Languébié: A Guébie story corpus

Traditional houses

Spoken by Serikpa Gnadja Emile on June 3, 2014

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(1) 0:11
aɲɛ2.3 1PL.EMPH
titi4.4 really
sɪrɪ2.2 build.PFV.3PL.ACC
We build them ourselves.
Nous les construisons nous-mêmes.
(2) 0:13
ma2 but
ɛ3 3SG.NOM
le=sɛ2.4 be=EMPH
lasɔ2.3 cement
la2 ASSOC
lɪ-a3.1 DEM.PRO-PL
ne2 REL
But regarding those built with cement,
Mais en ce qui concerne ceux construits en ciment,
(3) 0:16
trɔkpɛ=a4.1.1 caucasian=DEF
la2 ASSOC
lasɔ2.3 cement
la2 ASSOC
lɪ-a3.1 DEM.PRO-PL
ne2 REL
The caucasians' cement ones,
Ceux en ciment des Caucasiens,
(4) 0:17
ɛɓa3.2 3SG.EMPH
waɲɛ3.2 3PL.EMPH
wa3 3PL.NOM
j=ɛ32 know.IPFV=3SG.ACC
sa2 manner
ne2 REL
That, those who know how to do it,
Cela, ceux qui savent comment le faire,
(5) 0:19
wa3 3PL.NOM
ɓɛl=a4.2 call.PFV=3PL.ACC
They call them,
Ils les appellent,
(6) 0:19
ne42 and.2SG.NOM
tɛa3.2 take.IPFV
na-lasɔ24.2.3 2SG.POSS-cement
ne2 REL
ɔ3 3SG.NOM
sala3.2 build.PFV
maɡa3.2 cement.house
And he builds the cement house for you.
Et il construit la maison en ciment pour vous.
(7) 0:22
ne4 and
wa3 3PL.NOM
ɟ=ɛ32 put.PFV=3SG.ACC
bobo3.3 tin.roof
ɔɓa3.2 3SG.EMPH
wʊlɪ2.4 on
And they put the tin roof on it
Et ils y ont posé le toit en tôle.
(8) 0:23
ma2 but
lɪ-a3.1 DEM.PRO-PL
nɛ2 TOP
amɛ2.3 1SG.EMPH
titi4.4 really
mɔ1 1SG.EMPH
sala2.2 build.IPFV.3SG.ACC
But these ones, I myself build these.
Mais ceux-là, c'est moi qui les construis.
(9) 0:25
aɲɛ2.3 1PL.EMPH
mɔ2 be.EMPH
a2 1PL.NOM
sɪlɪ2.2 build.IPFV.3PL.ACC
It's us, we build them.
C'est nous, nous les construisons.
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