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SP1	Niŋ -ám ka Shinatu George   My name is Shinatu George

SP1	fub ɗám nákareenare ɗe swe ɗe zwim ɓáŋ   My story is about Nakareenare and the hyena.

SP1	ere za-swe-a -o ne je ɗe ɓowei silá ɓáwã   One day some girls went to tie firewood in the bush.

SP1	ma ne je   As they went,

SP1	ma nákareenare gáp   Nakareenare said

SP1	kā áwá sĩ́í́ɓĩ̀ ɗè netomj-aŋ k͡pwab ɓá tá:lè   'whoever farts, her buttocks will get stuck in that stone'.

SP1	ma nákareenare á kena wál áwa pa wa sieɓi   The same Nakarenare said 'who farted?'

SP1	á si:ɓĩ netomjaŋ k͡pwab   She farted and her buttocks got stuck.

SP1	e-za ʔeáŋ ne iri, ɓə seɓe   Her friends try to lift her, it refuses

SP1	ne wuri, ɓə seɓe   they pull, it refuses

SP1	ne pa [janda] ka ne paŋ ɗai ɗe ne... ne irɪŋ-eáŋ, ja ɓo pá:   the do [their best] to lift her, it does not do it.

SP1	ne muroŋ naŋ, ne jaŋ-ga neáŋ, ne gap á ɗie   So they went away, they passed her, and they spoke at her house

SP1	ka wane jenáŋ ɓáwá ka netomiáŋ k͡pwá ɓe   saying that the person they went with to the bush, her same buttocks got stuck

SP1	ka gáp ka áwá siɓi ɗe netomiáŋ k͡pwáp ɓa tá:le   that she was the one who farted and let her buttocks get stuck in the stone

SP1	ka ma a siɓi ma netomiaŋ k͡pwáp   that she farted and buttocks got stuck.

SP1	zwim mo swe (ɗe) láɪ gwaarope   The hyena stops behind the house and listens

SP1	zwim eʔaŋ, a gaŋ ɗijon je ɓawa je boa nákareenare   the hyena went on avoiding others, he went to the bush where Nakareenare was...

SP1	á je á kap síílá   he broke firewood

SP1	á ɗi nepohe ɓa láh   he put a spear in the fire

SP1	á je á ɗi-a nweaŋ netomiáŋ, á fã á iri neaŋ ɓa tá:le á kena   he went and put the spear in the buttocks, he lifts her in same stone

SP1	á tuwaŋ á ɗi ɓa... ɓa lowá   he carried her and put her inside a traditional bag.

SP1	swe ɓeh je ɗi joɰe k͡pom   The hare was walking around hungry.

SP1	á je maŋ á kup á sui ɗekije peh zwim páuŋ   He went and hid, he stopped to see what the hyena was doing

SP1	á ɗwe laŋ netoneaŋ ɗe já: ɓe... ɗe já: ɓe   sneaking (behind) buttocks in a clever way...

SP1	zwim ɗwe e ɗeg [kusa] ɗe ɗie   the hyena walks, gas enters [near/close] to the house

SP1	ɲoŋ-tárá sue menek͡pá gware pe   and stopes at the palm tree along the road in the backyard

SP1	á kábe ɗe: lowa kena á jág ɓa si: seáŋ á ʔai a ɗeg á ɗie   he went back and he hung that same bag in the tree. He then entered the house.

SP1	á oʔoroŋ ka ne je ɗe ne negbie kapere ɓa lowa senah na-a   He was running because he feared the question of what was in the bag

SP1	a kabe ɗeg a zwim sijaŋ   so he goes back and hides in his place

SP1	á koráŋ a ɗeg a ɗie ɗe swe k͡peaŋ ɓa sie kena   he kept it and entered the house while the hare was climbing in the same tree

SP1	zɪŋʔi lowa naŋ, luɓi nákareenare   he takes the bag and Nakarenare comes out.

SP1	á gá nákareenare ka á ʔok a je ɗi je   He told Nakarenare to run and to go home

SP1	nákareenare ok je ɗie   Nakarenare runs home

SP1	zwim kabe ɗe lʲem   When the hyena comes back in the evening

SP1	e-are tue k͡pare wobe ɗiaŋʔã a zum   he takes the same meat he has hidden

SP1	á jé, ɲá bwá lòhà ɗí-áŋ-ã̄   he comes and could not find his bag

SP1	á sini se ɓa si: lowa ɲa ɗe-a   he looks up in tree but the bag is not there

SP1	woboɲa si jaŋ ɓeh, woɓoɲa ka ɓip woʔ   nobody is in there, nobody to ask about.

SP1	swe ka kaɓe ʔe ɓa nwãh   The hare that came back went to the bush

SP1	wuná ɗeuŋ náɰe no ne furi ʔije, ne ʔe ároŋ   The people looking after the cows, they go passing

SP1	zwim ɓiriuŋ ka á peam kor ato ɓa si: kee kiaŋ i-aʔ   hyena asked them 'my-thing I kept there in tree, did you see it?

SP1	kja ne ke pohaʔ ne ʔeɪ   -that they did not see anything passed

SP1	wuna ɗeuŋ lá gáp ne ʔeh   people rearing donkeys came

SP1	á ɓiriuŋ ka á peh kore átá ka kjane kjaŋ eij-aaʔ   he asked them for the thing he kept here, -did you see it?

SP1	kjane ke powah   they did not see anything

SP1	za-ŋɗeaŋ kákákákákát ne ʔe ne ʔai   herdsman all of them came and went

SP1	a ɓiriuŋʔi, kja ne ke powah   he asked again but they did not see anything

SP1	swe k͡pare ɗwe ɓe ɗe zeja ɗijaŋ i-jaŋ   the hare now moves with whistles using his mouth

SP1	ka ɓuŋ tee loŋ ɓun tee loŋ gomgorro nep ɓeng swe wo ta ne ɗom ma g͡bere... ɓuŋ tee loŋ ɓuŋ tee loŋ gomgoro nep ɓeŋ swe wo ta ne ɗom ma g͡bere   singing: ..... (Not Nyesam)

SP1	zwim sue ka swe swe swe   The hyena stops and calls: hare, hare, hare!

SP1	ɓuŋ tee loŋ ɓun tee loŋ gomgorro nep ɓeng swe wo ta ne ɗom ma g͡bere   (sings again)

SP1	zwim ka [sake] woleáŋ   The hyena [?]

SP1	ma swe ɓireŋ (áh!) ka a wol a se-a laŋ m-laũ-ʔã   and the hare wonders (ah!?) is it a call for me I hear?

SP1	zwim ka ii   The hyena replies: yes...

SP1	ka ám wolanoŋ áuŋ-pá kana ɲa aŋ lámá... [koma] ɲoŋ lá-ám   when I am calling him, he pretends as if he does not hear me... but you hear me now

SP1	ka (mm!) ɲa-m laa kana wola se wo   (The hare) says no!, I did not hear the calling

SP1	m-la kana ko walswe-m wo pauŋ ije   I hear as if maybe my ears telling me lies

SP1	ɲa-m-ma ma wola se wá   I don't know if this is a call

SP1	ma ka ii... ka wola se wo   (the hyena) says that yes... it is a call

SP1	ka ápere já-á   (who?) what is it?

SP1	ka pe-a e kore ata, a peruŋ kore átá?   What is the thing he kept there?-what did you keep here?

SP1	ka pe-a e kore átá   I kept something here

SP1	swe ɓirioŋ ka niŋ peaŋ ɲa ɗe e-jã-ã... ka a wol niŋ pe-a a-kore   hare asking 'does that thing has no name?, tell me the name of the thing you kept here

SP1	ka swe m-waloŋ ɗe n-walaŋ-ʔã   he said: hare, I am talking, are you talking?

SP1	ka m-gauŋ ma pe-a m-kore atara   that I told you that thing I kept there

SP1	ma ka to... [katunda] niŋ peaŋ ɲa ɗe-ə... ka ɲoŋ ma ʔe ʔáɪ   that alright... [as far as] the thing has no name, it is gone

SP1	ka swe ka swisie   hare stopped in that place

SP1	swe kee swioŋ-ʔã, ka [se] ɗe á-wol niŋ peáŋ ka á-wol niŋ-a   hare said he won't stop, [until] he says the name of his thing, that he calls that name

SP1	to ka e-gaaŋ ɓe ɗa sea peaŋ ɗe   alright... he told him where the thing is

SP1	nosenai bububu ka m-máe, ma ere- woɲa gatuwe pe-ám-kore átárá [se] áuŋ   there they are battleting... 'I know and nobody carries that thing I hid there [except] you

SP1	ɲoŋ tuoŋ ka m-rigeja m-máe   you are the one carrying it, I know

SP1	á wuri máŋ pe mene swe ka je irioŋ   he pulled that something towards hare and lifting

SP1	swe zuab sue je ɗe k͡pi je   the hare slip from his hands stops running with

SP1	swe gili ɗa, swe wámɗá   hare dogges, hare dribbling....

SP1	pa ne pa si:m wamɗe

SP1	ere ne k͡pwei ɗápɗe   Adagram Project. May 23rd 2018, Recording Nyesam in the village of Kpasham, Adamawa state Nigeria. Short Story: Nakareenare