Grandmother's funeral narrative
Spoken by Sylvain Bodji on March 6, 2014
Compressed, lossy audio for web playback
da3
when
a-nɔ-ɡalɪɛ2.4.2.3.1
1SG.POSS.INAL-mother-old
ku4
die.PFV
ne2
REL
e4
1SG.NOM
le=a2.2
be=PST
jo4
child
When my grandmother died, I was a child.
ne4
and
wa3
3PL.NOM
ja31
and
ɔnɛ-ku2.3.3
3SG.POSS-corpse
ji3
come.PFV
sra4
home
mɛ2
to
ɔnɛ-ɟajɪ2.3.3.2
3SG.POSS-self
ɟ-ɔ-l=a31.2
put.PFV-PASS-APPL=3SG.ACC
ɓitə2.3
house
They came brought her corpse home. Her body was put in her home.
la2
ASSOC
pupeku2.2.3
courtyard
a-nɔ2.4
1SG.POSS.INAL-mother
a-nɔwʊlɪ2.32.3.1
1SG.POSS.INAL-brother
ne4
and
a-nɔ2.4
1PL.POSS.INAL-mother
ɔ-nɔwʊ3.3.2
3SG.POSS.INAL-brother
la2
ASSOC
wə4
child.PL
wa3
3PL.NOM
ji3
come.PFV
In the courtyard (of her house in Bjajedjo), my mom, brothers and sisters and the children of my mother's brother came.
ɲɛkpɛ3.1
person.PL
ɓutukpa1.1.1
many
kɔ=a2.2
be.LOC=PST
luɡbu=a4.1.1
funeral=DEF
kɔ3
at
ne4
and
wa3
3PL.NOM
pi3
cook.PFV
li=li3.2
eat=NMLZ
ɓʊtʊɡba1.1.1
many
Many people were at the funeral and there cooked a lot of food.
wa3
3PL.NOM
ɲɛ=a42.2
give.PFV=1PL.ACC
li=li3.2
eat=NMLZ
ne4
and
a2
1PL.NOM
li2
eat.PFV
They gave us food and we ate.
ne4
and
a2
1PL.NOM
ɲɛ42
give.PFV
lawiə=a3.2.1.1
guests=DEF
li=li3.2
eat=NMLZ
da3
when
li=li3.2
eat=NMLZ
ɓi-ə3.2
finish.PFV-PASS
ne2
REL
a2
1PL.NOM
ɲɛ42
give.PFV
lawiə3.2.1
guests
no2
beverages
And we gave guests the food and when the food was gone we gave the guests drinks.
ne4
and
a2
1PL.NOM
wi31
cry.PFV
a-nɔ-ɡalɪ=a2.4.2.3.1
1PL.POSS.INAL-mother-old=DEF
ne4
and
a2
1PL.NOM
mɛ=ɔ3.2
go.PFV=3SG.ACC
ɟiɟe=da2.2.2
bury=place.NMLZ
kɔ3
to
ne4
and
a2
1PL.NOM
sra3
return.PFV
wʊlɪ3.3
PART
And we wept for our grandmother and we went to bury her and we came home. INCORPORATION
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