You hit me! in Lwaitel
A classic drama involving two youths.
English
You hit me!
No I didn't!
Yes you did!
Did not!
Did too!
I'm telling the teacher!
Teacher! He says I hit him but I didn't!
Teacher! He hit me but he says he didn't!
Lwaitel (script)
☹
☹
1
1
,
1
,
1
Lwaitel (Romanization)
😠Málku
wípi
chí.
😠Lánku
úni.
Málku
unún.
Úni.
Unún.
Swáku
maus
te kyestánekket.
Chí
kyestánek,
an
súshli
mausen
línku
wípi
útwek
lánku
úni.
Chí
kyestánek,
an
súshli
málku
wípi
útwek
mausen
mílku
úni.
Glosses
- You hit me!
- ☹
😠Málku
wípi
chí.
[ˈmal.ku ˈwɨ.pi ˈʧi]
😠mal-ku😠do.inv-1
wípihit
chí.you.
- No I didn't!
- ☹
1
😠Lánku
úni.
[ˈlaŋ.ku ˈu.ɲɨ]
😠lam-ku😠do-1
úni.neg.
- Yes you did!
-
Málku
unún.
[ˈmal.ku u.ˈnun]
mal-kudo.inv-1
unún.tvf.
- Did not!
- 1
Úni.
[ˈu.ɲɨ]
úni.neg.
- Did too!
-
Unún.
[u.ˈnun]
unún.tvf.
- I'm telling the teacher!
-
Swáku
maus
te kyestánekket.
[ˈswɑ.ku ˈmaos tə̆k.kjɪ̆s.ˈta.nə̆k.kᵻ̆t]
swa-kube-1
maussay
te=kyestánek-ket.dat=teacher-1.incl.
- Teacher! He says I hit him but I didn't!
-
,
1
Chí
kyestánek,
an
súshli
mausen
línku
wípi
útwek
lánku
úni.
[ˈʧi kjɪ̆s.ˈta.nə̆k, ˈan ˈsuʃ.ʎɨ ˈmao.sn̩ ˈʎiŋ.kʉ ˈwɨ.pi ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈlaŋ.ku ˈu.ɲɨ]
chíyou
kyestánek,teacher,
anprox
súshlihere
maus-ensay-prox
lim-kudo.sbjv-1
wípihit
útwekbut
lam-kudo-1
úni.neg.
- Teacher! He hit me but he says he didn't!
-
,
1
Chí
kyestánek,
an
súshli
málku
wípi
útwek
mausen
mílku
úni.
[ˈʧi kjɪ̆s.ˈta.nə̆k, ˈan ˈsuʃ.ʎɨ ˈmal.ku ˈwɨ.pi ˈu.twʊ̜̆k ˈmao.sn̩ ˈmiʎ.kʉ ˈu.ɲɨ]
chíyou
kyestánek,teacher,
anprox
súshlihere
mal-kudo.inv-1
wípihit
útwekbut
maus-ensay-prox
mil-kudo.inv.sbjv-1
úni.neg.