tci20120922a-25

okay, I will begin from day before yesterday. on thursday when we left to come here

?o.kay kwa zreth.kä.fə na.ma thur.sə.day fə.thə zen.fa.ra.ke

we set off around midday, at one o'clock

za.ne ʔe.foth.me zen.fa.ra.ke one ʔo.cə.lo.cək sə.traig.hət

as we paddled up to here

ma.ne ŋan.ro.fä.nza.ke ʔe zə.bo

we got out, we unloaded all the things

zä.fre.fa.ke ka.kau.na ʔe.fre.zra.ke bra.mö.wä

those two small ones, fosam and daisy they did it. they dug for worms

za.ne ʔe.da.wä ka.ka.tan fo.sam dai.səy fi za.rath dəd ʔe.tha.ri.nath

small worms, the worms were like this size

ka.ta.ka.tan dəd ni.ma wa.rək ʔa.ne dəd ʔe.re.ra

they said "mama

zu.ko.rath ma.ma

you go inside (the canoe) and throw the fishing line"

bä ba.na ke.tha.ruf zu.zi kä.zir

I pushed the canoe to this place over there. I put it down over there

nze.fə gar.da.nzo sräth.fi.thə za.ne faf zə.nen fo.bo.fə srä.zə fə.yə

I caught a big one first. as big as this dog here. a big one

zöb.thə fe.fe ya.bun srä.trə ni.ma wa.rək ŋa.tha zə.yə ya.bun ʔe.bar ka.be

with the beard, it was a kwazür

thäbuthäbukarä kwa.zür ʔa.ne ya.ra

then I caught some more. thirteen all together

wa.tik nä thrä.trə bra.mö.wä thrä.trə 13

this aunti yabär

auntie za.ne ya.bär

father went to masu for cassawa

da.ddy fi ya.ka ma.su bis.ka.rər

he came back in the afternoon. aunti asked me:

zi.zi fe.fe ŋa.bri.gwa auntief ni.ma kwräs

"what is it?" I was like: "they are here in the canoe"

ra.nzo nze ni.ma ze.rä gar.dan

"oh, how lucky!!"

oh gad.mö.wä

I scraped the casswa

bis.kar kwa thrärsisé

yabär built up the firesticks for the ground oven. Yabär was getting excited

ya.bär ka.ro zathomon ya.bär wef.wef.nzo krä.kor

we started making the kwrman one by one, the small ones, the children

kwər.man ŋa.rä.ra.ke fə.frü.kak.me.nzo ka.ta.ka.tan za.ne bra.mö.wä

each one made them

fə.frü.kak.me.nzo

the biggest one was for father skri

da.ddy sə.kri.ʔa.ne ya.ra ya.bun

we thought our father came, but no

kə.ma ni.ma nzen.me da.ddy kə.ma zə yan.ra fi ke.ke

then I said "daddy skri, this is for you! eat this one!"

wa.tik da.ddy sə.kri bun ʔa.ne fof yə be ʔa.ne sa.wob

then skri got excited

wa.tik sə.kri ʔa.ne wef.wef.nzo krä.kor

later we opened the oven

ka.ro ba.na wə.tha.nzre

we sat down. meanwhile, it was getting late

kräm.se zi.zi fe.fe fa.fen ze zan.fo.nza

we sat down to eat. we ate and we finished. we washed our hands

da.go.nər kräm.se ʔä.na.thre ba.na bra thräb.the ga.ga ʔe.mai.yu.kwre

we just made the fire and went off to sleep

mə.ni.nzo thräs.the kräm.nzre ʔet.fəth kwo.si

the next day

?o.kay ʔa.ne ʔe.zi kay.ʔə

skri went for worms

sə.kri ba.na bi.ya.ro də.dər

as he was there, he dug for worms. then he came back and showed me: "here are you worms"

fi ma.ne ya.ra bə.yə dəd ʔen.tha.ri.nza krä.brim kwra.fäs bo.ne dəd ze.ra

"you get in (the canoe). and you get again in the canoe tomorrow!"

bä ba.na ke.tha.ruf kwot we ke.tha.ruf kay.ʔə fof

I caught again the same amount (like last time)

we thrä.trə ni.mä.wä fof

eleven

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we were making kwrman one by one, all the small ones

we kwər.man ŋa.re.ra.ke fə.frü.kak.me.nzo nä.bi.kak.me za.ne ka.ta.ka.tan bra.mö.wä

late in the afternoon

zi.zi fe.fe

we made the kwrman

wa.tik kwər.man ŋa.re.ra.ke

and we sat down

kräm.se

in the meanwhile the sun was going down. it was there. it was turning red.

fa.fen ʔe.foth kwa.tra.kwə.rəm fa.fen ʔe.foth bä ya.rəm oh fər.kəf fof süb.tha.kwə.rəm ʔe.foth

yabär said "Look at the sun. It is turning red!"

ya.bä.rəf ni.ma ʔe ʔe.foth ba.na kwa sa.ma.re fər.kəf yəb.tha.kwər

then we sat down and we untied the kwrman

wa.tik kräm.se ko.fä ba.na erbänzre kwər.man

we started eating

bə.threth.kä.fe da.gon

we all washed our hands, we prepared the place (for sleeping), we layed down with a full stomach

ga.ga ʔe.mai.yu.kwre bra.mö.wä faf zən ʔä.frəm.nzre krämnzere ʔa.ne nər.ka.rä fof

we went off to sleep just like this. no more storytelling

kom.nzo ni.ma fä zäm.nze.ra.ke nä tə.tri.ka.si ke.ke

we were just tired because we had a full belly

ʔa.ne nər.ma kom.nzo yo.ga.nai

and today I went again but I caught only three fish

we ze.na ʔe.zi kə.ma kwo.fi.yak ke.ke nzo thätré

we made a kwrman oven, a small gastol fish. but skri caught some in the net yesterday

ʔa.ne ka.ro kwər.man ʔa.ne kwa.rä.re gas.tor ka.ka.tan fi sə.krif kay.ʔə net ma.ne zan.mir

we took out only small ones

katakatannzo thän.fir bä.ne

one mullet

ŋa.brəm nä.bi səf.rä

some small zakrat were there and wifaza

ʔe za.krat fäth fe.rä wi.fa.za

and we made kwrman from those

ʔa.ne.nzo kwər.man kwa.rä.re

now we just wait for the oven. we will open it and then we will set off to go back home

wa.tik ze.na zəf ka.ro.nzo wä.mo.ne.gwre zre.tha.nze kwa ŋa.far.kwre kar.fo

it is just like this

ni.ma.nzo bə.rä

thank you

ʔe.so

thank you

ʔe.so