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Ouma, do you know why Hannie Koerant from Olifantshook speaks a little bit different from your language? do you know why?

Ouma, weet jy, hoekom dat Hannie Koerant van Olifantshoek eh dat sy praat ʼn bietjie verskil van julle se taal, weet Ouma hoekom dit,

listen

hoor hierso,

those people are ǃao ǂee

daardie mense is ǃao ǂee,

who has put on this thing?

wie het die ding op gesit,

they speak the (Nǀuu) language

hulle praat die taal,

ai

ai,

say it in the Nǀuu language

sê net in die nǀuu taal,

in Nǀuu

op nǀuu,

they don't speak like us

kinn ke ǁu ǂxoa [ǁaa] ǁaa si,

you will hear (that) she (Hannie) says ...

a a si tyuu ku ka,

she says ǂhuin (dog)

ku si ku ka ǂhunn,

she doesn't say ...

ku ke ǁu ka

ǂhuun

ǂhunn

like us

soos ons,

she says ǂhuin

a ku ka ǂhunn,

ǂhuin

ǂhuun,

yes

ja,

when you say ...

au kua

when you now say

au ǃoon ku,

"pour me ...

"ǂhaunwa, na [ng ng ng]

pour for me coffee in"

ǂhaunwa na koffie",

she says coffy

ku ku kotyi,

"pour me coffee in"

"ǂhaunwa na kotyi",

their language is a little bit different

hulle se taal is ʼn bietjie different,

ah

a

they don't call the things like we do

hulle noem nie soos ons nie,

?...?

ekskuus darem as ons,

mountain people

ǃao ǂee

mountain ...

ǃao

yes, these are mountain people

ja, ǃao ǂee ke,

but they also speak our language (Nǀuu)

maar hng gǀoe ǂxoa si ǂxoaki,

(they) speak our language, but their languages is not ...

ǂxoa si ǂxoaki, maar kinn ǂxoaki ǁu

(their language) collides a little bit ...

bots ʼn bietjie,

with my language

nǀa nǀng ǂxoaki,

so they are mountain people, and what are you?

so hulle is ǃao ǂee en julle is wat

we are Bushmen

ons is boesmans

what is the name?

watse naam

raw (= real, true) Bushmen

rou boesmans,

we are Bushmen

ons is boesmans,

****

ek brui

in the (Nǀuu) language?

op die taal

ah

a,

(they are) mountain people, and you are ...

ǃao ǂee, en julle is

hm

hm

Nǀuu people

(...) nǀuu ǂee,

Nǀuu people?

nǀuu ǂee

yes

ja

now, do you also know who the ǀAuni were? have you heard that name?

nou, weet Ouma ook wat die ǀAuni was, het jy daardie naam gehoor,

man, these ǀAuni poeple, they also speak ??, my brother, they ...

jong, hierdie ǀAuni mense, dis ook hulle wat so (...) praat, my broer, [kinn ke]

they don't speak as I want (it)

kinn ke ǁu ǂxoa, ǁaa (...) ng ǂaoa,

I? don't know what they speak, I don't ...

(...) ǁu ǁxaea ng tyuin xae kinn ǂxoa, [ng ǁu (...)]

I suppose? I don't understand them

ek meen soos ek ng ǁu tyuu kike,

I must always ask

ek moet al vra,

"what do you say?"

"gǀa dyee ka",

that he can explain to me what he says

dat hy kan vir my verduidelik, ng ku dyee ka,

you ...

jy

find strange languages

kry snaakse tale,

did you see the ǀAuni people?

gǀa xa nǀai ǀAauni [ǃao ǂee] ǂeeke

I haven't seen them yet, I just hear about them

na ǁam xa noxoba nǀaa kike, a ng neti tyuu ng kike,

where do they live, do they not live here ?

kidya xae gǀunuka kinn ǀʼhoa, kinn ǁu ǀʼhoa ki a

Kuruman

Kuruman,

where do they live?

kidya xae kinn nǁaa,

I don't know these ǀAuni people

ng ǁu ǁxaea ng ǀAuni ǂee nǁngǂee,

those things, why do you ask me for them / what do you ask me (for)?

hoor jy, ng tyuin xa a ka tyuuʼin ng nǁaa,

I don't know them

ng ǁu ǁxaea kike,

yes

ja,