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this way

ni.ma fof

I will begin. Good morning

zreth.kä.fə na.mä ʔe.zi

ah

ʔa.hə

I will show Julia

nze kwa ʔä.fä.nə ju.li.ʔan ʔa

and Chris

ʔa chris

ah

ʔa.hə

and the other Chris, this one's namesake

nä chris fi yə na.fa.nzä.the

I will show them this one here. The nest here

bä.ne.ma nze ʔä.fä.nə za.ne gwəth ma.ne rä

they call this here ... the bowerbird's nest

za.ne zəf wə.ko.nzə.rəth za.ne nzö.yä.ra.ne gwəth

that is the house that she builds

bä.ne be.rä na.fa.ne mənz mon.me wə.rä.zər

she prepares it

wä.frəm.nzər

the seeds there are from different trees

wäm.ne ya.wi fə.frü.me.nzo be.rä

this is how she arranges them there

wa.ti na.fa.ne gwəth ni.ma.me fof rä ze.na mon.me bä wə.then bə.rä

when the bowerbird comes, those seeds are there

nzö.yar fə.thə wä.ni.yak ʔa.ne wäm.ne ya.wi be.rä

the name of the seeds is thwaithwai

yəf ʔa.ne ʔe.rä thwai.thwai

those seeds down there

ya.wi bä.ne be.rä

tree seeds

wäm.ne ya.wi

the thwaithwai seeds are laying there

thwai.thwai ʔa.ne fof ʔe.thən be.rä ya.wi

but she does not sleep here in this nest

fi ke.ke zä wə.ru.gər za.ne gwə.then

she only comes during the day. she stays here

kom.nzo ʔe.foth.nzo wä.ni.yak wa.ti zä wäm.nzər fof

that is why, she gets everything ready

wa.ti ʔa.ne.ma fof ŋan.mo.nzik.nə.wər

those little branches there

bä.ne wäm.ne bä.ne be.rä smsa-

the small fresh twigs

bä.ne be.rä sə.sa.böm

the (dried) twigs

sə.ga.bum

the dried twigs are planted in the ground there

sə.ga.bum bä.ne ʔe.räs.thə.gər be.rä

she puts them like this around her house or she builds it

wa.ti na.fa.ne mənz ni.ma.me wə.məth.za.gwər ʔo fə.thə wər.wər fof

her house is a woven house

na.fa.ne mənz yər.si ʔa.ne

that is what she does

tə.ma.təm ʔa.ne fof rä be.rä

she decorates it with the seeds. here it is decorated with seeds

ya.wi ʔa.ne.me bü.ro.ya.kwər ya.wi.me ro.yak.si.kaf ʔa.ne fof rä ze.na bə.rä

there are some fruit here, and a necklace type of thing here. what are those here?

za.ne ma.ne ʔe.rä mo.ni.mo.ni za.ne ʔe.rä ra ʔe.rä za.ne ya.wi

they are like a necklace

mo.ni.mo.ni ʔe.rä za.ne ya.wi.ya.wi

she pulls them off the orchid there. the orchid that we saw there

dəm.gwər.fa enrg- ʔen.rə.ge.gwər bä.ne dəm.gwər bo.ba ma.ne the.ma.re be.rä

from there, she pulls them off

fo.ba ʔa.ne fof ʔen.rə.ge.gwər

these seeds are different

ya.wi fə.frü.me.nzo

this seed here ...

za.ne ya.wi ma.ne yə

and this is different. another seed here...

ʔa za.ne frü.mö.wä yə nä ya.wi za.ne yə

but those ones lying there, are really thwaithwai

fi bä.ne be.thən thwai.thwai ʔa.ne fof ʔe.rä.ro fof

ah

ʔa.hə

another fruit is here

za.ne nä ya.wi yə

we don't know what it is

ni mi.ya.mər ra yə

maybe the märo seeds or

mä.ro nəm yə ʔo

ah, it is the märo seed

ʔa.ha mä.ro ya.wi yə

it is this (colour). this one ...

bi.ya.rä na.fa.ne k- bä.ne bə.rä fof

the märo colour of this one here

wo.ku mä.ro ya.wi za.ne yə

thwaithwai

ʔa.hə thwai.thwai

the necklace (type of plant)

mo.ni.mo.ni

there is another one, the drü flower

nä bä.ne be.rä nä drü nzram bä.ne be.rä

from there she comes (gets ready) and builds the house

wa.ti ʔa.ne fo.ba ŋan.mo.nzik.nə.wər zə.bo wä.ni.yak za.ne mənz zəf wər.wər

but she doesn't sleep here

ke.ke fi zä wə.ru.gər

only during the day, only for this she does it

kom.nzo bä.ne.mər ʔe.foth bä.nem.rə.nzo wə.rär fof

this here is similar to the yamhouse roof

za.ne ma.ne rä zər.ku.ku.tha.tha za.ne rä

she stays under this roof

zər.ku.ku fä wäm.nzər fof

it is her (place)

bo.ba bə.wä.rä

on the other side ...

ne.ba

(she stays) there on the opposite side when she has her monthly period

bä.ne bə.wä.rä ne.ba.ma ʔa.ne fof wä.rä wəm.si.ma fə.thə rä

menstruation

wəm.si

the woman's period

ŋa.rän.me kwik

she stays there on the opposite side

wa.ti bo.ba ne.ba ʔa.ne fof wäm.nzər fof

okay, then in the night, in the afternoon

rä ʔe ʔa.ne wa.tik zə.bär zi.zi

she goes back to the sleeping place

ŋa.bri.gwro bo.bo ʔet.fəth zən.fo

on top of the tree

wäm.ne war.fo wə.ru.gər

and comes back in the morning

ʔe.zi.ʔe.zi we ŋan.bri.gwər zə.bo wä

she stays here. well, the one that was shouting just before. the one that we just heard

zä zəf wäm.nzər wa.ti ze.na fä ma.ne nü.wän.nor fä ma.ne nwänrizre

it flew away from here

zə.ba zəf zeth.fär zəf

it flew away in fear because of us

nzen.me.ma wə.tri.me zeth.fä.ro

the poor birds' house here. this is the nest

wa.ti na.fa.ne ba.na zä zəf mənz rä gwəth rä

here she sits and sleeps during the day

zä zəf wäm.nzər ʔe.foth ʔet.fəth

this one here is the house extension

za.ne ma.ne ʔe.rä zər.ku.ku rä

she stays over there because of her monthly period

bo.ba ma.ne wän.rä wəm.si.ma wän.rä bo.ba brä.ro

on the other side

bo.ba ne.ba

ah

ʔa.hə

I will stop here

zə.bo zəf zrä.ga.thi.nzə

this is the bird's nest

nzo.yä.ra.ne gwəth ʔa.ne fof rä fof

thank you

ʔe.so ka.far