Guwaabal 6 Maadhaay / The Dog

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In the right-hand column the story is broken down into individual sentences. The first line is in Yuwaalaraay, the third is an English 'free' translation. The second line is an 'interlinear' translation; it shows the various parts of each Yuwaalaraay word (verb, noun, suffix etc). By examining this line you can see how words and sentences are built in Yuwaalaraay. Go back to Version 1 or go to the Notes page to find out the background to the story.

00		Maadhaay dog The Dog
01		Yanaa-waa-nhi ngaya yuruun-da. go-moving-Past I road-in,at,on I was walking along the road.
02		Maadhaay nganunda yanaa-nhi. dog to/at/on me come-Past I dog come towards me.
03		Nganha nhama maadhaay-u buwi-nyi. me that,the dog-doer.to smell-Past The dog smelt me.
04		Yilaa-bala buyu ngay nhama then-contrast leg my that,the maadhaay-u yii-y. dog-doer.to bite-Past Then the dog bit my leg.
05		Giirr maayama dhiyama-y ngaya, really stone pick.up-Past I maadhay ngaya maayama-gu gayawi-y. dog I stone-with throw.at-Past So I picked up a rock and pelted the dog with it.
06		Ngaliman ngaya dhayn buma-y. almost I Aboriginal.man hit-Past I nearly hit a man.
07		Yiili-nha-bala dhayn gi-nyi. angry-that.there-contrast Aboriginal.man get-Past That man got wild.
08		Yiili-bala nganunda nhama dhayn angry-contrast to/at/on me that,the Aboriginal.man gi-nyi, maayama ngaya wana-ngindaay. get-Past stone I throw-Rel.suff That man got wild with me because I threw the rock.
09		Banaga-nhi-nga ngaya-bala, dhayn-di. run-Past-then I-contrast Aboriginal.person-from I ran away from the man.
10		Guuma-nhi ngaya muyaan-da. hide(self)-Past I tree-in,at,on I hid behind a tree.
11		Guway-nga gaarri-yaa-nha, buyu-dhi ngay. blood-now go.down-moving-Present leg-from my Blood was coming out of my leg.
12		Bidjaraay-u ngaya-laa yulaa-y. rag-with I-then tie.up-Past So I tied it up with a rag.
13		Giirr-yaa ngaya-laa gaba gi-gi. really-might I-then good get-Future It will probably get better.