7. His mother’s brother died
said his mother died.
✓
8. The children stayed with the chicken.
✓ ✓
9. The chicken pecked the children on the head.
✓
said that the crocodile was away for one week.
✓
said that the children fought each other and
therefore the chicken helped her children and killed the
crocodile’s children.
10. The chicken answered that his the
crocodile’s children were not calming down.
They were running aroundrunning wild.
✓
said that the crocodile’s children walk everywhere.
✓
11. The chicken ran to the people humans.
✓
said that it ran to the people, and stayed behind the house of the people.
✓
RetellingTranslation of the text
Comments:
They liked the story: they smiled while listening, but also two of them discussed
something quietly about the story.
Kwaya group story test Kitende’s story in Kerewe groups 1
2 3
4 Date
16 Sep 2014 18 Sep 2014
19 Sep 2014 19 Sep 2014
Village Nansio
Hamukoko Mukunu
Bukondo Bwiro
Language Variety Kerewe, Kara
Kerewe Kerewe
Kerewe
Researcher BM
BM BM
BM
of People 11
12 10
11
Men old
1 2
4 4
young 6
3 2
4
Women old
1 1
2
young 3
6 2
3
Setting Notes
We were in the Anglican church, eight were
Kerewe, one was Jita, two were Kara speakers.
see set-up notes Only two older men the
VEO and another are Kerewe, the rest are Jita
So we asked that the two Kerewe answer the
questions. The following answers came from the
two Kerewe speakers. Some came from the island
Bwiro which supposedly has another Kerewe
dialect, some came from the village of Bukondo;
both the island and Bukondo are in the same
ward: Bwiro.
1. Did you understand the recording?
yes yes
yes yes
1a. How much did you understand?
95 all, but young girl said she
did not understand all little, maybe a quarter
one said: half, maybe 60, others said: all
2.Which language is that?
Kwaya or Ruri Ruri
Ruri first reaction of one: Jita;
then the others said: Ruri
3. Is this good _______________?
not asked not asked
not asked not asked
4.Can you tell where the speaker is from by
the way heshe speaks?
from Mara not asked
not asked not asked
5. Does the language of the recording resemble
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