1. Ha’ruch, gitga gawu vayughu’ruviyoutw. Your browser does not support the audio
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I'm going to tell a story about Snake. 2. Gurra loud e gaqouwou’m yulh vulh. Your browser does not support the audio
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But I don't know it very well. 3. Tsurarilh, ha’ruch, svawi v i lou’milh. Your browser does not support the audio
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A young woman feared snakes greatly. 4. Gourr vulh huluv i dalilh, vadi’, dula’louluw i lh, houdavukdaqlhayuvuqu’l, rrawi’, “Gitga ha’ruch, ke watsu’da’l.” Your browser does not support the audio
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Everywhere she went she carried along a stick to drive them away, thinking, “I might meet snakes.” 5. Wala, gawu dalilh, va jaqulou’milh. Wough. Your browser does not support the audio
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In the morning she started out, she went to gather hollow weeds 6. Kaluw o u’ vulh, lou gou ka’youluwilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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She strapped on a pack basket 7. Lhe gutsou’milh. Your browser does not support the audio
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Finally she had a lot. 8. Gawu dalasilh, kaluw u ’lhaqh. Your browser does not support the audio
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She put them in the pack basket. 9. Hi naghilh, “Gitga gawa’youluwu.” Your browser does not support the audio
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She thought, “I'll start carrying it.” 10. Gish gawu rragh i lh, “Rrada’w.” Your browser does not support the audio
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She started to think in vain, “I'll stand up.” 11. Ga gidunuvilh, qalhda vulh kulougilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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It won't let go, whatever it is that is holding it 12. Dawilharilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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She looks. 13. Ha’ruch, da l o uluw i lh. Kaluw o u’. Your browser does not support the audio
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Snake is holding the pack basket 14. Hi yidumoudilh, “Dalu v i la’wulut, shoush!” Your browser does not support the audio
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He tells her, “You're always afraid of me.” 15. “Woug i lh, gitga hulalhulut, gawu lalhulut gitga.” Your browser does not support the audio
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“Now you're going with me, you're going to go with me.” 16. “Juwa vulh lagidamut gitga, kou’ka’luwou’.” Your browser does not support the audio
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“You leave that there, your pack basket.” 17. Gawu lagilh, gou tsurarilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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The young woman started to go with him. 18. Rrak ga’w i vulh, gawu da’l. Your browser does not support the audio
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They st arted off towards the river. 19. Hi yitum o udilh, gitga gawu rri’r e darilh, gayalilh, “Rrou’ d u plushilh, hi k u nuvut, datgurrughu’ghuk.” Your browser does not support the audio
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He told her, (when) they were almost to the river, “You hold on to my belt, at my back.” 20. Hi k u nuvilh huplushilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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She held on to his belt 21. Lh u goulilh, dagayalilhwaqh. Your browser does not support the audio
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They went down into the river 22. Bik ha nudalilh, lughurruk wanu, gilhiv. Your browser does not support the audio
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(When) they had gone halfway, there was only land there 23. Voul da’ mularr, ji’ du wourr ha’ruch, daqh. Your browser does not support the audio
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A house was built there; that's where Snake lives. 24. Vus da luqhdurr. Your browser does not support the audio
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The fire was lit. 25. Dou’yuwaqh, da d o u lhugaturr. Your browser does not support the audio
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Pieces of watersoaked spruce were being burned. 26. G i yawlulh vuts u ’n, juwa vulh da’lh u gaturr, dou’yuwaqh, kvurr ya vulh, dalulhuliv, gourr wadi’, wad o u’ga’wik. Your browser does not support the audio
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Nothing of dry material; that's what is burned, watersoaked spruce; it burns like pitchwood, that wood which is still wet. 27. Dalhda hou danughurruk, gou kagurrawiwilh, gou’wil hi’gawilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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Later on, that woman had babies. 28. Qaju’l, gou daqh, juwa hitum o udilh, g o uchgurru’l, “Hash va dawukuvu, gouchk.” Your browser does not support the audio
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Where her mother lives; she told them that, their grandmother, “Go there and look for grandmother.” 29. Hi lughilh dagou, rridak ha’ruch. Your browser does not support the audio
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They went, two snakes 30. Da qi youwilh, dali’, gou daqh, hou gouchgurru’l. Your browser does not support the audio
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They arrived there, indoors, where their grandmother lived. 31. Gou shi’rouki’, ga’dishgam i lh, ha’ruch. Qalhwa gida vulh vagi’rougilh, dali’. Your browser does not support the audio
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The old woman didn't like snakes, (and didn't know) why they were bothering her, indoors. 32. Gawu vukdaqlhayuvoudilh, vadi’. Your browser does not support the audio
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She drove them away with a stick. 33. Gou lughilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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They went back. 34. Hou dagoul o uwuqu’l, hi yilhilh, gouchgurru’l, “Da t i ghurru’muluwililh, ga dishgawirilh.” Your browser does not support the audio
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When they arrived, they said, (about) their grandmother, “She drives us out, she doesn't like us.” 35. Dalhda hou danughurruk, gou kagurrawiwilh, qilu’l qaju’l, vagou dawikuvilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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Later on that woman, she went to look for her mother again. 36. Hi yitumoudilh, “Yirrou ts e k juwa.” Your browser does not support the audio
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She told her, “Those are my children.” 37. Dalhda hou danughurruk, tsek dagou, gou gawudalilh, gouchgurru’l, vagou dawikuvilh. Your browser does not support the audio
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Later on the children started out again and went to look for their grandmother. 38. Rra’l, gawadou goutsuduwani’l, rra’laqh, dagawudou dalasilh, gourr ha’ruch, gagou tighurru’muluv i lh, qilu’litk vulh, qulh u ’l. Your browser does not support the audio
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They were allowed to get in a basket plate, she put them in the basket plate, she didn't drive these snakes out any more, (she knew they were) her own grandchildren. 39. Hi yitumoudilh qaju’l, “Gitga gurra gou rruda’l, wougilh.” Your browser does not support the audio
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She (the woman) told her mother, “I'm not going to come back again now.” 40. “Juwa vulh gitga woug i lh, va g u gayuvi’s, gurra gou lali’, gitga.” Your browser does not support the audio
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“I've come now to tell you goodbye, I'm not coming back.” 41. Juwa woug i lh hou dan u ghurruk, gou’w i l, ga lu’bay, qil u ’l, gourr kagurrawiwilh, h o u’luwaqh da gidaduk. Your browser does not support the audio
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That's why now after that (snakes) don't swallow people, (because) she, the woman, ended up living in the water. 42. Juwa vulh da n u ghurruk. Hou balhu’l, da bulayuwi’murr, gayalilhwaqh. Your browser does not support the audio
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Since then, her hair spreads out floating flat in the river.