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2 LINYU DHUWALA MÄRRMA' DETJ MANDANHA MÄTJARRAWUP D6 GUPAPUYŊU Milingimbi Bi-lingual Centre 1974 Produced by Department of Education, Darw in

3 N häm irri nhuma djamarrkuli? Linyu dh u w ala märrma' detj majidanha, ga linyu ŋuli ga nhinanydja mulmuŋura yutaŋura. Wiripu linyu ŋuli nhina, ga dharpaŋura, märr linyu ŋuli ŋatha Juka m irithirri, ga yakana djanŋarrthirri. Waŋganymirri linyu gana nhinana wäŋaŋura, ga ŋayi ŋunhi marrtjina waŋgany detj bala gujunlili ŋathamirrilili. Ga ŋayi garrmura ŋunhi ŋatha ŋunhilidhi, ga ŋayi ŋuli bitjanana bili marrtjinya ŋunhawalayi ŋathamirrilili wäŋalili. 2

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5 Ga bulunydja ŋarra ŋanya waŋanana, Way! Nhäkurru muka nhe ŋarranha ŋuli ga dhuwala gana'kanandja? Nhä nhe garrmun ŋamakurru? Nhe ŋarraku jakaraŋu go! Nhäna ŋarra nhuŋu dhu jakarama? Yäna ŋarra li ga ŋunhi wakallili marrtji, bili nhenydja dhuwala li ga ŋorrana yäna. Yaka dhuwalinydja, ŋanydja yäna nhe dhu ŋarraku jakarama, nhaliy nhe ga dhuwala ŋuthan manymakkuma, märr ŋarranydja dhu marŋgi, ŋunhi nhuŋu dhu nhänydja m ajŋ'thun. Nhaltjan dhika ŋarra dhu? Ŋ unhanydja m anym aknha ŋathadjämamirri ' i. Yow! Manymak ŋayi ŋatha-djämamirri, b ili dhiyaŋu bili nhuma marrtji luka nhanŋu ŋatha. Ga ŋunhi ŋayi dhu nhäŋu yätjkurruna, ga jul^anhawuynha nhum alaŋguŋu, ga balanyam irriynha ŋayi dhu nhumalaŋgu marimirriyinydja, bala ŋayi nhumalanha dhu ŋaw ululyuna bathulu, ga raku nyg uŋu na. Ŋarranydja ga ŋarrakuwuy ŋarra rumbalwuna yäna warguyun, märr ŋarraku dhu yolŋunydja yaka gitkitthun, ga binydjitj ŋarranha jakarama. Nhe dhuwali ga djälthirri, nhuŋu walala dhu ga gitkitthun, ga binydjitj nhuna jakarama? 4

6 Ga ŋayinydja yakana bulu waŋanha nhanŋu; ŋayi yäna mukthurrunana, bala marrtjinana gulŋiyinana wäŋalilina. Ga buiu ŋayi ŋunhi marrtjina balayi bili gukinlili ŋathamirrilili; ŋunhinydja ŋayi marrtjina waluy, ŋunhi walalanha dhu ŋatha-djämamirriy bumana. Walala bitjarra waŋgany detj waŋana, Nhä limurru dhu Jukanydja ŋula manymaktja mulmu? Ga walala JakaMakaraŋala. Ga ŋayina ŋunhi yakanydja waŋanha; ŋayi marrtjina guyaŋana ŋunhi dhäruk wiripunha detjnha. 5

7 Bunana walala ŋunhiliyi wäŋaŋura ŋathamirriŋura, bala walala marrtjina kikanana. Ŋayinydja ŋunhi yaka m irithinya gärrinya ŋunhiwili ioiulili, bala ŋayinydja ŋunhi ŋatha-djämamirrinydja bumarana marrtjina detj mala. 6

8 Ga ŋayinydja ŋ un hi nhäŋala ŋanya, bala wandinana, yurru dhuditjnha ŋunhiyinydja; ŋayinydja ŋunhi bili nhumarana ŋunhi ŋawululnydja. Ga ŋunhi ŋayi marrtjina wäŋalilinydja, ga dhurrwaraŋurana wäŋiya mandaŋgala, bala ŋayi galkirrinana. 7

9 Ga ŋayi ŋunhi wandina, ga nhäŋala ŋanya ŋorranhawuynha. Ga ŋayi ŋayathaŋala ŋanya, yurru dhuditjnha; ŋayinydja ŋunhi rakunydhinana. Ŋarra ŋuli ganha ŋunhi yuwalk nhuŋu iakaranhara, ga nhenydja ŋarranha ŋuli ganha märr*djulkthuna yäna; ga dhiyakiyina. Ga ŋayi gana gänana nhinana. Ga ŋayi ŋuli yaka g a lk ith in y a ŋ u n h ili wäŋaŋura ŋathamirriŋura, bili ŋayi marŋgi, ŋunhi dhu ŋayi nhanŋuwuy ŋayi luka ŋatha, ŋayinydja dhu ga nhina manymak. Ga ŋunhi ŋayi dhu manaŋirrinydja, ŋayinydja dhu yindilili marilili gärri. 8

10 WE ARE TWO GRASSHOPPERS by MÄTJARRA How are you children? We are two grasshoppers and we live in the green grass. Sometimes we live in trees so that we can eat plenty of food and not be hungry. One day we were sitting at home, when one of us went off to a farm. He discovered vegetables there, so kept on going back. I said to him, Hey, where do you go when you leave me all the time? What have you found that is so good? Come on now, tell me. What shall I tell you?l just go and have fun, because all you do is sleep. Don t tell me that! Tell me how you come to be growing so nice and fat, just so that I know, in case anything happens to you. What can I do about it? He s such a good farmer. Yes, he s a good farmer because right now you re eating his vegetables. But when he sees his crops are spoilt because of you eating them, he s going to be angry with you and spray you with some insect spray and kill you. I m worried about my figure. I don t want people laughing at me and saying I m skinny. Do you want them to laugh at you and call you skinny? The first grasshopper didn t say anything more to him but just went inside their home. Again, (with other grasshoppers) he w entto thefarm. Itwastheday the farmer would be spraying. Hey, everyone, said one of the grasshoppers, do you think we re going to eat some nice grass today? The others gave various answers, but he (the grasshopper of our story) didn t answer; he was thinking of what the other grasshopper had said. They arrived at the farm and started eating. He hadn t gone very far into the enclosure, when the farmer started spraying the grasshoppers. He saw him and flew off, but it was too late; he had inhaled some of the spray. He got home, but fell down at the door of their house. The other grasshopper ran and saw him lying there. He touched him, but it was too late; he was dead. What I told you was true, but you wouldn t believe me, and so this has happened. So he lived alone. He didn t go near that farm, because he knew that if he ate his own food, he would be all right; but if he stole, he would get into a lot of trouble. 9

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