NB081007-01_A

must I speak first?

moet ek nou eers praat,

you kan talk now about the animal hides

jy kan nou van die velletjies vertel,

I want ...

ng ǂao

to make wet a hide

ng gauke dyoo

this hide

dyoo a,

so that I can tan (it)

nǀa ng ǀqoake,

so that I can make a sleeping mat for me

nǀa ng kxʼuua nya ǂoa,

give me ...

a tsaa nya

the scraping stone

ǀxoransi,

so that I can ? this hide

nǀa ng ǀxora dyoo a,

so that I can tan (it)

nǀa ng ǀqoake,

I don't have a sleeping mat

a ng tyoan ǂoa,

I want to make a sleeping mat for me

ng ǂao ng kxʼuua nya ǂoa,

now I take this hide

a nyau ǀai ng dyoo a,

I wash (it)

ng ǁʼali,

when I have washed (it) ...

a nau xa ǁʼalia,

?(now) I ?hang (it) up

ng ki ǃkxʼoqa,

I take the eland's bean

nau ǀai ng gǁoosi,

I rub it (the hide) in with the eland's bean

ng ǀxura ha nǀa gǁoosi,

I roll it (the hide) up

nǀa ng xami suin ki,

tomorrow I will go and cut steekgras

ng si ǂinnki ǁʼae ng ǀaa ǁuuke,

I come and make this hide

ng sii, nya kxʼuu dyoo a,

I come and stretch (it)

ng sii, nya kxʼoqra soo,

I come and stretch (it)

ng see, nya ǀqui ǂee,

so that I can put (it) down

nǀa ng ǀai ǁhoo,

I want to make a sleeping mat for me

ng ǂao ng kxʼuua nya i ǂoa,

I donʼt have a sleeping mat

a ng ǁu ki ǂoa,

hey, my sister

hey, ng ǁaaxe,

look at me, I (also) don't have a sleeping mat

nǀaa ng, ng tyoan ǂoa [dyoo],

I also want to tan

ng ook ǂao ng ǀqoake,

so that I can (also) make a sleeping mat for me

nǀa ng kxʼuua nya ǂoa

I (also) don't have a sleeping mat

nǀa ng ǁu ki ǂoa,

?I will lie on (it)

ng si gǃai ǁhoo,

I will first wash them (the hides)

a si ǁkhaa ǁʼali hng,

now we take the eland's bean

a sau ǀai ng gǁoosi,

we dye it

si base ki,

so that we can stretch it

nǀa [si] si see, si ǃkxʼoqa ki,

we go and cut steekgras

sau ǁʼaa, si ǀaa ǁuuke,

we come and pin (the hide onto the ground)

si see, si ǁqain,

so that we stretch (it)

nǀa si ǃkxʼoqa,

okay?

okay,

isn't it?

of hoe

isn't it?

is mos,

yes

ja

isn't it?

of hoe,

yes

ja

(it) is like this

is so

(we) take the scraping stone

ǀai ng ǀxoransi,

we take the scraping stone

sau ǀai ng ǀxoransi,

we remove the flesh

si ǁhubu gǁunn,

we remove the flesh

si ǁhubu gǁunn,

we remove the flesh, then we take the eland's bean, we ...

si ǁhubu gǁunn, a sau ǀai ng gǁoosi, si

dye it

base ki,

we take the steekgras (pegs), we sharpen (them)

a sau ǀai ng ǁuuke, si ǀaa,

we make pegs so that we can pin it (the hide) down

si kxʼuu penneke, [si] nǀa si ǁqain ǁhoo ki,

we stretch (it)

si ǃkxʼoqa,

we stretch the hide

si mos ǃkxʼoqa dyoo,

yes

ja

when we have finished to stretch (the hide) ...

a sau xa klaar ǃkxʼoqa,

we take a knife

si ǀai ng nǂona,

we cut (the hide)

si ǀaa,

we make a sleeping mat for us

si kxʼuua sa ǂoa,

so that we can ?lie on [it]

nǀa si gǃai ǁhoo,

isn't it?

is mos

isn't it?

of hoe,

and you also told me how you built, you made a house, can you also tell this, with the dung, and everything, what you plastered with

en jy het ook vir my vertel hoe jy [die] die huis gebou het, gemaak het, kan jy dit ook vertel, met die mis, en alles, wat jy uitgepleister het,

must I tell this together with this (other) story?

moet ek hom saam met dié storie sê,

yes, if you can?

hm, kan jy

yes

ja

yes, okay?

ja, okay

when will Fytjie translate (it)?

[daar] daar tolk Fytjie wanneer,

or do you want to translate first, or ...

of wil jy nou eers tolk, of,

don't you first have to finish the translation, and then I speak about the house?

moet jy nie eers die storie klaar tolk en, en daar sê ek van die huis,

yes, then ...

ja, dan

talk just first about the house as well

praat mos sommer van die huis ook,

yes

ja,

we go now

a nou sau ǃuun,

we take a axe

si ǀai ng ǃʼoo,

we go and chop ...

si ǁʼaa, si ǁkxʼoo

poles

paleke,

we put (them) onto ...

a sau gǃai ǁhoo

our head

[si] ng si (...) nǀaa,

we come and carry (them)

si see, si ǃʼao,

(we) bring them home

tsaa hng nǁng,

hey

hey,

I want to build a house for me

ng ǂao ng kxʼuua nya nǁng,

the rain comes

ǃaqa ke tsaa,

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we put (the poles) in (into the ground), we dig (them) in, we dig (them) in, we dig (them) in, we dig (them) in, we dig (them) in

sau ǀʼee, sau ǁʼau ǀʼee, sau ǁʼau ǀʼee, sau ǁʼau ǀʼee, sau ǁʼau ǀʼee, sau ǁʼau ǀʼee,

we go and take straps

a sau ǁʼaa ng ǀai ng ǃqaan,

we come and ?weave, we ?weave, we ?weave, we ?weave, we ?weave, we ?weave, we close the open spaces

[si see si] si see si ǁqain, si ǁqain, si ǁqain, si ǁqain, si ǁqain, si ǂanu dyao-dyao,

when we have finished to close the open spaces ...

a sau sumu xa ǂanua dyaodyao,

we take cattle dung, cattle dung

sau ǀai ng gum tyxann [tyxann], gum tyxann,

we go and take cattle dung, we make ?

si ǁʼaa, si ǀai gum tyxann, si kxʼuu ǃoro,

we make (...)

si kxʼuu ǃorosi,

we come and put (the dung) in

si see, si ǀʼee,

we stamp (it)

a sau ǃaa,