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MG&EP.0601 E: [ʔʌ́x̣tiːstomɑyɛ̀ʔmoɬ sx̣ʷox̣ʷoɬ] ʔəx̣tiystumayamʼuɬ sx̣ʷux̣ʷuɬ 'It happened to me a long time ago.'

MG&EP.0602 [nɑː hɛɬʔʌnɑʔɑ qɛ́qtɛ̀ tᶿmɑ́ʔnɑʔoɬ nɑː] naʔa hiɬ ʔə‿ naʔa qiqtiʔ tᶿ‿ manʼaʔuɬ naʔa 'It was uh... my youngest child.'

MG&EP.0603 [hɛɬʔʌxʷ čɛɬɑyɛs tᶿtígixʷʌɬ] hiɬ ʔə‿ xʷ‿ čaɬayas tᶿ‿ təgixʷaɬ 'I had three children at the time. (That was when I had three children.)'

MG&EP.0604 M: [mːm]

MG&EP.0605 E: [qʷʋlčɩn ʔʌ́x̣tiː] qʷəl ‿čən ʔəx̣tiy 'The same thing happened to me.'

MG&EP.0606 [čʼíˑyʋxʷč kʷšínʼ tɑ́ʔʌ θiːčɩmtɛˑgʌns tᶿʔɑˑyɛʔoɬgʌ tɑ́ʔʌ] čʼiyəxʷ ‿č kʷ‿ šinʼ taʔa θičimtigans tᶿ‿ ʔayaʔuɬ ‿ga taʔa 'I heard something come from overthere right behind my house...'

MG&EP.0607 M: [mːm]

MG&EP.0608 E: [sx̣ʷox̣ʷoɬ] sx̣ʷux̣ʷuɬ 'a long time ago.'

MG&EP.0609 [títoːlmot čúyʼ qʷɑyɩn nɑʔɑ kʷunʌs 'three month old'] titulmut čuyʼ qʷayin naʔa kʷənas 'three month old' 'A very tiny baby. It must have been three months old.'

MG&EP.0610 M: [m!]

MG&EP.0611 E: [ʔiˑ hoštgʌ tɑ́ʔɑčiˑšʋ̀ɬ] ʔiy hu ‿št ‿ga taʔačišuɬ 'We went on a trip.'

MG&EP.0612 [hoˑoˑguɬšt (<hoˑhoˑguɬšt) kʷɑ́ʔɑ pʼʌƛəm nɑː ƛʼɑ́ˑɬɑwʋm] huhuguɬ ‿št kʷaʔa pʼəƛəm naʔa ƛʼaɬawəm 'We went picking berries.'

MG&EP.0613 [hɛwtəmgʌ šɩms θoːʔ kʷšinʼ ʔiˑnɑmʼ kʷšinʼ (hɑːː)] hiwtəm ‿ga šə‿ ms‿ θu ʔ‿ kʷ‿ šinʼ ʔiy namʼ kʷ‿ šinʼ 'Right before we went there, it was about this time of year.'

MG&EP.0614 [qʷɑ́yɩn nɛʔ kʷnɑː čʼɛčʼʌ́x̣ kʷnɑː tʼɛʔɛnɛqʷ] qʷayin niʔ kʷ‿ naʔa čʼa‿ čʼəx̣ kʷ‿ naʔa tʼinʼiqʷ 'I think it was about the time salmonberries ripen.'

MG&EP.0615 M: [mː]

MG&EP.0616 E: [čʼičʼx̣ qʷʋlʼ kʷ tʼɛ́ʔɛnɛqʷ] čʼəčʼx̣ qʷəlʼ kʷ‿ tʼinʼiqʷ 'And the salmonberries are getting ripe now.'

MG&EP.0617 [ʔiːmot tʼᶿokʼʷ nɑmʼ kʷšinʼ] ʔəymut tʼᶿukʼʷ namʼ kʷ‿ šinʼ 'It was a fine day like today.'

MG&EP.0618 [hʌhkʷɑʔɩːtʼᶿʌč nɛʔkʷ ʔɑsqʼ] həhkʷayʼitʼᶿa ‿č niʔ kʷ‿ ʔasqʼ 'I was hanging clothes outside.'

MG&EP.0619 [hɛːːw ǰɑqɑ kʼʷɑ́ːqʼɛ́t kʷ čúyʼ] hiw ǰaqa kʼʷaqʼit kʷ‿ čuyʼ 'Then, all of a sudden, a baby was crying.'

MG&EP.0620 [čʼiˑyʋxʷč kʷ tíːːtolʼ čuyʼ] čʼiyəxʷ ‿č kʷ‿ titulʼ čuyʼ 'I heard a tiny baby crying.'

MG&EP.0621 [kʼʷɑ́ːqʼɛ̀t nɑmʼ kʷ čɛʔt ʔɛ́ˑʔɑˑnɑ̀ʔ čuyʼ] kʼʷaqʼit namʼ kʷ‿ čaʔat ʔiʔanaʔ čuyʼ 'like a newborn baby crying.'

MG&EP.0622 [kʼʷɑ́ːqʼɛ̀ːt x̣ʌ́x̣ᵊyɛ̀ hɛ tə ʔɑyʔiːgən ʔʌxʷ nɛʔs tɑ́ʔʌ čʼiˑyiˑtʌn] kʼʷaqʼit x̣əx̣ya hi tə‿ ʔayʔiygən ʔə‿ xʷ‿ niʔs taʔa čʼiyitan 'It was crying and it was weird; I heard it coming from the bush.'

MG&EP.0623 M: [oˑh] 'Oh.'

MG&EP.0624 E: [hoy hóč nɑː x̣ʌx̣yɛgʌtᶿ ... (<x̣ʌx̣yɛ gʌ tᶿ) hɑw.... nɑmʼčʼot kʷqʷʋlʼ hɑwegənθot ʔɑˑǰú] huy hu ‿č naʔa x̣əx̣ya ‿ga tᶿ‿ [...] haw [...] namʼ ‿č ‿ʔut kʷ‿ qʷəlʼ hawigənθut ‿ʔaǰu 'I was going to... it is funny why I ... it is as if I became confused.'

MG&EP.0625 M: [mːː]

MG&EP.0626 E: [hɛ tᶿ xʷɑʔnopotən xʷʌčɛᵊm néʔ tʌ́nʼ kʷčúyʼ ʔɑ́yʔiˑgən nɛʔ nɑː qʼɑ́qʼƛʼʌm tɑ́ʔʌ] hi tᶿ‿ xʷaʔ nuputan xʷaʔ čamʼas niʔ tanʼ kʷ‿ čuyʼ ʔayʔiygən niʔ naʔa qʼaqʼƛʼəm taʔa 'That's why it did not occur to me that there could not have been a child in the bush... in the thick bush over there.'

MG&EP.0627 M: [ʔɛː] ʔi 'Yes.'

MG&EP.0628 E: [hoːːč ʔiˑnɑˑ hoč gʌygiyɩt nɑmʼ tɑ́ʔʌ] hu ‿č ʔiy naʔa hu ‿č gaygiyit namʼ taʔa 'I went and looked around there.'

MG&EP.0629 M: [hm!]

MG&EP.0630 E: [kʷtɑ́yqɑːθòt θoːkʷɑʔɑǰu (< kʷɑʔʌ ʔɑˑǰu) kʷnɑ́mʼ kʷɑ́ʔʌ] kʷ‿ tayqaθut θu kʷaʔa ‿ʔaǰu kʷ‿ namʼ kʷaʔa '(But) It (the crying) had moved to over there.'

MG&EP.0631 [hɛ kʷšínʼ xʷ(<ʔʌxʷ) hósqᵊǰí kʼʷɑ́ːqʼɛ̀t kʷčúyʼ] hi kʷ‿ šinʼ ʔə‿ xʷ‿ hus qəǰi kʼʷaqʼit kʷ‿ čuyʼ 'That is where the crying moved to ... the baby was crying.'

MG&EP.0632 M: [oːː]

MG&EP.0633 E: [nɑ́ːm͡motʔot ʔʌ kʷčúyʼ ʔiː kʷiˑtθóːkʷi tʼóˑsos] nammut ‿ʔut ʔə‿ kʷ‿ čuyʼ ʔiy kʷit‿ θu ‿kʷi tʼusus 'It was just like a real baby, and then it went silent.'

MG&EP.0634 M: [ʔɛːɛ] ʔi 'Yes.'

MG&EP.0635 E: [tɑ́tʌwčgʌ tᶿnɑː čiˑčiˑyɛʔoɬ 'after'] tatawt ‿č ‿ga tᶿ‿ naʔa čičiyaʔuɬ 'after' 'Then I told my grandmother afterwards.'

MG&EP.0636 [x̣ʌ́x̣yɛmotɛw čʼiːxʷʌn (<čʼíˑyʋxʷʌn) čuyʼ kʼʷɑ́ːqʼìt nɛʔ kʷʔɑyʔiˑgən nɛč (<nɛʔɛč)] x̣əx̣yamut hiw čʼiyəxʷan čuyʼ kʼʷaqʼit niʔ kʷ‿ ʔayʔiygən niʔit ‿č '"I heard something really strange, a baby crying in the bush," I said.'

MG&EP.0637 [hɛhɛw ɬʌx̣mothɛhɛw nɛːtʌs] hihiw ɬəx̣mut hihiw niʔitas 'She said "that is really bad."'

MG&EP.0638 [kʼʷʋnɛčxʷ θčiˑčuyʼ kʼʷʋnɛčxʷ θtígixʷʌɬ nɑːθʌs] kʼʷənit ‿čxʷ θ‿ čəyčuyʼ. kʼʷənit ‿čxʷ θ‿ təgixʷaɬ, naθas '"Watch your children. Watch all your children," she said to me.'

MG&EP.0639 M: [hm!]

MG&EP.0640 E: [čɛʔmɑˑsʌm kʷyɛ́ʔθot͡s kʷšínʼ] čamʼas ‿səm kʷ‿ yaʔθuts kʷ‿ šinʼ '"Something will happen to someone."'

MG&EP.0641 [qʷʋlčʼɛ tɑwθɛmkʷut tɑ́ˑmʌs] qʷəl ‿čʼa tawθim ‿kʷut tamas '"They (spirits) just came and told you something."'

MG&EP.0642 [gʌ́nɑˑxʷmòtʼot hóːšt tʌ́s kʷɑ́ʔʌ níʔǰi ʔʌms hóˑnɑʔʌ šɛnʼ ƛʼóqʷowɩ hošt pʼʌƛʌmoˑwʋɬ kʷɑ́ʔʌ ƛʼɑ́ˑɬɑwʋm] gənaxʷmut ‿ʔut. hu ‿št təs kʷaʔa niǰʼi ʔəms‿ hu naʔa šanʼ ƛʼəqʷuwi hu ‿št pʼəƛəmuwuɬ kʷaʔa ƛʼaɬawəm 'It was really true. We reached our far away destination, that is where we umm... that summer, we went to pick berries.'

MG&EP.0643 M: [mːm]

MG&EP.0644 E: [ʔiˑnɛʔ qéyʼ kʷšínʼ š(ɩ)tᶿ nɑʔɑ mɛ́mnɑ̀ʔoɬ] ʔiy niʔ qəyʼ kʷ‿ šinʼ š‿ tᶿ‿ naʔa mimnaʔuɬ 'and my baby died there.'

MG&EP.0645 M: [oːːː]

MG&EP.0646 E: [héyɛkʼʷɑ kʼʷut xʷ(<ʔʌxʷ) qʷʋ́lʼs nɑː] hiya ‿kʼʷa ‿kʼʷut ʔə‿ xʷ‿ qʷəlʼs naʔa 'That is why, you see, they seem to ...'

MG&EP.0647 M: [mː]

MG&EP.0648 E: [qʷʋlʼ nɑmʼ kʷɑ tɑwθiːyʌm] qʷəlʼ namʼ ‿kʷa tawθayəm 'have come and told me.'

MG&EP.0649 M: [mːm]

MG&EP.0650 E: [hɛ́čgʌ qʼɑ́ʔiˑ hɛwč qʼɑːːimot hɛw gʌ́nɑˑxʷɑkʼʷùt] hi ‿č ‿ga qʼayʼ hiw ‿č qʼaymut hiw gənaxʷ ‿a ‿kʼʷut 'I believed. I really believed it. It was true.'

MG&EP.0651 M: [mːm]

MG&EP.0652 E: [gʌ ʔʌ́x̣tɑystomɛt qʷʋlʼ] ga‿ ʔəx̣taystumit qʷəlʼ 'If they come and do that to you...'

MG&EP.0653 M: [gʌ́nɑːxʷmot héyʼ] gənaxʷmut hiyʼ 'It _is_ the truth.'

MG&EP.0654 E: [mːː]

MG&EP.0655 M & E: [hm]

MG&EP.0656 E: [qʷɑ́yɩn xʷɑʔ qʼɑ́qʼɑymɛtit kʷǰɛʔʌm] qʷayin xʷaʔ qʼaqʼaymitit kʷ‿ ǰaʔəm 'I do not think some people believe in them (spirits of this sort).'

MG&EP.0657 M: [xʷɑːʔ qʼɑqʼɑymɛtʌs xʷɑʔ gʌnɑˑxʷsxʷʌs] xʷaʔ qʼaqʼaymitas xʷaʔ gənaxʷsxʷas 'No, they don't believe it. They don't take it seriously.'

MG&EP.0658 E: [ʔiː gʌ́nɑxʷ hɛw gʌ́nɑːxʷmot] ʔiy gənaxʷ hiw gənaxʷmut 'But it is true. It is really true.'

List of abbreviations

Gloss Meaning
A.INTR active-intransitive
AUT autonomous
AUX (unglossed) auxiliary
CAU causative
CJR conjectural
CLF cleft
CLT (unglossed) clitic
CNJ conjunctive subject
CNJ conjunctive clause
CTR control transitive
DEM demonstrative
DET determiner
DIM diminutive
DIREV direct evidence
DSD desiderative
EPEN epenthesis (h and ʔ)
EV epenthetic vowel
ERG ergative subject
EXCL exclamation
FUT future
HYP hypothetical
IMP imperative
IMPF imperfective
INC inceptive
IND indirective
INDC indicative subject
INDP independent form
INS instrument(al)
INTR intransitive
IRR irrealis
LIG ligature
LV link vowel
LIT literally
LOC locational
LS lexical suffix
MDL middle
NEG negative
NOM nominalizer
NOM nominalized clause
NTR noncontrol transitive
OBJ object
OBL oblique
OBSR observed
PASS passive
PERF perfective
PL / PL plural
POSS possessive
PTC particle
QN question marker
QUOT quotative
R.FILLER rhetorical filler
RCP reciprocal
RDPL reduplication/reduplicant
RFL reflexive
RLT relational
SBJ subject
SG singular
S.O. someone
S.T. something
STV stative
SUSC susceptible
TR transitive (transitivizer)
UNEXP unexpected
‿ or = connects a clitic to another clitic or to the hosting word