02_Pear_Story

`so it seems to be very early, the time, you listened/heard, so I see it's still very early' ("yoosar" - seems, "dang doom bha" - still very early, 'doom means 'dawn').'

tæ yoosar nang stæp itæ ipor ap pho tæ yoo o dang doom bha.

`("ha kpær" - at garden, "soh klong" - bottle fruit).'

Tæ æm wa kheit soh ha kpær. usoh kam usoh klong

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tæ utai wa kheit soh deisap tupri u, da hap u cha khyndaw

`("tæ hiar* u la ynkein" - come down ladder).'

tæ hiar u la yingkein dæptæ tip itai wa æm ha ryndang u deisoo

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Dæp leitæ tæ wai u ka, katai kamuna u, tæ pyllai u ki kitai kisoh ha chang ha kriih

`("ki soh du ki wyrngam" - the green fruits, "u tip ki wa jaw" - to know which are sour, "ki wa thiang" - which are sweet, "sbooh sang" - very thick [on tree]).'

kisoh du ki wa yirngam da utip ki wa jaw mo ki wa thniang mo tæ yoosar deiboon tip weisbooh sang utai usoh jan nang ku biang u

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tæ tip itæ wa keih kablang mo.... tæ yoosar niad oo utai uwi usoh pynkhooid oo wa hap u ha khyndaw ong o jan ubam u oo næ

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tæ kdoh biang u ka katai kalumar ha ryndang u dæp leitæ tæ yeiñ u khynthær u ka katai kapatlun u kteih ko

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yoosar nang ku oh da ku biang u da ku yingkein biang utæ tip utai ubru wa yah blang tæ bam re oo maai utai usoh u.

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dæp leitæ da da poi kablang hajan soh da poi oh da tan utai ubru ka tip chenu yah u ka.

`ka lahæh sang ka-tai ka-blang" the goat is too.much big.'

kablang jan ka katai ka kawahæh sang katai kablang yoo la kat umasi khien da utip chenu sæ. utai kheit soh nang kheit biang u

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doo ka wasbooh sang katai kasoh tæ phi. Tip kam kajingyoo yong nga kam kasoh klong

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tæ tip kani kakpær mo tip kayi nga ya ubaiskil læh thaw beit yah cheni, dæptæ kakpær katu kablang læh wan beit ko cheini

`mai boi lipan soh u oo" if you would have asked fruits from him.'

tip utai ukhynnah na wan da kabaisikil tip yi sæ wan u boi ukhon yong oo mai boi lipan soh u oo sajan boi la e pa ya nga usoh næ sa jan boi tip da sangeh u heitu

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da hiar u la kabaiskil hmmm deitympat u ka kabaiskil yoosar æm thaw pynyeiñ re tæ oh da him u kitai kisoh.

`da rah u pyn-chang, thai hi mai ha baiskil ka-chang u kit" he carried the whole basket, is it possible on the bicycle to carry?.'

deikhmit chwa utip wa mut utooh ne mo, tip wa mut utooh da rah upynchang, thai hi mai ha baiskil kat da katai kachang ukit

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ka hæh wot kachang tip heinu booh u maai? oh heitu adoo oh hanpaya hakhmat heitai hanpaya deiæm thaw booh, æm thaw booh u.

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jan ukhon yong oo jan utai peit jan lidai cha yaw næ mo, u wa kheit nang kheit.

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da lai utai ukhynnah tæ ukhlan utai ukhynnah ubaiskil. æm hap soh re kachang uwi læh tip kamnu wot ym æm pat

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sa kawi wan kakhynnah kynthai na wan da kabaiskil hi, tip katai boi kakhon yong oo na wan sa jan Oh hanpaya toh re tæ ya tasngooh kitu da mam!!

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peit da mutdur hi o da phlai lut usoh cha khyndaw tip yi wa bakla katai kynthai mo o mo sæ yn tang wa katu kakynthai yoodur ka da yut ko yoosar. oo na ai ha mo da mankha

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da mankha hmm ym tip kitai kikhynnah tip boi ki kikan mo ki da keiñ mo oh yarap ki oo hanpaya yarap jied ki oo tai soh ki wa nangjied o wa nang pynkhai kabaiskil

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tæ thap ki o ha chang tæ utai wi kam wa da læh ke u da katai ka wa ong ki katennis ne mar eh katai kapingpong ne mar eh oh hmmm

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oh ya katai kathaw læh ke da ujri wa æm hapoh tæ kdok kdok ne kieh ko oh tæ kitai khynnah da lai ki yong ki hi hanpaya yarap hæh ki oo tæ utai ukhynnah re yn ki deidien kabaiskil katai da lai ki tip chenu sæ lai kitai

`ong u jan pan soh u næ" - i thought he is asking for fruit.'

oh katai katupri yong oo tynne wa hap la khleih da siaw ki o yoosar e dak ki oo hoh kani katupri mi nætai wi da ong u chadien ong u jan pan soh u næ tæ sai u le tylli kisoh ong u e ya oo næ

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oh e soh u ya oo tæ da e u ka katupri u pat katai kakhynnah ya katupri læh nang mylliñ ko kattæ chit sngi læh hmm tæ utai læh da yoh soh u le tylli tæ ai e u yoosar wi samæn tæ da phæt u deiphæt

`kmæn u yoh soh" happy to get fruits

kmæn uyoh soh jan uwi samæn nga yoo kam soh klong uni tip toh re ymtoh re mo tip chenu ya lai ki kini kikhynnah tip kam ym æm khih æm khan ya uiñ hæh yoosar chisngi chisngi kamtai yalæh ke

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utai wa kheit soh nang kheit soh.

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oh hanpaya kinongtooh jan ki tynne peit kinongtooh hanpaya da phylla u ong u chenu cha wiar kitu kisoh oh.

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da chah kynnoh kini kikhynnah kipli da chah kynnoh ki

`bna hi ki re cha ki" they don't care about it

da yoo u æm kamte usoh ha kti yong ki lai ki la phrang yong oo neitai lai hi ki yong ki hi bna hi ki re cha ki lai hi ki lai ki tip cha katai kaluti tip cheinu