67 13. dend
l, andra tta
=aka =alay ese.
ID.lift.something ground.nut 3p on
DIRaway again ‘He also put ground nuts in the house [because the mouse loved ground nuts].’
14. Ndahan ng- y
ma-ng aka =alay
p rgom ahay.
3s make.out.of.grass INF-make.out.of.grass
on DIRaway
trap p
‘He made traps out of grass.’
15. A-mbesen cacapa hara k
ro na. 3s-wait until hour
10 TOP ‘He waited until ten o’clock.’
16. Agozlak a-tar-ata ma,
rooster 3s-call-3pIO word
‘The rooster called to them,’ 17. a-w
y : « Ndam wla ahay, eg
ne na, sp.marg
person 1sPOSS p
today TOP
g-ok en
e asabay na, loko abay. do-2pIMPV wisdom again.not TOP 1pin EXT.not
‘saying, “Today, my people, if we don’t pay attention, we will be punished’
18. K waya ele ahay jyga
t -ngah-aloko =aka =va.
because thing p all
3p-hide-1pinIO on PERF
‘Because all the things are already hidden.’ 19. A-s-aw
na, ko
way
w m-m =va
n may
ahan. » 3s-want-1sIO TOP until who also INF-die PERF
with hunger 3sPOSS
‘I would that every one of us dies of hunger [rather than take the patron’s things]” ’ 20. «
S lom ga, slom ga,
» good
ADJ good
ADJ ‘[the others replied, ] “Good, good”
’ 21. K
len
t -waak-ay
har. then 3p-separate-j body
‘Then, they parted ways.’
22. Agozlak o-lo e-nje
war ahan
a hay
ava. rooster 3s-go 3s-sit sleep 3sPOSS in house in
‘The rooster went to sleep inside the house.’ 23. Nata
okfom a-tal =alay gerzl
w na. and mouse 3s-walk
DIRaway IDwalk
TOP ‘The mouse walked back tiptoe.’
24. A-m njar =alay
and ra.
sp.marg DIRaway ground.nut ‘He saw the ground nuts,’
68 25. A-w
y
o-lo =aka =alay na.
sp.marg 3s-go on DIRaway TOP ‘saying that he would take them.’
26. H ndac prgom
a-mb zl-an =aka.
IDtrap.springs trap 3s-trap-3sIO on
‘Snap The trap caught him.’ 27. And
baba w
a-m njar =alay yam.
duck also 3s-see
DIRaway water
‘The duck also, he saw the water.’ 28. A-w
y
o-lo =aka =alay na.
sp.marg 3s-go on DIRaway TOP ‘He said that he would go onto it.’
29. P m
ndahan a-mb
zl-an =aka ese.
IDsound.of.trap.springing 3s 3s-trap-3sIO on also
‘Bang He was also trapped.’
30. Agwazlak e-cen na bob
lo pasl-pasl-pasl-pasl-pasl. rooster 3s-hear
TOP IDcries IDsound.of.wings.beating.on.earth
‘The rooster heard the cries and the sounds of wings beating the earth.’
31. Ndahan v h m-ngwl =va a wer ahan
ava. 3s IDsleep
INF-retake PERF
in sleep
3sPOSS in
‘He went back to sleep.’ 32. Bahay a
hay w jek
a-ngala a l
he ava. chief AS
house also IDsuddenly 3s-return in bush in
‘Suddenly, the chief of the house came back from the bush.’ 33. Nata
ndahan p k
ma-p-ata =aka =va
p rgom ahay na.
and 3s IDopen
INF-open-3pIO on PERF
trap p TOP ‘He opened the traps.’
34. Aw
y : « Nde, egne na, na-sar
l
kwye =va azlaw.
sp.marg so
today TOP
1s-know 2p
PERF so
‘He said, “And so, I already knew you before today. or perhaps, just as I thought’ 35. Agwazlak, nok, koyo eg
ne ava, ka-nje bahay a tta. »
rooster 2s from today
in 2s-sit chief AS
3p ‘Rooster, from today on, you will be their chief.”’
36. Agozlak aw
y : « Swse ango bahay w
la, Hrmblom m-sk-ok na. »
rooster sp.marg thanks 2sPOSS chief 1sPOSS God 3s+HOR-multiply-2sIO 3sDO
‘The rooster said, “Thank you my chief May God multiply it [the blessing] on you too”’ 37. Eleà a-c
na, agozlak e-ge
p m-pm-pm, kokoroglook
eye 3s-clear TOP rooster 3s-do ID-rooster.crowing
‘Early the next day, the rooster cried, “Cock-a-doodle-doo ”’
69 38. Aw
y : «
Malan ma-nj-an ana
H rmblom. »
sp.marg glory
3s+HOR-sit-3sIO to
God ‘He was saying, “Glory be to God” ’
39. Nata a-ngala bahay anga g