Sweetheart problems.
A. ‘ínee, kooneihkóutonéíh?
‘inee koo-ne-ih-koutoneihi
well/OK INTERR-1-PAST-late(AI)
‘okay, was I
late?’
B. tóonííhi’
too-niihi’
almost-ADV
‘amost’
A. nebii’ó’oo nih’iicooncesííkohó’.
ne-bii’o’oo nih-nii-coon-cesiikoh-o’
1POSS-sweetheart PAST-IMPERF-unable-escape from(TA)-1/3
‘I couldn’t get away from my snag’
B. hoo3ííhi’ hetnoo’éícehiise’tébe’eihoo!
hoo3-iihi’ het-noo’eicehii-se’tebe’eih-oo
next-ADV IMPER.FUT-hard-slap(TA)-3
‘next time you
must slap him hard!’
A. ‘ii, neebéhciiníhe’. biixoo3ó’.
‘ii nee-beh-ciinih-e’ bixoo3-o’
oh my 1-POTENT-leave(TA)-3 love(TA)-1/3
‘oh my, he
might leave me. I love him.’
B. cee’ínon. wónoo3éé3i’ hoo3óó’o’ honóh’oehího’.
cee’inon woo3ee-3i’ hoo3oo’o’ honoh’oe-hiho’
ridiculous many(AI)-3/PL others
boy-DIM.PL
‘that’s
ridiculous. there are lots of other boys.’
A. hee’ínowoo, ‘oh béébeet biiswóxeihí3i’.
he’in-owoo ‘oh
beebeet bis-woxeihi-3i’
know(TI)-1 but
just all-ugly(AI)-3.PL
‘I know it, but they’re all ugly.’
B. hebii’ó’oo koonii3woxéíh?
he-bii’o’oo koo-nii3-woxeihi
2PSS-sweetheart INTERR-with-ugly(AI)
‘is your snag
ugly too?’
A. hííko, hii3ówoonéíht.
hiiko hi3owooneihi-t
no good-looking(AI)-3
‘no, he’s
handsome.’
koutoneihi- < /kout/on/eihi/ = long time/BENEF/AI.STAT = to be
waited for for a long time; to be
late
cesiikoh- < /cesii/ko/h/ = away-??-TA = to get away from
someone
se’tebe’eih- < /se’/teb/e’ei/h/
= flat-break-head/face-TA = to hit someone’s face with the flat [part of one’s hand]; to slap
ciinih- < /ciin/ih/ = down from speaker-TA = to put down,
put away, leave behind [ciin-i-h?]
bixoo3- < /bixoo/3/ = love-TA = to love someone
woo3ee- < /woo3/ee/ = many-MED = to be many in number
he’in- < /he’/in/ = know-TI = to know something
woxeihi- < /wox/eihi/ = bad-AI.STAT = to be bad
hi3owooneihi- < /hi3/owoon/eihi/ = true-??-AI.STAT = to be
good-looking [hi3-owoo-n-eihi?]