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there where ...

[ng ke he ng] (...)

there where ...

[ng ke he ng ...]

my mother got me

ng xainki xng hooa ng nǁaa,

she got me on a farm whoses name ...

ha xng hoo ng ng ǃqhaa kaǀeen

whose name is Ariemagom

he kaǀeen ng Aremagam,

we stay on Aremagam, we stay on Aremagam, I am still a child, I play, I play, I play, then they move again away from Aremagam, they move together with Ou ...

a si ǀʼhoa Aremagam, si ǀʼhoa Aremagam, ng noxoba ng ǀoba, na kaǃkxʼora, na kaǃkxʼora, na kaǃkxʼora, a hng gǀoe ǂqaan xuu Aremagam, hng ǂqaan nǀa Ou

hm, Gert, ah, what is the Boer's name?

hm Gert, a, ǀʼhuunsi kaǀeen (...)

no

haʼa,

who is it?

tyuu xae,

then they move away from that place, they come and move to ...

a hng ǂqaan xuu tyoxoe, hng sing ǂqaan see

Ariemagom

Aremagam,

(then) they move away, they move away from Ariemagom, they ...

hng ǂqaan xuu, [hng] hng ǂqaan xuu Aremagam, [hng]

they move, they move, they move, we move, we move, we move, we move ? again, we come and stay on Klapin

hng ǂqaan, hng ǂqaan, hng ǂqaan, si ǂqaan, si ǂqaan, si ǂqaan, si gǀoe ǂqaan saa, si saa si ǀʼhoa Klapin,

the farm she spoke about

ǃqhaa he ku ǂunn ǂxoa nǁaa,

I am still a small child

na noxoba ng ǀoba ʘuun,

(C to her mother) "don't these Boers have food?

"nou ǀʼhuun ngke ǁu ki aanki,

I will go and fill ...

ng si ǁʼng ǀhuu

a vessel with maiz",

bekersi ng mieli",,

he fills the (other) vessel with flour

hau ǀhuu bekersi a [ng] ng meel,

a little bit of flour

meel ʘuni,

he gives (them) to my mother, then my mother takes those things, she ...

ha aa ng xainkia, ng xainki hu ǀai tya guuke, [ha]

she goes home

ha ǁʼaru,

?, ?, when they are cooked, she gives us (from them)

ha ǁʼaa kxʼuu, ha kxʼuu, ha kxʼuu, ǁʼaa kxʼuu, hng nǁauka hng ǁaa, a ku nyaqnn si,

there we go, we go

si ke ǁʼannʼa si, si ǁʼaa,

we go and ...

si ǁʼaa, si

search berries

ǁaanʼa ǀaake,

my mother (goes and) collects berries, she collects berries, she collects berries

ng xainki ǁʼaa kxʼuu ǀaake, ha kxʼuu ǀaake, ha kxʼuu ǀaake,

she looks, she walks, she goes and looks if she can't find tsamma

hau ǂaqe, hau dyaqnn, hau ǃuun ǂaqe (nǁaa ...) ng ku ǁu si ku ha hoo ǂau,

when she finds a tsamma, (she) first tastes it

hau hoo ǂau, ǁhaa tsʼinn, ha

(she) chops (it)

ǁkxʼoo,

no

hnʼng,

it is tasty

tya tyhaaʼi,

she puts (it) into a sack, (she) puts (it) into a sack, she comes (back)

kua ǀʼee ng ǁxaan, (...) ǀʼee ng ǁxaan, hau saa,

she comes and cuts it, she shakes (the seeds) out

ha saa ǀaa, ha kaǃaqa ǁhau,

she shakes (the seeds) out

ha [...] kaǃaqa ǁhau

the seeds

ǂauǁaa,

the seeds

ǂauǁaa,

****

[hau] a hau ǁhaa kxʼuu [...] ǀʼii, nǀa ha (ǃxao) ǃxao,

they (must) first dry, (and) when they are dry ...

hng ǁhaa ǁoo, hng nǁauka nou ǁoo,

then one maaks a fire, one makes a fire, opens the fire, opens the fire, put (them) in there, one takes ...

ǂu kxʼuu ǀʼii, ǂu kxʼuu ǀʼii, ǁxobaʼum ǀʼii, ǁxobaʼum ǀʼii, ǀʼee ng tyoxoe, ǂu ǀai

a little bit of ash, she makes (them) cooked, she makes (them) cooked, (she) puts them on (onto the ash), she makes them cooked, she makes them cooked

ǃqui ʘuni, [ku ku kxʼuu ǁaa, ku kxʼuu ǁaa, gǃai tyiin hngke, ha kxʼuu ǁaa hngke, kxʼuu ǁaa hngke,

****

****

then she take that thing

a ku ǀai tya gao,

what's its name again?

tyuin tsʼaku,

how did Oupa Andries call that thing? he did ...

Oupa Andries xng dyee ng ǃʼaia tya gao kaǀeen, [kua xng]

he did say the thing's name

kua xng ǃʼai tya gao kaǀeen,

she does this with them

ku ng kxʼuu ng nǁngke,

she puts them down so that the can become cold

a hau ǁhoo (...) kike, nǀa knn kxʼuu kiriʼi,

then she takes the seeds and the berries that she brought

a hau ǀai tya [ǂau] ǂauǁaa, nǀa ǀaake he au saa,

she pounds (them), she pounds, she pounds, she pounds

ha ǂqau, ha ǂqau, ha ǂqau, ha ǂqau, ha ǂqau,

then she says to the child, the other child

a hau ku ng ǀoba, ǀoba a ko,

"milk that goat there for me",

"tsʼaua na miri ng ki ki",

then the child runs, (it) goes and milks, the child ...

a ǀoba ǃae, ǁʼaa tsʼau, ǀoba ǃae [sing] ǁʼaa

goes and milks

ǁʼaa tsʼau,

then she pounds, pounds, pounds, pounds those berries

a hau ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau, ǂqau tya ǀaake,

'tsʼau' means 'to milk'

tsʼau [is ...] is nou melk,

I know

ng ǁxaea,

then she puts them into a dish

a hau ǀʼee hngke ng xabasi,

when she has finished to put them into the dish ...

hau nǁauka ha ǀʼee tyoa hngke ng xabasi,

(then) that milk comes

tya ǁhaike see,

then she comes and pours (them) into that milk

a hau saa ǂhaun ǀʼee ng tya ǁhaike,

she stirs

ha huni,

she gives (it) to the children, ? gives (it) to us, ? ?, we eat, we eat, we eat, hey, we are full, now we jump about

ha aa ǀoekea, sa aa sa, si aan, si aan, si ain, jy, si ǃqainya, si ǃxae ǁari,

because we eat/ate tasyte food

a si aan aanki ni tyhaaʼi,

(we) jump about, we are full, we eat/ate ...

(...) ǁari, si ǃqain, si aan

tasty food

aanki ni tyhaaʼi,

then she takes those seeds

a hau ǀai tya ǂauǁaa,

when they now ...

[ha kxʼuu kxʼuu] hng nǁauka nou

get cold, then she takes those seeds, she again ...

kxʼuu kiriʼi, hau ǀai tya ǂauǁaa, ha gǀoe

sieves

ǁara,

when she has finished to sieve them, ...

nǁauka hu ǁara tyoa hngke, hu

'ǁara' means 'to sieve'

ǁara [is] is nou sif,

a, then she puts them into a skottel, then she takes a stone

a, a hau ǀʼee hngke ng xabasi, a hau ǀai ǃao,

she comes and puts down (the stone)

ha saa ǁhoo,

then she pounds them, she pounds, she pounds, she pounds, she pounds them, ?

a hau ǂqau hngke, hau ǂqau, hau ǂqau, hau ǂqau hngke, (...)

then she takes the sieve, ?

a hau ǀai sifsi, (...)

she sieves them

ha sif hngke,

she sieves them again

ha gǀoe ǁara kike,

yes, she finishes to sieve them, then she ...

ja, ha sif tyoa kike, a hau

takes some of those berries that she has pounded

ǀai (ng tya ...) ng tya ǀaake he ha xng ǂqaua,

she comes and stirs it, she comes and stirs them, then she makes small buns

ha saa huni ki, ha saa huni kike, hau kxʼuu kabolletjieke ʘuni,

(she) stirs

huni,

?she rolls them?

ku rollo (...),

it is our bread

[a si] si pree ke,

it is bread

preesi ke,

then she gives (it) to us, we eat

a hau aa sa, si aan,

ai

ai

we will eat (it) tonight

si kxʼunn si ǃʼhoonkinn aan,

but tomorrow ...

maar ǃxaeka

we don't eat anything

si ǁu ain gao,

(I) am hungry

khinn ǁqann,

"ai, ma

"ai, ma

come, we go to the ou nooi

sii, i ǁʼae ou nooi,

(we) go and look for for bread ?at/by/from the ou nooi",

ǁʼng ǁaanʼa preesi ng ou nooi",