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Sample Vasyugan Khanty Texts The texts here are the original biographical accounts offered spontaneously by the Khanty speakers and later free-translated by original speakers into Russian. Graphically, the texts are represented in the 3-tier notation, where the 1-st tier is the Vasyugan Khanty vernacular in the IPA notation with morphemic breaks, the 2-nd tier is the morphemic glossing into English, and the 3-rd tier is the free translation into English. The first text "Night shift with Tajka" was recorded in 2005 in the area at the middle riches of the Vasyugan river. The text was originally narrated by the female Khanty speaker to 3 other Khanty speakers well known to the speaker, and occasionally offering interjections to the narration. The recording of the text was then transcribed and translated into Russian by one of the listeners (a speaker of Khanty). English gloss and free translation was added at a later time. The second text "Bear Den" was recorded in 2005 in the area at the upper Vasyugan river. The text was originally narrated by the male Khanty speaker to the researcher, who spoke limited Khanty and offered occasional interjections to the narration. The recording of the text was transcribed and translated into Russian the same day by the original speaker. English gloss and free translation was added at a later time. The underlined words in Khanty vernacular are the Russian loans marked in morphemic glossing by the quotation marks, for example "sand". The key to the morphemic glossing is in the right-hand column
Night Shift with Tajka (2005) möŋ Tajka wer-sä-min lök-nə 1Du Tajka do-PST2-1Du road-Loc ‘We worked on the road with Tajka’ aga “yeah” ‘Yeah’ po uzkolejke, nu notʃnoj smena, joɣon. “along” “narrow track” well “night” “shift” night ‘Along the narrow track, well doing the night shift, at night’ do dvenadtsati tʃas-na wer-kas-min. till “twelve” “hour”-Loc do-PST3-1Du ‘We worked till 12 o’clock’ mɨŋ…, tam…, pesok… 1Du “there” “sand” ‘We…, there…, sand…’ razgrebat’ wer’ta? “shovel-INF” do-INF ‘… shovel?’ otsipat’ wer-ta? “pile-INF” do-INF ‘…pile?’ nu tʃi, ballast äl-käs-it... “well” this “ballast” carry-PST3-1PL ‘Well we carried this ballast…’ aga. “yeah” ‘Ok’ nu eta, təm, Volod’ka tʃinäm wert-äs konduktorom. “well” “this” this Volodka there do-PST2.3sg “conductor-Instr” ‘Well, this Volodka “The Rusty” worked there as a conductor’ pesok tʃinäm ɨl pil-käs-imɨn Tajka-na, potom qɨsɨm-mən toɣ. “sand” there down load-PST3-1Du Tajka-Com “after” rest-PST0.1Du there ‘We were loading the sand with Tajka there, and then rested there’ a jəɣ mən-s-ətən tom, pesok tun-ta. “but” 3PL go-PST2-3Pl there “sand” bring-INF ‘And they went there to bring more sand’ qo-kam…, qoj-kam tʃerä tʃil-wəl, tʃil-wəl. where-Ind who-Ind very yell-Prst.3sg yell-Prst.3sg ‘Somewhere someone yelled real loud’ Tajka män-ä toloɣ-l-ɨ ... toloɣ-wəl: “qoj-kam… nu muɣuna qul-pa mən-aɣi” Tajka 1sg-Illat say-Prst-PS.3sg say-Prst.3sg who-Ind “well” some where-Ind go-PST0.3sg ‘Tajka says to me: “Someone,… seems to have gotten into something”’ mä toloɣ-l-əm: “əntə! tʃi əntə qasɨ, tʃi qaqɨ wajaɣ tʃil-wəl! 1sg say-Prst-3sg Neg this Neg man this brother animal yell-Prst.3sg ‘I say: “No! This is not a human, it’s a bear yelling”’ jöɣ toloɣ-wəl: “əntə, təmə qasɨ tʃil-wəl. 3sg say-Prst.3sg Neg this man yell-Prst.3sg ‘She says: “No, this is a human yelling”’ mä jöɣ-a toloɣ-wəl: “pərt-aɣ noroɣtə-l-əw, a to təmi qaqɨ-wajaɣ naverna. 1sg 3sg-Illat say-Prst.3sg back-Prol run-Prst-1Pl “otherwise” this brother-animal "perhaps" ‘I am saying to her: “We should run, because this could be a bear”’ nu, tʃiməl jöɣə-nə noroɣt-əs-mən. da vot.. lopata to.. kak po-svoemu zovetsja? “well” a little 3sg-Com run-PST2-1Pl “yes” “there” “shovel” “how” “in..our” “called” ‘Well, we ran a little with her. Oh yeah, what’s the “shovel” in our language?...’ sastup, eta, jal-wəl. shovel "this" stand-Prst.3sg ‘shovel…, is standing there’ tʃu taɣɨ metrov p’atnadtsat’ noroɣta-ɣas-mən, a mä tʃinäm pərtaɣ laɣəll-əs-əm. this place “meter” “fifteen” run-PST3-1Pl “but” 1sg there back look-PST2-1sg ‘From this place we ran for fifteen meters, and looked back there’ Tajka, jöɣ ɨllə-pä liɣä-l-i, a mä pərtäɣ läɣləl-s-əm, jəɣata-l-ɨm, Tajka 3sg forward-Illat look-Prst-PS.3sg “but” 1sg back look-PST2-1sg see-Prst-1sg ‘Tajka, she is looking forward, and I am looking back and see,’ qaqɨ wajaɣ, qoləm mən-wəl-t. brother animal three go-Prst-3Pl ‘…bear, three, are going’ əllə, werən, a eʃe näŋ’ka. big small “but” “more” “nanny” ‘The big, the small and also an older female’ mä jöɣ-ə toloɣ-l-əm: “davaj ɨmal-l-ɨm”. 1sg 3sg-Illat say-Prst-1sg “lets” sit-Prst-1sg ‘I say to her: “Lets sit”’ nu ladno, ɨmal-sə-mən. “well” “OK” sit-PST2-1Pl ‘Well, we sat’ oh, jəɣ tʃərä tom lök pereskatʃit' wer-s-ät Oh 3Pl very that track “jump.across” do-PST2-3Pl ‘Whoa, they jumped across that road real fast’ mä jöɣ-ä toloɣ-l-əm: “davaj mäɣtərəɣ noroɣtə-l-mən, tʃinäm, na ʃest’ kilometre, 1sg 3sg-Illat say-Prst-1sg "let’s" fast run-Prst-1Pl there “at” “six” “kilometer-Loc” ‘I said to her: “Lets run real fast there to the sixth kilometer mark…,’ joɣ-pa na ʃest’ kilometr tʃerä noroɣt-əl-mən. home-Illat “at” “six” “kilometer” fast run-Prst-1Pl ‘…home, to the six kilometer mark, will run real fast”’ mä wöɣ-äm qola-qət-əs-ɨ, Tajka män-ä köt-äm-nə talli. 1sg strength-1sg end-Inch-PST2-1sg Tajka 1sg-Illat hand-1sg-Loc pull-Prst-PS3sg ‘My strength began to end, and Tajka extends her hand to me’ toloɣ-wəl: “Polina, tʃa men-a, məta saɣɨ, mən-a! say-Prst.3sg Polina this go-Imper.2sg some manner go-Imper.2sg ‘She says: “Polina go like this! Just go somehow!”’ a wəl-kas-ɨmɨn tewätnätsät kilometr-na. “but” be-PST3-1Du “nineteen” kilometer-Loc ‘And we were at nineteen kilometer mark’ nitʃego! “Unbelievable” ‘Unbelievable!’ ogo! “whoa” ‘Whoa!’ ʃestoj, əntə mas-wəl. “sixth” Neg need-Prst.3sg ‘Sixth, no, really’ na ʃestoj kilometr noroɣt-əs-mən, motovoz ju-wəl, Vovka təmi Mazin toloɣ-wəl: “at six kilometer” run-PST2-1Pl “motorcarrier” come-Prst.3sg Vovka this Mazin say-Prst.3sg ‘We ran at the sixth kilometer mark, there came the motor carrier, Vovka to Mazin says: …’ “tʃi nin-kən, muɣunə təɣl-a maɣ-uj-ön?” this woman-Du how here-Illat get-PST0.PS.2Pl ‘”How these women got here”’ nu.. wer-s-äkin, mɨŋ-ə am-əs-ət. vot. well do-PST2-3Du 1Du-Obj/Instr sit-PST2-3sg “here” ‘Well, we did that, we sat. Ok’ Vovka toloɣ-wəl: “qu-tɨ muɣuli jə-s-i?” Vovka say-Prst.3sg man-Elat what become-PST2-PS.3sg ‘Vovka says: “What happened to you?”’ a eta Tajka muɣuli-kam joɣol-ta koj-wəl “but” “this” Tajka what-Ind say-INF want-Prst.3sg ‘And Tajka wants to say something’ mä jul-əm arəɣ kol-l-əm, i muɣuli-kam toloɣ-ta kojl-əm, i… tʃera qɨntʃaɣənt-əm. 1sg mouth-1sg away open-Prst-1sg “and” what-Ind say-INF want-1sg "and" very scare-Rfl-1sg ‘I open my mouth wide, and want to say something, and … got very scared’ ɨmal-s-əw, pərtaɣ mən-s-əw. sit-PST2-1Pl back go-PST2-1Pl ‘We sat (for a bit), (and) went back’ pərtaɣ ju-s-əw, i vot, tʃi qaqɨ wajaɣ, jiɣ, wereŋ ot-na, prämo tim lopata jall-wel-t, back come-PST2-1Pl "and" "so" this brother animal bear cub-Com "straight" this "shovel" stand-Prst-1Pl ‘We came back, and so, this animal, the bear with cub were exactly where the shovel stood, ' tʃu toɣö-joɣ mən-äɣin. this place-Prol go-PST0.3Pl 'they walked by this place’ horoʃo pərtaɣ noroɣta-ɣas-ɨmən. “good” back ran-PST3-1Pl ‘It is good we ran back’ a to, min-tä i-wäɣtä-käs-ət. “otherwise” 1Pl-Acc eat-Atten-PST3-3Pl ‘Otherwise we would have been eaten’

A Bear Den (2005) əta toɣ puɣol-nə wəl-kal this lake village-Loc be-Pst3.3sg ‘This was in Ozernoe’ toɣ puɣol-ən... toʒə toɣ puɣol-nə lake village-Loc also lake village-Loc ‘In Ozernoe..., also, in Ozernoe village’ toɣ puɣol-oɣ mən-s-əm lake village-Prol go-Pst2-1sg ‘From Ozernoe village I went’ toɣ puɣol-nə äl-ən lake village-Loc morning-Loc ‘In Ozernoe, in the morning’ lök porəm-ta, lök porəm-ta saɣaltən jɨɣɨtɨ-ja track break-INF track break-INF ivy river top-Lat ‘To make tracks…, to make tracks to the ivy river top’ qonqɨɣərən lök wer’-tä sled track make-INF ‘To make tracks for the sled’ qonqɨɣərən lök wer’-tä niməl-näti sled track make-INF skis-Instr ‘To make the tracks for the sled with the skis’ niməl-nä mən-s-əm, pɨr-nə pat-t-əl-a jöqö-na mən-l-əm ski-Com go-Pst2-1sg back-Loc freeze-IMPP-3sg-Lat sled-Com go-Prst-1sg ‘I went on skis, so that when the snow hardens, I could go on sled’ jöqö-nam pɨr-nə tät pat-əm loɣ-in-nə sled-1sg back-Loc this freeze-PP track-Du-Loc ‘So that later, on my sled I will go on them ready tracks’ jəm-əɣ ʃtobɨ good-Pred “so that” ‘So that it will be nice then’ mən-l-əm, äl-ən kor əlewt-aki go-Prst-1sg morning-Loc swamp across-Pred ‘I am going, in the morning, across the swamp’ taɣpɨl un-s-ɨm that side cross-Pst2-1sg ‘To the other side’ ämp-äm ju-wəl dog-1ed come-3sg ‘The dog is walking here’ mən-t-äm-nə köməlsäk-ä taɣɨ joɣo-s-əm go-IMPP-1sg-Loc hill-Lat place come-Pst2-1sg ‘I am going to the hill, up the hill there’ köməlsäk-ä taɣɨ joɣo-s-əm, köməls-ä päjim-nä hill-Lat place come-Pst2-1sg hill-Lat isle-Loc ‘Go on top the hill, on the island’ mən-t-äm-nə ämp-äm-nä, tʃa nomən köməls-ä oɣtö-na go-IMPP-1sg-Loc dog-1sg-Com Dem up hill-Lat top-Loc ‘I am walking with the dog’ jilil-wəl muɣuli-kam jəl-kəl-tə-wəl walk-Prst.3sg why-Indef walk-Inch-Prst.3sg ‘It runs there, goes in circles for some reason’ mä tuɣ-ə nuɣ qanə-s-əm 1sg there-Lat up get-Pst2-1sg ‘I got up there’ tawaj jɨɣəl körkäɣ-i, jor-əŋ jɨɣəl, jöɣö-pa körkäɣ-i, let me cedar fall-PS.3sg roots-Adj cedar down-Illat fall-PS.3sg ‘Let me see there under the fallen cedar, there is this fallen cedar down there with big roots’ körkäɣ-i tʃöɣt-ä, ələwt-aqi fall-PS.3sg snow-Lat from up-Pred ‘Covered with snow, from the top’ män-nə jəl-käl-tä-l-im tʃinäm joruj-ət jɨɣata-l-ɨm 1sg-Loc walk-Inch-Prst-1sg there root-Abl look-Prst-1sg ‘I am going around, looking under the roots’ jorəj-ət-nə jorət kält-ət root-Pl-Loc root see-Prst.3sg ‘Under the roots, roots are visible’ kruɡom wel-käl-tä-l-im “around” be-Inch--Prst-1sg ‘I walk around’ metä nöɣös lök əntim-aki some sable track Neg-Pred ‘There are no tracks anywhere’ əllə-ki lök-p ənt-im metaɣi-p ənt-im-äki old-Pred Neg Neg-PP some-Neg Neg-PP-Pred ‘Not even an old one, nothing at all’ os jel’-käli-tä-l-im again circle-Prst-1sg/sg ‘I circle again’ meta əllə-aki l’ӧk neuʃli metali some big-Pred track “could it be” something ‘Not an old track, can it be, that there is really nothing’ jaɣon wajaɣ … wajaɣ metaɣi … kəmläɣ tʃəɣlatɨ loɣ-ot äl’tilil-äɣi summer animal animal something lynx there bone-Pl carry-PST0.3sg ‘In summer, the animal, lynx or something was carrying bones around’ tu jelkäntənt-äm-nə, ämp-äm kör-əl… kör-əl nuɣpatɨ, kӧt-əl nuɣ kənläɣtəl-tä nuɣ-patɨ there circle-PP-Loc dog-1sg hand-3sg hand-3sg front hand-3sg up pull-PST0-3sg up-Lat ‘I circle around there, the dog pulled its front paws upwards’ qoləntə-wəl əj pələ-nä, os kӧr-əl nuɣ kənläɣtəl-ta nuɣ-pa tälə-tə hear-Prst.3sg one ear-Com also hand-3sg up pull-PST0.3sg up-Illat pull-PST0.3sg ‘It listens with one ear, and pulls its front paws upwards’ nomən kältəl-tə kӧt-əl, pələ-nä koləntə-wəl, upwards curl-IMPP hand-3sg ear-Com listen-Prst.3sg ‘Its paw is pulled up, it listens with its ears’ neuʃli metä nӧɣös tʃet ɨlən qott-a “could it be” some sable here down where-Illat ‘Could it be that it was sable here’ opjat’ nöɣös lök-p ənt-im, moʒə ikijawe patʃna tʃeɣi ɨl joŋ-aɣɨ nӧɣös "again" sable track-Neg Neg-PP “maybe” week time here down get-Prst.3sg sable ‘Were these still sable tracks, perhaps a week ago that sable was here’ tʃu jəlkantənt-am-nə ilä-nə jiɣata-l-ɨm. here circle-PP-Loc down-Loc look-Prst-1sg ‘I am walking around, looking down’ süɣmit-äli jal-wəl… süɣmit-äli jal-wəl. birch-Dim stand-Prst.3sg birch-Dim stand-Prst.3sg ‘There is a birch standing here, a small birch tree standing’ tomkol tuɣoj nilaɣt-əm jələw… jəl’w-əɣ bark away rip-PP fresh fresh-Adv ‘The bark is freshly ripped off, recently’ tot süɣmit nilaɣt-ǝm tʃontʃoɣ-nǝ pun lajaɣ-welt that birch rip-PP bark-Loc hair hang-Prst.3Pl ‘Here, on that ripped birch bark there is some hair hanging’ qoɣor pun-at, kəmləɣ moʒet long hair-Pl lynx “perhaps” ‘Long hair, could be lynx’ nuqa, jǝɣata-l-ɨm, nuqa kӧt-nä we-l-im, ill-äpä nuräɣtä-s-əm tʃitɨ minäɣlä-min “let” see-Prst-1sg let hand-Com take-Prst-1sg down-Illat bend-PST2-1sg this curve-Conv ‘Let me see, let me take with my hand, bent down like this’ pun-at qaɣrantɨ-nta-tɨ jiɣatata, ili qaqɨ wajaɣ pun, ili kəmləɣ pun hair-Pl grab-INF-SUP see-INF “or” brother animal hair “or” lynx hair ‘So that to grab the hair, to see, if it is a bear hair, or a lynx hair’ mä-nə tol’ka kӧt-äm toɣ tuɣɨ-ja tetʃö-kätä-s-im suɣmit-aɣɨ-ja 1sg-Loc “only” hand-1sg there there-Illat extend-Inch-PST2-1sg birch-Dim-Illat ‘I just extended my hand towards small birch’ ämp-äm-näpä püŋk-öl jor-a warta-kat-as-ta, püŋk-öl jor-a ɨɣl-apa dog-1sg-Lat muzzle-3sg root-Illat push-Inch-PST2-3sg muzzle-3sg root-Illat down-Illat ‘My dog started to push its muzzle towards the roots, its muzzle towards the root downwards’ nüɣät’ wer-min ɨɣl-apa, (əwsintən-tə / əwsintə-wəl / əwsintə-min) sünräɣtä-min ɨɣl-apa … “smell” do-Conv down-Illat (smell-IMPP/ smell-Prst.3sg / smell-Conv) smell-Conv down-Illat ‘It started to smell down there (smelling / having smelled / smelling), smelling downwards …' suŋkotoɣ olmin əwəl-i… əwle-l-äɣ..., əwl’ə-l’-ɣäɣi əwəlä-ɣlä-min ɨɣl-apa smell smell-PS.3sg smell-Tr-PST0.3sg smell-Tr-3sg smell-Repeat-Conv down-Illat …smelling, smelling down there’ tʃut’napa, wajaɣ kätʃ nuɣ-pa jɨɣɨ-joɣ küm tʃoɣot pölöɣintä-min, right away animal almost up-Illat cedar-root out snow splash-Conv ‘Right away, the animal got out from under there splashing snow’ poloɣintä-min küm pöŋk-i morɨ, mörəm sor pata ənt-ot-əs mä köt-äm splash-Conv out teeth-Adj fangs only quarter distance Neg-PST2.3sg 1sg hand-1sg ‘Splashing out, jagged fangs, just a quarter of the distance to my hand’ katʃ kaɣrəmt-at-əm almost catch-Tr-PP ‘Almost caught it’ əntə köt-äm tʃu moment-na män-nə storoʒna-ot-min tuɣoj pət-min nirimtä-s-ɨm. Neg hand-1sg this “moment”-Loc 1sg-Loc “carefully”-Conv away fast-Conv pull-PST2-1sg ‘My hand almost got this moment, I carefully pulled it away real fast’ ämp-äm tawaj noɣɨ-ta-tɨ, ämp-äm pərtaɣ joq-qot-as tuɣoj, dog-1sg let swear-INF-SUP dog-1sg back move-Inch-PST2.3sg away ‘I started to swear at my dog, my dog moved back’ naɣ-ɨm-i…, naɣ-ɨnta-min, toɣoj, män-näm jal-l-əm tʃu-wala-na swear-Mmnt-PS3 swear-Conv away 1sg-Refl stand-Prst-1sg this-place-Loc ‘Swearing away, I myself am standing at that place’ pötʃkän-äm trop-na pon-əm riffle-1sg buckshot-Com load-PP ‘My riffle is loaded with the buckshot’ nu jəm-äki-iki, muɣuli wer-tä so good-Pred-Pred what do-INF ‘So, what am I to do?’ tɨməl jal-s-əm, əntə, prämo plotno jəɣi jal-l-əm, mətä paroɣjoɣ patʃna, jul’ patʃna pust’ there stand-PST2-1sg Neg “right” “tight” become stand-Prst some half-yard[1] or yard “let” ‘I stood there, no, I am standing right there, half a yard, or perhaps, say a yard away’ pərtaɣ-joɣ tʃɨməl poromin, aɣa wel-kal-I pərtaɣi-joɣ back-Prol a little step-Conv OK be-PST1-PS.3sg back-Prol ‘Stepping back little by little’ uʃə onol-l-ɨm - qaqɨ wajaɣ, olaɣ-wel sdes’ “already” know-Prst-1sg/sg brother animal lie-Prst.3sg “here” ‘I already know, it is a bear lying here’ pərt-a ämp-ä, mä naɣɨnta-l-ɨm, pərtaɣ-joɣ weläɣ ots-əm back-Illat dog-Illat 1sg swear-Prst-1sg back-Prol by little step-PP ‘Again, I swear at my dog, stepping backwards little by little’ pötʃkän-äm kät-l-im, pərt-äɣ ots-əm-pä riffle-1sg hold-Prst-1sg back-Prol step-PP-Illat ‘Holding my gun I stepped back’ muɣuli-kam tʃɨw ɨɣla-pa-tɨ siläɣ, tʃu tʃɨwa ots-ɨm what-Ind from-up down-Illat-Elat cline this from-up step-PST0.1sg ‘There is some cline down from-up there, so I walked down there’ pötʃkän-äm kät-l-im, slutʃajna, metäli moʃət, wajaɣ moʃət os küm ot-wəl. riffle-1sg hold-Prst-1sg “incidentally” some “maybe” animal “maybe” again out step-Prst.3sg ‘I am holding my riffle just in case that animal or something gets out again’ pötʃkän-äm n’ala pon-s-ɨm riffle-1sg bullet load-PST2-1sg/sg ‘I loaded my riffle with a bullet’ atʃiɣ-aki, pötʃkän-äm äl nəwsa-ɣatə-wəl. frosty-Pred riffle-1sg Neg shoot-Compl-Prst.3sg ‘It is freezing, my gun will jam’ läɣlə-ɣs-əm-äm, läɣlə-ɣs-əm-äm, küm əntə ot-wəl bol’ʃə wait-Rfl-PP-1sg wait-Rfl-PP-1sg out Neg get-Prst.3sg “anymore” ‘I am waiting and waiting, he is not getting out any more’ säräl, män-nə tät əj quj-ämp-äli, ämp-moq wel-wel wait 1sg-Loc/Com here one male-dog-Dim dog-baby be-Prst.3sg ‘Just wait, I have got a male-dog, a cub here with me’ quj-ämp-äli qo(j)-qam nuruɣt-il-wel male-dog-Dim where-Ind run-Hab-Prst.3sg ‘Male-dog is running somewhere’ tɨɣl’-a ju-ŋ-äl, mä jöɣ-ə, möɣör juɣ, möɣör-nati, taɣlatɨ, qutʃalta-l-ɨm here-Illat come-Cond-3sg 1sg 3sg-Obj shuffle stick shuffle-stick-Instr there stick-Prst-1sg ‘When it comes here, I will send it there with the shuffle stick’ quj-ämp-äli ju-s’ male-dog-Dim come-PST2.3sg ‘The male dog came’ juɣ-noɣt-ə toɣɨ muroɣto-l-ɨm, tree-knot-Obj away break-Prst-1sg ‘I am braking off a tree knot’ möɣör tʃinäm jöɣ-a tʃu-taɣɨ-ja jöɣäsɨm, quj-ämp-äli noroɣt-əs, shuffle-stick there 3sg-Illat that-place-Illat throw-PST2-1sg male-dog-Dim run-PST2.3sg ‘I threw the shuffle stick there towards him, and the male dog ran over there’ toɣla tol’ko tom noroɣt-əs, there-Illat “just” that run-PST2.3sg ‘It just ran there like that’ wajaɣ küm, motra küm…, əntə morta küm, wan-əl patʃa tʃiməl küm ot-əs animal out whole out Neg whole out shoulder-3sg upto a.little out get-PST2.3sg ‘The animal, completely out, not completely out, upto shoulders, got out a little’ tiɣ-aɣɨ look-PST0.3sg ‘It looks’ tolka liɣaltəkata-s-ɨm, pərtaɣ-joɣ ɨl, qol-qam pərtaɣ-joɣ əl-əl, oɣ-ol “just” aim-PST2-1sg/sg back-Prol down where-Ind back-Illat body-3sg head-3sg ‘I tried to take aim, but he immediately pulled his body, his head…’ pərtaɣ ɨl nirimtəs-tə ɨl qol-kam. back down pull-PST0.3sg down where-Ind ‘back down somewhere’ läɣləɣs-əm-äm, läɣləɣs-əm-äm, küm əntə ju-wəl. wait-PP-1sg wait-PP-1sg out Neg come-Prst.3sg ‘I am waiting and waiting, he does not come out’ küm əntə.., küm əntə-rki.., küm əntə ətəɣl-il’-wəl. out Neg out Neg-Pred out Neg get-Intr-Prst.3sg ‘Out.., it does not.., it does not get out’ jəm-aki, niml-im toɣoj wə-s-im, tʃöɣǝ särsim, kor muɣtɨ, good-Pred ski-1sg away take-PST-1sg snow shallow swamp across ‘Well, I take off my skis, the snow is shallow, across the swamp pinkäl-körə joɣ-pa koɣləm-s-əm on.foot house-Illat walk-PST2-1sg I walked home on foot’ joɣ-a ju-s-im, joqq-ən qaq-ɨm, Genka, Sinarbin, home-Illat come-PST-1sg home-Loc brother-1sg Genka, Sinarbin ‘I came home, at home there is my brother, Genka, Sinarbin, Volod’ka, nella qasɨ mən-s-əw. Volodka four man go-PST2-3Pl Volodka, four men went’ mən-s-əw nella qasɨ, nu mä joroɣ-l-əm, mä ämp-äm, män-nä ämp-äm wə-l-əm. go-PST2-3Pl four man so 1sg say-Prst-1sg 1sg dog-1sg 1sg-Com dog-1sg take-Prst-1sg ‘We went, four men, so I say: “My dogs…, I am taking my dogs”’ nɨŋ ämp-ätän-nä qolla nül poro-qəto-wəl. 2Pl dog-2Pl-Loc all Recipr fight-Inch-Prst.3sg ‘”Your all’s dogs will be fighting each other”’ mən-s-əw go-PST2-1Pl ‘We went’ män-nä ämp-l-äm wə-s-im 1sg-Com dog-Pl-1sg take-PST2-1sg ‘I took my dogs with me’ mən-s-əw go-PST2-1Pl ‘We went’ mənt-äm-nä, kor nu-s-ɨw toɣo joɣ-tə-kət-əs-əw ämp-ät ʃəraɣ-wəl-t. go-PP-Loc swamp cross-PST2-1pl there come-Inch-PST2-1Pl dog-Pl noise-Prst-3Pl ‘Going there we crossed the swamp, and when we approached there, the dogs got noisy’ ämp-ät ʃəräɣ-wəl-t, tʃi jərä ʃəräɣ-wəl-t, kömöɣ-wəl tʃinäm dog-Pl noise-Prst-3Pl this very noise-Prst-3Pl make.noise-Prst.3sg there ‘The dogs are making noise, so much noise, being noisy there’ ämp jäməɣ-int-äs dog shut-Rfl-PST2.3sg ‘The dog shut up’ toɣ…, toɣo joɣo-s-əw, tʃu taɣɨ, tʃu kora, tʃu jəɣi poroɣ morta toɣɨ wer-il, there there come-PST2-1Pl that place that swamp that root place all away do-PST1.3sg ‘There…, we came there, to that place, that swamp, that place with the root is all done up’ poro-min i jəɣ-näm ǝnti-m-ätə, a pült öl-äɣ jiɣ-äɣi. step-Conv “and” 3Pl-Refl Neg-PP-Pl “but” hole big-Transl become-PST0.3sg ‘Stepped all over, themselves are all gone, while the hole got bigger’ män-nə os tʃu pült təm iləl saɣɨ krugom jəlkamta-s-im, iləl saɣɨ 1sg-Loc again that hole there far manner “around” pass.by-PST2-1sg far manner ‘I went far around that hole once again, far around’ jəɣ-a joroɣ-l-əm “joɣl-itaɣ!” 3Pl-Illat say-Prst-1sg stop-2Pl ‘I say to them “Stop!”’ “kolla, läɣləɣs-itəɣ!” all be.on.guard ‘“All of you, watch out!”’ män-na krugom jəlkamta-s-im, məta wajaɣ l’ök-p ənt-əm 1sg-Loc around walk-PST2-1sg some animal track-Neg Neg-PP ‘I walked around there, there no animal tracks’ ämp-ät qollə illä-pä saɣəlt-ət, qollə ɨllä-pä əj lök-kə saɣəlt-ət, pot-ət. dog-Pl all down-Illat jump-PST0.3Pl all front-Illat one track-Prol jump-PST0.3Pl run-PST03Pl ‘The dogs all leapt forward, all went jumping forward in single track, ran away’ nu noməɣsɨl-l-əm: “wajaɣ lök ənt-im-aki”, so think-Prst-1sg animal track Neg-PP-Pred ‘So I am thinking: “There are no bear tracks’ təɣ jə-s-im, jəlki jəlkamta-s-im: “wajaɣ lök ənt-im”. here come-PST2-1sg around circle-PST2-1sg animal track Neg-PP ‘I came here, walked around: “no bear’s tracks”’ ämp-ät qollo pot-at. dog-Pl all run-PST0.3Pl ‘Dog all ran’ saɣəlta-min mən-at əj lök-kə. jump-Conv go-PST0.3Pl one track-Prol ‘Went off leaping in a single file’ pərtaɣi ju-s-əm. back come-PST2-1sg ‘I went back’ jal-l-əm. stand-Prst-1sg ‘I am standing’ “jöɣl-ötaɣ, poŋqə al jöɣl-ötaɣ!” stand-Imper.2Pl pile Neg stand-Imper.2Pl ‘“Stop. Don’t stand in a crowd!”’ “a tʃiwəl jər-əɣ! wrät jöl-ötaɣ!” but a little in.line-Prol “in line” stand-Imper.2Pl ‘“But, a little in line! Stand in line!”’ “a to küm-tätnijä-tə, nɨŋ-ə qolla əj päŋkä jal-s-əɣ, qolla nɨŋ-ə loɣolsə-wəl”. “but” out-get-PSTo.3sg 2Pl-Obj all one pile stand-PST2-2Pl all 2Pl-Obj hit-Prst.3sg ‘“Otherwise, it will get out and all of you… he will hit all of you in a crowd”’ jəɣ qolla jəräjul-s-ət. 3Pl all line.up-PST2-3Pl ‘Them all stood in line’ 100. mä tiɣl-äti jäl-s-əm…, səm-t-a jal-s-əm… 1sg here-Lat stand-PST2-1sg eye-Pl-Illat stand-PST2-1sg ‘I stood here…, stood in front…’ 101. səm-t-a jal-s-əm toɣl-a, mətraɣ nilla, tʃetire, nu p’ät’ puskaj, jal-s-əm. eye-Pl-Illat stand-PST2-1sg there-Illat “meter” four “four” “or” “five” “let” stand-PST2-1sg ‘I stood in front here, four (four) meters away, well, say five... I stood’ 102. jiɣata-l-im, muɣujali-kam nuq ətəɣl-il-wəl pül’-nə, ɨl-ləpəɣ. look-Prst-1sg what-Ind up get-Hab-Prst.3sg hole-Loc down-dark ‘I am looking, something is sticking out in the hole, its dark down there’ 103. wəŋk-a ləpəɣ-aki, ləpəɣ… tʃa tələɣl-il-wəl… den-Illat dark-Pred dark this be.seen-Hab-Prst.3sg ‘In the den, its dark, there it is seen…’ 104. wəl-äs-i … kä tuɣtaɣi-kən wintʃiw, səm-äl kak budto, səm-äl kak qotorəɣ-wəl. be-PST2-PS.3sg two light-Du alike eye-3sg “as if” eye-3sg “like” shine-Prst.3sg ‘It seems…, there is what looks like two lights, his eyes.., as if his eyes shine’ 105. män-nə liɣalta-l-im, wajaɣ ɨl, tʃi-näm qol-kam, lat-a-kam qoll ɨl ot-wəl. 1sg-Loc aim-Prst-1sg animal down there-Abl where-Ind hole-Illat-Ind where down move-Prst.3sg ‘I take aim, the bear moves down there in the den somewhere’ 106. män-nə os löɣalta-l-ɨm, os wajaɣ ɨl ot-wəl 1sg-Loc again aim-Prst-1sg again animal down move-Prst.3sg ‘I take aim again – the animal ducks again’ 107. neskol’ko raz jaliɣ-m-äm, jaliɣ-m-äm -- ɨlä-nə nuq os, mä os, pət-min män-nə tʃimläli, “a few times” try-PP-1sg try-PP-1sg down-Loc up again 1sg again hurry-Conv 1sg-Loc a bit ‘A few times I tried, later up again, I again, in a little hurry... tʃi-näm joɣo-s-im taɣ löɣaltə-min, tʃutnapa ənt-im-äki. this-Lat shoot-PST2-1sg there aim-Conv like that Neg-PP-Pred taking aim I shot there and nothing’ 108. ənt-im-äki -- ənt-im-äki, tʃɨməl wəl-əs, oɣ-ol röɣöslə-min nuɣ-pa porɨslə-wəl. Neg-PP-Pred Neg-PP-Pred a little be-PST2.3sg head-3sg shake-Conv down-Illat fall-Prst.3sg ‘Nothing, nothing, a little later, he goes down his head shacking’ 109. nuɣ-pa porɨslə-wəl küm lüɣä-tä kürt-äɣi. up-Illat fall-Prst.3sg out get-INF unable-PST0.3sg ‘He fell and cannot get out’ 110. nu, qollo joɣo-s-öw. “so” all shoot-PST2-3Pl ‘So everyone shoots’ 111. qollo podrjad joɣo-s-öw toɣl-atɨ, jöɣ oɣ-ol ɨl räkät-əs-tə. all “at once” shoot-PST2-3Pl there-Lat/Purp 3sg head-3sg down drop-PST2-3Pl ‘Everything shot there at once, he dropped his head down’ 112. ämp-ät srazu tet kak teɣ ju-ɣət (ju-s-ət). dog-Pl “right away” here “so” here come-PST0.3Pl come-PST2-3Pl ‘The dogs ran (had run) there right away’ 113. ämp-änə qollo, nillə ämp-ät tɨɣl-äti jaqɨ-l-oɣ pəll-əl-oɣ qaɣart-ɨl, dog-Loc all four dog-Pl here-Lat/Purp collar-3sg-Prol ear-3sg-Prol drag-PST0.1Pl ‘Dogs all, four of them here by the collar and by the ear dragging…’ küm-pä täl-il-min polowinä-kä potʃti täl-s-il. out-Illat pull-Hab-Conv “half”-Adv “almost” pull-PST2-1Pl ‘from there dragged half way out’ 114. täl-s-il…, no tʃətɨ küm wə-s-i…, küm närimt-äs-i... pull-PST2-1Pl “but” so out take-PST2-PS.3sg out drag-PST2-PS.3sg ‘We pulled it…, but like so took it out…, dragged it out’ 115. küm täl-s-im qollo. all pull-PST2-1sg all ‘We pulled it out, all of it’ 116. küm täl-m-äp, mərəm perwɨj män-nə jäɣö-m-äm näl park-al-oɣ konamt-aɣɨ. out pull-PP-Lat only “first” 1sg-Loc shoot-PP-1sg bullet chest-3sg-Prol hit-PST0.3sg ‘We pulled it out like this, only bullet that I shot at first hit it in the chest bone’ 117. toli parka-loɣ kölömt-aɣɨ, əntə jəɣata-kal-ɨm. “perhaps” chest-bone slide-PST0.3sg Neg look-PST1-1sg ‘Perhaps, it slid the chest bone, I didn’t look’ 118. əj mərəm näl, qonamt-aɣɨ jöɣ-ä. one only bullet hit-PST0.3sg 3sg-Illat ‘Only one bullet hit him’ 119. koroɣta-s-ɨw jöɣ-ən,.. män-ä Genka joloɣ-wəl: skin-PST2-1PL 3sg-Loc 1sg-Illat Genka say-Prst.3sg ‘We skinned him, and Genka say to me:’ 120. “jöɣ-ən moloko wəl-wəl, moloko wernä, tʃiməl wəl-wəl” 3sg-Loc “milk” be-Prst.3sg “milk” “true” a little be-Prst.3sg ‘“It has milk, most likely milk, there is a little milk…”’ 121. toɣəjoɣ-ɨ juŋa-s-əm, moq .. metali-p ənt-im-äki-iki, ənt-im wəl-käl. there-Ellat get-PST2-1sg baby some-Neg Neg-PP-Pred-Pred Neg-PP be-PST1.3sg ‘I got down there, there is no baby, no nothing, there is nothing’ 122. qollə wer-s-ɨw. all do-PST2-1Pl ‘We got everything done’ 123. joɣ-p-atö…, nillä qasö…, qollə…, qollə joɣ-p-atɨ mən-s-əw. home-Lat/Purp four man all all home-Lat/Purp go-PST2-1Pl ‘Home.., the four of us…, all…, we all went home’ 124. joɣ-pa mən-s-i. home-Illat go-PST2-PS.3sg ‘We went home’ 125. wajaɣ əntə käntʃim wəl-kal. animal Neg thin be-PST1.3sg ‘That animal wasn’t thin’ 126. wajaɣ - kör jəŋkən. animal fat ‘Fat animal’ 127. wot tʃimin wajaɣ wəl-kal “there” this animal be-PST1.3sg ‘That’s what kind of animal it was’ 128. mä-n kätʃ qaɣrəmta-ɣal, kätʃ ɨl nirimtə-ɣəl. 1sg-Acc almost catch-PST1.3sg almost down grab-PST1.3sg ‘Almost got me, almost grabbed me down’ 129. tʃər nomoɣsɨ-l-əm: “kätʃ wel-käl-im, tol’ko…, tol’ko tʃimläli əntə”. always think-Prst-1sg almost kill-PST1-1sg “only” “only” a little Neg ‘Always think: “Nearly killed me, only.., only by a little it didn’t”’ 130. köt-äm-oɣ nirimt-al’-əpə tat ɨll-an mä pur-kal. hand-1sg-Prol grab-3sg-Neg/Cond there down-Loc 1sg bite-PST1.3sg ‘If he had grabbed me by my hand, it would have bitten me down there’ 131. wo. takoj istoria wəl-kal. “there” “so” “story” be-PST1.3sg ‘There, such a story happened’ [1] Native or Russian-loan measure of length equal to the distance between mid chest and the finger tip of stretched out hand

Gloss Interpretation

Abess -Abessive case

Abl -Ablative case

Acc -Accusative case

Adj –Adjectival morpheme

Adv – Adverbial morpheme

All – Allative case

Attenuat – Attenuative aspectual morpheme

Caus – Causative morpheme

Coll – Collective morpheme

Com – Comitative case

Conj - Conjunction

Conv – Converb affix

Der – Derivational affix

Det – Determiner

Dim – Diminutive affix

Du – Dual number

Dur – Durative affix

Elat – Elative case

Ep – Epenthetic vowel/consonant

Illat – Illative case

IMPP-imperfective participle

Imper – Imperative affix

Inch – Inchoative affix

IndPrn – Indefinite pronoun

INF – Infinitive affix

Instr - Instrumental case

InterPrn – Interrogative pronoun

Lat - Lative case

Loc - Locative case

Neg – Negative particle

Nom - Nominative case

Mltpl – Multiplicative aspectual morpheme

Mmnt – Momentative aspectual morpheme

PL – Plural number

PL/3sg - agreement in num. of the O=(Pl) and pers/num. of the S/A=(3sg)

1sg - 1person singular number

1Du - 1 person dual number

PP - Perfective participle

Pred - Predicator affix

Prol – Prolative case

Prst – Present-Future tense

PS – Passive voice

Pst0 –Past tense (suffixless)

Pst1 -Past tense form 1

Pst2 -Past tense form 2

Pst3 -Past tense form 3

Purp – Purposive affix

Recipr – Reciprocal particle

Refl – Reflexive particle/affix

Semlf – Semilfactive aspectual morpheme

Sg – Singular number

SUP – Supine affix

TR - Transitivizer affix

Transl – Translative case