Guwaabal
9 Miyay Garunggay / The Girl Will Drown
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button in the column below. There are two recordings of this story;
the first is by Karen Flick, the second by Don Lillyman. |
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In the right-hand column the story is broken down into individual sentences. The first line is in Yuwaalaraay, the third is an English 'free' translation. The second line is an 'interlinear' translation; it shows the various parts of each Yuwaalaraay word (verb, noun, suffix etc). By examining this line you can see how words and sentences are built in Yuwaalaraay.
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| 00 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Miyay | Garrunggay |
| girl | drown-Futurre |
| The Girl Will Drown |
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| 01 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Miyay-djuul |
nhama |
gaawaa-ga |
yulu-gi-la-nhi. |
| girl-one |
there |
river-in,at,on |
play-continuous-Past |
| A girl was playing at the river. |
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| 02 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Bundaa-nhi-nga |
ngaama |
miyay-djuul |
gungan-da. |
| fall-Past-then |
that.the |
girl-one |
water-in,at,on |
| That girl fell into the water. |
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| 03 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Baliyaa-bala |
nhama |
gungan. |
| cold-contrast |
that,the |
water |
| And that water was cold. |
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| 04 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| "Garungga-y |
gi-yaa-nha, |
barraay |
banaga-ya |
| drown-Future |
going.to |
fast, quickly |
run-command |
| dhuwima-li-gu-nha |
gungan-di." |
| remove-Future-purpose-that |
water-from |
| "She is going to drown, run and pull her out from the water." |
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| 05 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Gunidjarr |
nhama |
bamba |
banaga-nhi. |
| mother |
that,the |
hard |
run-Past |
| Her mother ran there quickly. |
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| 06 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Bundaa-nhi |
gungan-da-bula. |
| fall-Past |
water-in,at,on-also |
| Then she fell into the water too. |
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| 07 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Buwadjarr-bula |
nhama-dhaay |
banaga-waa-nhi, |
| father-also |
that,the-to.here |
run-moving-Past |
| yu-waa-nhi-nga. |
| cry-moving-Past-then |
| The father was running there too, and he was crying. |
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| 08 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Baa-nhi |
gungan-da, |
bayama-y |
nguu |
| jump-Past |
water-in,at,on |
catch-Past |
he/she |
| gunidjarr, |
birralii. |
| mother |
child |
| He jumped into the water, and he grabbed the mother and the child. |
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| 09 |
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(KF) |
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(DL) |
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| Gaba |
gaa-nhi, |
gundhi-gu. |
| good |
take-Past |
house-to |
| Then he took them home, well. |
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