BEJ_MV_NARR_03_CAMEL.EAF

 
ecouter ecouter tak / "A man,
ecouter ecouter eːgirim // an elderly man,
ecouter ecouter ajeː tak iːfid amsi raːni rhiːːː / of my family there was, and, gosh! I saw him today;
ecouter ecouter oːkna / in person;
ecouter ecouter iːd han jʔabujt / The Aid also had come and
ecouter ecouter wʔiːd arraːfiːːː / I will wish the Aid
ecouter ecouter adiːd ab ini // I said, I went", he said.
ecouter ecouter dhaːj jʔanhoːb oːta / "When I went to visit him, a man,
ecouter ecouter meːk dh# ## a donkey, hum,
ecouter ecouter eːjaːjt oːgaw / came and the house
ecouter ecouter tamjan // he ate, they said.
ecouter ecouter tʔoːraw oːmeːk fidnija / "Girl!, the donkey away
ecouter ecouter galeːlin iden // chase!" he said, he said.
ecouter ecouter əəə dabaˈloːdoːr ˈgeːb / A small girl with him
ecouter ecouter tiːfeː // because there was.
ecouter ecouter tʔoːr / The girl
ecouter ecouter oːmeːk tifidin galeːltanhoːb / when she had chased the donkey away,
ecouter ecouter doːr ʔan / once
ecouter ecouter hoːbuːnaj iraːneː / "Grand father, gosh,"
ecouter ecouter oːmeːk amawwa tijob / when she asks: "have you ever ridden a donkey?"
ecouter ecouter ʔan imeːki mʔameː sagiːbidin // he said: "I am far from having ridden a donkey!", he said.
ecouter ecouter doːr / "Once,
ecouter ecouter oːmeːg oːn baːkaj / it's not a donkey
ecouter ecouter kaːm han amaːbini // I have even ridden a camel that, he said,
ecouter ecouter mhej nafara nuːn / only three men
ecouter ecouter naːt bitʔameːʔh // (and) nothing (other than them) could ride."
ecouter ecouter ontʔaːːː / "So,
ecouter ecouter beːn / that
ecouter ecouter tʔoːti / girl of
ecouter ecouter bhalijeːda // because of the words,
ecouter ecouter ikaːmi wanasːːː / a gossip about the camel
ecouter ecouter deː adiːdij in // he told me", he said.
ecouter ecouter uːkaːm / The camel
ecouter ecouter kag itʔi / how it looked like
ecouter ecouter kaːm anissakanaːnhoː / when I asked about a camel
ecouter ecouter uːn uːkaːm / "This camel
ecouter ecouter oːn ane / as for me
ecouter ecouter doːri ɖaːbeː rhaːbu / I have seen it run once,
ecouter ecouter oːn oːkaːmʔh // this camel.
ecouter ecouter da / men
ecouter ecouter bʔeːb eːjaːnheːb in // came to me one day", he said.
ecouter ecouter uːdheːj kassaː iktinni kaːmujt / "Because it was a camel that everybody knew;
ecouter ecouter ajaːj takuːn hoː ammarrija eːn eːnda / one of our relatives mentioned about it to these men;
ecouter ecouter uːtak ɖaːbiːni kaːm ibariːːː / "The man has a race camel
ecouter ecouter suːrteːnaj / you would precede it, ...
ecouter ecouter mʔaːna dija waliːkabuj / So, he was calling (others), saying "Come!",
ecouter ecouter sːːːagi haːʃi // from far away
ecouter ecouter beːn / over there,
ecouter ecouter ʔarjawwa mariːb idari / in the direction of Aryab,
ecouter ecouter winneːt / very
ecouter ecouter naʃʃalama kam // athletic camels
ecouter ecouter aː# eːkna mettijaːb // pure breeds
ecouter ecouter iːbiriːn // they had
ecouter ecouter jheːniːːː / they take them and
ecouter ecouter eːjanheːb ini // they came to me", he said.
ecouter ecouter beːn aːnd eːjaːneː oːdoːr / "When these men came,
ecouter ecouter ikaːmi jam gʷʔasaːbuːːː / I had given water to my camel, and
ecouter ecouter oːn hallaːn hasara tʔabaːtib kirfaːbu // and now I have met them in the wadi."
ecouter ecouter ja iraːn aːn hin / gosh, us...
ecouter ecouter asganif daːji siganfoːj aːhnn / I settled them down very well". "We
ecouter ecouter barijoːk ribijaːbaːːː / have come to you
ecouter ecouter oːkaːm niʃabbeːt areːnej / because we would have liked to examine the camel",
ecouter ecouter idiːnheːb ini // they told me", he said.
ecouter ecouter uːn uːkaːm iraːnej / "Gosh, this camel
ecouter ecouter fidiga dʔejaːbʰuːːː / I did let it loose and
ecouter ecouter hamlaːb akatijeːk kaːmu // since I had let my camel loose
ecouter ecouter harawaːb harwaːbu // it needed to be looked for.
ecouter ecouter kihajwa // It was not there and
ecouter ecouter beːn khoːrʔarabwa mari dejni / it should be in Khor Arab, over there,
ecouter ecouter adini // I said, he said.
ecouter ecouter aːnda / The men
ecouter ecouter oːkaːm rhaːbaj / as they had seen the camel
ecouter ecouter sakan oːnaj baːdaːt / (they said:) "Don't pay attention to this news!
ecouter ecouter jhare aːn haːj jʔeːneːb ikatijeːk / if you can bring those camels
ecouter ecouter jhare eːn / those camels
ecouter ecouter nishiriwhoːk nijad // we'll let you look for it with them.
ecouter ecouter waʤʤaːb an areː / a meeting, also, then
ecouter ecouter tikteːneː / that you know
ecouter ecouter tisdaliːweːb tiniwuːn / that you make close, if you give us.
ecouter ecouter admeːkʰa // whatever their words
ecouter ecouter oːkaːm rhaːb iktiːneːt toːna aːnda kan // I understood that these men had seen the camel;
ecouter ecouter ontʔa / So,
ecouter ecouter faʤil uːdhaːj han areː / then in the morning, the people also
ecouter ecouter isakana meraːb akʷoː / by finding out about the news, so,
ecouter ecouter eːn eːrbaːbkaːːː / covering all the mountains,
ecouter ecouter uːdheːj mheːjaːnan // people were in the morning", he said.
ecouter ecouter an ikaːm hoː adift // "I went to look for my camel and
ecouter ecouter haːj jʔan // I brought it back and
ecouter ecouter agnift // I kneeled it down and
ecouter ecouter eːn iwaːsir dhaːj daːsanhoːb / when I put the saddle on it
ecouter ecouter gaba kalawuː / its belly was full,
ecouter ecouter uːkaːm // the camel's.
ecouter ecouter ɖaːbi biːdiːjeːb hiːsaŋ / I thought it would not be able to run,
ecouter ecouter winneːt arkʷiːːː / I was very much afraid,
ecouter ecouter aːnda suːrnheːb iːdneːb hiːsan / I thought the men would overpass me.
ecouter ecouter geː ikamhena / Anyhow, their camels
ecouter ecouter winneːt naʃʃalama kam // were very athletic camels,
ecouter ecouter annafajt // because they were Annafa (camels).
ecouter ecouter ontʔa // So,
ecouter ecouter oːkaːm // the camel
ecouter ecouter eːn iwaːsir dhaːj daːsanhoːm // when I put the saddle on it,
ecouter ecouter miʃi // simply,
ecouter ecouter bess dalboːbjin // it emptied itself", he said.
ecouter ecouter huːʃijin // "It urinated", he said.
ecouter ecouter huːʃjaːːː / "It urinated and
ecouter ecouter hajloː / anyway
ecouter ecouter haːj nidif // we left with it and
ecouter ecouter dangarti girmaj // at the beginning of the racetrack
ecouter ecouter haːj ningadeːb oːdoːr / when we stopped with it
ecouter ecouter aːlil hoː hirareːrjaːn / the ropes became loose on it,
ecouter ecouter ʔadaːjid / I tightened them well,
ecouter ecouter areː mhase / then, again,
ecouter ecouter hinir rhiːseːtoːg eːniː // (they said:) "We are going to show you!"
ecouter ecouter malja rhistinhoːn eːnitheːb // because they told me: "Then, you'll show us!"
ecouter ecouter haː insinit / because they brought them upstream and
ecouter ecouter ikameː / their camels
ecouter ecouter dangar idʔiːneːb oːdoːr // when they put them on the racetrack,
ecouter ecouter taːt tiɖemb aːn aːkam / the soles of these camels
ecouter ecouter akira ɖab ɖaːbiːneːnaːji sabbiːːː / because they were running so fast,
ecouter ecouter bak / thus
ecouter ecouter faggadeː itnʔaːgn // were facing the audience like that", he said.
ecouter ecouter ontʔa / "So,
ecouter ecouter kak iːwrheːb eːdnajihoːb / when I said: "What are the men going to do to me?"
ecouter ecouter ukaːm miʃ huːʃaːb kiːkin // my camel had urinated thoroughly!", he said.
ecouter ecouter winneːt huːʃjajtʰ // "Because it had urinated a lot
ecouter ecouter geː suːr sakaneːnaːtika / thus, in spite of what I did before
ecouter ecouter tʔa diːseːt / so, slowly
ecouter ecouter dʔam hoː amri / I really began to feel confident about it.
ecouter ecouter aːlil hiraːreːrjaːn / the ropes were too loose,
ecouter ecouter tigaːraːtiwwa // and the girth
ecouter ecouter areː adaːjit / I tightened them again,
ecouter ecouter haː ansin // I brought it upstream";
ecouter ecouter tʔa baruːk dʔijaːt rhiːsaːnʰ // "Now, do it! show us!" (they said)
ecouter ecouter dangar adihoːb / "When I got to the racetrack
ecouter ecouter hoːj dajaːn daːj kaːkan / I don't know how I made it!
ecouter ecouter oːn oːkaːm // The camel
ecouter ecouter asikʷt asangad / I pulled on it and made it stop,
ecouter ecouter hoːj tikʷant / I got down from it and
ecouter ecouter whi hamʃoːkanhoːb // when I rested under it,
ecouter ecouter eːn ibabaːjeː / thes armpits of his
ecouter ecouter diluːli boːj dheː lawjin // it appeared to me that blood was dripping, he said,
ecouter ecouter aːn# aw# uːkaːm hasara / the camel, but
ecouter ecouter winneːt ɖaːbaːbʰuj // because it had run a lot";
ecouter ecouter ja iraːna aːn hn / "Gosh, us,
ecouter ecouter tiːlaleːnan tiːlaːleːka // whatever steps we did
ecouter ecouter geː / then
ecouter ecouter malja doːr / once more
ecouter ecouter dʔijaːt rhiːsaːoːn eːnheːm // do it, and show us!", they told me;
ecouter ecouter malja doːr adʔit rhisan / "I did another one and I showed them,
ecouter ecouter beːn uːkaːm // that camel
ecouter ecouter winneːt dagʷagʷ kaːmujt / because it was a really fast camel!"
ecouter ecouter an aknaːj / Myself
ecouter ecouter doːr amaːbin // "I have ridden it once", he said.