ʃaːki /
In hunting
ʃaːkib		/
ʃaːk	=ib	/
hunting	=LOC.SG	.
N.M	=POSTP	.

446

nidif ʔini //
'we went", he said.
nidif		ini		//
ni-	dif	i-	ni	//
1PL-	leave\PFV	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
PNG-	V1	PNG-	V1.IRG	.

256

'We went hunting", he said.

xawaːʤa geːboːn iːfiːːː /
"There was a foreigner with us, and
xawaːʤa	geːboːn		iːfi		/
xawaːʤa	geːb	=oːn	iː-	fi	/
foreigner	beside	=POSS.1PL.ACC	3SG.M-	be_there\AOR	.
SBJ.N.M	POSTP	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG	.

BI_434

"There was a foreigner with us.

jhaːm /
A leopard
jhaːm	/
jhaːm	/
leopard	.
SBJ.N.M	.

handiːkhi isinoːnhoː //
when we found it on a tree.
handiː		khi	isinihoːnhoːb				//
handi	-i	khi	i-	sini	=hoːn	=hoːb	//
tree	-GEN.SG	on	3SG.M-	wait\PFV	=OBJ.1PL	=when	.
N.M	-CASE	POSTP	PNG-	V1	=PRO	=CONJ	.

When we found a leopard on a tree,

onojhaːm /
"This leopard
oːn	oːjhaːm		/
oːn	oː=	jhaːm	/
PROX.SG.M.ACC	DEF.SG.M.ACC=	leopard	.
DEM	DET=	N.M	.

deːr ayihob /
when I said: "Kill it!"
deːra		anihoːb			/
deːr	-a	a-	ni	=hoːb	/
kill\INT	-IMP.SG.M	1SG-	say\PFV	=when	.
V1.DER	-TAM.PNG	PNG-	V1.IRG	=CONJ	.

ixawaːʤajda //
to the foreigner
ixawaːʤajda				//
i=	xawaːʤa	-i	=da	//
DEF.M=	foreigner	-GEN.SG	=DIR	.
DET=	N.M.BORR.ARA	-CASE	=POSTP	.

when I said to the foreigner: "Kill this leopard!"

ojhaːm ani kaːdir idheːb ini //

he told me: "I won't kill the leopard!", he said.

oːjhaːm

ani

kaːdir

idheːb

ini

oː=

jhaːm

ani

ka=

dir

=heːb

DEF.SG.M.ACC=

leopard

1SG.NOM

NEG.IPFV=

1SG-

kill\PFV

3SG.M-

say\PFV

=OBJ.1SG

3SG.M-

say\PFV

DET=

N.M

SBJ.PRO

PTCL=

PNG-

V1.IRG

=PRO

PNG-

V1.IRG

he told me: "I won't kill the leopard!", he said.

umbaruːg darrijeːgideːbini //

"You, if you kill it", he told me, he said,

umbaruːk

darrijeːk

idheːb

ini

umbaruːk

danri

=jeːk

=heːb

2SG.M.NOM

kill\IPFV.[2SG.M]

=if

3SG.M-

say\PFV

=OBJ.1SG

3SG.M-

say\PFV

SBJ.PRO

=CONJ

PNG-

V1.IRG

=PRO

PNG-

V1.IRG

1341

"You, if you kill it", he told me, he said,

ət# timendekʷejaː aniwok umbawu darrijeːk /

I'll give you the gun if YOU kill it,

ət#

timindikʷejaːj

aniwhoːk

umbaruːk

darrijeːk

ət#

ti=

mindikʷijaːj

niw

=hoːk

umbaruːk

danri

=jeːk

ət#

DEF.F=

rifle

1SG-

give\IPFV

=OBJ.2SG

2SG.M.NOM

kill\IPFV.[2SG.M]

=if

DET=

N.F

PNG-

V1.IRG

=PRO

SBJ.PRO

=CONJ

BI_758

I'll give you the gun if YOU kill it,

uːn an /
as for me,
uːn	ani	/
uːn	ani	/
PROX.SG.M.NOM	1SG.NOM	.
DEM	SBJ.PRO	.

tarabeaːjwa /
the car, and
tʔarabijaːjwa			/
t=	ʔarabijaːj	=wa	/
DEF.F=	car	=COORD	.
DET=	N.F.BORR.ARA	=CONJ	.

oːmaːl whaːj jʔab aktiːwa /

the fortune that I brought and

oːmaːl

whaːj

jʔab

akatijeːwwa

oː=

maːl

haːj

jʔ

-a

kati

=jeːb

=wa

DEF.SG.M.ACC=

treasure

DEF.SG.M=

COM

come

-CVB.MNR

=INDF.M.ACC

1SG-

be\IPFV

=REL.M

=COORD

DET=

N.M.BORR.ARA

REL=

POSTP

V2.IRG

-PRF

=DET

PNG-

V1.IRG

=CONJ

kassoː aniwhoːgi //
I'll give you all", he said.
kassoː		aniːwhoːk			indi		//
kass	=oː	a-	niːw	=hoːk	i-	ndi	//
all	=POSS.3SG.ACC	1SG-	give\IPFV	=OBJ.2SG	3SG.M-	say\IPFV	.
DET	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG	.

BI_749

as for me, I'll give you the car and all the fortune I brought", he said.

laːːːkin /
"But
laːkin	/
laːkin	/
but	.
PTCL.BORR.ARA	.

135

"But

eːttiʃerteja /
these lines
eːt	tiʃartija			/
eːt	ti=	ʃarti	-ja	/
PROX.PL.F.ACC	DEF.F=	line	-PL	.
DEM	DET=	N.F	-.	.

mhajt kʷoːteː /
three of them
mhajt		koːteː			/
mhaj	=t	koː	=t	=eː	/
three	=INDF.F	unit	=INDF.F	=POSS.3PL.ACC	.
NUM	=DET	N.F	=DET	=PRO	.

100

kahasamta idheːbə //

don't go past any!", he told me, he said.

kahasamta

idheːb

ini

ka=

hasam

-ta

=heːb

NEG.IPFV=

pass_by

-PFV.2SG.M

3SG.M-

say\PFV

=OBJ.1SG

3SG.M-

say\PFV

PTCL=

-TAM.PNG

PNG-

V1.IRG

=PRO

PNG-

V1.IRG

BI_782

don't go past any of these three lines!", he told me, he said.

daːjituː adarradi //

I said: "It's OK, I'll kill it."

daːjitu

adarri

adiːt

daːji

danri

good

=INDF.F

=COP.3SG

1SG-

kill\IPFV

1SG-

say\PFV

=COORD

ADJ

=DET

=PRED.N

PNG-

V1.IRG

=CONJ

470

I said: "It's OK, I'll kill it."

sagi mhiːn hoː əngad //
I stopped in a remote place.
sagi	mhiːn	hoːj	angad		//
sagi	mhiːn	hoːj	a-	ngad	//
far	place	3ABL	1SG-	stop\PFV	.
ADJ	N.M	PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG	.

I stopped in a remote place.

sagi mhin /
In a remote place
sagi	mhiːn	/
sagi	mhiːn	/
far	place	.
ADJ	N.M	.

tiʃerteja mhejt kʷoːteː /

three lines together

tiʃartija

mhajt

koːteː

ti=

ʃarti

-ja

mhaj

koː

=eː

DEF.F=

line

-PL

three

=INDF.F

unit

=INDF.F

=POSS.3PL.ACC

DET=

N.F

NUM

=DET

N.F

=DET

=PRO

idʔiːjheːheːb /
he is drawing for me
idʔi		jheːheːb			/
i-	dʔi	i-	heː	=heːb	/
3SG.M-	do\PFV	3SG.M-	give\IPFV	=OBJ.1SG	.
PNG-	V1.IRG	PNG-	AUX.BENF	=PRO	.

BI_589

He is drawing for me the three lines together in a remote place,

ontʔa /
so,
ontʔa	/
ontʔa	/
now	.
PTCL	.

1069

uːjhaːm /
the leopard
uːjhaːm		/
uː=	jhaːm	/
DEF.SG.M.NOM=	leopard	.
DET=	SBJ.N.M	.

370

awwal kʷinhaneːt tikʷinhatib /

when it first roared a big roar,

awwal

kʷinhjaneːt

tikʷinhatib

awwal

kʷinh

-ja

-n

=eːt

ti=

kʷinha

=ib

first

shout

-PFV.3SG.M

-L

=REL.F

DEF.F=

shout\N.AC

=INDF.F

=LOC.SG

NUM

-TAM.PNG

=CONJ

DET=

N.V

=DET

=POSTP

so, when the leopard roared its first roar, (lit. in the first roar that he roared)

ani baːsʔajiːn //
I, without noticing
ani	baːsʔajiːn		//
ani	baː=	sʔajiːn	//
1SG.NOM	NEG.PROH=	notice\CVB.SMLT	.
SBJ.PRO	PTCL=	V1	.

hasara tʔalaːm hasaman /
but I went past the marks.
hasara	tʔalaːma		hasaman		/
hasara	t=	ʔalaːma	hasam	-an	/
ADVS	DEF.F=	mark	pass_by	-PFV.1SG	.
PTCL	DET=	N.F	V2	-TAM.PNG	.

BI_336

without noticing, I went past the marks.

oːnoːjhaːm /
this leopard
oːn	oːjhaːm		/
oːn	oː=	jhaːm	/
PROX.SG.M.ACC	DEF.SG.M.ACC=	leopard	.
DEM	DET=	N.M	.

185

naːkaː /
how many
naːkaːt	/
naːkat	/
how_much	.
PTCL	.

694

mmm

mmm
mmm
mmm
HESIT

naːkaː /
how many
naːkaːt	/
naːkat	/
how_much	.
PTCL	.

145

təlga /
bullets
talga	/
talga	/
bullet	.
N	.

igirma adʔiːːː /
I shot in its head!
igirmaj			adʔi		/
i=	girma	-i	a-	dʔi	/
DEF.M=	head	-GEN.SG	1SG-	do\PFV	.
DET=	N.M	-CASE	PNG-	V1.IRG	.

I don't know how many bullets I shot in the leopard's head!

tiʃerteja /
The lines
tiʃartija			/
ti=	ʃarti	-ja	/
DEF.F=	line	-PL	.
DET=	N.F	-.	.

188

kaːmi meːsid /
a camel's racecourse
kaːmi		meːsiːt		/
kaːm	-i	meːs	=iːt	/
camel	-GEN.SG	racecourse	=SIMIL.SG	.
N	-CASE	N.M	=POSTP	.

inifshasamab akajamriːːː /

I found myself having gone past them!

inafsi

hasamab

akajeː

amri

nafs

hasam

-a

aka

-jeː

mri

DEF.M=

self

=POSS.1SG.NOM

pass_by

-CVB.MNR

=INDF.M.ACC

-CVB.SMLT

1SG-

find\PFV

DET=

SBJ.PRO.REFL

=PRO

-PRF

=DET

AUX.PRF

PNG-

I found myself having gone past the lines by a distance equivalent to a camel racecourse,

uːjhaːm oːmhiːŋ wʔan angad iːkteː /

The leopard, the place where I had stopped,

uːjhaːm

oːmhiːn

wʔani

angad

iːktijeːb

uː=

jhaːm

oː=

mhiːn

ʔani

ngad

iː-

kti

=jeːb

DEF.SG.M.NOM=

leopard

DEF.SG.M.ACC=

place

DEF.SG.M=

1SG.NOM

1SG-

stop\PFV

3SG.M-

be\AOR

=REL.M

DET=

SBJ.N.M

DET=

N.M

REL=

SBJ.PRO

PNG-

V1.IRG

PNG-

V1.IRG

=CONJ

125

The leopard, (compared with) the place where I had stopped,

tʔalaːma /
the marks
tʔalaːma		/
t=	ʔalaːma	/
DEF.F=	mark	.
DET=	N.F	.

uːna /
the thing
uːna		/
uː=	na	/
DEF.SG.M.NOM=	thing	.
DET=	N.F	.

əgəg /
er,
əgəg	/
əgəg	/
əgəg	.
FS	.

xawaːʤa deːheja iːkteːb /

that the foreigner had given

ixawaːʤa

dhaj

hija

iːktijeːb

xawaːʤa

dhaj

-ja

iː-

kti

=jeːb

DEF.M=

foreigner

DIR

give

-CVB.MNR

3SG.M-

be\AOR

=REL.M

DET=

SBJ.N.M.BORR.ARA

POSTP

V1.IRG

-PRF

PNG-

V1.IRG

=CONJ

hasamjaːjt /
had gone past..
hasamjaːjt			/
hasam	-ja	=ajt	/
pass_by	-PFV.3SG.M	=CSL	.
V2	-TAM.PNG	=CONJ	.

BI_304

had gone past the marks the foreigner had drawn for it.

ɖibjaːːː /
It fell down,
ɖibja		/
ɖib	-ja	/
fall	-PFV.3SG.M	.
V2	-TAM.PNG	.

771

It fell down,

oːmaːlwa tʔarebeaːjwhagil /
I failed with the fortune and the car
oːmaːlwa			tʔaribijaːjwa			hagil	/
oː=	maːl	=wa	t=	ʔarabijaːj	=wa	hagil	/
DEF.SG.M.ACC=	treasure	=COORD	DEF.F=	car	=COORD	miss\PFV.[1SG]	.
DET=	N.M.BORR.ARA	=CONJ	DET=	N.F.BORR.ARA	=CONJ	V1	.

186

I failed with the fortune and the car

laːkin /
but
laːkin	/
laːkin	/
but	.
PTCL.BORR.ARA	.

178

but

125

adir ʔin //
I killed', he said.
adir		ini		//
a-	dir	i-	ni	//
1SG-	kill\PFV	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
PNG-	V1	PNG-	V1.IRG	.

I killed the leopard", he said.