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what did you do there, and how did you get there, and what did you do there and what kind of people where there? can you tell a little bit?

wat het jy daar gedoen, en hoe het julle [daar daar] daarnatoe getrek, en wat het julle daar gemaak, en watse mense was daar, kan julle ʼn bietjie vertel,

speak!

ǂxoaa

we only ate (ourselves) fat there

ons het daar net dik geëet

we did not do anything there

ons het daar niks gedoen daar nie,

but what did you eat there?

maar wat het julle geëet daar,

isn't it?

of hoe,

those people just did, we did not even tell stories

daardie mense het mos, ons het mos ook nie storietjies vertel,

we just did (...), those people (...)

ons het maar net die (...), daardie mense (...),

we just went to the conference

ons was mos net konferensie toe,

we went to Bloemfontein, we go to a conference

sa xa mos ǁʼae Bloemfontein, si ǁʼae konferensie,

we did not do anything there

si ǁu xa mos ǁʼng kxʼuu gao ng tyoxoe,

we just went there, we go to the conference

sa xa mos net ǁʼae, si ǁʼng ǁʼae konferensie,

yes, we just went to the conference, and we just came all together there, (...) nations

ja, ons het mos net konferensie toe gegaan, en alleman bymekaar gekom, (...) nasies,

yes

ja

yes

ja

we came all together

sa xa ǁʼng xaoke,

Khoi people

Khoi mense,

in Bloemfontein

ng Bloemfontein

we just came together there

sa xa mos ǁʼng xaoke ng tyoxoe,

but we did not do anything

maar si ǁu xa kxʼuua gao,

the people called only me

a ǂee xa net ǃʼaia ng,

****

a si ng ǁʼaa Bloemfontein,

they say

hng ku,

I must speak for them ...

ng see nya ǂxoa hnya i

a prayer (lit.: the Lord's word)

Suǁoa ǂxoa,

I just went and prayed

ng mos net xa ǁʼae ng ǁʼng ǂxoa,

they called me to go and pray in the Bushman language

hy het my net geroep, lat ek op die Boesman taal loop bid,

isn't it?

is mos,

in Bloemfontein

in Bloemfontein

we pray

si ǀxama

I and Geelmeid

ek en Geelmeid,

Geelmeid was the interpreter

Geelmeid was die tolker,

isn't it?

of hoe,

we go and pray in Bloemfontein

ǁʼae si ǀxama ng Bloemfontein,

then I go and pray in the Bushman language

ng ǁʼae, ng ǀxama ng nǁngki,

we did not do anything else, that was ?funny, we see people ...

verder si ǁu xa kxʼuua gao ha ǂxuin, a si nǀai, ǂee

came together

xa xaoke

people from the Cape

Kaapa ǂee,

and ...

nǀa

those Bushman come from Kuruman

daardie Boesmans kom uit uit Kuruman,

isn't it?

of hoe,

those Khiosan

daardie Khoisan,

no

haʼa

(...)

(...)

is a place

is ʼn plek

Khoisan

Khoisan,

I don't know where, what place is Khoisan

ek weet nie waar is, waffer plek is Khoisan,

Khoisand

Khoisand

yes, that's it, that's where they come from

ja, dit is, daar kom hulle vanaf,

thoses that come from Kuruman were the Hotnots

dié wat van Kuruman afkom is die Hotnots gewees

the Hotnots

die Hotnots

just the Hotnots, yes

net die Hotnots, ja

from Kuruman

wat van Kuruman af

yes, they ?

ja, daardie, daardie Hotnots is dit, (...) Kuruman (...)

the Khoi ...

die Khoi

came from Khoisand

het nou van die Khoisand afgekom,

oh, thoses that are clapping with the stones?

o, daardie wat met op die klip loop klap,

yes

ja

we go and see Bushmen

ja, a si ǁʼae nǀaa nǁngǂee,

they clap there hands with stones

hng ǃqoeke, hng ka ǀkxʼaa nǀa ǃaoke,

hey, I say "what kind of people are those people?", the people tell me "it's Bushmen", I say "I don't know thoses people

hey, ng ku, "tyuu ng ǂee xa ng", ǂee ku ng nǀng, "nǁngǂee ke", ng ku, "ng ǁu ǁxaea ǂee ng,

are they really Bushmen, ? ?"

nǁngǂee kxʼam a, a hng ǃqoeke (...), (...) si ǁu ǃqoeke nǀa si ka ǀkxʼaa, ke",

we clap now our dance

a si ǃqoeke si ǃʼui ng ki a,

how clap these people?

ǂee ng dyee ǃqoeke,

they want to dance, but I don't know how they dance, they just stand and make like this

a hng ǂao hng ǀqoqon, ng ǁu ǁxae hng dyee hng ǀqoqon, a hng ǃʼaa naa, hnya ng kxʼuua,

I don't know (these) Bushmen

ng ǁu ǁxaea nǁang-ǂee,

****

nǁaa

they are not Bushmen

nǁang-ǂee ǁu ǁae,

hm, I don't know what kind of people they are

hm, ng ǁu ǁxaea, tyuu ng ǂee ng,

these people we saw there

gunn a si xa ǁʼae nǀaa ng ki a,

we ...

a si

see people ...

nǀai ǂee,

who come from the cape

hng hooke ng Kaapa,

we come and come together

si see ng xaoke,

then we meet the Boer child who comes from ...

a si moo ǀʼhuunsi ʘoa, ha hooke ng

that Boer child (who) comes from the Cape, the one who called me to the front

ǀʼhuunsi ʘoa nǁaa hooke ng Kaape, daardie wat vir my voorin toe geroep het,

where does he come from?

waarvanaf kom hy,

I don't know where he comes from

ek weet nie waarvanaf kom hy

that one whos said "Ouma Koerant

daardie wat gesê het, "Ouma Koerant,

come and open the service for us in the (Bushman) language"

kom maak vir ons die diens op [met die] met die taal",

doesn't he come from the Cape?

kom hy nie die Kaap uit,

he certainly comes (...)

hy kom seker (...),

well, I went inside ...

nou ja, ng xa ǁʼae ǀʼee

there

tyoxoe,

I see the people

ng nǀaa ǂee ng,

but I don't know (them)

maar ng ǁu ǁxaea,

they clap with stones

a hng ǃqoeke nǀa ǃaoke,

Geelmeid asks me "who are these people", "no, I don't know, my sister, I just now (= for the first time) see people that clap with stones, we don't know (that)"

Geelmeid katyuuʼa ng, "hey, tyuu ng ǂee", "hnʼng, ng ǁu ǁxaea, ng ǁaaxe, ng ǃxae nǀai gunn, hng ǃqoeke nǀa ǃaoke, si ǁu ǁxae",

when we have finished ...

a si klaara,

we go out

si ǁʼae ǁʼng

isn't it?

is mos,

we go uit, we go to ...

si ǁʼng, [si] a si mos ǁʼaa