Kathoriya-1 text: “The Tiger and the Bullock Cart”

F.1 Kathoriya-1 text: “The Tiger and the Bullock Cart”

Sentence 1: həmɾe

gʰəɾt̪i kʰɐnɐ kəⁱli. (we)our house(in) food

ate

We ate our food at home.

Sentence 2: ɔ

kʰɐnɐ kʰɐⁱke

əpnɐ pɐs me ek gʰəɾ

kɐ

ɾəhẽ ʊəjn

and food ate(after) our

near in

one house was ther to.them

kəjli ki t̪ʋmse həli

kʰəu.

told you quickly eat And after eating we told our neighbors, “Eat quickly!”

Sentence 3: əᵘɾ

əb d̪eɾ hoⁱt̪e. and now late getting Now it’s getting late.

Question 1: After eating, what did they say to their neighbors? Answer 1: “Eat quickly. It’s getting late.”

Sentence 4: ɔɾ

kʰərijɐ kʰɐʈe dʒɐⁱke. and grass

cut

to.go

And (we have to) go to cut grass.

Sentence 5: kʰəɾija kʰɐʈe tʃəl d̪eli hĩjat̪ t̪ɔ əpnɐ ʌɾɐmt̪i həmse dʒɐⁱt̪i ɾɐhi. grass

cut go

our

usually we

going were

When we went to cut grass we went along our usual way.

Sentence 6: koj

git gajt̪ ɾəhe t̪o koj

hʋk:ɐ pije

koj

biɖi

some song sing was

someone pipe

smoked someone bidi

pije koj mədʒe

əⁱse

dʒɐit̪ ɾəhi mət̪ləb

ʌⁱsehĩ

smoked someone enjoyment like.this going were because this.way

kəɾke nikəɾ gəⁱle. doing out

went We went along our usual way: some were singing songs, some were smoking pipes, some were smoking

bidis. We were going along happily.

Sentence 7: əᵘɾ dʒɐⁱ dʒɐⁱ

d̪ʰiɾe d̪ʰiɾe d̪ʰiɾe d̪ʰiɾe dʒə pə̃ᵘtʃele huã dʒõᵘɽəha and going.going slowly.slowly.slowly.slowly

we

reached had Jauraha

nɐlɐ t̪o huã pəɾ ek

pəⁱhle bəgʈa dʒon he ghds kʰɐʈe creek

d̪ui d̪ãᵘ

had at

one two times before tiger had

grass cutting

ʋeɾi bʰəɾd̪ɐ pɐkədle ɾəhe. time bulls

caught And as we were going slowly we reached Jauraha creek. Once or twice before, a tiger had caught a bull

there during grass cutting time.

Question 2: What had happened once or twice before at Jauraha Nala? Answer 2: A tiger had caught a bull.

Sentence 8: t̪o hərnɾe

d̪əɾɐⁱ

e kəõ əⁱsɐ nəõ beki hɐmɾo bəɾd̪a pəkəɖli.

(we)our feared that this way

our

bull

will.catch

So we feared that this time also a tiger might catch our bull.

Sentence 9: t̪o həməɾe

ek goⁱt̪e ɾəhe bʰəⁱsa

əᵘɾ ek

goⁱɾəhə bʰəɾd̪ɐ.

we.had one

was buffalo and one

bull

We had one buffalo cart and one bullock cart.

Sentence 10: əu

bʰəɾd̪ɐʋɐlɐ ⁱɛjn dʒonɾhe ləɽʰja bʰigədjəl. and bullock.cart

cart

damaged

And the bullock cart was damaged.

Question 3: What happened to the bullock cart? Answer 3: It was damaged.

Sentence 11 t̪o ləɽʰja dʒəb bʰigədjəl t̪o ⁱɛjnet̪e pɐtʃe

ɾəhine ɔ

həməɾe

cart when damaged

behind stayed and we

ɐge tʃəlɪgɪli. ahead

went When the cart was damaged, it stayed behind and we went ahead.

Sentence 12: dʒəb ɐge

tʃəlɪgɪli t̪o ⁱɛhu

log

dʒəb bəɖɐ mʊskilse

when ahead went

these people when great difficulty

ləɽjɐ ʊɽjɐ bənihne. cart

made(repaired) When we went ahead, they repaired the cart with great difficulty.

Question 4: When one bullock cart went ahead, what did the others do with the other cart? Answer 4: They repaired it.

Sentence 13: əᵘ

tʃəld̪ene t̪əb

ləɽjɐ ɐke

gʰəɾ gʰəɾ gʰəɾ gʰəɾ d̪aᵘɾat̪

tʃəld̪ene

and went then cart forward sound.of.running running went Then they made the bullocks run.

Question 5: After they fixed the cart, how did they drive it? Answer 5: They made it run.

Sentence 14: t̪aᵘ dʒeⁱse həmse həmːəɾ t̪ɪɾ pãᵘtʃne t̪əⁱse ʋahi t̪iɾ ek ɾʊkət

like we

reached so

there

one eucalyptus

pẽɖ ɾehẽ. tree was

They reached us at a eucalyptus tree.

Sentence 15: t̪o ʋohi t̪iɾ bəkəʈa bʰə6iʈələhe t̪o bəkəʈa dʒon he u t̪ʰuk ləgəⁱl ɾəhe.

was The tiger was sitting and waiting for prey.

there tiger

was.sitting

tiger

had

Question 6: What was the tiger doing? Answer 6: Waiting for prey.

Sentence 16: dʒeⁱse

vo lɔɽje pãᵘtʃel

t̪əⁱse ek

d̪ʰəⁱnɐ

bəɾt̪əl pəkəɽleh.

like(just.as) that cart reached then one right.side bull

caught

Just as that cart reached the tree, it caught the bull on the right side.

Question 7: When the cart reached the tree, what did the tiger do? Answer 7: It caught one bull.

Sentence 17: dʒəb d̪ʰəinɐ

bəɾt̪əl pəkəɽ

lehəl t̪o həmɾe

t̪o həm:əɾ bʰə̃ⁱsət̪

then right.side bull

caught had

we(our)

our

buffalo

pɛⁱhle d̪aᵘlət̪ pʰɐdʒgijni. before

ran.away When the right bull was caught, our buffaloes ran ahead.

Question 8: When the tiger caught the bull what did the buffaloes do? Answer 8: They ran away.

Sentence 18: dʒəb pʰɐdʒgijnu

t̪o həməɾe tʃilːɐ

ləgɪli ho hu ho hu

ɔu

ɛnt̪i

then ran.ahead

we

shouted

sound.of.shouting and what

kəjɐɾe kɐ huⁱgəl

kɐ

huⁱgəl.

to.do what happened what happened When it ran ahead we shouted, “Ho hu ho hu! What to do; what happened.”

Sentence 19: t̪o t̪əb

t̪ək ⁱɛjon he

ek

bəɾd̪əl leⁱgɪnel d̪osəɾ

bəɾd̪ɐ dʒon

then to had was one bull

took

second bull

had

əpnɐ lot̪ɐ t̪uɾɐⁱ

ho

bəkʈɐ mɐɾ

d̪aᵘɾa dʒɐʋe.

his rope broke off tiger attack ran

went.to

When the first bull was caught by the tiger, the second bull broke his rope and ran to attack the tiger.

Question 9: What did the other bull do after it broke the rope? Answer 9: It ran to attack the tiger.

Sentence 20: t̪o bəɖɐ mʊskɪlse həmɾe

bəɾd̪ɐ great difficulty our(we) some

kəhe əɾe o

bəɾd̪ɐ nɐ

tʃoɽje o

that bull

don’t leave that bull

ne tʃoɽje əgəɾ ʊəhke tʃoɽd̪evo t̪o

t̪umhe. don’t leave

vohu bəɾt̪e pəkəɖlje

if that

is.let.go then that tiger will.be.caught

In great difficulty, we said, "Don’t let it go; if you let it go, then the tiger will catch it too.”

Question 10: What did they say? Answer 10: “Don’t let it go.”

Sentence 21: t̪o bəɽɐ

mʊskɪlse ojne vo

bəɹt̪ɐ lene.

great difficulty then that bull

brought

With great difficulty, they brought the bull back.

Question 11: With great difficulty, what did they do? Answer 11: They brought the bull back.