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Guwaabal 9 Miyay Garunggay / The Girl Will Drown

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Visit Version 2 to see the story presented sentence by sentence and translated into English. There is also an 'interlinear' translation which shows Yuwaalaraay word-building, verb tenses and suffixes.
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(KF)
(DL)
Miyay Garrunggay
(KF)
(DL)
Miyaydjuul nhama gaawaaga yulugilanhi. Bundaanhinga ngaama miyaydjuul gunganda. Baliyaabala nhama gungan.
(KF)
(DL)
"Garunggay giyaanha, barraay banagaya dhuwimaligunha gungandi."
(KF)
(DL)
Gunidjarr nhama bamba banaganhi. Bundaanhi gungandabula.
(KF)
(DL)
Buwadjarrbula nhamadhaay banagawaanhi, yuwaanhinga. Baanhi gunganda, bayamay nguu gunidjarr, birralii. Gaba gaanhi, gundhigu.