Interlinear glossed textNC060715-01bA| Recording date | 2006-07-15 |
|---|
| Speaker age | 72 |
|---|
| Speaker sex | f |
|---|
| Text genre | traditional narrative |
|---|
| Extended corpus | yes |
|---|
| | | Translation | the elephant stayed ... |
| | | Translation | (and) the springboks also stayed at the place |
| | | Translation | (then) the old elephant woman says to her children "Hey!" |
| | | Translation | come, let's go and visit ... |
| | | Translation | go and visit springboks" |
| | | Translation | (Ousis) how do you call them [springboks in Nǀuu]? |
| | | Translation | I say "springbok" |
| | | Translation | "springboks, we are going to visit springboks" |
| | | Translation | they go, they greet, the old women greets, the other one (springbok) greets |
| | | Translation | the woman (springbok) say "take (a chair)!" and she (elephant) sits down, they chat, they eat |
| | | Translation | the children who play with (the Boer child) here ... |
| ǀʼhuunsi
|
|
| ǀʼhuun | -si | | white.person | -SGLT |
| | Translation | with a Boer child |
| | | Translation | with the ears that how look? |
| | | Translation | play, play, play, play |
| | | Translation | the sun went past |
| | | Translation | Aunt Elephant, I don't know her name |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) says to ... |
| | | Translation | to the springbok woman |
| | | Translation | (elephant) "Sister, I really have to go back home" |
| | | Translation | (springbok) "yes, yes, my sister |
| | | Translation | (springbok) "you must, when will you come for a visit?" (elephant) "I don't know when I will come for a visit" |
| | | Translation | (springbok woman) "I go home" |
| | | Translation | go, they (elephant and her children) go away |
| | | Translation | "go!" she (elephant) says to the children |
| | | Translation | (elephant) "have you stolen that child? |
| ǀʼhuunsi
|
|
| ǀʼhuun | -si | | white.person | -SGLT |
| | Translation | the Boer child?" |
| | | Translation | (elephant's children) "yes |
| ǀʼhuunsi
|
|
| ǀʼhuun | -si | | white.person | -SGLT |
| | Translation | yes, here is the Boer son" |
| | | Translation | (the elephant's children) play, play, play |
| | | Translation | here comes a young man (springbok's brother) ... |
| | | Translation | on the next day |
| ǀʼhuunsi
|
|
| ǀʼhuun | -si | | white.person | -SGLT |
| | Translation | then they (elephant and her children) indeed hide the Boer child (springbok's child) |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) just sits |
| | | Translation | [she has surely] |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) has definitely farted, that is why he (springbok's brother) knew |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) says to the children "hey |
| | | Translation | come here, come here! |
| | | Translation | come, ears, come to me |
| ǀʼhuunsi
|
|
| ǀʼhuun | -si | | white.person | -SGLT |
| | Translation | the children come, then she (elephant) says to them (children): "you go and play", and then they catch the Boer child (springbok's child) |
| | | Translation | (elephant) swallows inside (springbok's child) |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) sits relaxed |
| | | Translation | then a young man (springbok's brother) comes |
| | | Translation | a young man (springbok's brother) comes |
| | | Translation | (springbok's brother) "good morning, aunt elephant" |
| | | Translation | (elephant) "good morning |
| | | Translation | (springbok's brother) "aunt elephant, how are you (lit. is there any matter)?" (elephant) "Good (it. no, I have no matter)." |
| | | Translation | (springbok's brother) "I'm also doing well" |
| | | Translation | (springbok's brother) "Aunt Elephant |
| | | Translation | I am looking for my sister's ... |
| | | Translation | (elephant) "where from should I get him" |
| | | Translation | (elephant) "go to look for your sister's son over there |
| | | Translation | I don't have your sister's son |
| | | Translation | the son, did I catch him?" |
| | | Translation | (springbok's brother) "Aunt |
| | | Translation | don't argue with me, I will jump into your stomach" |
| | | Translation | (elephant) "How do you come to such an idea to jump into me (i.e. into my stomach)?" |
| | | Translation | She (elephant) is still standing. |
| | | Translation | She is speaking. |
| | | Translation | She is indeed thick. |
| | | Translation | he (springbok's brother) jumps inside (into the elephant) |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) sits and looks |
| | | Translation | she still sits and peeks at her stomach |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) stretches her navel |
| | | Translation | the young man (springbok's brother) jumps out of her head |
| | | Translation | he (springbok's brother) runs and stands upright |
| | | Translation | then he (springbok's brother) opens his pronk |
| | | Translation | then he jumps and he is proud |
| | | Translation | and he jumps, he jumps, he opens his pronk to show it (to the elephant) |
| | | Translation | (elephant) says "Ai, my son!" |
| | | Translation | she (elephant) jumps after the young man (springbok's brother) |
| | | Translation | then she (elephant) sits and looks, and the young man (springbok's brother) runs and stands on the dune. |
| | | Translation | he (springbok's brother) jumps, he runs to the dune |
| | | Translation | he (springbok's brother) opens his pronk and shows it to her (elephant) |
| | | Translation | aaa (elephant dies) |
| | | Translation | (elephant) is dead |
Text view • Utterance view
|
