LL-L "Anniversary" 2005.02.20 (04) [E]

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From: "Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc." <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: Anniversary

I made a translation of the The Wren in West Limburgish, and did a first
recording. (With a couple of hesitations, so I will overdo it).

Just this: the (provisional) wav recording is about 16 Mb. How do we
transfer this?

Regards,
Roger

Here is my (provisinal) text, small changes still possible:

West Limburgish (Lonerlands from Vliermaal, Belgium)
by Roger Thijs, Mortsel, Belgium

Het wénterkeuninkske

Het wénterkeuninkske ha zénne neis inne kèrresjawl.

De aa keuninkskes woare enne goeie keer oëtgevloeëge - ze weuille voeier
zukke veur hun jeung - en se honne doabè hun jeung heilegans allein in
perdel geloate.

Noeë a turke kump het voier keuninkske tos.

"Waa's hèè onne haand?" zèt er "Wië hèt oech iet gedeun, keenger? Dzjie zit
allemol heilegans turelut!"

"Ho paa", zegge ze; "Doë keuim hè dzjus énne boeëze man deur, en dië zeug
zow sjrikkelek koeëd en bènkelek oeët. Hië keuk bè zen growte ooge in ozze
neis, en vië hebbe allemol ene growte sjrik gepak".

"Wel wel" zei de voier "Bow ést'er bleve?"

"Doë est'er hénne gegon" zeine se.

"Dat'er waach"; zei de voier, "ich gon ater hem on. Koesch koesch kénger,
ich zal hem wel krège."

En hië vleuch ter ater on.

Wa ziet'er, at'er de hoek eumgedrèt kump?
Lup mich doeë en luëf!

Mèr het keuninkske és néj bang. Hië zet hem op de luëf zenne strank en hië
begint tegen hem te pastiëre: "Wa hèt dzjië bè mich toës te zukke," zet'er,
"en men kénger bang te moake?".

De luëf trik hem doë niks van on, en hië lup deur.

Dan begin het klein veugelke noch fèller te kiëke: "Dzjië hèt doeë niks te
zukke, zeg ich! En aa dzjië noch éns treuchkomp",  zet'et, "dan goo ens éit
mètmoake." "Ich don da néj gjan", zet'et, en het liech terbè ein powt op,
"mer dan stamp ich oere reuchstrank euver."

En  doeënoeë vliegt'er treuch noeë zénne neis.

"Zo keenger", zet'er, "dië heub ich da oafgeliërd. Dië kump néj mei treuch."

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Some gramatical oddities:
Gender switching in the text: "voier" masc., "keuninkske": neuter
Irregularity: en luëf ("en" is the feminin form of the article, masc. would
be "enne" luëf). In despite of the appicable article form "en", the word
feels masculin.

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