Donkey Beater Story in Talbas
- There was once a man who beat his donkey every day.
- 'emi
natos
'andan,
nay
ninkalne
'o'ópen
qlan
qlan.
[ˈʔe.mi ˈna.tos ˈʔan.dan, ˈnaj ˈniŋ.kal.ne ʔo.ˈʔopeɴ ˈqɫɑɴ ˈqɫɑn. ]
'emionce
nato-sman-indf
'anda-n,have-impfv,
na-ihe-gen
ninkal-nedonkey-acc.m
'o~'ope-nfreq~hit-impfv
qlansun
~qlan.~all.
- One day, a second man, who was a neighbor, came to the donkey-beater
- Qlanes,
sami
natos
pani,
tetes
pen,
ninkali
'opeyna
be
pani,
[ˈqɫɑ.nes, ˈsa.mi ˈna.tos ˈpa.ni, ˈte.tes ˈpen, ˈniŋ.ka.li ˈʔo.pej.na ˈbe ˈpa.ni, ]
qlan-s,sun-indf,
samisecond
nato-sman-indf
pani,come,
tete-sneighbor-indf
pen,be,
ninkal-idonkey-gen
'ope-inahit-er.m
beloc
pani,come,
- and asked, “Why do you beat your donkey?”
- tsa
'ami,
"Plas
ti
ninkalne
'o'ópe?"
[ˈtsa ˈʔa.mi, ˈplas ˈti ˈniŋ.kal.ne ʔo.ˈʔope?" ]
tsathen
'ami,question,
"plas"why?
ti2s
ninkal-nedonkey-acc.m
'o~'ope?"freq~hit?"
- The donkey-beater said, “Beating is all the donkey knows, I must beat him until he learns how to behave.”
- 'opeyna
ke
talba,
"ninkal
'o
'ope
sinso;
qo
'opemel
maso,
somoy
soy
lomi
do."
[ˈʔo.pej.na ˈke ˈtal.ba, ˈniŋ.kal ˈʔo ˈʔo.pe ˈsin.so; ˈqo ˈʔo.pe.mel ˈma.so, ˈso.moj ˈsoj ˈlo.mi ˈdo." ]
'ope-inahit-er.m
kencla
talba,say,
"ninkal"donkey
'oonly
'opehit
sinso;know;
qo1s
'ope-melhit-opt
maso,need,
somo-ibehave_properly-gen
soyhow?
lomilearn
do."until."