Interlinear glossed text

NM071109-01_A

Recording date	2007-11-09
Speaker age	70/73
Speaker sex	f/f
Text genre	conversation
Extended corpus	yes

we burn (it) [the head of an animal before cooking affal]

yes, you just burn it

a	-u
2SG	-UP

you burn it, you take it

when you want to cook (it), ...

a	-u
2SG	-UP

you cook (it), wash (it), scrape it

that is the way we do indeed

kxʼuu	-a
make	****

we scratch, scratch, scratch it

and it gets clean

now you take it, you cut

you put (it) into a pot

you eat (it)

af-	ge-	brand
off-	PTCP-	burn

our elders say, our elders burned all the head ready

af-	ge-	brand
off-	PTCP-	burn

af-	skraap
off-	scrape

burned it, you shave it with a stone this way or scrape it with a knife

af-	ge-	skraap
off-	PTCP-	scrape

and after you finished scaping it, you wash it

then you cut it into pieces, then you cook it

oud	-ke
old	-PL

our parents ...

cut (it) [tsamma]

they took a pot

[continuation of the previous sentence] put the pot onto the fire

a	-u
2SG	-UP

nǃobo	-si
stir	-SGLT

you take a stirrer

nǃobo	-si
stir	-SGLT

stirrer (they)

they stir it

I mash it, so that it ...

becomes a porridge

knn	-u
3PL	-UP

they take it

and they ...

tsamma that is like this

its tsamma porridge

tsamma porridge

we call it 'ǃqam'

tsamma porridge

we also roast it

ǂau	-si
tsamma	-SGLT

ka-	nǁaa
PL-	gemsbok.cucumber

we take gemsbok cucumbers

we roast (it)

gemsbok.cucumber

put it [into ash]

gemsbok.cucumber

this is a gemsbok cucumber

we take it out [of the fire]

our mother's family

they put it down

knn	-u
3PL	-UP

they put it down

Wipe it clean.

Wipe it clean.

We wipe it, ...

so that we ...

dya	-u
1PL.I.?	-UP

eat that, eat it, eat it.

ǀaa	-ke
berry	-PL

and berries, ...

ǀaa	-ke
berry	-PL

and berries ...

(strong wind)

Then we sleep this way,

In the morning ...

they go to their ...

They go and share with ...

ǀae	-ke
woman	-PL

They have a good sleep.

That is the way we used to ...

the food ...

I know their [Boers'] flour ...

and the maize flour.

I don't know it.

We did not grow up with them.

hng	-ke
3PL	-PL

They did not grow up ...

ng	-ke
this.PL	-PL

the food we eat now,

what should we do?

We should ...

But we should now ...

because we will no longer ...

*ǂ	-a
****	****

Tsamma porridge.

Eat tsamma seeds.

ǂauǁaa	-ʘuni
tsamma.pips	-DIM.PL

I still have tsamma seeds.

Do you tell lies?

They are in a bag.

Why did not you ...

ki	-ke
3NH.SG	-PL

piece.of.cloth

don't you crush them?

I will still crush them.

nu	-u
1SG?	-UP

I will crush it and I share it with you.

ǁaa	-xe
sibling	-F.SG

Me and my sister ...

kxʼuu	-a
make	****

made those tsamma seeds.

roasted them, took the tsamma seeds out [of the fire].

We roasted them.

a	-u
2SG	-UP

beker	-si
cup	-LOAN.SG

And she [ǀUna's sister] gives me a cup.

beker	-si
cup	-LOAN.SG

And she takes her cup.

I still have tsamma seeds now.

I saw them (tsamma seeds) yesterday.

They are in the bag.

I will take them out [from the bag] .

ǁaa	-xe
sibling	-F.SG

kxʼuu	-a
make	****

That is the one [the bag on ǀUna's lap] which my sister made.

I will crush them,

so that we eat them.

You should crush, so that you can share it with me.

Where will you eat them?

(?) zou never go down

so that I can go and share it with you.

komkommer	-ki
cucumber	****

Boy, cucumbers,

they are here.

Boy, I was today in the morning there.

Where you not there in the morning?

Where was I?

You stayed there?

Did you see?

so that I see them,

ǀee	-ki
woman	****

ǀii	-e
catch	****

who took the child

looked at her,

so that I can see what she is doing.

xuu	-a
leave	-IMP.SG

ǀee	-ki
woman	****

pre	-si
bread	-LOAN

Stop this story about the woman

And berries.

ǀaa	-ke
berry	-PL

Now we are done ...

with the tsamma ...

gemsbok.cucumber

and with the gemsbok cucumber.

Now we go. (AW switch the topic)

ǁxae	-a
know	****

You probably know,

comes from the ground.

ǂʼeikxʼaa	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

ǂʼeikxʼaa	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

potatoes ...

komkommer	-ke
cucumber	-PL

and cucumbers ...

is the food that we eat.

Cyperus.fulgens

And the onions.

Cyperus.fulgens

And the onoins.

And the ǁhani.

And the ǁhani.

*gǃo	-e
****	-ADJ.SUFF

And that one ...

How do we call this thing?

ǂʼeikxʼaa	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

ǂʼeikxʼaa	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

sii	-a
arrive	****

We came to Witdraai.

fontein	-si
fountain	-LOAN.SG

We come and find a fountain.

Onions in Witdraai ...

This is the thing that I tell people.

(They don't)

They don't ...

they are not Bushmen.

These are only us who are Bushmen/only us who say we are Busmen.

They are not Bushmen.

We are not Busmen. [speach of these other people]

But I grew up on onions.

ǂʼeikxʼaa	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

It is water.

Do you know gʘoe?

ǀʼoaaan	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

I know gʘoe, I know ǀʼoaaansi.

That thing is ...

the people should not tell me.

Not feel hunger ...

ǂʼeikxʼaa	-si
sp.plant	-SGLT

I eat (a species of) onions

I eat nǁuukxʼaa.

This is what ...

xain	-ki
mother	****

my mother ...

grandparent:M.SG

and my father ...

ǃxoo	-a
become.big	-?ASP

brought me up with.

With the tsamma ...

ǀaa	-ke
berry	-PL

and berries ...

ain	-ki
father	****

ǃxoo	-a
become.big	-?ASP

my father brought me up

I'm sitting here the one who is sitting here

ge-	sê
PTCP-	say

Now you have to tell him, have to tell him what you have said.

I will do it later.

They will translate it.

I finish, because ...

(check translation)

you should know or don't you know how to ...

(? they translate it)

translate it)

This is why ...

they wiil again

when you go and sit down ???

you translate it

*ǀʼ	-e
****	-ADJ.SUFF

speak.Afrikaans

(...) in Afrikaans

(?) see this machine

masjien	-si
machine	-LOAN.SG

(?they) sit you into this machine (= the recording device)

masjien	-si
machine	-LOAN.SG

oortaal	-ki
translate	****

what we now translate

in Afrikaans

I don's speak Nluu

I mean Afrikaans

Nǀuu.language

You (?don't) know Nluu

Yoou will certailny have to trranslate

ǀee	-ki
woman	****

because you are an Afrikaans woman