Funeral festivals

Spoken by Sylvain Bodji on March 20, 2014

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(1)

coe^3.1 moon

ka³ IRR

liə^4.2 be.bright

When the moon is bright

(2)

du=a^2.2 village=DEF

mɛ² in

la² ASSOC

ɲɛbrɪ^2.3 young.man.PL

ɛja^3.1 and

jokuwə^3.1.1 girls

ɓa⁴² all

tu⁴¹ all.FR

wa³ 3PL.NOM

wʊlʊ^2.2 emerge.IPFV

ɟɔ² PART

dʊ² village.GEN

nɛdɛ^2.2 middle

All the young men and women of the village, they come to the village center

(3)

ɡoɟi^2.3 metal.instrument

kala-ŋɔ^2.2.2 play-AGT

wʊlʊ^2.2 emerge.IPFV

ɟɔ² PART

The Godji player comes out.

(4)

la² there.FR

ɓəle-ŋ^w-a^2.2.2.2 sing-AGT-PL

wʊlʊ^2.2 emerge.IPFV

ɟɔ² PART

Singers come out.

(5)

jokuwə^3.2.2 girls

palama^3.1.1 dress.IPFV

nanɛ^4.4 nicely

Girls dress nicely

(6)

ne⁴ and

a² 1PL.NOM

kala^3.3 play.IPFV

tak^wi^2.4 drums

ne⁴ and

a² 1PL.NOM

ɓəle^1.1 sing.IPFV

And we play drums and sing.

(7)

ne⁴ and

a² 1PL.NOM

jɛ³ dance.IPFV

ne⁴ and

a² 1PL.NOM

nɔ² do.IPFV

mana^3.3 happiness

ɟɔ̃ɔ̃^42.42 for.a.long.time

pɛmɛ^4.2 morning

And we dance and enjoy ourselves for a long time, until morning.

(8)

pɛmɛ^4.2 morning

ka³ IRR

wʊlʊ^2.2 emerge

When morning comes

(9)

ɔkʊɔkʊnɛ^3.1.3.1.2 everyone

mɛ² go.IPFV

sala^3.3 home

mɛ² to

Everyone goes home

(10)

ne⁴ and

ɔ³ 3SG.NOM

bido^3.2 wash.IPFV

ne⁴ and

ɔ³ 3SG.NOM

mɛ² go.IPFV

k^wala^4.4 farm

mɛ² to

And he showers and goes to the farm.

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