Interlinear glossed textveraa_gabg| Recording date | 2007 |
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| Speaker age | 40 |
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| Speaker sex | m |
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| Text genre | traditional narrative |
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| Extended corpus | yes |
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| | | Translation | One day, a cat and a rat. |
| | | Translation | The two ... in the past on one island in one house, |
| | | Translation | the two lived together. |
| m̄oruōnp:l=-rn_pro.d:poss
| | Translation | One day, as it was so hot inside their house, |
| | | Translation | cat said to rat: |
| | | Translation | "Friend, are we two gonna go to the sea?" |
| | | Translation | So rat said to cat: |
| | | Translation | "Allez, friend, we two are going." |
| | | Translation | They went, and when they arrived down at the sea, |
| | | Translation | the reef was dry. |
| | | Translation | The cat said to rat: |
| | | Translation | "Oh, friend, we came here, |
| | | Translation | and the reef is completely dry." |
| | | Translation | Rat in turn said to cat: |
| | | Translation | "Friend, while we are going on the reef to fish, |
| | | Translation | you will inform me well |
| | | Translation | if the reef is getting flooded, you tell me clearly. |
| | | Translation | I shouldn't get wet, |
| | | Translation | and I am bad in the sea. |
| | | Translation | If the sea gets me and I get wet, I will die." |
| | | Translation | Then cat got up and said to him: |
| | | Translation | "That's all right, friend, |
| | | Translation | I will be watching it. |
| | | Translation | If I see that the reef is getting flooded, I will ... I will tell you immediately." |
| | | Translation | They went down fishing. |
| | | Translation | Cat was with the fishing rod ... |
| | | Translation | sorry, cat was with bow and arrow and the rat was with the rod. |
| | | Translation | They fished and fished until |
| | | Translation | the basket that the rat took with him was full. |
| | | Translation | They went up onto the shore |
| | | Translation | as the water rose covering up the reef. |
| | | Translation | When they arrived on top, |
| | | Translation | rat said to cat: |
| | | Translation | "Friend, I am hungry." |
| | | Translation | Rat, Rat said to Cat: |
| | | Translation | "Friend, I am hungry." |
| | | Translation | Then cat got up and said: |
| ēqēknp:s=-rn_pro.1:poss
| | Translation | "My garden from before that I made is right up here. |
| | | Translation | Let's gut all the fish |
| | | Translation | and then we go upwards and have a look. |
| | | Translation | We will go through, go through it, |
| | | Translation | if we see that there are pawpaws we will eat them. |
| | | Translation | Then we go home." |
| | | Translation | So rat said to cat: |
| | | Translation | "Oh, all right." |
| | | Translation | They gutted all the fish and went upwards. |
| | | Translation | Having gone up to the gardens they looked around up there, looked at all of these pawpaw trees, and there was nothing (on them). |
| | | Translation | Only on one tree, one banana tree had fruits, one fruit was ripe. |
| | | Translation | Cat got up and said: |
| | | Translation | "Oh, friend, this one pawpaw fruit up there is ripe. |
| | | Translation | Exactly this one we will eat." |
| | | Translation | But who is gonna climb now? |
| | | Translation | Rat got up and said: |
| | | Translation | "Oh, friend, it's right you who's gonna climb." |
| | | Translation | And then cat said: |
| ēqēknp:pred=-rn_pro.1:poss
| | Translation | "Oh, over there is my garden. |
| | | Translation | When we get there, you will climb." |
| busukrn_np=-rn_pro.1:poss
| | Translation | "Friend, I can't climb because my finger nails are too small or too short in order to scratch (into) the side of the pawpaw tree." |
| | | Translation | Rat then said, said to the cat: |
| busumrn_np=-rn_pro.2:poss
| | Translation | "Cat, or friend, it's you right here who will climb this pawpaw because your finger nails are big. |
| | | Translation | If you bend it towards the side of the pawpaw tree |
| | | Translation | you can scratch into it heavily. |
| | | Translation | You can go upwards." |
| | | Translation | Then cat got up and said to rat: |
| | | Translation | "I have to climb ... I can't climb. |
| | | Translation | You, you will climb." |
| | | Translation | They kept talking to each other like this until |
| | | Translation | Cat said to rat: |
| | | Translation | All right, then rat climbed. |
| | | Translation | Rat climbed and climbed, climbed to the top |
| | | Translation | and cat was sitting on the ground and then said to him: |
| | | Translation | Friend, the pawpaw, that's the one!" |
| | | Translation | All right, then rat went to the other side of the pawpaw and came down straight to that pawpaw stalk. |
| | | Translation | Cat told him clearly, |
| | | Translation | he sat down and bit into this pawpaw stalk |
| | | Translation | and cat bowed its head down towards the ground. |
| | | Translation | Rat saw this, jumped up here onto the pawpaw, through hither, bit a hole, started to bite a hole into it going through upwards. |
| | | Translation | Cat sat and waited, waited and waited |
| | | Translation | on and on and on. |
| | | Translation | "Oh, friend, is it close that you break the pawpaw stalk?" |
| | | Translation | "Oh, friend, almost, just wait a bit longer." |
| | | Translation | But he didn't know that up there ... |
| | | Translation | rat, he had already got through to the top. |
| | | Translation | He had already gone down and made a hole. |
| | | Translation | He had already eaten the pawpaw fruits from inside, his belly was already full. |
| | | Translation | Then he shit into them. |
| | | Translation | He finished them. |
| | | Translation | Rat ... the cat down there was very hungry. |
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| | Translation | "Friend, I have been waiting and waiting, but no longer now." |
| | | Translation | Rat said downwards to him: |
| | | Translation | "Friend, almost, almost it breaks." |
| | | Translation | Waiting on and on, |
| | | Translation | then the cat said hither upwards to him: |
| | | Translation | "Friend, you will still need some time, so I'll climb up there and |
| | | Translation | bite you dead and eat these pawpaws. |
| | | Translation | Rat ... hearing this, |
| | | Translation | he ate and ate the inside of the pawpaw, and when he was done he shit down into this pawpaw, got out of the hole in the pawpaw, this pawpaw fruit |
| | | Translation | and went ... went down at the other side of the pawpaw. |
| | | Translation | Went down and down, down to the ground. |
| | | Translation | Cat didn't see him at all. |
| | | Translation | and then went out into the bush |
| | | Translation | where there is bush, where he lives, |
| | | Translation | dug a hole there |
| | | Translation | and was sitting now up in this hole. |
| | | Translation | Cat, he waited and waited until he climbed. |
| | | Translation | Climbed up on top, and when he reached this pawpaw that was ripe, he looked down into it: |
| | | Translation | "Oh, friend, you have really cheated me. |
| | | Translation | All right, go! |
| | | Translation | Wherever I find you, |
| qin̄imnp:pred=-rn_pro.2:poss
| | Translation | your traces are right there, |
| | | Translation | I will eat you. |
| qi'imnp:dt_s=-rn_pro.2:poss
| | Translation | I will eat you and only your head will be left, |
| gōnp:dt_s=-rn_pro.2:poss
| | Translation | or just your tail, it will be left. |
| | | Translation | So, the story is over here. |
| | | Translation | If you have a close look today, |
| | | Translation | cat, if it finds a rat |
| | | Translation | it will bite the rat dead. |
| | | Translation | Why? Because of the pawpaw, |
| | | Translation | i.e. hunger stroke the two and they went to the garden |
| | | Translation | and rat, he betrayed the cat. |
| | | Translation | So, the story is over for now right here. |
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