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this is säfifok

säfifok zəf rä

another big swamp

ka.far zra nä

this place here, is for the our family to go fishing

za.ne ma.ne zəf.rä.rəm mə.rən frəz.si.ma zəf.rä.rəm

always when the flood came up

tər.kər thə kwan.ma.thəm

they blocked it there

zəf.then bo.bo zfk- zəf.kər.kwə.rə.məth

during the big flood they blocked it there

ka.far tər.kren zukr- zu.kər.kwə.rə.məth bo.bo bə.rä

that fish was lured to (one place) here

ko.fä ʔa.ne kwan.rä.kum.gwə.rə.məth zə.bo.nzo

they heard the barramundis grinding their teeth from the house

mənz.fa bo.ba kwan.ri.zə.rə.məth nzar.wo.nan.me zər ta kwan

the safak fish grinding teeth

sa.fa.kan.me zər ta kwan

again and again, they send someone here to check

ka.be nä swän.sər.yof.thəth zə.bo sir

always when he saw the fish

fə thwe.ma.rəm ko.fä

he told them: "there are fish there"

kwä.trif ko.fä ʔe.rä

the water has dropped already with the fish.

ko.fä zə zär.tə.məth

they waited until it became a small pond, this one over there.

kwa zwa.ka.nzə.rə.məth ʔe kwot ʔa.ne na.mä bä.ne kwä.ga.thinz ya.wi be.rä

when there was only a small pond left

kom.nzo ya.wi no fə.thə kwä.ga.thinz

they planned for it

zo.kwa.si kwot zwa.frəm.nzə.rə.məth

(they got) the frdth poison root

frə.dəth

then they got the swär poison root ready

kwa.mo.nzik.nə.wə.rə.məth swär

they always went and fetched it

fə.thə zwen.mi.yä.rəth

They were catching that fish. There are plenty of different fish. the safak,

ko.fä kwa.fər.zə.rə.məth ʔa.ne ko.fä yəf yəf be.rä sa.fak

some days barramundis are left. kwazür, thwä,

nzar.won nä kay.ʔə kwär.tə.məth kwa.zür thə.wä

matai or find

ma.tai fi.nəd

There are many different fish in there.

ko.fä yəf yəf be.rä

they killed them here and they shared the fish in a good way. they gave some to this one and some to that one

zə.bo zəf thuf.nzə.rə.məth we kwot kwa.ri.thə.rə.məth na.mä yam.me na.fan ni.ma tü.fər.wä nä.bu.nən ni.ma tü.fər.wä nä.bu.nən ni.ma tü.fər.wä

then they had shared enough

wa.tik wa.tik.thə.me.nzo zə kwa.ri.thə.rə.məth

fish

ko.fä

today it is not like this

ze.na ma.ne rä kwot ke.ke ni.ma rä

like it was before. the bad fish came in, the gastor there

zöb.thə mon zəf.rä.rəm ga.tha ko.fä zän.thə.bath gas.tor be.rä

these chase out the (native) fish

wə.lät ko.fä na.fa ʔäm.ri.nzə.rəth

that is why it looks like this

ʔa.ne.ma wä.re.nzər ni.ma

it looks very bad. it shouldn't be like this. it was not like this

wä.re.nzər ni.ma kom.nzo ga.tha ga.tha zra kə.ma rä ke.ke ni.ma zra ke.ke ni.ma za.ne zəf.rä.rəm

before there was plenty fish caught here in the swamp

zöb.thə ma.ne zəf.rä.rəm ko.fä kwar.təm ko.fä za.ne zran

they invited big people for catching fish

zə ka.be ka.far thwa.we.kwə.rə.məth frəz.sir

the girls from this place whereever there were married to, they came

ʔe.moth fäth za.ne kar.ma mä ʔäm.nzro ʔa.ne kwot thwa.ni.ya.kəm

they did the netting properly together

za.ne kwa.fər.zə.rə.məth ʔe.rä.me kwot

they shared the fish in a fair way

ko.fä kwot kwar.ko.nzə.rə.məth na.mä yam.me

they looked at the big swamp here with good thoughts

nä ka.far zra za.ne zəf fa.mä zu.mar.wə.rə.məth na.fa zəf

the late big people

ka.far kwar.kə

the little story of today comes to an end here

tri.ka.si fäth zə.bo zəf zway.thik zə.rä ze.na ʔe.foth.ma

how many places have we come up to?

kar ma.ne nzə.ŋan.fə.si.ne rə.nzam kar ben.rä

now because of the sun, we finished it (story) here in säfifk

ze.na ʔe.foth.ma zə zəb.the sa.fi.fo.ken

another day

nä kay.ʔə we

we will start with other places

nä kar we zə thrath.kä.fe

we will see other places and start to recount

thre.ma.re we nä kar fə.si.si

with their stories and all

nafatrikasiäsü

thank you

ʔe.so

there are lots of ants. they drop down from here because of the heat of the sun.

mə.sar ta.ba.kwon rä zə.ba ŋan.tra.kwə.rəth ʔe.foth tu.ʔof.ma

we will go up here. here is a small path.

zä zəf kra.fre.fe moth ka.tan zä wəth.no