JuanFlojo_part4

He didn't come back.

Eñdye maʔ seet.

[Juan] came.

Maʔ meñam.

What happened? , he says,

¿Kyuubu? dyim,

How are you?

¿njunu nʔich?,

Is the cage ready? , he says.

¿maʔ ech liistu pajkuʔ? dyim.

He says,

Ya dyim,

it's ready.

maʔ ech liistu.

Go see it.

Däk aʔamäʔ.

Tomorrow morning it will be [ready] , he says.

Joye tempraanu maʔ chiʔij dyim.

The day after tomorrow it will be delivered early, he says.

Joye este nwästäkä däk knchyaʔakjataʔ tembranche dyim.

Yes, he says.

Si dyim.

Because I'm going to take [the giant] to where [the cage] is.

Poko däk npäk dyim asta juch ech dyim.

Well, I'm going to take it to where it is,

Bweenu,

I'm going to take it to where it is, he says.

däk npäk dyim asta juch ech dyim.

Then he went back.

Entonse maʔ däk eepuʔ.

He didn't come, he says [Juan]. The giant is not coming.

Eñdyeenaʔ meñ dyim. Jikante eñdye dyyuʔk dyim.

There I am waiting for him.

Njem kʔech dyim u njoʔk dyim.

He is not coming, he says.

Eñdyee dyyuʔk dyim.

I already hit him once.

Es ke maʔye nchejkaʔ tum byaje.

Now he doesn't want to come.

Jeksh eñdye shyun duʔk dyim.

He is afraid.

Kiʔŋ.

He's afraid and doesn't want to come.

Kiʔŋ i eñch shyun duʔk.

Yes, he says,

Si dyim,

he doesn't come, he really doesn't come.

eñch biñ wäänää dyim.

He is not coming.

Eñch biñ.

And king,

I rey,

didn't I tell you?

¿eñdye knämaʔ? dyim,

this man doesn't make him come.

yäʔäpäʔ pääñ eñdyee dyyakduʔk dyim.

He is a bastard.

Kabroŋ dyim.

Yes,

Si dyim,

really, it's true, he says.

duumuʔ wäänää dyim.

Now he's not coming,

Jeksh si eñdyeenaʔ meñ dyim,

the giant is no longer coming,

jikante eñdyeenaʔ meñ dyim,

He says, he's not coming anymore.

asta jeksh eñdyeenaʔ meñ dyim.

Well,

Bween,

the next day the man left.

tuŋkak jaa njem maʔ däkam pääñ.

He came to wait for the giant.

Duʔk jyoʔk jikante.

In the afternoon he comes,

Tzuʔŋnʔeech njem biñ,

slowly he comes.

wyaʔŋkwaʔŋkdeʔ biñ.

Bring the piece of rail.

Biiñaʔ este pedasu riel.

He's coming, to his...!,

Biñ, ¡paa su...!,

an iron one is coming.

tum täʔŋkuʔdaʔa biiñaʔ.

Paa su gallo!

¡Paa su gaayu!

A big iron rod.

Tum täʔŋkuʔ wächedaʔa täʔŋkuʔdaʔa

Paa su gallo! with that one, he says, no more.

¡Paa su gaayu!, jeʔbaʔa si dyim, eñdya.

With that one I won't be able to, he says.

Jeʔbaʔa si eñdya nwatp poder jeʔbaʔa dyim.

Who knows if he's going to beat me or not.

Kyeŋ saa aʔyñch kkoʔnwäʔyaʔap dyim.

He's a bastard.

Kabroŋ yäʔäjäʔ.

What, what game is he going to play?

¿Chiʔyoo njeʔ bääch bächeŋ?

How are you Juan?

¿Ke tal Jwaŋ?

Fine, he says,

Wää dyim,

fine.

wää.

He dropped the iron.

Wiiptzak täʔŋkuʔdaʔa.

How are you, how did you wake up?

¿Ke tal, njunu maʔ nshiŋkej?

Fine, he says.

Wää dyim.

Are you going to bring your house? , he says.

¿Koŋ ke miiñaʔap nchik? dyim.

Yes, he says, I'm going to bring it.

Si dyim, meeñaʔap dyim.

Tomorrow I'll come,

Joye mej dyim,

tomorrow I'll bring it.

joye meeñaʔap.

Tomorrow we are going to eat.

Joye ta nweʔkp dyim.

Tomorrow we are going to have a party, he says.

Joye ta nwat säŋ dyim.

But the giant has a bet that the one who doesn't throw loses the bet

Pero jikante dyiiksaʔ la pwesta de ke aʔyñch pyatzaʔaj, chiktokeñ pleito la pwesta. pues

[and that then,] he will be eaten [by the other, that the other] will eat him.

Kiʔiskaʔap kiʔiskaʔap.

But he did not eat.

Pero eñdye maʔ kiʔisam.

He is not going to eat him [the giant thinks about eating Juan after the bet, but it is not going to happen that way].

Eñch kiʔisp.

Juta! , he says, then the time came.

¡Juuta!, dyim, entonse duʔk oora.

They were and they were.

Maʔte eecheʔ, maʔte eecheʔ.

The time has come.

Maʔ duʔk oo oora.

Yes, he says [the giant], today we are going to play.

Si dyim, ta bächeŋ yäʔäp jaa dyim.

What game are we going to play?

¿Chiʔ bääch ta bächeŋ?

Well, we are going to play, he says

Pwes ta bächeŋ dyim

who can throw this iron the farthest.

ee wiipaʔaj maas juʔum yäʔäp este täʔŋkuʔdaʔa.

Ahh, brother, he says,

Aa njaytääw dyim,

I don't want to play.

ätz eñdye nsun kbächeŋ.

But at the same time you're looking for me,

Pero a la bes ke u kmyeʔtz dyim,

well, no way, you're going to make me play regardless.

pwe ya ni moodo ke kñyakbächeŋ a weebo dyim.

I don't want to play.

Ätz eñdye nsun kbächeŋ dyim.

And I don't want to play.

I adema eñdye nsun kbächeŋ.

I don't want to waste my strength.

Pwe ätz eñdye nsun nwat gastar npääm dyim.

No, he says,

No dyim,

but it's your pleasure.

pero tu gustu.

But I'm just going to take away your pleasure.

Pero bichche knyakkaʔyaʔap tu gustu dyim.

But I don't want to play.

Pero ätz eñdye nsun kbächeŋ.

I don't want to play.

Eñdye nsun kbächeŋ.

I really don't want to play

Baaya eñdye nsun kbächeŋ

because I get very angry,

poko ätz njumbuʔ kʔwokp,

that's why.

jeʔktooyeʔ.

Is that so? , he says.

¿Sera? dyim.

Yes, he says.

Si dyim.

But just once, today we are going to play.

Pero tum byajeche tum yäʔäp jaa te bächeŋ.

Well,

Bweenu,

today I'm going to play with you.

yäʔäp jaa kmächkaʔap.

So you can see, he says,

Pa ke bea dyim,

I'm going to play with you.

kmächkaʔap dyim.

Because I; if I get up the courage, I can even do something myself [do something crazy].

Poko ätz; aʔy chiʔyoo kkeʔmkaʔap koraje, asta wää chiʔyoo nwat ätz.

That's why I go.

Jeʔktooyeʔ ätzäʔ jeʔyeʔe nʔech dyim.

That's why I don't like to play.

Jeʔktooyeʔ eñdye nsun kbächeŋ dyim.

So let's play.

Pwe ta bächeŋ.

Who's going to throw?

¿Ee wiipaʔaj?

You throw it first, he says.

Weepaʔayäʔnaʔ bich primeeru dyim.