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alright, you can talk now

allright, jy kan nou praat,

one (other) day, we ...

ǁʼuin a ko ke xa si ...

ay, Afrikaans

ai, Afrikaans

no, you can also start in the Nǀuu language

nee, jy kan ook op die Nǀuu taal begin,

one (other day), we ...

ǁʼuin a ko a si xa

drove to ...

nǃari ǁʼaa

Botswana

Botswana,

we go so that the children go and dance

si ǁʼaa sii, nǀa ǀoeke ǁʼng ǀqoqon,

then we go, and we go to sleep(?)

a si ǁʼae, si ǁʼaa, si ʘunn,

the other (here: next) day ...

ǁʼuin a ko

we get up

si khuuǁʼng,

(we) walk around, walk around, walk around

dyaqnn tyiin, dyaqnn tyiin, dyaqnn tyiin,

the children dance now

a ǀoeke nou ǀqoqon,

first ...

ǁhaa eers

people ...

nǁngǂee

other people dance

nǁngǂee ng koke ǀqoqon,

ah, the people from Schmidtsdrift ...

a, Schmidtsdrift se nǁngǂee

dance

ǀqoqon,

they do that ...

a hng kxʼuu tya

kudu dance

koedoe ǀqoqonki,

it was beautiful

maar ki xa ǀhaqoka,

they dance, they dance, (then) three persons go out

kinn ǀqoqon, kinn ǀqoqon, nǁngǂee ni nǃona ǁʼng,

(they) dance, dance, dance, dance

ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon,

ah

a

the eland ? walks

eland kama ng dyaqnn,

it goes and walks, it ...

ha ǁʼae dyaqnn, [ha]

it eats, it eats, it eats

ha aan, ha aan, ha aan,

he lies down

ha kiin,

then the other(s?) ...

a ǂaan ng koke

two persons

nǁngǂee ni ǃʼuu

yes, two persons

ja nǁngǂee ni ǃʼuu

go

dyaqnn,

(they) hunt, hunt, hunt hunt together with the dog

ǀkxʼoan, ǀkxʼoan, ǀkxʼoan, ǀkxʼoan nǀa ǂhunn,

(they) hunt, hunt, hunt, hunt

ǀkxʼoan, ǀkxʼoan, ǀkxʼoan, ǀkxʼoan,

the dog gets ...

ǂhunn hoo,

the dog gets its ...

ǂhunn hoo [ki]

its (the kudu's) smell

ki ǁʼannki,

the dog trotts, trotts, trotts

ǂhunn ǂkhaake, ǂkhaake, ǂkhaake,

he catches it (the kudu), he barks, he barks

ha hoo ki, ha baqoke, ha baqoke,

it (the kudu) jumps up

ki (...) uu,

it (the kudu) wants to ?bump (here: with the head) ...

ki ǂaoa [ki ki] ki ǃʼhuun,

the dog, ?bump?the dog, the people come, come, come, come

ǂhunn, ǃʼhuun ǂhunn, nǁngǂee saa, saa, saa, saa,

one man stabs it (the kudu)

ǂoo a ko nǁae ǁqann ki,

another man slaps the dog (to make him go away from the kudu)

ǂoo ko ǂauke ǂhunn,

the other man stabs it (the kudu), it lies down

ǂoo a ko ǁqann ki, ki kiin,

they stab it dead

kinn ǁqann ǀhaa ki,

they flay (it)

kinn ǃkxʼao,

(then) they (the three "actors") come back again dancing, (they) come dancing, come dancing, then all the people ...

kinn gǀoe ǀqoqon saa, ǀqoqon saa, ǀqoqon saa, a nǁngǂee huniki

dance, dance, dance, dance, dance

ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon,

the young girls ...

ǃʼoakekerake

clap hands, clap hands, they dance, dance, dance

ǃqoeke, ǃqoeke, kinn ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon,

(then they) finish dancing

ǀqoqon tyoa,

and my children danced, too

a ng ǀoeke xa gǀoe ǀqoqonwa,

they dance

hng ǀqoqon,

(they) dance the little bird's dance

ǀqoqon tya ǀqhuisi ʘuun ǀqoqonki,

(they) dance, dance, dance, dance

ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon,

they go and clap hands

a hng ǁʼng ǃqoeke,

they dance

hng ǀqoqon,

they dance

hng ǀqoqon,

then a young girl ...

a ǁhaiǀaa

I take a young girl, I put her into the "hok"

ng ǀai ǁhaiǀaa, ng ǀʼee ng nǁng ǁaʼen,

we dance her out

si ǀqoqon ǁquu ha,

we dance, we dance, the children dance, the children dance

si ǀqoqon, si ǀqoqon, ǀoeke ǀqoqon, ǀoeke ǀqoqon,

(we) take off ...

au ǁquu

the piece of cloth from the girl's head

ǃxaisi ng [...] ǁhaiǀaa si nǀaa,

then ...

a

the young girl dances, dances, dances

[...] ǁhaiǀaa ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon,

we dance, dance with the young girl

si ǀqoqon, ǀqoqon nǀa ǁhaiǀaa,

(then we) finish to dance

ǀqoqon tyoa,

now all (= all kinds of) dances ...

nou [...] ǀqoqonke huniki

were there as well

xa nog nǁaa tyoxoe,

I don' know ...

ng ǁu ǁxaea, [...]

what the other dances' names are

[ǀqoqon] ǀqoqonke ng koke se ǀeen dyee ka,

but ...

maar

the dances were ...

ǀqoqonki xa e

many ...

kebeke

that they did dance

he kinn xa ǀqoqon,

(they) danced beautifully

ǀqoqon ǀhaqoka,