User:Aearthrise/Russian/Alaskan Russian

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Ya a tibé dúmayu ‘I think about you’

A gde mayí achkí? ‘Where are my eyeglasses?’

U tibé balshóy galawá a u niwó málinkuy. ‘You have a big head but he has a small one’.

Pláti abarwátiya. ‘The dress is torn’.

On swoy chulók abarwál ‘He tore his sock’.

On kóyku abasál ‘He peed the bed’.

Ya mayí pastánishki abasál ‘I wet my long johns’.

Ya abasrálas ‘I (female) shitted’.

On abasrálsa ‘He (male) shitted’.

Ya mayí pashtániki abasrál ‘I dirtied my underwear’.

On miné abdélal ‘He cheated me’.

Ti iwó abdélayish? ‘Are you going to cheat him?’

Aná abédayit ‘She is eating lunch’.

Pósli abéda ‘in the afternoon’

On ablízawayit ‘He’s licking it’.

Bábushka miné abnála ‘Grandma hugged me’

Moy atéts óchin abrazówanay chalawék bul ‘My father was a well educated man’.

Pabrélsa ‘(He) shaved’.

Fchirá ya sibá abrél harashó ‘Yesterday I shaved well’.

Záftri ya sibá abréyu //on sibá abréyit ‘Tomorrow I // he will shave’.

Miné at tibé abídna ‘I feel sorry because of you’.

Miné abídna ‘I’m sad’.

Ya abishcháyu ‘I’m promising’.

Abishcháy miné, pazhálusta! ‘Promise me, please!’

Ya tibé abizháyu ‘I’m hurting you

A gdé mayí achkí? ‘Where are my eyeglasses?

Ya takóy tibé skazhú adna rás! ‘I’m only telling you this once!’

Ádnóy chalawék prishól ‘One man came’

On ni znáyit adé glidét’ ‘He doesn’t know where to look’.

Ya pláti adéla ‘I (female) put on (my) dress’.

On adél swayí biló ‘He put on his clothes’.

Adén étu pradiwáshku ‘Put on this footwear’.

Adén iwó ‘Put it on!

On adiháit ‘He’s resting’.

U béybichki adín zup ‘The baby has one tooth’.

Adín piró ‘One feather; one pen’.

Adnú kartófil atpustí! ‘Drop in one potato!’

On adiwáyitsa ‘He is dressing’.

Ya adiwáyus ‘I’m dressing’.

Ti adiwáyish brúki? ‘Are you putting on pants?

Papráf agón! ‘Fix the fire!’

Miné uhóta ‘I want to’.

Miné ahóta kúshat ‘I want to eat’.

Niuhóta ‘I don’t want to’.

Éta lakóshka na stiné ‘This window (is) in the wall’.

Moy akóshka tsístay ‘My window is clean’.

Haritón radílsa w aktibré ‘Harry was born in October’.

Aná warít ‘She’s cooking’.

Aní pramushláli ‘They hunted’.

Bátushka náshiy dom apkristíl ‘Father blessed our house’.

Aní núzhnik aprakínuli ‘They turned the outhouse upside down’.

Ya aprastála pamóynik ‘I (female) emptied the slop bucket’.

Aná aprastáyit ‘She will empty (it)’

Dóri absóh ‘The dory (one) went dry’.

Ríba na sétki absóh ‘The fish in the nets went dry’.

On abstrigáyit ‘He is clipping’

Aná apshipála ‘She plucked’.

Ya kúru apshipáyu ‘I’m plucking a chicken’

Aptirí swoy nos! ‘Wipe your nose!’

Apát miné krichí! ‘Call me again!’

On apinél ‘He got drunk’.

Aní yiwó apinéli ‘They made him drunk’

Mnóga aróli ‘Many eagles’.

Miná mnóga raz astalóp naziwáli ‘I was many times called nerd’.

Kazhí shamánil – astalóp ‘When you were mischievous - (you were called) nerd’

Astanawís! ‘Stop!’

Yá magú tut astanawítsa? ‘Can I stay here?’

Ya kupíla at iwó ‘I (female) bought it from him’.

Ya ochin atashál ‘I (male) am very hungry’.

Akóshka atkríta ‘The window is open’

Ya atkróyu dweri ‘I will open the door’.

Aná atkróyit ‘She will open (it)’.

Atkríy dwéri! ‘Open the door!’

Sabáka miné atkusíl ‘The dog bit me’.

Atkúy ti prishól? ‘Where did you (male) come from?’

Atkúy ti prishlá? ‘Where did you (female) come from?’

Ya hachú iwó atparót ‘I want to spank him’.

Fchirá aná yiwó atparóla ‘Yesterday she spanked him’.

Miná mnóga raz atparóli ‘They spanked me many times’.

On yiwó atparót ‘He will spank him’.

Ya tibá atparú ‘I will spank you’.

On ih atpustíl ‘He released them’.

Atpustí iwo! ‘Let it go!’

Ya iwó atpushchú ‘I will let him go’.

Atrésh kartófili! ‘Cut up the potatoes!’

Ya nózhikam hlébu atrézala ‘I (female) cut the bread with a knife’.

Mayí walasá kasmátiya; ya íh atrézhu ‘My hair is unruly; I’m going for a trim’.

Iwónay pálits atrubítay ‘His finger is chopped off’.

Bábushka kúrina gólawu atrubíla ‘Grandma chopped off the head of the chickens’.

Atrignúlsa ‘(he) burped’

Atrigáyitsa ‘(he) is burping’.

Ti mógish atriwítsa ‘You could poison yourself’.

On atriwílsa ‘He poisoned himself’

Aná skazála: “{no} a ya hachú adé mayá máma; ya magú sa s nim gawarát attúyi” ‘She said: “No, I want (to be buried) where my mom (is); I can talk with him from there”

Ya atwicháyu ‘I am answering’.

Atwétil ‘Answered’

Twoy atéts ‘your father’.

Moy azík ni hóchit skazát chiwó ya dúmayu ‘My tongue won’t say what I’m thinking’.

Mi gawaríli na Rúskay azík ‘We spoke Russian’.

Mirikánskay yazík ‘English language’.

Ayayay! Tutaka mózhna nórki papkán pastáwit! ‘Wow! There’s so much water leaking in (your boat) you could set mink traps!’ Lit: ‘Here a trap for minks might be set’.

Bb.
Bahátay muzhík ‘rich man’; bahátiya lúdi ‘rich people’.

Mi kaptím balík w pawárni ‘We smoke the smoked salmon in the smokery’.

Aná mnóga baltáyit ‘She is gabbing a lot’.

On baltál ‘He was blabbering’.

Búdit baltát! ‘Stop blabbering!’

On baltúsha ‘He’s a windbag (tells big stories)’.

U miná nagá balít ‘My leg aches’.

U miné galawá balít ‘I have a headache’.

U miné zup balél ‘I had a toothache’.

Spiná balít ‘(My) back hurts’.

balnóy chalawék ‘sick man’.

Tam balshóy káray {building}, balsháya ‘It is a big brown building there, big’.

Balshíya pálki ‘big sticks/poles’ (fishing trap poles); balshóy práznik ‘big holiday’.

Bánashnay myása ‘canned meat’.

Stiklónay bánka ‘glass jar’.

Aní ribú w bánk zakriwáyut ‘They are canning fish’. Lit: ‘They are closing fish in cans’.

U niwó baradá ‘He has a beard’.

On basikóm ‘He’s barefoot’

Bashká balít ‘Headache’

Bashmakí grázniya ‘(Your) shoes are dirty’.

Mayí bashmakí ‘my shoes’; iwónay bashmakí ‘his shoes’.

Ya bayús’ ‘I’m afraid’.

Tóyka ni bayís! ‘Don’t be afraid!’

Ya iwó bayús ‘I’m afraid of him’.

On bayálsa ití ‘He was afraid to go’.

Ti fsidá mishónki bayálsa ‘You were always afraid of mice’.

Trus, on fso bayítsa ‘Coward, he is afraid of everything’.

Bébichkina adála ‘baby blanket’; bébichkina biló ‘baby clothes’.

Bédnay chalawék ‘poor man’.

Bédniya matrózi kak aní stradáli. ‘The poor sailors how they suffered’ (part of a song)

On basikóm bégayit ‘He’s running around barefoot’.

Ya krugóm bégayu, nichiwó ni délayu ‘I’m running around doing nothing’.

Bélay królik ‘white rabbit’. On bélay ‘He is white; he is light (skinned)’.

Iwónay dom bélay ‘His house is white’.

Bélaya walasá ‘white hair’.

Na birigú búla mnóga kámini ‘There were a lot of rocks on the shore’

Aná béshinaya ‘She is wild’.

Ti bezhála sa swayím brat? ‘Did you run with your brother?’

U béybichki adín zup ‘The baby has one tooth’.

Béybichka zabáwnay ‘The baby is cute’.

U tibé téla blédnay ‘Is your skin pale?’

Blédniya walasá ‘pale hair’

On blíska ka miné ‘He’s close to me’.

On blíska ka ana ‘He is close to her’.

Mi blíska búli, réchka blíska búla ‘It was close to us, the river was close to us’.

Sláwa Bóhu! ‘Praise God!’

Ya znáyu Boh fsigdá pamógit miné, ya znáyu Boh fsigdá pamógit miné. Yézhli ya imú zhivyú i fsyó imú ya prilazhú, ya znáyu Boh fsigdá pamógit miné ‘I know that God will always help me (2 times). If I live for him and bring everything to him, I know that God will always help me’.

Bóka balít ‘my side hurts’.

Kakóy u was bol’? ‘What pain do you feel ? \\ What sickness do you suffer from?’

Sílnay bol’ ‘it hurts much’.

Miné bólna ‘It hurts me’.

A yá: "ni náda", a yá: "kak bólna"! ‘And I (am saying): "don’t do this!" and I (am saying) "it hurts!"’.

Záftri mi búdim bólshi gawarát’ ‘Tomorrow we’ll talk some more’.

U miné bólshi sáhara nétu ‘I don’t have any more sugar’.

Nuzhník éta na wúlitsi, bórnita éta wnutrí dóma ‘An outhouse (is) outside, and a bathroom (is) inside the house’.

Mine núzhna w bórnitu ití ‘I need to go to the bathroom’.

Bózhi moy! ‘My God!’ (an exclamation). Bózhiy mátir ‘mother of God’

Ishó bóykaya ‘(She) is still very active’.

Moy brat ‘my brother’; mayí brátyi ‘my brothers’.

On moy brat ‘He’s my brother’

Dólga birót ‘It takes a long time’

On bréyitsa ‘He’s shaving’.

Ana iwó brósila ‘She divorced him’

Aní fso hléba bráli ‘They took all the bread’

Pachinít bruki ‘to mend pants’.

Ti adiwáyish brúki? ‘Are you putting on (your) pants?’

Buhawnikí buhát lúbat. Aní sámi swayú wótku ishó délayut ‘Drunkards like to drink. They make their own vodka’.

Aná mnóga burlít ‘She is blabbering a lot’.

Ya ne lublú burlít ‘I don’t like to blabber’.

Na wadé óchin’ balsháya buruná ‘The waves are big on the water’.

Búrya na móri ‘storm in the sea’.

Ti búdish yis’? ‘Are you going to eat?’

Húda búla ‘It was bad’.

Filipíni búli ‘There were Filipinos’.

Záftri búdit lúchi ‘Tomorrow will be better’.

U néy kúri búli ‘She raised chickens’.

Búdit tibé! ‘That’s enough!’

Búdit tibé durét! ‘Quit goofing around!’

Ya tibé dwa rás ni búdu gawarát’! ‘I won’t tell you twice!’

Kára post praydót mi búdim kulích yis’ ‘When Lent is over we will eat Easter bread’.

Éta né bul ‘It did not take place’.

On né bul tut ‘He wasn’t here’.

Éta mush búdit? ‘Is he going to be a husband?’

Ya magú tut bústi? ‘Can I stay here?’

On bushawál ‘He was rowdy’.

Zaydish (w) takóy bútku ‘You go into such kind of booth’.

Aná butílku karmíla ‘She bottle fed’.

Bidá za bidóy, zádi plitóy ‘Trouble after trouble, behind the stove’

Béybichkina biló ‘baby clothes’.

Aná biló stiráit ‘She’s washing clothes’.

Birózina karyó ‘birch bark’

Ti iz birózinay zdélan ‘You are made out of birch’ (you are strong).

Aná swaí bísari adéla ‘She put on her necklace’

Ya i pa amirikánski bistra ni chitáyu ‘I don’t read quickly in English’.

Óchin bístray ‘Very fast’.

On bizúmnay ‘He’s nuts’.

Sabáka bizhít ‘The dog is running’.

Rechka bizhít ‘The river is running’.

Bizhí sas nim! ‘Run with him!’

Bizhí sas ney! ‘Run with her!’

Bizhí s imya! ‘Run with them!’

Bizhí sa mnoy! ‘Run with me!’

Bizhí sas námi! ‘Run with us!’

On s tabóy bizhál? ‘Did he run with you?’

On sas wámi bizhál? ‘Did he run with you (plural)?’

Aní tak bístra gawarát ‘They talk so fast’.

Cc.
On haróshay chalawék ‘He’s a good man’.

On chará pil ‘He drank yesterday’.

Ya yih chará wídila ‘I (female) saw them yesterday’

Katóri chas? ‘What time is it?’

Chas prashól ‘An hour has passed’.

Aná chásta guláyit ‘She visits often’.

Ya óchin balshóy chawíchu dóbal ‘I caught a big king salmon’.

Ti hóchish ishó chay? ‘Do you want more tea?’

Cháynik kipít ‘The tea kettle is boiling’.

Ya ni winawat shto tibé charnaókuyu bólshi chem dúshu lublú ‘I am not guilty that I love you, dark-eyed one, more than my soul’.

On wódu cherpál ‘He dipped water’.

Ya chéris réchku prishól ‘I crossed the river’.

Chésnay slówa ‘I bet’.

On schiháyit ‘He is sneezing’.

Aná schihála ‘She was sneezing’.

Ya bólshi ni magú schihát’ ‘I can not sneeze anymore’.

A chiwó ti tak mnóga schiháyish ? ‘And why are you sneezing so much ?’

On chihnúl ‘He sneezed’.

On wódu chirpál ‘He dipped water’.

On wódu chirpayit ‘He is dipping water’.

On wódu chirpnúl ‘He has dipped water’.

Twoy dom chístay ‘Your house is clean’.

Moy akóshka chístay ‘My window is clean’.

On snek chístit ‘He’s shovelling snow’. Lit: ‘He’s cleaning snow’.

On ríbu chístit ‘He is cleaning the fish’.

Saháta chístit ‘He/she cleans the moose’.

Karmáni chisí ‘pocket watch’.

Na pólki chisí ‘The clock is on the shelf’

Ya chíshkayu ‘I’m urinating’.

On chitáyit ‘He’s reading. Or, he’s counting’.

On ríbu chitáyit ‘He’s counting fish’.

Ya chitáyu knígu ‘I am reading a book’

Chiwó éta? ‘What’s this?’

Chiwó ti skazála? ’What did you say? ’ (said to a woman).

Chiwó ti délayish? ‘What are you doing?’

Chiwó támaka? ‘What is that over there?’

Chiwó sluchílas’? ‘What happened?’

Chiwó ti mina spráshiwayish? ‘Why would you ask me that ?’

A chiwó ti tak mnóga schiháyish? ‘Why are you sneezing so much?’

Ya ni znáyu chiyá éta bashmakí ‘I don’t know whose shoes these are’.

Chórnaya ptítsa ‘blackbird’; chórnay midwét’ ‘black bear’; chórnay chort ‘black devil’; chórniya walasá ‘black hair’.

Idíti k chórtu! ‘Go to the devil! ’ (commonly said as swear words in Ninilchik).

Chih, chih, chúhala, chort, sabáka, Sátana! (something like swearing at someone) ‘Sneeze, sneeze, devil, dog, Satan’.

On chudít ‘He is brawling’.

Mi chudíli ‘We were partying and raising hell’.

Paydóm chudít! ‘Let’s go party!’

Ya hachú chudít’ ‘I want to scare someone’.

Ya haróshaya, ya ni chudú ‘I am good, I am not raising hell’.

Chiwóta wéchiram chudít ‘Something strange is going on in the evening’

Bábina chulkí ‘women’s socks’; défkina chulkí ‘girl’s socks’.

On swoy chulók abarwál ‘He tore his sock’.

U ríbi cherwakí ‘The fish have worms’.

On ni chústwayit ‘He doesn’t feel (it)’.

Aná chústwala ‘She felt (it)’

Dd.
Aná wódu dabáwila w cháynik ‘She added water to the kettle’.

Ya hachú dabáwit bólshi wódu ‘I want to add more water’.

Chiwó isho dálshi? ‘What else is ahead?

Éta óchin daragóy ‘This is very expensive’.

Daróga pólan glína ‘The road is muddy’. Lit: ‘full of mud’.

Darógi pólan díriya ‘The road is full of holes’.

Darógi nébuli nichiwó nébula ‘There ere no roads, there was nothing’.

Ribíchi daróga ‘fish trap lead’. Lit: fish road.

Haróshay fsidá daróshka málinkoy bul tuda ‘There was always a good little road to there’.

Drugóy ras dasádna ‘sometimes (it makes me) angry’

Dasádnay sahát, on moy tswitók aprakínul ‘Nasty moose, it upset my flowers’.

Stupáy wódu dastán! ‘Go get water!’

Ya imú wódu dastánu ‘I will get him water’.

Ya imú knígu dála ‘I (female) gave him a book’.

Ya yey knígu dála ‘I (female) gave her a book’.

On tibé knígu dal? ‘Did he give you a book?’

Dáy miné papirósku! ‘Give me a cigarette!’

On dawnó úmir ‘He died long ago’.

Miné dawólna ‘That’s enough for me’ (about food)

Dawólnay chalawék ‘content person

Dázhi ni dúmay! ‘Don’t even think about it!’

Ya tibé dazhidáyu ‘I’m waiting for you’.

On dólga ni dazhidáyit ‘He doesn’t wait long’.

Karówa dayít! ‘Milk the cow!’

On ne hóchit tudá daytí ‘He does not want to come up there’.

Wadá dashól ‘The water came up’ (for example, when the tide came in).

Ya daydú tudá ‘I’m going to get there’

Ani dashlí ‘They are ripe’.

Aní ishó ni dashlí ‘They are not ripe yet’.

Sup daydot ‘The soup will be ready’

Mi da mámina dom dashlí ‘We arrived at mama’s house’.

Ani dashlí ‘They are ripe’.

Aní ishó ni dashlí ‘They are not ripe yet’

Dlínay Túndra ‘Long Flat’; dlínay wiráfka ‘long rope’.

Ya óchin balshóy chawíchu dóbal ‘I caught a very big king salmon’

Mayá doch ‘my daughter’; Iwónay doch máninkaya ‘His daughter is small’.

Mayá dóchka ‘my daughter’; iwónay dóchka tam ‘His daughter is there’.

Dériwa dólbit ‘It (woodpecker) pecks wood’.

On dólga ni dazhidáyit ‘He doesn’t wait long’.

Mnóga dalgí ‘many debts’

Iwónay dom ‘his house’.

Ya paydú damóy ‘I’m going home’.

Stupáy nazát damóy! ‘Go back home!’ wnutré damú ‘inside the house’.

Ya dóma ‘I’m home’.

Dósiki pritashchíli ‘(They) brought boards’.

Dózhik idót? ‘It’s raining’.

Dózhik idót? ‘Is it raining?’

Mnóga dózhik ‘Lots of rain’.

Aní mnóga ras drális ‘They fought many times’.

Ya ni hachú drátsa ‘I don’t want to fight’.

Aní dirútsa ‘They are fighting’.

On drawá délayit ‘He’s chopping wood’. Lit: ‘He’s making wood’

On drazhál ‘He was trembling’.

lisíni drugíya ‘other trees’

On miné drugóy rás wrót ‘Sometimes he lies to me’

Éta moy druh ‘This is my pal’.

Ya yiwó dubásnu ‘I will beat him up’

On dúmayit ‘He’s thinking’.

Ya a tibé dúmayu ‘I think about you’.

Ya na iwó dúmayu ‘I’m thinking about him’.

On pra tibé dúmayit ‘He is thinking about you’.

Dázhi ni dúmay! ‘Don’t think about it!’ (one of the Ninilchik responses to "spasíba").

Ni dúmay! ‘Don’t think about it!’

Ya dúmayu ya étu patirál ‘I think I lost it’.

Ya tak dúmayu ‘I think so!’

Mnógiya lúdi dúmayut pra ih zhis’.

Durnóy bába ‘foolish woman’; durnáya bába ‘foolish woman’; durnóy chalawék ‘foolish man’.

On durnóy ‘He is foolish’.

On durít ‘He’s goofing off’.

Búdit tibé durét! ‘Quit goofing around!’

Ya ne winawát shto tibé chórnaókuyu bólshi chem dúshu lublú ‘I am not guilty that I love you, dark-eyed one, more than my soul’.

On dushít ‘He’s choking’.

Rawúlka kúrichku dushíl ‘Ralph choked a little hen’.

Dúy! ‘Blow!’

Dúy na agón! ‘Blow on the fire!’

On na agón dúyit ‘He’s blowing on the fire’.

Wétir dúyit ‘The wind is blowing’.

Dwa sistrí/sóstra ‘two sisters’.

Ya tibé dwa rás ni búdu gawarát’! ‘I won’t tell you twice!’

Atkríy dwéri! ‘Open the door!’

Zakríy dwéri! ‘Close the door!’

Désat dwarí ‘ten yards’

Moy dáda ‘my uncle’.

Maladáya défka ‘young woman’; défkina chulkí ‘women’s socks (stockings)’

W balshóy marós shugá délayitsa ‘Big frost makes slush ice (on the Inlet)’.

Chiwó ti délayish? ‘What are you doing?’

Ya nichiwó ni délayu ‘I’m not doing anything’.

Chiwó aná délayit? ‘What is she doing?’

Cho ti záftri búdish délat? ‘What will you do tomorrow?’

Délay pa parátki! ‘Do it right!’

On grop délayit ‘He’s making a coffin’.

Dwa dni ‘two days’.

Sukawátay dériwa ‘knotty wood (tree)’; suhóy dériwa ‘dry wood’; gnilóy dériwa ‘rotten wood’; dériwa dalbít ‘pecks the wood (about woodpecker)’.

Des mnóga yágadi ‘There’s a lot of berries here’

Díkay kóshka ‘lynx’. Lit:‘wild cat’.

Díkay luk ‘wild scallion’

Dímna ‘It’s cloudy’

On dimít ‘It’s smoking’.

Adín dirá .. mnóga dírya ‘One (is) a pit, many (will be) pits’.

Darógi pólan dírya ‘The road is full of holes’

Aná dérzhit iyónay béybichku ‘She’s holding her baby’.

Ya swoy rúki táha dérzhu kadá ya s tabóy gawarú ‘I hold ("present") my hands this way while I talk to you’.

Ya ni dirzhú ‘I don’t use them anymore’.

U niwó pálachnay nagá, diriwánay ‘He has a peg leg, wooden

Dirównaya yazík ‘village language’.

On díshit ‘He’s breathing’.

Trúdna díshit ‘It is hard to breathe

Ya wirófku dórgayu ‘I’m pulling on the rope’.

On makréts dórgayit ‘He is pulling (weeding) chickweed’.

Ya iwó dórnul ‘I (male) pulled (on) him’

Ee.
Eliktríchistwa pagás, patúh, apét pashól ‘The electricity went off, stopped, then started up again’.

Éta shto? ‘What is this?’

Éta moy ‘That’s mine’.

Éta moy dom ‘This is my house’.

Éta mush búdit? ‘Is that one going to be a husband?’

Éti málinkiya ‘They are small’ (for example, of legs of a chair).

Ya étu búdu mit ‘I will wash it’.

Ya étu méstu príshla ‘I (female) came to this place’.

Ya búdu yis káshku s étim ‘I will eat bread and milk with it’.

Ff.
Ya tam na fábriki rabótal ‘I worked there on a factory’.

Na fábriki ‘on a factory’.

Aná farsít ‘she shows off’

On fkúsnay ‘It’s tasty’.

Fkúsnim páhnit ‘It smells good’.

Óchin fkúsnay ‘very tasty’.

Frúkta zakís ‘The fruit turned rotten’.

Fse bizhát ‘Everybody is running’.

lúchi fseh ‘better than everyone’.

Ya cháynik fskipú ‘I will put the tea kettle to boil’.

Cháynik fskipél? ‘Did the teakettle boil?’

Ya fspatél ‘I sweated’

Ya fspómnila ‘I (female) remembered’

Ti éti Rusakóf fstrechál? ‘Did you meet those Russians?’

Mi ta schlúpachki spuskáli, mi Baránawa fstrecháli ‘We let the small boats down on water, we were meeting Baranof’

On fsidá zhálawayitsa ‘He always complains’.

On fsidá nézhitsa ‘He is nagging all the time’

Ya fso ni znáyu ‘I don’t know it all’.

Aná dúmayit aná fso znáyit! ‘She thinks she knows everything!’

Fso pagarél ‘Everything burned up’.

Fso rawnó ‘doesn’t matter’.

Fso harashó wíshla ‘Everything went well’.

Páwil, Páwil, fúnt pribáwil ‘Paul, Paul, added a pound’

Gg.
Galashtán bébichka prishól ‘The baby without pants came’.

Miné galawá balít ‘I have a headache’.

Gólay galawá ‘bald head’.

Ya tibé gólawu slamú ‘I will beat you up’. Lit: I will break your head.

Pyat galón ‘five gallons’.

Galubíyi shtani ‘blue jeans’.

A gdé ti ríbu galísh? ‘Where do you catch fish?’

Sabáka kóshku ganáyit ‘The dog is chasing a cat’.

Sabáka iyó ganál, atéts sabáku ganál ‘The dog was chasing her, (and her) father was chasing the dog’.

Ya iwó ganáyu ‘I’m chasing him’.

Gildís, tam snek na goré! ‘Look, there’s snow on the mountain!’

pad garé ‘at the bottom of the hill’. Lit: ‘under the hill’.

On na makúshki na garé ‘It’s on top of the hill’.

Garbátay nos ‘hooked nose’

Agón garít ‘The fire is burning’.

Skóla garít ‘The school is burning’

Kak garnastáy na páli ‘as an ermine on a skinstretcher’

On garót wíkapal ‘He dug the garden

Ti gatóway? ‘Are you ready?’

Ya gatóway ‘I’m ready’.

Ti gatówaya? ‘Are you (female) ready?’

Aní ne gawarátsa ‘They are not talking to each other’

On gawarít’ ‘He’s speaking’.

On mnóga gawarít ‘He talks a lot’.

Ni náda nikamú gawarát! ‘Don’t tell anyone!’

Ni náda tak gawarát! ‘Don’t talk like that!’

Ya gawaríl ‘I talked’

Gde wi idóti? ‘Where are you (many) going?’

A de twayá doch zhiwót? ‘Where does your daughter live?’

A gde ti radílsa? ‘Where were you born?’

A gde núzhnik?

A gd’éta twoy paltó? ‘Where is your coat?’

A de zha twoy {automobile}? ‘Where is your car?’

Prachitál ya gd’éta tózha ‘Also, I read somewhere’

Daróga gládna ‘the road is smooth’

Aní na stalé gládili ‘They ironed on the table’.

Ya gládu ‘I’m ironing’.

Ti gládish? ‘Are you ironing?’

Ya lublú bilo gládit ízhi miná ni astanówat ‘I like to iron clothes if they don’t stop me’

Káriya glazá ‘brown eyes’; síniya glazá ‘blue eyes’; zilóniya glazá ‘hazel eyes’. Lit: ‘green eyes’.

Atkróy swayí galzá! ‘Open your eyes!’

Kakíya twoyí glazá? ‘What color are your eyes?’

Gláwnay daróga ‘main road’.

Mnóga gláwniya lúdi ‘Many bossy people’

Glubókay wadá ‘deep water’

On gluhóy ‘He’s deaf’

Glidí, sahát! ‘Look, a moose!’

On ni znáit adé glidét ‘He doesn’t know where to look’.

Ya béybichku glizhú ‘I am looking after the baby’.

Ya búdu yiwó glidét’ ‘I will look after him’.

Aní yiwó glidát ‘They watch after him’.

Daróga pólan glíni ‘The road is muddy’. Lit: ‘full of mud’.

Ni náda glínu taskát! ‘Don’t bring in the mud!’

Gnilóy dériwa ‘rotten wood’

Ptíchi gnizdó ‘bird’s nest’; aróli gnizdó ‘eagle’s nest’; arólya gnizdó ‘eagle’s nest’; waróni gnizdó ‘crow’s nest’; warónina gnizdó ‘crow’s nest’; ukúdikina gnizdó ‘bee’s nest

On gólay ‘He’s bald’.

Gólay galawá ‘bald head’.

On gónay wrot ‘He always lies’.

On gónay na láydu idót ‘He is always going to the beach’

Spasí, Góspadi! ‘Save, (oh) Lord!’

Góspadi, pamíluy! ‘Lord, have mercy!’

Ya grammátiku nauchílsa ‘I learned grammar’.

Na plité gréyitsa ‘It is warmed on the stove’.

Ya tibá gréyu ‘I am warming you up’

On grómka gawarít ‘He talks loudly’.

On grop délayit ‘He’s making a coffin’.

Twoy dom gráznay ‘Your house is dirty’.

Bashmakí grázniya ‘(Your) shoes are dirty’.

U miné mnóga grehí ‘I have lots of sins’.

On gribyót ‘He’s rowing’.

gribít ‘(he/she) rows’.

Ya gribyú ‘I’m rowing’.

Gribí! ‘Keep on rowing!’

Chiwóyta grimít? ‘Is something making noise’?

On grimít ‘He is making noise’ (for instance, by rattling).

On grishnóy ‘He’s sinful’.

Glubókiya sétki ‘deep nets’

Mózhit mi paydóm gulat ‘Maybe we’re going to go visit’.

Mi paydóm gulát Iríni ‘We will go visit Irene’. Lit: ‘We will walk to Irene’s (place)’.

Aná wizdé guláyit! ‘She’s visiting everywhere!’

Yólki, pálki, gustóy les! ‘Spruce trees, canes, dense forest!’ Usage: used as interjection to express vexation and puzzlement.

Ya ni hachú gustóy chay ‘I don’t want strong tea’.

On na gwos nastupíl ‘He stepped on a nail’

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On nachináyit hadít ‘He is starting to walk’.

Imú trúdna hadít ‘It’s difficult for him to walk’.

On hadíl ‘He walked’.

On hahatáyit ‘He is guffawing’.

Mayí nogí halódniya ‘My feet are cold’

Aní iwó haraníli ‘They were burying him’

Ti harashó skazál ‘You (male) said it well’

On haróshay chalawék ‘He is a good person’.

Éta kóshka haróshay ‘This cat is good’.

Éta hléba haróshay ‘This bread is good’.

Aná haróshaya ‘She is good’.

Náshiy dóchka haróshaya ‘Our daughter is nice’.

Haróshay pagóda ‘Good weather’.

U niwó haróshay rabóta ‘He has a good job’.

Hátu stróyit ‘He builds a house’.

On miné hlópnul ‘He slapped me’.

Ya múhu hlópnul ‘I smacked the fly’

Ya adín hlopúshku pustíl ‘I let off one firecracker’

Zapléslinay hléba ‘mouldy bread’.

Aná hlébu pikót ‘She bakes bread’.

Kusók hléba ‘piece of bread’.

On hlibáyit ‘He is slurping’.

Ti hóchish ishó chay ‘Do you want more tea?’

Ya hachú chay ‘I want tea’.

Ya ni hachú ‘I don’t want it’.

Miné hóladna ‘I am cold’. Lit. To me it is cold.

Zimóy hóladna ‘It is cold in winter’.

Óchin halódna ‘It’s very cold’.

Aná hótka bizhit ‘She is running fast’

On hramáyit ‘He’s limping’.

On mnóga hrapít ‘He snores a lot’.

Ya hrapyú ‘I snore’.

Ya hrapíla ‘I snored’.

On fchará hrapél ‘He snored yesterday’.

A hto strélil sahát? ‘Who (male) shot the moose?’

A hto tibé pazwál? ‘Who (male) called you?’

Húda, safsém húda! ‘Badly, totally badly!’

On chiwóta húda zdélal ‘He did something bad’

Éta hléba hudóy ‘This bread is bad’.

Ti hudóy malchíshka ‘You’re a bad boy’.

Hudím páhnit ‘It smells bad’.

Hudóy tóka moy! ‘It may be bad but it’s mine’ (a saying).

Hudíy kluchí ‘bad keys’.

On húzhi fseh ‘He’s the worst one’.

Hwaráyitsa ‘(Someone) is sick’.

Ya hwaráyu ‘I’m sick’.

On hwaráyit ‘He’s sick’.

Aná óchin hwarála ‘She was very sick’.

Ya ni búdu hwarát’ ‘I will not get ill’

On hwatáyit ‘He grabbed (something)’.

Sabáchi hwos ‘dog’s tail’; babróway hwos ‘beaver’s tail’; ptíchkina hwos ‘bird’s tail’.

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Karówa i biká ‘cow and bull

Yólki igólki ‘spruce needles’.

Ya patirál igrá ‘I (male) lost the game’.

On gitáru igráit ‘He’s playing the guitar’.

Ti hóchish kárti igrát’? ‘Do you want to play cards?’

Mayí walasá kasmátiya, ya íh atrézhu ‘My hair is unruly, I’m going for a trim’. Lit: ‘I’m trimming them’.

Ya yih pamagáyu ‘I am helping them’.

Aná yih lúbit ‘She loves them’

Ya imú knígu dalá ‘I (female) gave him a book’.

Imú trúdna hadít’ ‘It’s difficult for him to walk’

Ya paydú s imyá ‘I’ll go with them’

Wa ímya atsá, i sínu, i switáu dúhu. Amín ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen’

Ti s sabóy zabarí, chitáy... óchin intirésna ‘Take it (a magazine) with you, read (it), it is very interesting’

On iskáyit iwó ‘He is looking for him’.

Ya swoy nózhik iskáyu ‘I’m looking for my knife’.

On ishó miné íshit ‘He is still looking for me’.

Rabóta sam ni pridót; iwó náda iskát ‘Work won’t arrive on its own; it is necessary to look for it’

Ispawéduy swaí grihí! ‘Confess your sins!’

Aná na íspawit ushlá ‘She went to confession’.

On ishó idót ‘He’s still coming’.

Aní ishó ni dashlí ‘They are not ripe yet’.

Ishó úgal palósh! ‘Put some more coal in (the stove)!’

Ishó mné krichí! ‘Call me again!’

Pósli ishó ‘More later’.

Ishó pósli búdim gawarát’ ‘We’ll talk some more later’.

Ti hóchish ishó chay ‘Do you want more tea?’

On ishó miná íshchit He is still looking for me’.

Idí yís’! ‘Come eat!’

Ya idú na rabótu ‘I am walking to work’.

Ya szádi iwó idú ‘I’m following him’. Lit: ‘I’m going behind him’.

Ya bayús ití ‘I’m afraid to go’.

Mi nikudá ni mógim ití ‘We can’t go anywhere’.

Ya hachú ití Kináy ‘I want to go to Kenai’.

Mi idóm Kináy ‘We’re going to Kenai’.

On idót ‘He’s coming’.

Aná idót ‘She’s coming’.

Aní idút ‘They are coming’.

Mi idóm ‘We are coming’.

Ti idósh? ‘Are you coming?’

Snek idót ‘It’s snowing’.

Dózhik idót ‘It’s raining’.

Idót/pádayit shlákat ‘It’s sleeting’.

Idí sa mnoy! ‘Come with me!’

Ya iwó pamagáyu ‘I’m helping him’.

Ya iwó wízhu ‘I see him’.

Iwónay dom ‘his house’; iwónay zhiná ‘his wife’; iwónay knígi ‘his books’. Iwónay sin málinkoy ‘His son is small’.

U iwréya na nasú wíras kust kalína ‘A high bush cranberry grew up the Jew’s nose’ (teasing)

Ya zkaknúla iz lisíni ‘I (female) jumped down from the tree’

On izamnál ‘He wrinkled it up’.

Biló izamátiya ‘The clothes are wrinkled’

Izwiní! ‘Excuse (me)!’

Izwiní miné! ‘Excuse me!’

On yiwó izhárit ‘He will fry it’.

On másu izháril ‘He has fried up the meat’.

Ízhi ti móg’ish ‘if you can’.

Ya ni znáyu ízhi on paydót ‘I don’t know whether he will go’.

Ízhi mnóga yágadi? ‘Are there lots of berries?’

Kakóy ti ríbu hóchish, kízhuch ízhli krásnay ríbu? ‘Which fish do you want, silver or red salmon?’

Ya iyó wízhu ‘I see her’.

Ya iyó pamagáyu ‘I’m helping her’.

Iyó néti ‘She’s not here’.

Iyónay dom ‘her house’; iyónay mush ‘her husband’

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Aná bébichku kacháyit ‘She is rocking the baby’.

On kacháyitsa ‘He is rocking’.

Kacháy! ‘Rock it!

Kadá ti prishlá? ‘When did you (female) get back?’

Kadá ya bul maladóy ya sadók stróil ‘When I was young I built a fish trap’.

On gawarít kadá on spit ‘He talks while he is sleeping’.

Myása ni idát kadá post ‘Meat is not eaten during Lent’.

Kadá post praydót mi búdim kulích yis ‘When Lent is over we will eat Easter bread’.

Kadáta ya paydú Súart ‘Sometime I’m going to Seward’.

Kak ti prishlá sudá? ‘How did you get here?’

Kak twóya mat? ‘How is your mother?’

On kak sabáka bizhít ‘He runs like a dog’.

Kak garnastáy na páli ‘As an ermine on a skinstretcher’.

Kakóy u tibá pagóda? ‘How’s your weather?’

Kakóy u was bol? ‘What sickness do you have?’

Kalakóni zwanát ‘The bells are ringing’

Dyáwalina kalatúshka ‘devil’s club’

Patirála ya kaléchku, patirála ya lúbof’. I za étu za kaléchku búdu plákat dén i noch ‘I have lost my ring, I have lost love. And for this ring I will weep day and night’

Kamakí idút ‘Maskers are coming.’

Mi hadíli na láydi. Kaména sabiráli ‘We went to the beach to pick rocks’.

Yézhli ti miné w kámanim kínish, ya Bózhinki skazhú ‘If you throw a rock at me, I’ll tell God on you’ (what a local bird says)

Zdes biwáyut mnóga kamári ‘There are many mosquitoes’.

Dédushka kamár ‘Grandfather mosquito’ (a very large kind of mosquito).

Dédushka kamár, wot takóy balshóy ‘Grandfather mosquito, this big’.

Kamár krof sasyót ‘The mosquito sucks blood’.

Kamarí kadá makró prilitáyut ‘Mosquitos fly in when it’s wet’

Gerásima Kanáwa ‘Grassim’s Ditch’ (a ravine in the bluff near the present day school on Sterling Highway).

Káni garáchayi ‘Rocks (in the sauna) are hot’.

Éta kanéts ‘That’s the end’.

On kákta… sgawarítsa s tabóy i kantsa nétu! ‘He kind of starts talking to you, and you can’t stop him’.

Ya garót kapáyu ‘I am digging up the vegetable patch’.

On kapáyit ‘He’s digging’.

Mi agarót kapáyim ‘We are digging up the vegetable patch’.

Aní idút na láydu mamáyi kapát ‘They are going to the beach to dig clams’

On w puwárni ríbu kaptít ‘He smokes fish in the smokehouse’.

Mi kaptím balík w puwárni ‘We smoke fish in the smokehouse’.

Aní kapúhi ‘They are slowpokes’.

Éti twaí apíti nógi ‘Those your hoof legs’ (teasing).

Cháynik búdu kapyatít ‘(I) will put the tea kettle to boil’.

Ya mnóga karamíslam wódu taskál ‘I packed lots of water with the yoke’.

Ya iwó karápnula ‘I (female) snatched him’.

Ya hachú karápnit’ ‘I want to grab it’

Íni káratsu dastánut ‘They will get this stuff’.

On sabáku karaúlit ‘He is taking care of the dog’.

On iyó karaúlil ‘He watched her’.

On sérkaf karaúlil ‘He watched for the church’.

Káray midwét ‘grizzly bear’. Lit: ‘brown bear’.

Káriya glazá ‘brown eyes’; káriya walasá ‘brown hair’.

Aná butílku karmíla ‘She bottle fed’.

Aní tibé kórmát ‘They give you food’.

Ani sibé kórmat ‘They are feeding themselves’.

Mayi brúki karóchi chem twayí ‘My pants are shorter than yours’.

Aná karótkaya ‘She is short’. A ya karótkay ‘But I am short’.

On syel karówu i biká ‘He ate a cow and a bull’.

Kartófil paspél, paspél, paspél ‘Potatoes is cooked, is cooked, is cooked’.

Ti hóchish kárti igrát? ‘Do you want to play cards?’

Sasawát karti! ‘Shuffle cards’.

Ya sas Joem kárti igráyu ‘I was playing cards with Joe’.

Aní kartíni kráshut ‘They paint pictures’.

Birózina karyó ‘birch bark’.

Éta karáway daróga ‘This road is curvy’.

Málinkoy kasá ‘sickle’. Lit: ‘little scythe’

Twayí walasá kasmátiya ‘Your hair is messy’.

Mayí walasá kasmátiya; ya ih atrézhu ‘My hair is unruly; I’m going for a trim’. Lit: ‘I’m cutting it’.

On kósit séna ‘He’s cutting/mowing hay’.

Séna kasíl ‘(He) cut the grass’.

On káshlayit ‘He’s coughing’.

Ya káshlu ‘I’m coughing’.

Aná káshilit ‘She is coughing’.

Mi na midwédina kózhi skatáli ‘We slid on a bear skin’.

Katóri chas? ‘What time is it?’

Katóri mnóga spit... ‘Who sleeps a lot...’.

Apát pustóy katúshka ‘Again the spool is empty

Ap chom kazáchka pláchit, ap chom bidnazhichka gruzit. I ni kadá ya ni zabúdu... ‘What is the Cossack girl crying about, what is the poor soul sad about? And I will never forget...’.

Kázhnay ras ‘every time’; kázhnay dom ‘every house’.

Ya kastrúlu w duhówiy kladú ‘I put the pot in the oven’.

Kúcha klapí ‘lots of bed bugs’.

Lot klískay ‘The ice is slippery’.

Daróga sklískay ‘The road is slippery’.

Kakíya ti miné kl’uchí dal! ‘What kind of keys did you give me!’

Moy kníga ‘my book’.

Éta mayí knígi ‘These are my books’.

Ya sas knígoi sizhú ‘I’m sitting with a book’.

Zapisnáya kníshka ‘notebook’

Chiyá éta kómnata? ‘Whose is this room’

On kónchil ‘He finished’.

On ishó ni kónchil ‘He didn’t finish (it) yet’.

Ya swoy chay kónchila ‘I (female) finished (drinking) my tea’.

Bába Yagá kostanáya nagá; nos w patalók wros ‘Old Lady Yaga had a bony leg; her nose grew to the ceiling’.

Aní narisúyut chórnaya kot... na aknó prilyépat, i bába na galíki, na mitlé, fso chórnayu nósit... bába na mitlé litít... patóm narisúyut na akné ‘They will draw a black cat and glue it to the window, and a woman dressed in all black on a broom... this woman flies a broom. Then they will draw it on a window’.

Mí na midwédina kózhi katális ‘We slid on a bear skin’.

Ti na kóyki sidísh ‘You are sitting on a bed’.

Krépkay kóyka ‘firm bed’.

Kakóy kráska? ‘What paint?’

Kakóy kráskay ti swoy dom wíkrashil? ‘What color did you paint your house?’

Krásnay ríba ‘red salmon’.

U niwó krásniya walasá ‘He has red hair’.

Krásniya yágadi ‘red berries’.

Aná krasíwaya ‘She is pretty’.

Aná óchin krasíwaya ‘She is very pretty’.

Krasíwiya glazá ‘beautiful eyes’.

Bébichka bumágu kráshit ‘The child paints on the paper’.

Ya lublú kráshit ‘I like to paint’.

Ya yáytsi kráshu ‘I’m coloring eggs’.

Myása krépkay ‘The meat is hard’.

Dom bul krépkay ‘The house was tough’.

Na krésti ‘on the cross’.

U miné krof bizhít ‘I’m bleeding’. Lit: ‘My blood is flowing’.

U miné iz nózu krof bizhít ‘My nose is bleeding’. Lit: ‘Blood is flowing from my nose’.

Kamár krof sasyót ‘The mosquito is sucking blood’.

U miné nimnóshka rúskay krof ‘I have a little Russian blood’

Bélay królik ‘white rabbit’.

Ya krugóm bégayu, nichiwó ni délayu ‘I’m running around doing nothing

Na krutóy birigú ‘on the steep shore’; na krutóy garé ‘on the steep hill’.

On miné kruzhít ‘He whirls me around’.

Miné krúzhit ‘I’m dizzy’.

Miné kruzhíla chará ‘I was dizzy yesterday’.

Ya ni hachú shtóbi miná kruzhíla ‘I don’t want to be dizzy’.

Aná krichít ‘She is shouting’.

Ishó miné krichí! ‘Call me again!’

On kristílsa ‘He crossed himself’.

Aná kristílas ‘She crossed herself’.

Kristát ‘(they) baptize (somebody)’.

Ya hachú zalésti na kríshu ‘I want to climb up on the roof’.

Daróga kriwóy ‘The road is crooked’.

U niwó kriwóy nos ‘He has a crooked nose’

Kúcha klapí ‘lots of bed bugs’; tséla kúcha Mirikántsi ‘a whole bunch of Americans’.

Ptítsi pa kúchi litáyut ‘The birds are flying in flocks’

Kudá ti ushól? ‘Where did you go?’

Kudá ti idósh? ‘Where are you going?’

Kudá mi idóm? ‘Where are we going?’

Kudí ti idósh? ‘Where are you going?’

Iyónay walasá kudráwaya ‘Her hair is curly’

Takúy walasá swayí kudráwili ‘This way (they) curled their hair’

Tótkina kúhnya ‘Auntie’s kitchen’

Káda Pos praydót mi búdim kul’ích yíst’ ‘When Lent is over we will eat Easter bread’.

Ya kupíla at iwó ‘I (female) bought it from him’.

Ya kupíl at iwó ‘I (male) bought it from him’.

Stupáy kupí sáhar! ‘Go buy sugar!’

Kurwáchiy dom ‘brothel’ Lit: ‘house of prostitution’

Moyá mat miná paslála w kurátn’ik yáytsi dastawát ‘My mom sent me to the chicken coop to get eggs’.

Mnóga kúri w kurátniki ‘There are many hens in the chicken coop’.

Rawúlka kúrichku dushíl ‘Ralph choked a little hen’ (the beginning of a cute song).

On kúrit ‘He is smoking’.

Mnóga lúdi kuríli ‘Many people smoked’.

Kamarí kusáyutsa ‘Mosquitos are biting’.

Kusóchik pirók ‘a little piece of cake’.

Kusók hléba ‘piece of bread’.

Kusók mása ‘piece of bread’

Kustinóy les ‘brushy area’.

Sámaya gláwnaya kushаna – pirók ‘The most important food is cake’

Ti kúshayish? ‘Are you eating?’

Wi kúshayiti? ‘Are you (plural) eating?’

Kúshay! ‘Eat!’

Mine ahóta kúshat ‘I want to eat’.

Chiwó ti kúshayish? ‘What are you eating?’

Ya ríbu kúshayu ‘I’m eating fish’

Miné náda kushónku pastáwit’ ‘I need to start the dough’

Ya pastánu kwáshnu ‘I’m setting the (sour) dough’.

Ya paydú kwáshnu pastánu ‘I’m going to go set bread’ (dough).

Kwáshnu pastáwat kahda aní fsó palózhut ‘They set the sourdough when everything is in there’

On miné kámin kínul ‘He threw a rock at me’.

Yézhli ti miné w kámeni kínish, ya Bózhink’i skazhú ‘If you throw a rock at me, I’ll tell God on you’ (what a local bird says).

Cháynik kipít ‘The teakettle is boiling’.

Chiwó u tibé kipít ‘What do you have boiling?’

Ya sup kiyú ‘I’m boiling soup’.

Aná ríbu kipít ‘She is boiling fish’

Kíslay malakó ‘sour milk’; kíslay kapústa ‘sauerkraut’.

Miné kishkí karótkiya ‘I don’t have guts’. Lit: ‘My guts are short’.

Máyinkoy kishók ‘short temper; hot temper’. Lit: ‘small gut’

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Miné ni lafchít ‘I don’t feel well’.

Fchirá yimú ni lafchíla//yiwó ni lafchíla ‘Yesterday he didn’t feel well’.

Málinkoy láfka ‘small store’

Ya lamáyus’ ‘I’m broke’.

Lashadíniy skótnik ‘stable’.

láwushniya zúbi ‘false teeth’. Lit: ‘from-the-store teeth’

Aní ríbu lawíli ‘They caught fish’.

Ya lawlú ‘I’m catching (something)’.

On láyit ‘He’s barking’.

Mi paydóm na láydu ‘We’re going to the beach’.

Wirófka lópnul ‘The rope broke’.

lópnu ‘(I) will burst/break’.

Luná swétit ‘The moon is shining’.

Pólnay luná ‘full moon’; nóway luná ‘new moon’.

Lushóy lahánka ‘the best washtub’.

Aná léchit ludéy ‘She heals (doctors) people’.

On lichít iyó ‘He’s healing her’.

Dóktar tibé lichíl ‘The doctor healed you’

Yólki, pálki, gustóy les! ‘Spruce trees, canes, dense forest!’

Skólka wam let? ‘How old are you?’

Miné díwatnósta let, nu góda {maybe} ‘I am 90 years old’. Lit: ‘To me there are 90 years’.

Mnógaya léta, mnógaya léta, mnógaya léta! ‘Birthday greeting’. Lit: ‘Many years, many years, many years!’

On léwuyú plichó slamál ‘He broke his left shoulder’.

Lihko? Net ‘Is it easy? No’.

On óchin lintáy ‘He’s very lazy’

Listvu sabiráyut… im núzhna ‘[They] collect foliage, they need it’.

Lisína wisókay ‘The tree is tall’.

On zalés na lisínu ‘He climbed up a tree’.

Ya iyónay kóshku wídila na lisíni ‘I (female) saw her cat up a tree’.

Krásnay lisítsa ‘red fox’.

Múha litáyit ‘A fly is flying’

litúchay mishónak ‘bat’ Lit: ‘flying mouse’

Zhéstina liturgíya ‘divine liturgy’.

Aná líyit chay ‘She pours the tea’.

On na kóyki lizhít ‘He’s lying on the bed’.

Lóhkay wétir ‘light breeze’. On lóhkay ‘It’s light’.

Ni kakóy rabóta ni lóhkay ‘No work is easy’.

Lot klískay ‘The ice is slippery’

Ya tibé lublú ‘I love you’.

Aná nas lúbit ‘She loves us’.

Aná yih lúbit She loves you guys’.

On miné ni lúbit ‘He doesn’t like me’.

Ya iwó ni lublú ‘I don’t like him’.

Ti lúbish? ‘Do you like (it)?’

Ya lublú balík ‘I like balik’.

Ya lublú wizát ‘I like to knit’.

Záftri búdit lúchi ‘Tomorrow will be better’.

lúchi fseh ‘best’.

Aná léchit ludéy ‘She heals (treats) people’.

Mm.
Skólka chas ti ih móchish? ‘For how long do you soak it’.

Ti hudóy makáka ‘You’re a no good monkey’.

Tríki tráki, tri makáki; ya zabúl chiwó ishchó Trick-track, three monkeys, I forgot what else was there’.

On makréts dórgayit ‘He is pulling out chickweed’.

Na makúshki ‘on top of the head’; on na makúshki na garé ‘it’s on top of the hill’.

Ríba mála ‘(There is) a few fish’.

On maladóy ‘He’s young’.

Maladáya d’éfka ‘young woman’.

On malatkóm stúkayit ‘He’s hitting (on something) with a hammer’.

Aná malchít ‘She’s quiet’.

Malchí! ‘Be quiet! / Silent!’

Malóli ‘(They) were grinding’.

Aní malóli i razmalóli ‘They were grinding and (they) ground (it)’.

On malózhi min’é ‘He’s younger than me’.

Ya malózhi iwó ‘I’m younger than him’

Mnóga malchíshki

Iwónay sin málinkuy ‘His son is small’

Aná mólitsa ‘She is praying’.

Mi idóm malítsa ‘We’re going for a prayer service’

Ya mnóga malítwi ni znáyu ‘I don’t know many prayers’

Shol pa úlitsi malútka, pasinél i wés drazhál ‘A little child went along the street, blue from cold and shivering’.

Mámina dom ‘mama’s house’.

Mi do mámina dom dashlí ‘We arrived at mama’s house’.

Aní idút na láydu mamáyi kapát ‘They are going to the beach to dig clams’.

Manáh razhdón shtabí malítsa, saldát shtop wéchna wayawát a chinównik shtop s bumágami rítsa, a muzhík shtop wéchna rabatát ‘A monk is born to pray, a soldier to always fight, and an official to sort papers, and a lay man to work forever’ (saying).

W balshóy marós shugá délayitsa ‘When it is big frost makes slush ice (on the Inlet)’.

Maskarádi búli ‘There were masquerades’.

Másla pagásla! ‘The oil burned out’

Wot état .. mashénik tam pristál ‘That rogue hassled (us) there’.

Mashína perestál, mashína zaéhal ‘The car stopped, the car drove in’.

Bédniya matrózi kak aní stradáli ‘The poor sailors how they suffered

Mayá zhiná ‘my wife’; mayá doch ‘my daughter’; mayá sistrá ‘my sister’; mayá bábushka ‘my grandma’.

Aní mayú brat ubíli ‘They killed my brother’

Mayí bashmakí ‘my shoes’; mayí sabáki ‘my dogs’; mayí karówi ‘my cows’; mayí dóchki ‘my daughters’; mayí brátyi ‘my brothers’; mayí sistrá ‘my sisters’.

Iwónay mésta ‘his place (house)’.

Éta mésta balshóy ‘This room is big’.

Ya étu méstu príshla ‘I (female) came to this place’.

Mnóga dalgí ‘many debts’; mnóga kamarí ‘many mosquitoes’; ríba mnóga ‘there’s many fish’.

Mnógaya léta, mnógaya léta, mnógaya léta! ‘Many years, many years, many years!’

On zabiwáit mnóshka ‘He forgets (things) quite a lot’.

On sa mnóy ni gawarít ‘He doesn’t talk with me’.

Aná s mináy ni gawarít ‘She doesn’t talk to me’.

Bizhí sa mnoy! ‘Run with me!’

On sibé móchit ‘He wets himself’

Ízhli ti mógish ‘If you can’.

Ízhli on mógit ‘If he can’.

Mi mógim s tabóy yágadi sabirát’ ‘We could go pick berries with you’.

Mi nikudá n’i mógim ití ‘We can’t go anywhere’.

Ya magú gawarát’? ‘Could I talk?’

On mókray ‘He is wet’.

Mókray snek ‘wet snow’.

Mókray adála ‘wet blanket’.

Mózhit mi paydóm gulyát ‘Maybe we’re going to go visit’

Ni mózhna ‘not possible, not allowed’.

Moy bashmák ‘my shoe’; moy sabáka ‘my dog’; moy brat ‘my brother’; moy sistrá ‘my sister’ (younger speaker).

Éta moy mush ‘This is my husband’; moy atéts i maya mat ‘my father and my mother’; moy dom ‘my house’; moy kníga ‘my book’.

Ni náda yiwó múchit’ ‘Don’t torture him’.

Oní nas múchat //múchayut ‘They torture us’.

On miná múchil - fso mne spráshiwayit ‘He tortured me - (he) asks me everything’.

Ti miná fso spráshiwayish - ti miná ni múchayish ‘You are asking me - you are not torturing me’.

Múha litáit ‘A fly is flying’.

Éta moy mush ‘This is my husband’.

Iyónay mush ushól na póshtu ‘Her husband went to the post office’.

Éta mush búdit? ‘Is he going to be a husband?’

Muzhíchi pashtániki ‘men’s underwear’.

Manáh razhdón stabí malítsa, saldát stap wéchna wayawát a chinównik shtop s bumágami rítsa, a muzhík shtop wéchna rabatát ‘A monk is born to pray, a soldier to always fight, and an official to sort papers, and a lay person to work forever (a saying)’

Rúblinay mása ‘ground meat’.

Káda Pos mi mása ni idím ‘When it is Lent we do not eat meat’.

Mi paydóm na láydu ‘We’re going to the beach’

Káray midwét ‘brown bear’; chórnay midwét ‘black bear’.

Ya midwéda ubíl ‘I killed a bear’.

Ya wídil midwét’ ‘I saw a bear’.

Mí na midwédina kózhi katális ‘We slid on a bear skin’

Chitíri mil ‘four miles’.

On miné pamagáit ‘He is helping me’.

On miné ni znáit ‘He doesn’t know me’.

Izwiní miné! ‘Sorry, forgive me!’

On miné knígu dal ‘He gave me a book’.

Miné stráshna ‘It’s scary to me’

Ya M’ir’ikán’its ‘I am American’.

Bábushka ne zhiwót na miské ‘Grandma doesn’t live on the point’ (of the river).

Krásnay Mis ‘Red Point’.

Aní misháli ‘They mixed it’.

On miné misháyit ‘He’s bothering me’

Balshóy mishónak ‘rat’. Lit: ‘big mouse’.

Ti fsidá mishónki bayálsa ‘You were always afraid of mice’.

On móyitsa ‘He’s bathing’

Aná pasúdi móit ‘She is washing dishes’.

Ya búdu akóshku mit ‘I will wash the window’

Nn.
Na góra ‘on the hill’. na úl’itsi ‘outside of the house’. Iyónay mush ushál na póstu ‘Her husband went to the post office’. Éta béb’ichka s’id’ít na iwó ‘That baby is sitting on him’.

Na wúl’itsi sw’itló ‘It’s light outside’. Na wúl’itsi púrga ‘There’s a blizzard outside’.

On nabrélsa ‘He shaved’. T’i nabrélsa? ‘Did you shave?’

Ya nabr’íl ‘I shaved’.

On iyó nab’íl ‘He beats her’. M’i t’ibé nab’yóm! ‘We’ll beat you up!’

Ya pómn’u kadá ftoróy wayná náchilsa ‘I remember when Second (World) war began’.

On nachináyit had’ít’ ‘He is starting to walk’. Nachn’í! ‘Start (it)!’

An’í nachiwál’i ‘They are spending the night’.

N’i náda tarap’ítsa! ‘Don’t hurry!’ N’i náda yih slúshat’ ‘You don’t need to listen to them’. N’i náda n’ikamú gawar’át’! ‘Don’t tell anyone!’ Chiwó t’ibé náda? ‘What do you want (lit. need)?’ Rabóta sam n’i pr’id’ót; iwó náda iskát ‘Work won’t arrive on its own; it is necessary to look for it’.

No n’imnóga nafstr’échu pa rúsk’i, n’e […] ‘A little bit towards in Russian’.

Nóga slamátaya ‘broken leg’; dwa nag’í ‘two legs’. See: l’áshka; íkra. Bába Yagá kost’anáya nagá; nos w patalók ros ‘Old Lady Yaga had a bony leg; her nose grew to the ceiling’.

Ya nagad’ílsa ‘I pooped myself’ (dirtied my pants).

On nag’ishkóm ‘He is naked’.

Bábushka m’in’é nakarm’íla ‘Grandma fed me’.

Naklad’í pl’itú! ‘Fill up the stove!’ A chiwó n’i naklál s’udá? ‘Why didn’t you put anything in here?’

Iyó nakr’íla ‘She fainted’.

T’í nak’ín’ish babúshka ‘You will put on a scarf’.

Skól’ka r’íb’i nalaw’íl’? ‘How many fish did you catch?’

Nal’iwáy lámp’i! ‘Fill the lamp!’

On nam kn’ígu dal ‘He gave us a book’.

B’izhí sas nám’i! ‘Run with us!’ On s nám’i na láydu payd’ót ‘He will go to the beach with us’.

On na n’ís wéshayitsa ‘It’s hanging down’.

On nán’itsa ‘He’s nursing’.

Nánchil ‘(He) took care (of him)’. Mn’e náda beyb’ichku nán’it’ ‘I need to take care of the baby’. Aná nán’ich béyb’ichku ‘She takes care of the baby (he) took care of’.

Mnóga sn’ek napál ‘A lot of snow fell’.

On napr’istál ‘He landed’.

Napugáyu ‘(I) will scare (someone)’. On m’in’é napugál ‘He scared me’.

Ya náp’isal ‘I urinated’ (male talking).

Ya nap’isála ‘I (female) wrote it down’. Nap’ishí swoy ímya! ‘Sign your name!’ Lit: ‘write your name’. Ya nap’ishú záftra pis’mó ‘I will write tomorrow a letter’. Kak nap’ísana tak i búd’it ‘As it is written, that’s how it will be (Irene Leman used to say this.)’.

On yézd’it na nárt’i ‘He’s riding on a sled’. Sabáka nárt’i t’yán’it ‘The dog is pulling the sled’.

Aná nas l’úb’it ‘She loves us’.

On na gwost’ nastup’íl ‘He stepped on a nail’.

Bát’ushka náshiy dom apkrast’íl ‘The priest blessed our house’. Náshi r’ib’at’íshk’i ‘our children’.

Pamal’én’ku ya naúchus’a ‘Slowly I will learn’. Ya hachú nauchítsa ‘I want to learn’. Ya grammát’iku naúchilsa ‘I learned grammar’.

Stupáy nazát damóy! ‘Go back home!’ Palósh iwó nazát! ‘Put it back!’ M’i nazát pr’id’óm ‘We will come back’.

Kak t’ibé naz’iwáyut? ‘What is your name?’ Lit: ‘What do they call you?’ Kachimak Bey naz’iwáyut ‘Kachemak Bay, it is named’. On m’in’á Timashénka naz’íwal ‘He called me Timashenka’.

Ya nashól ‘I found it’. M’i iwó nashl’í ‘We found him’.

Spakóynay noch! ‘Have a good night!’

Nóit ‘(It) aches’.

Nórdway wét’ir ‘northern wind’.

Ayayay! Tútaka mózhna nórk’i papkán pastáw’it’! Lit: ‘Oh, here a trap for minks might be set’.

Garbátay nos ‘hooked nose’; bal’shóy nos ‘bignose’. U n’iwó bal’shóy nos ‘He has a big nose’. U n’iwó shirókay nos ‘He has a wide nose’. U n’iwó kr’iwóy nos ‘He has a crooked nose’.

On karótk’iya br’úk’i nós’it ‘He’s wearing short pants’.

Kak’íya nówasn’i ? ‘What are the news?’

Nóway luná ‘new moon’. Mnóga nów’iya l’úd’i ‘There are many new people’.

Chiwó t’ibé núzhna? ‘What do you need?’

A gd’é núzhn’ik? ‘Where is the outhouse?’ On sawrál, núzhn’ik n’e tam ‘He lied, the outhouse is not there’.

U m’in’é n’étu sabáka ‘I don’t have a dog’. U m’in’é skaméyka n’étu ‘I don’t have a bench’. U nas kóshka n’étu ‘We don’t have a cat’. N’étu pép’il’ ‘There is no ash’. Iyó n’étu ‘She’s not here’. U m’in’é ból’shi sáhar n’étu ‘I don’t have anymore sugar’. (U) m’in’é wrém’i n’étu ‘I don’t have time (for something)’.

A n’éy zhárka ‘She’s hot’. Lit: ‘To her it is hot’. B’izhí sas n’éy! ‘Run with her!’ Ya yey kn’ígu dála ‘I (female) gave her a book’. Ya n’ey kn’ígu dála ‘I (female) gave her a book’. Ya s’ iyey paydú // Ya (sa) s n’ey paydú ‘I will go with her’.

Ya n’i znáyu ‘I don’t know’.

On n’ichichút’ úpal ‘He almost fell’.

N’ichiwó s’ib’é. Spas’íba ‘You’re welcome. Thank you’. Lit: ‘Nothing to me. Thank you’.

On n’ikadá n’i zhin’ílsa ‘He never married’.

N’i náda n’ikamú gawar’át! ‘Don’t tell anyone!’

On n’ikawó n’i pan’imáyit ‘He doesn’t understand anybody’.

Ya n’ikudá n’i paydú ‘I’m not going anywhere’. M’i n’ikudá n’i móg’im it’í ‘We can’t go anywhere’.

N’imnóshka rán’shi éta búla ‘It was a little bit earlier’.

Kúra yáytsu n’islá ‘The chicken laid eggs’.

R’íb’ichya n’ítka ‘fishing line’.

M’in’é n’iuhóta ‘I don’t want it’.

U n’iwó sabáka ‘He has a dog’.

(An’í) nyúhal’i ‘(They) were smelling’.

On n’úhayit ‘He’s kissing’.

Oo.
Óchin’ harashó ‘very good’.

Óstaway wét’ir ‘eastern wind; chinook’.