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There are 23 sentences in the reminiscence text. You can take shortcuts to and between sentences:
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Yanyja-thu |
ngunha |
julyu. |
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another-top |
that.nom |
grey hair |
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'There was another old man.' |
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Nganaju |
mate |
ngunha-pa |
jalikurti. |
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1sg.dat |
mate |
that.nom-spec |
friend |
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'He was my mate.' |
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Mimi |
nganaju |
ngunha. |
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mother's brother |
1sg.dat |
that.nom |
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'He was my uncle.' |
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Ngali-ju |
kumpa-artu. |
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1dl-excl.nom |
sit-usit |
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'We used to sit.' |
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Ngatha |
kumpa-artu |
ngunha-purra. |
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1sg.nom |
sit-usit |
that-time |
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'I used to sit.' |
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Wankga-ja-rru |
ngunha |
nganaju. |
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say-past-now |
that.nom |
1sg.dat |
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'That one said to me:' |
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Ya |
ngajala-ju-yi |
yana-ma-rni |
nhurra. |
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hey |
sister's son-my.nom-exclam |
come-imper-hence |
2sg.nom |
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'"Hey! Nephew of mine! Come here!"' |
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Ngatha |
yana-nyja-rru |
wangka-yi-rru |
ngunhi-la-pa |
jalikurti-la. |
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1sg.nom |
go-past-now |
talk-purpSS-now |
there-loc-spec |
friend-loc |
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'I went to talk to that mate.' |
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Wangka-ja |
ngatha |
kala. |
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say-past |
1sg.nom |
like this |
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'He said like this.' |
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Nhaa-wu |
nhurra |
kumpa-inha |
wangka-nhu |
nganaju |
yurni-rnu. |
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what-dat |
2sg.nom |
sit-pres |
talk-imperfSS |
1sg.dat |
call-imperfSS |
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'"Why are you talking calling me?"' |
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Yinha |
nhurra |
parlura-rni-nma |
payipa |
nganaju. |
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this.acc |
2sg.erg |
full-causat-imper |
pipe.acc |
1sg-.dat |
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'"You fill this pipe for me."' |
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Ngatha |
payipa |
nhurra-mpa. |
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1sg.erg |
pipe |
2sg-dat |
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'I gave it to him.' |
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Yinha |
payipa |
nhurra-mpa. |
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this.nom |
pipe |
2sg-dat |
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'"This is your pipe."' |
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Ngunha-pa |
wangka-ja |
ngatha-la. |
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that.nom-spec |
say-past |
1sg-loc |
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'He said to me:' |
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Karla |
wantha-nma-rni |
jarnpa |
juma. |
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fire.acc |
give-imper-hence |
light.acc |
small.acc |
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'"Give (me) a little firestick!"' |
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Ngulu-pa |
mama-rnu |
ngunha |
papiya-rru |
ngatha |
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that.erg-spec |
hold-imperfSS |
that.acc |
pipe.acc-now |
1st.nom |
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kumpa-iniya |
purluu. |
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sit-imperfDS |
face-to-face.nom |
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'He was holding the pipe and I was sitting facing him.' |
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Ngulu-pa |
warri-rru |
wantha-rninyja |
muuka-rri-rarringu. |
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that.erg-spec |
not-now |
put-past |
smoke-inchoat-intent |
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'He didn't put (it) [on the pipe] to have a smoke.' |
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Karla-thu |
ngunha |
warri-rru |
parna-ngka |
ngunhi |
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fire.acc-top |
that.acc |
not-now |
head-loc |
there.loc |
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papiya-la |
wantha-rninyja. |
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pipe-loc |
put-past |
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'(He) didn't put the fire on the head of the pipe.' |
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Wantha-rninyja |
japurta-la-rru. |
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put-past |
beard-loc-now |
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'(He) put (it) on his beard.' |
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Wantha-rninyja |
karla-thu |
ngunha |
nyirnta |
ngarnngarn-ta-rru. |
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put-past |
fire.acc-top |
that.acc |
here.loc |
chin-loc-now |
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'He put the fire here on his chin.' |
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21. |
Parru-nthu |
ngatha |
nhanya-nyja |
japurta |
jarnpa-rri-ya-rru. |
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then-again |
1sg.erg |
see-past |
beard.acc |
flame-inchoat-imperfDS-now |
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'Then I saw his beard alight with flames going up his cheeks |
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22. |
Ngatha |
papa-ngku-rru |
puntha-rninyja |
pirtura-rni-rnu |
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1sg.erg |
water-erg-now |
douse-past |
extinguished-causat-imperfSS |
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karla-wu. |
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fire-dat |
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'I doused (him) with water putting the fire out.' |
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Jalikurti |
ngunha |
nganaju |
ngunha-pa-rru. |
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friend |
that |
1sg.dat |
that-spec-now |
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'He was my mate.' |
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