a doctor
• mé:hu lák'aʔ múʔc'ɨm dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • the boy is ten years old
• t'é:k'eʔ šému dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • he is really old
• mé:hu lák'aʔ múʔc'ɨm dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhu dubáldi dewgálisiʔ k'áʔaš • the boy is ten years old, the girl is five years old
• lák'aʔ múʔc'ɨm ʔida hélmeʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi mé:hu šáwlamhu hélmeʔ dewgálisiʔ k'áʔaš • the boy is thirteen years old, the girl is three years old
• gúŋagišuweʔ hé:š sakraménto k'éheligi • Where is Sacramento?
• daláʔak ʔílel k'éʔigi k'éʔi • It's beside the mountain
• šaklaméntu t'é:weʔ dewgúʔuš k'éʔi lí:nu t'é:weŋa dewgúʔuš šemuyé:s k'áʔaš • Sacramento is farther away than Reno is
• t'é:liwhu hak'a daʔmóʔmoʔ t'é:k'eʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • The man and the woman are both old
• t'é:liwhu t'é:k'eʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔa • The man is older than the woman
• t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s daʔmóʔmoʔa dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • He is not too much older than the woman
• t'é:liwhu t'é:k'eʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ t'é:k'eŋa dewgálisiʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš • The man is older than the woman
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ ʔilkáykayiʔ šemuyé:saš • The man is taller than the woman
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔa • The man is taller than the woman
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ lélew • The man is taller than the woman
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The man is taller than the woman
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ wéwiš k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš • The man is taller than the woman
• t'é:liwhu hádigi delkáykayiʔ k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ lélew • The man is taller than the woman
• delkakáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • They are very short
• daláʔak hádigi t'í:yeliʔ k'éʔi • The mountain is big
• t'í:yeliʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • It is not very big
• hádigi daláʔak behéziŋ k'éʔi • That mountain is small
• dewdíʔiš t'í:yeliʔ k'éʔi daláʔak t'í:yeliʔé:s k'áʔaš • The tree is bigger than the mountain
• deMilúlu ʔí:biʔi gemugágɨmaʔ wádiŋ hé:š ʔump'áyt'igišuweʔ k'éʔi ʔídiš • Her friends came. They asked her, now can you play?
• wádiŋ hé:š ʔump'áyt'iʔ k'éʔi ʔídiš • they said, now are you allowed to play?
• dip'áyt'iʔišgi k'éʔi ʔídi • She said I am allowed to play
• ʔišŋa dip'áyt'iʔ k'eʔé:s k'éʔi dimáyaba digɨ́lgayi dipíweʔida • But I can't play. I broke my foot because I fell
• ʔúŋa delkáykayiʔ hé:š k'éʔi • How tall is he?
• dubáldiʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi • He is five feet tall
• yáliʔi dubáldiʔ dewgíʔiš k'éʔi • When he is standing, he is five feet tall
• delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • he is not very tall
• demí:p'ɨl k'éʔi • It's full
• lí:nuya halíŋa leʔášaʔi • We will be in Reno for a long time
• rí:noya halíŋa léw léʔayʔgi • We were in Reno for a long time
• delšɨ́šɨšiʔé:s k'éʔi • It's not heavy
• t'é:liwhu deʔilkáykayiʔ hé:š k'éʔi • Is the man tall?
• dubáldiŋ dewgúʔuš k'éʔi • He is five feet tall
• mé:hu lák'aʔ múʔc'ɨm dewgúʔuš k'éʔi • the boy is ten years old
• mé:hu šáwlamhu ʔílel dewgúʔuš k'éʔi • The boy is older than the girl
• mé:hu šáwlamhu ʔílel k'éʔi • The boy is in front of the girl
• mé:hu lák'aʔ múʔc'ɨm dewgális k'éʔi šáwlamhu ʔílel • The boy is ten years ahead of the girl
• rí:noya halíŋa léʔayʔgi • I was in Reno for a long time
• ʔúŋa mehé:ši • How are you?
• ʔúŋa degumdíʔyeʔ hé:š Méʔi • What is your name?
• ramona degumdíʔyeʔ Léʔi • My name is Ramona
• demuc'úc'uŋa t'iʔwé:s Léʔi • I don't eat candy
• lí: kéndiŋa t'iʔwé:s Léʔiŋa lí: behéziŋ léʔŋa léʔwhi • I don't eat candy, but I'll eat a little bit
• lí: kéndiŋa t'iʔwé:s Léʔiŋa lí: behéziŋ léʔwhi • I don't eat candy, but I'll eat a little bit
• beziyéziŋ déʔek dibipɨsmámaʔiŋa t'í:yeliʔ lák'aŋa dibipɨsé:s k'éʔi t'í:yeliʔ k'éʔiš ʔilšɨ́šɨšišémuyi • I finished picking up the small rocks, but I can't pick up the big rock. It's big. It's heavy.
• háʔašgibiʔiš ʔáŋawigi k'éʔi • If the rain comes, that would be good
• háʔašiš míʔleʔ hút'iweʔ ʔihuk'é:s k'éʔi • If it rains, everything won't be dry
• wádiŋguweʔébeyiʔ háʔašiš ʔáŋawtigi k'éʔi • If it rains today, that would be good