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this is the thing what I say to the people

tya gao ke ng mos ka ng nǁangǂee,

I say to the people, we speak ...

na ka ng nǁangǂee, i ǂxoa

the Nǀuu language

nǀuu,

because we learned

want i xng ǁxaaǁxaa,

(that/when) we used to stay (live) in Two Rivers

dya nǁaa TweeRivieren,

we did not go and learned it

dya ǁam xng ǁʼae ǁʼae ǁxaaǁxaa ki,

we sucked it (the language) ...

a i xng kaakea ki

by our mother

ng gǀi xainki,

the people make

a nǁangǂee kxʼuu,

they (our parents) brought up ...

hng [ǃxau] kxʼuu ǃxoo

the people

nǁangǂee,

then they see

nǁaka hng nǀii,

they are many

knn ke kebeke,

they will ride with the lorries

knn si nǃari lorries,

they ...

a knn

go

ǁʼaa,

come, come look at the people who stay here (these words are probably said by Mr. Bein)

(nǁaa) sii (a) uwe, saa u ǂaqe nǁangǂee ngke he nǁaa ki a,

so that you ...

nǀa u

help me, so that we know ...

hui ng, nǀa i ǁxae,

what should we do with the Bushmen?

tyuin xe i si kxʼuu, nǀa knn saa,

they gather the bushmen, gather the bushmen, gather the bushmen, till/when they are many

a hng kxʼuu xaoke saa, kxʼuu xaoke saa, kxʼuu xaoke saa, hng nǁaka (hng) hng kebe,

they take (the Bushmen)

a hng ǀii,

come, come and take them

siiauwe, u saa, u ǀii knn,

I am ready with them

a ng tyoa nǀa knn,

they come

a knn saa,

the English

engelske

They come ...

knn saa

with two lorries.

saa nǀa lorrieke he ǃʼuu,

they come and take them

knn saa, knn ǀii knn,

then they go to Capetown

knn nǁaka knn ǁʼaa Kaap,

they go and they play, they play, they play, they play, they play

a knn ǁʼaa, knn kaǃqxʼora, knn kaǃqxʼora, knn kaǃqxʼora, knn kaǃqxʼora, knn kaǃqxʼora,

they ...

knn nǁaka, knn kaǃqxʼora

finished playing (ǀUna's family)

tyoa

they go to Johannesburg

a knn ǁʼaa Johannesburg,

they worked there (making beads)

tya xoe ke knn ǁʼaa xa siinsnn,

they make necklaces

knn kxʼuu ǀqxʼaike,

clay

ǃqhobake

with pots

nǀa kaǂqoa

with cups

nǀa kabekerke

with clay

nǀa klei,

(unclear)

[a knn]

they finished (making things for the exhibition), when they finished

a knn tyoa, knn nǁaka knn tyoa,

they returned home

knn ǁʼaru saa

house, their house

nǁang, knn nǁang,

they go to Two Rivers

knn ke ǁʼaa TweeRivier,

they come

a knn saa,

the lorries come and load off them

lorrieke saa nǃao ǁhuu knn,

Bain, they turn around

Bain, a hng ǃʼuniǃʼun,

I will show you them (the Bushmen)

na si gǁau u ng knn,

I looked

na ǂaqe,

I look, I listen

a ng ǂaqe, a ng ǃaan,

what do the people or the Boers ...

tyuin xe nǁangǂee of ǀʼhuun ka hng ǂxoa,

Well.

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that's the thing that no/one tought me

tya gao ke ǃui ǁam xng ǁxaaǁxaa ng,

so that I speak my mothers langauge

nǀa ng ǂxoa ng xainki ǂxoaki,

I drank it (the language)

na xng kxʼaan ki,

I drank it (the language) out of my mother's milk

na xng kxʼaan ng xainki ǁhaike,

that's the thing why I even today say to my peolple

tya gao ke nog vandag ke ng ka ng nǁangǂee,

noone will teach me, (because) I know

ǃui ǁu si ǁxaaǁxaa ng, ng ǁxae,

we used to walk this way, we used to turn around this way

i xng ng dyaqnna, i xng ng ǃʼuni (ǂʼao),

we come and climb out (of the lorries) in Witdraai

a i saa, i ǁxoe ng Witdraai,

my father goes

a ng ainki ǁʼaa,

he goes, he says to the policeman

ha ǁʼaa, ha ku ng ǀqxʼabaǂʼaosi,

mister, I want

"meneer, na ǂaoʼa,

you (should) tell me

a ǀqxʼae na,

whose people burned our houses?

tyuu gunn xe xng ǁʼaa xng ǂʼhubi i nǁaen,

we know, we will turn around

dya amper mos ǁxaea, i si ǃʼuniǃʼun,

(and) we come back again

i gǀoqe see,

we come and sit

i saa, i suin,

(unclear)

u ǃʼaun mos ǃʼuu, [a i]

(unclear)

dya ǂau ook,

??we run, we take things, or we go and make this way

i ǃae ke i ǁʼaa, i ǀii uu gunn, of, i ǁʼaa, i ng kxʼuu,

we sit, (at the) water

a i soo, ǃqhaa

by the water we sit to drink ...

ǃqhaa ke, i soo, nǀa i kxʼaan

water from a water-hole

ǁaru ǃqhaa,

so why did you(pl.) say to ....

so tyuin xe ǃʼama xe u xng kua

to Mier people, they (should) come and burn ...

Mier nǁangǂee, hng saa, hng ǂʼhubi

our houses? why?

i nǁaen, tyuin ǃʼama,

we indeed made that place

dya mos xng kxʼuua tya ǃxoe,

we make our houses

a i kxʼuu i nǁaen,

you see

[a mos xng] a mos nǀii,

we make our houses

i kxʼuu i kanǁaen,

(unclear)

(nʘoa)

now what do you do? what have we done that you went and burned our vilage

nou dyisi xe u kxʼuu, tyuin xe i kxʼuua, (he) u xng ǁʼaa, u xng ǂʼhubi i stat,

yes, you should not speak like that

ja, a ǁu si ng ǂxoa,

you will tell me

a si ǀqxʼae na,

you should not speak like a white man

a ǁu si ǂxoa ǁaa ǀʼhuunsi,

you ask me

a katyuuʼin ng

He helps

a ha hui,

He helps,

a ha hui

that policeman

tya ǀqxʼabaǂʼaosi

He helps, he helps that policeman, he helps his people with whom he works

a ha hui

his people with whom he works

ha nǁangǂee he ha siinsnn nǀa,

They go and burn that houses

knn ke si ǁʼaa, knn ǂʼhubi ǁhuu tya nǁaen

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i gunn i kasarake nǀa i aanki nǀa i ǂauǁaa nǀa i ǁʼobo nǀa i ǂauke, (ǀii ǁʼaa tya) nǁaen,

because when we come back they (?= we) should not get tsamma seeds

want dya si ǃoon ǃʼuniǃʼun, ke knn ǁu si saa, knn hoo ǂau nǀa ǂauǁaa