STORY 8 Mirri or Buruma / The Dog

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

00	(M) (B)	Mirri Buruma dog dog The Dog
01	(M) (B)	Yana-waa-nhi ngaya yuruun-da. walk-moving-Past I road-in,at,on I was walking along the road.
02	(M) (B)	Mirri-bala nganunda banaga-waa-nhi. Buruma-bala nganunda banaga-waa-nhi. dog-contrast to/at/on me run-moving-Past The dog ran at me.
03	(M) (B)	Mirri-dhu nganha gawaa-nhi, banaga-nhi-nga-bala ngaya. Buruma-gu nganha gawaa-nhi, banaga-nhi-nga-bala ngaya. dog-doer.to me chase-Past run-Past-then-contrast I The dog chased me, but I ran.
04	(M) (B)	Dhulu-dhi galiya-nhi ngaya. tree-from climb-Past I I climbed a tree.
05	(M) (B)	Gula-lda-nhi-nga nhama mirri-dhu. Gula-lda-nhi-nga nhama buruma-gu. bark-continuous-Past-then that,the dog-doer.to The dog was barking.
06	(M) (B)	Dhulu gama-y ngaya, buma-y ngaya dhulu-gu, mirri. Dhulu gama-y ngaya, buma-y ngaya dhulu-gu, buruma. stick break-Past I hit-Past I stick-with dog I broke a branch and hit the dog with it.
07	(M) (B)	Buma-y-nga ngaya dhaygal-i. hit-Past-then I head-from I hit it on the head.
08	(M) (B)	Giirr banaga-nhi nhama mirri. Giirr banaga-nhi nhama buruma. really run-Past that,the dog That dog ran away.
09	(M) (B)	Giirr bulilbulil nhama dhulu. really slippery that,the tree The tree was slippery.
10	(M) (B)	Giyal ngaya gi-nyi bundaa-ngindaay ngaya. afraid I get-Past fall-Rel.suff I I was afraid of falling.
11	(M) (B)	Baluwaa ngaya gaarri-yaa-nhi dhulu-dhi, slowly I get down-moving-Past tree-from bulilbulil-i dhulu-dhi. slippery-from tree-from I climbed down slowly from the slippery tree.
12	(M) (B)	Gundhi-gu yana-nhi ngaya. house-to go-Past I Then I went home.