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I don' know ...

ek weet nie [...],

what we can now talk about again

waarvan kan ons nou weer praat,

no, look, we grew up with maize, do you know maize?

nee, kyk, ons het mos met die mielies groot geword, ken julle mielies,

maize, yes

mielies, ja

yes, white maize

ja, (die die) die witmielies,

this maize

hierdie mielies [...],

that white maize, ǂhaba

daai witmielies, ǂhaba,

my father ...

[ng ng ng ng] ng ainki

takes a sack

ǀai ǁhaan,

the pedlar comes

smoussi [...] see,

(my father) takes a sack

[ǀai] ǀai [...] ǁhaan,

he comes and puts (it) down

[ha] ha sii ng ǃoo,

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ǀʼhuun mos [...] xa ǀkxʼui ǀai si ng mielie,

he comes and puts(it) down

ha [...] sii ng ǃoo,

my mother takes ...

(ng) ng xainki ǀai

[...]

[ng ng ng]

the stone ...

ǃao

and the small stone

(nǀa ng nǀa) nǀa ǃao ʘuun,

what is the grindstone's name?

hoe is die ronde klip se naam,

ǁqoe

ǁqoe,

ǁqoe

ǁqoe,

we take the grindstone

si ǀai ǁqoe a,

we pound, we pound, we pound, we pound, we pound, we pound, pound, pound, pound

si ǂqau, si ǂqau, si ǂqau, si ǂqau, si ǂqau, si ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau,

pound the maize

ǂqau mielies,

pound the maize

ǂqau mielies,

we must pound them

ons moet hulle stamp,

pound

ǂqau,

pond, pond, pond, pond, pond, pond

ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau,

we take the sieve, we sieve (them)

sau ǀai ng sifa, si sifa,

my mother takes the big sieve

[ng] ng xainki [ǀai] ǀai sifsi nǃain,

ja

ja

the bis sieve

sifesi nǃain,

the bis sieve

sifesi nǃain,

she ...

ha

takes (it)

ǀai,

she sieves

[ha] ha sif,

can we maybe, you tell us now something, but maybe we can start again and you tell us just in the Nǀuu language ...

kan ons miskien, jy vertel nou ʼn bietjie, maar miskien ons sal nog ʼn keer begin en jy vertel nou net in die Nǀuu taal

how ...

hoe

how you used to make the things

hoe jy het gemaak die dinge,

is this (possible)?

is dit [...],

can we do this?

kan ons [doen] dit doen,

yes, we sieve the pap, we sieve the pap, we sieve the pap

ja, si sifa ǃqam, si sifa ǃqam, si sifa ǃqam,

yes, she sieves, she sieves

ja, ha sif, ha sif,

but from the beginning

maar van die begin,

what did you do with ...

[wat] wat het jy gedoen, met

what are you talking about?

wat, praat jy van nou,

when we still where children ...

toet] toet ons nog kinders was,

my (father) goes and takes ...

[...] daar loop vat my,

when the pedlar ...

as die smous

pedlar comes ...

smous kom staan,

then my late father fetches a flour, a maize sack

daar vat my oorlede pa ʼn meel, ʼn mielie sak,

maize sack

mielie sak,

then he brings it home

daar bring hy hom huis toe,

buy

ǁʼama,

can you tell all this now in the Nǀuu language, from the beginning

kan jy dit al in die Nǀuu taal nou vertel, van die begin aan,

yes

ja

yes

ja

OK?

ja

can you talk a little bit?

kan jy praat ʼn bietjie,

we want to get the things in the Nǀuu language, but from the beginning

ons wil die dinge in die Nǀuu taal opneem, maar van die begin,

the beginning is ...

[...] die begin is,

when the pedlar comes ...

as die smous kom,

he takes ...

ha ǀai,

the cart arrives

[...] kunisi see,

my father ...

[ng] ng ainki,

my father ...

my pa,

my father takes ...

ng ainki ǀai

a maize sack

[ng] mielie ǁhaan,

a maize sack, he comes

mielie ǁhaan, [ha] ha [see] see,

he comes (and) he puts (it) down

ha saa, ha ǃoo,

he buys ...

ha ǁʼama,

he comes (and) he puts (it) down

ha saa, ha ǃoo,

my mother takes a bowl

ng xainki ǀai ng ǃʼore,

she ...

ha,

she takes ...

ha ǀai

the maize

mielie,

she ...

[ha ha ha]

how do you call the grindstone?

wat is die ronde klip se naam,

she pounds

ha ǂqau,

ǁqoe, ǁqoe

ǁqoe, ǁqoe,

she ...

ha,

she takes ...

ha ǀai

the grindstone

ǁqoe,

she pounds

ha ǂqau,

she pounds

ha ǂqau,