Se ja kidi
Interlinear
Gada pediza nos lesedeñe, sembo ja kidis kebannajenowe.
- gada
- water
- Ø=
- 3INAN.A=
- pedi
- tooth
- =za
- =near
- no
- come
- =s
- =at
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- sede
- be_at
- -ñe
- -RP.DIR.1>0
- se
- say
- -mbo
- -RP.INF.0>0
- ja
- INAN
- kidi
- rock
- =s
- =at
- ke=
- 1EX.O=
- bannaje
- trip
- -nowe
- -RP.INF.1>0
I was coming along the shoreline, and I tripped on a rock that could talk.
Sembo ja kidi lekudaloñe, eke leseñe, "Hu! Seda ŋe kidi dini?"
- se
- say
- -mbo
- -RP.INF.0>0
- ja
- INAN
- kidi
- rock
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- kudalo
- pick_up
- -ñe
- -RP.DIR.1>0
- eke
- 3INAN.O
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- se
- say
- -ñe
- -RP.DIR.1>0
- hu!
- hey!
- se
- say
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM.SG
- kidi
- rock
- Ø
- COP
- dini
- 2SG.A
I picked up the rock that could talk and I said to it, "Hey! Are you a rock who talks?"
Seda ŋe kidi saseñe, "La! Seda ŋe kidi leye."
- se
- say
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM.SG
- kidi
- rock
- sa=
- 3SG.A=
- se
- say
- ñe
- -RP.DIR.3>1
- la!
- yes!
- se
- say
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM
- kidi
- rock
- Ø
- COP
- leye
- 1SG.A
The rock who talks said, "Yes! I am a rock who talks."
Seda ŋe kidi leseñes, "Zanis bannawedu keye disewenoñe mutowo?"
- se
- say
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM.SG
- kidi
- rock
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- se
- say
- -ñes
- -RP.DIR.1>3
- zani
- 2SG.O
- =s
- =at
- bannawe
- step+NEG
- =du
- =to
- keye
- 1SG.O
- di=
- 2SG.A=
- sewe
- say+NEG
- -noñe
- -RP.INF.2>1
- mutowo
- why?
I said to the rock who talks, "Why did you not tell me to not step on you?"
Seda ŋe kidi se sadusuñe, "Piŋiñeda ŋe seda ŋe kidi leye dotowo."
- se
- say
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM.SG
- kidi
- rock
- se
- say
- sa=
- 3SG.A=
- dusu
- back
- -ñe
- -RP.DIR.3>1
- piŋiñe
- make_pain
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM.SG
- se
- say
- -da
- -NP.3>0
- ŋe
- ANIM.SG
- kidi
- rock
- Ø
- COP
- leye
- 1SG.A
- dotowo
- because
The rock who talks replied, "Because I am a rock who talks who is mean."
Se ja kidi sodo lecayeke ebelinombo, gada sedis eke lekaloñe ya.
- se
- say
- -Ø
- -NP.0>0
- ja
- INAN
- kidi
- rock
- sodo
- word
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- cagi
- belly
- -ye
- -1P
- =ke
- =OBJ
- e=
- 3INAN.A=
- belino
- twist
- -mbo
- -RP.INF.0>0
- gada
- water
- Ø=
- 3INAN.A=
- sedi
- navel
- =s
- =at
- eke
- 3INAN.O
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- kalo
- throw
- -ñe
- -RP.DIR.1>0
- aya
- and
The rock that talks' words twist my stomach, and I throw it into the sea.
Se ja kidi dunu ledusuweñe tepe.
- se
- say
- -Ø
- -NP.0>0
- ja
- INAN
- kidi
- rock
- dunu
- look
- le=
- 1SG.A=
- dusuwe
- not_again
- -ñe
- -RP.DIR.1>0
- tepe
- NEG
I never saw the rock that talks again.