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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LaXayam Las,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mayka tenes yiem yaka paL hihi!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>your little tale is pretty funny!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>wedding party could = paaLaC or
potlatch</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hiloo lateyt, kaltus man, mesaachee
man</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>tumtum kakwa mowitch </FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>= pretty good insults</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>scott/ooshtaqi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fericzobor@YAHOO.COM href="mailto:fericzobor@YAHOO.COM">Francisc
Czobor</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:13
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Djoha is watching the door</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>DJOHA YANANICH UK LAPOT<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>/<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DJOHA IS WATCHING THE
DOOR</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The original text in the Moroccan Arabic dialect with German
translation was published (with the title “Dschoha bewacht die Tür”) in
Gotthelf Bergsträsser’s “Einführung in die semitischen Sprachen” (Max Hueber
Verlag, München, 1977, p. 173-176). The translations in English and Chinuk
Wawa are made by myself.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Anqati yamiLayt ixt tEnEs man yaXal Djoha.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>In old times there was a young man called Djoha.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Pi yamiLayt khanamakwst yamama, yanim Halima.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>And he lived with his mother, whose name was Halima.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Pi uk Djoha yamama yamiLayt aw yaXal Ali.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MAR: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>And Djoha’s mother had a brother called Ali.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Alta Ali ya’ukusti yachaku maliy pi Lasmunk hayash makmak.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Now Ali’s daughter got married and they had a wedding
party.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Djoha yamama yaLatwa khapa ukuk ya’aw yaka hayash makmak.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Djoha’s mother went to this wedding party of her borther.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNorm! style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" al><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa Djoha pus chaku pi wawa yaka: “U nayka tEnas, Lush nanich uk
haws yalapot!”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>She called Djoha and told him: “Oh my son, watch the door of the
house!”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa yaka “Aha, mama!” Pi yaLatwa khapa uk hayash makmak pi mash yaka
pus nanich lapot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>He told her “Yes, mother!” And she went to the wedding party leaving
him watching the door.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0px"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yamama yamiLayt khapa uk haws qha uk hayash makmak.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>His mother sat down in the house of the wedding party.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Alta Djoha chaku wik Lush yatEmtEm pus khapit ixt yamiLayt khapa uk
haws.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Now Djoha had a dull time sitting in the house alone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>YahayutEmtEm ikta pus yamunk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>He was thinking what he should do.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa: “Namama yawawa khapa mayka: ‘Lush nanich uk
lapot!’;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>He spoke (to himself): “My mother told me: ‘Watch the
door!’;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Alta namunk Laqw uk lapot pi namunk miLayt khapa nalatet pi lulu yaka
pi naLatwa pi wawa khapa namama pus yak’ilapay khapa yahaws.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Now I’ll take out the door ! and put it on my head and take it with me
and I’ll go and tell my mother to come back to her house.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>YaLatwa uk haws qha uk hayash makmak, pi yamunk miLayt uk lapot khapa
wal pi koko uk lapot khapa uk haws qha uk hayash makmak.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>He went to the wedding house, leant the door on the wall and knocked
the door of the wedding house.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Ixt LuchmEn chaku Laxani khapa uk haws qha uk hayash makmak pi yawawa
yaka: “ikta mayka tq’ix, Djoha?”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>A woman came out from the wedding house and told him: “What do you
want, Djoha?”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa yaka “Wawa namama pus chaku!” Pi yawawa yaka
“Lush.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>He told her “Call my mother!” And she told him “Good.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>YaLatwa khapa haws khapa uk Djoha yamama pi yawawa yaka: “Wawa khapa
matEnas!”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>She went inside to ! Djoha’s mother and told her: “Speak with your
son!”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yachaku LaXani khapa yaka pi yakriye pi yawawa yaka: “U mayka kEltEs
man, Laksta namunk miLayt khapa uk haws, mayka kEltEs man?”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>She went out to him shouting and told him: “Oh you bastard, who did you
left in the house, you bastard?”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa yaka: “U mama, pus ikta mawawa saliks khapa nayka? Mawawa nayka:
‘Lush nanich uk lapot!’; wik mawawa nayka ‘Lush nanich uk haws!’</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>He told her: “Oh mother, why do you scold me? You have told me: ‘Watch
the door!’; you didn’t tell me ‘Watch the house!’</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Kakwa namunk Laqw uk lapot pi lulu khapa nalatet. Nanich yaka khapá,
yamiLayt khapa uk wal.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Thus I took out the door and brought it on my head. See it there
leaning on the wall.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa yaka: “Mayka na skati pi ikta qhata mayka? Alta aLki uk kapswala
tilxam Laschaku haws pi iskam ntsay! ka iktas.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>She yold him: “Are you crazy or what’s the matter with you? Now the
thiefs will enter the house and steal our things.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yawawa yaka: “Wik nakamtaks ikta. Mawawa nayka pus nanich khapit uk
lapot. Nanich kupá, nalulu yaka khapa napik’u.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>He told her: “I don’t know anything. You told me to watch only the
door. See there, I brought it on my back.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Alta ! yamama yachaku kamtaks pus yatEnas hilu latet. Alta ilEp yahihi
khapa yaka pi wawa:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Now his mother realized that her son is an idiot. She begun to laugh on
him and said:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>“Dret mayka wawa, u Djoha, pi khapit! WEXt nayka piltEn pus napaLach
ilihan khapa uk piltEn.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>“This is the truth what you said, oh Djoha, and that’s all! I am also a
fool since I’m abetting the fool.”</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Khapit kakwa uk Djoha ya’ikanum.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The story of Djoha is ended.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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