very

šemu • adv. • really, very

Examples

• lélem šému • middle of the night
• deMíle šému • really old
• john méLu šému k'éʔi • John is a very old man.
• john hámuʔáŋaw šémuyi • John is really happy.
• t'é:liwhu deMíle šému kátumuweʔ • really old man from way back
• dawp'áp'ɨl delélegiʔ Migiʔáŋawiʔ šémuyi • The red flower is very pretty.
• démlu muʔáŋaw šémuyi • The food is very tasty.
• demuc'úc'u muʔáŋaw šémuyi t'á:gɨma • The berries are tastier than the pinenuts.
• demuc'úc'u muʔáŋaw šémuyi t'á:gɨm lélew • The berries are tastier than the pinenuts.
• máʔak ʔilk'únk'uniʔ šémuyi • The stick is really bent.
• máʔak ʔilší:šibiʔ šémuyi • The stick is really straight.
• t'é:liwhu ʔilšɨ́šɨšiʔ šémuyi šáwlamhu lélew • The man is heavier than the girl.
• t'é:liwhu ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi • The man is really fat.
• t'é:liwhu ʔiltétebiʔ šému mámaʔi • The man became really fat.
• šáwlamhu ʔilsɨ́nsɨniʔ šémuyi • The girl is really thin.
• šáwlamhu ʔilsɨ́nsɨniʔ šému mámaʔi • The girl has been getting really thin.
• t'éweʔ šémuyé:s • not very long
• t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš šémuyé:s • not very long; short
• wayásaŋ šémuyé:si • It's not very hot.
• té:bɨl t'éweʔ šému dewgúʔuš k'éʔi • The table is really long
• wá:diŋ wayásaŋi ʔló:t wayásaŋ šémuyé:sayigi • Today is hotter than yesterday.
• t'é:liwhu dókdoʔ šému k'éʔi • The man is a real 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 šému mámaʔ k'éʔi • Beverly is finished being a real boss.
• 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.
• ʔildútduyiʔ šémuyi • He is really short.
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému šáwlamhu dúlel héši • The man is a lot taller than the girl.
• t'é:liwhu ʔilkúškušiʔi šáwlamhu ʔilkúškušiʔ šémuyé:saš • The man is a little bit shorter than the girl.
• demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm lélew • The berries are sweeter than the pine nuts.
• demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm dúlel héšiʔ • The berries are sweeter than the pine nuts.
• demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The berries are way sweeter than the pine nuts.
• lembí:c'ɨk gumbeyéc'ɨk sáʔ šémuyi • The door is really open.
• lák'aʔ yáha šémuyi • One really hurts.
• lák'aʔ lá:du yáha šémuyi • One of my hands really hurts.
• mé:hu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ gáyap • The boy is way taller than the girl.
• ʔilkáykayiʔ šemuhé:ši • Is he very tall?
• t'é:weʔ šémuŋa dewgíʔišé:s k'éʔi • It is not very long.
• wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔ šémuyi wí:diʔ lélew • These pine nuts taste (way) better than those ones.
• wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm ʔwáʔ wí:diya muʔáŋiʔ šémuyi • These pine nuts here taste way better than those (ones).
• wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔ šémuyi wí:diʔa • These pine nuts taste better than those ones.
• wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔi wí:diʔ muʔáŋiʔ šemuyé:saš • These pine nuts taste good, those ones don't taste very good.
• Migiʔáŋawiʔ šémuyi • It's really pretty.
• šáwlamhu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyé:si mé:hu lélew • The girl is shorter than the boy.
• ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyé:si • She's not very fat.
• ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi • She is really fat.
• šáwlamhu ʔilkúškušiʔi mé:hu ʔilkúškušiʔ šémuyé:saš • The girl is short/fat, and the boy is not very short/fat.
• ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi mé:hu ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyé:saš • She's really fat; the boy is not very fat.
• ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi mé:hu • The boy is really fat.
• šáwlamhu delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s mé:hu ʔíleʔ • The girl is shorter than the boy. / The girl isn't very tall next to the boy.
• wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔaš hádigi muʔáŋiʔ šemuyé:si • These pine nuts taste better than those ones. / These pine nuts taste good, those ones don't taste very good.'
• dewp'áp'ɨl deMigilá:tuʔ šémuyé:s • The flower is ugly. / The flower isn't very pretty.
• 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.
• delkáykayiʔ šémuyé:s • short, not very tall
• 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
• ʔilšɨ́šɨšiʔšemuyé:si • He is very light
• 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.
• wí:diʔ demíp'ɨl šému lák'aʔ dewMéyuya dewgíʔiš lélew • This one is very full next to the one that is half full.
• wí:diʔ lák'aʔ ʔitgumc'igúʔuš gumbeyéc'ɨgiʔ šemuyé:si lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨgiʔ šémuyaš • This one bag isn't really closed, that one is really closed
• lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨk šémuyi lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨk šemuyé:saš • One is really closed, one is not really closed
• k'étep lák'aʔ mí:p'ɨl šémuyaš lák'aʔ mí:p'ɨl šemuyé:si • One jar is very full, one is not very full
• ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyi • He is really tall
• mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔaʔ dihámuyudiš t'é:weʔ delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔiyeʔi • I thought the boy was tall, he is very tall
• 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
• wí:diʔ dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ wí:diʔ t'í:yeliʔ šémuyé:s lák'aʔ deltétebiʔ wéwɨš • This pinecone, this one is not very tall, this one is sort of fat.
• wí:diʔ t'í:yeliʔ šému beziyéziŋ lélew • This one is really big next to the small ones
• míʔlew behéziŋ šému dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ míʔlew lélew • This pinecone is smaller than all of them
• mé:hu t'é:k'eʔ t'á:gɨm ʔíʔwi demuc'úc'uŋa ʔíʔw šemuyé:saʔ • The boy ate many pinenuts, he didn't eat many berries. They boy ate more pinenuts than berries
• mé:hu šáwlamhuhhak'a wagayáyʔ galamšémuyi • The boy really wants to talk with the girl
• wí:di ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔaš wí:di ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šemuyé:saʔ • This one is more bent than that one / This one is bent, that one is not very bent
• hádigi ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šémuyi • That one is very crooked
• hádigi ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šémuyi wí:di ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šemuyé:saš • That one is more crooked than this one / That one is very crooked, this one is not very crooked
• ditamugáyʔliʔ šémuyi • I am really bored
• tamugáyʔliʔ šémuyiduŋ Mí:k'iʔi • He looks really bored
• t'á:gɨm lí: léʔwšemuyé:sušayʔgi • I don't always eat pinenuts
• wayák'ašudi wayák'aš šémuyetiʔi • It was warm, and then it became really warm / It was warm, and then it became warmer
• wayák'aš šemuyé:saʔ dihámuyuŋili • I didn't think it was warm
• mé:hu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyé:saʔ šáwlamhu lélew • The boy is shorter than the girl
• béverli t'é:k'eʔ t'á:gɨm ʔíʔwaʔ demuc'úc'u ʔíʔiw šemuyé:saʔ • Beverly ate more pinenuts than berries. / Beverly ate many pinenuts, she didn't eat very many berries.
• 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.
• wát há:biʔiš rí:noya léyeweʔé:s šémugabigi • If it rains tomorrow, we definitely won't go to Reno
• detúmu leʔášaʔuŋilaš t'ánu leʔíleʔé:s šémuʔayʔgi • I was going to be chief, but not many people were on my side
• pú:lul delélgiʔ dembíʔic'iʔ šému pú:lul delp'ílp'iliʔa • the red car is more expensive than the blue car
• wesk'íʔim šémuyi dewdíʔiš gɨ́lgayleŋ ʔáʔaʔ • It is very windy. The tree is breaking.
• wesk'íʔim šémuyaʔ • It's really windy
• dúku šému wesk'íʔimi dewdíʔiš gɨ́lgayleŋ ʔáʔaʔ • It's really windy. The tree is breaking.
• t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • The man is not very tall
• šú:p yák'aši gó:beʔ yak'ašemuyé:saš • The soup is warmer than the coffee
• šú:p metušémuyi • The soup is very cold
• t'é:liwhu hádigi t'é:weŋa dawdáŋaʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • That man is not very tall
• delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s lí: dewMéyuya lí: dayáli • He is not tall, he's standing in the middle
• t'é:k'éŋa šemuyé:s léw diwgayayŋáŋayaʔ • We talked a little bit of small talk
• halíŋa šemuyé:s ʔwáʔ ʔéʔišŋa ʔló:t • But she wasn't here for long yesterday
• wát'a šému • the real river
• ʔíʔib šemuyé:si • He is not crying very hard
• ʔíʔibi ʔíʔib šemuyé:siŋa • He is crying, but he is not crying very hard
• háʔaš šémuyi • It's raining hard
• háʔaš šemuyé:si • It's not raining too hard
• lélɨm šému • really dark
• t'é:k'eʔ šému dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi • he is really old
• dimɨtgí:bɨl šémuyi • I really don't believe him
• 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: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
• delkakáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • They are very short
• t'í:yeliʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • It is not very big
• wemétušémuyi baŋáya • It's really cold outside
• wemétuʔ šémuyetiʔi baŋáya • It's getting really cold outside
• ʔilšɨ́:šɨšiʔi šémuyi • It's really heavy
• wayák'ašemuhé:ši baŋáya • Is it very warm outside?
• delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi • he is not very tall
• ʔilkáykayiʔ šemuyáʔyiʔi • He's really tall!
• mí:p'ɨl šemuyé:si • It's not too full
• t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s guwáwayi • There's not much left
• lá:duya diyáha šémuyi • I really hurt on my hand
• ʔilší:šibiʔ šémuyi • It's really straight
• ʔí:bik šemuyé:sáʔyiʔi • It is not very ripe
• halíŋa šému wewgúʔušaš léw lép'amayʔgi • It took a long time for us to get there
• halíŋa šému lélšɨmuweʔé:sayʔgi • I didn't fall asleep for a long time
• halíŋa šému gó:beʔ métuʔetiʔi • It took a long time for the coffee to cool down
• gó:beʔ yasaŋšémuyudi téštiw yák'ašetigiši • The coffee was really hot, and now it's becoming warm
• delšɨ́šɨšiʔ šému • It's really heavy
• delšɨ́šɨšiʔ šemuyé:s • It's not so heavy
• mí:p'ɨl šémuyi • It's really full
• t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s • not very much
• muʔálŋiʔ šémuyi • It tastes really good
• demuʔálŋiʔ šému • It tastes really good
• démlu didópošegšémuhayi • I almost burned the food
• ʔábuluš hésgeʔ lé:beʔ ʔí:bik'i hálaŋa ʔí:bik šemuyé:saš • The apples have been ripening for two days, but they're still not very ripe
• ʔumMí:giʔáŋawišémuyi • You look really good!
• 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.
• ŋáwŋaŋ ʔémlep'ayʔšemuyi • The child is really angry
• hamuʔáŋawšémuyaʔ ʔémc'itigi • She will feel really good when she wakes up
• ʔelšɨmʔáŋawaʔ ʔudi hamuʔáŋawšémuyaʔ ʔémc'itigi • After she has a good sleep, she will feel really good when she wakes up