M u r r i n h N i y i t h - n i y i t h 1

MURRINH-PATHA

M u r r i nh

N iy i th - n i y i t h 1

MURRINH-PATHA

Summer Institute of Linguistics Australian Aborigines Branch

Darwin 1977

© SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS 1977ISBN 0 86892 160 2

P R E F A C E

Murrinh Niyi th-niyi th 1. 'These words are stor ies ' , is the f i rs t in a series of four graded reading books in the Murr inh- patha language. They are to be used in conjunction with the Murrinh-patha primer series 'Murr inh Nganki ' . Murr inh Niy i th- niyith 1 covers materials taught in Murrinh Nganki 1.

Murrinh Niyi th-niyi th 1 was prepared by Chester and Lyn Street of the Summer Institute of Linguist ics, Austral ian Aborigines Branch, together with Theodora Darrnanthi Narndu. The i l lustrat ions were done by Peter Nganaye Cumaiyi,Guiseppe Nganthamurri Long, Frank Nur lur t Bunduck and Stan Yunum Ninnal.

This project was supported by a grant from the Austral ian Government made under the Innovations Programme of the Schools Commission. The views expressed here do not necessari ly represent the views of the Schools Commission.

Unit 1

kaka, ku t h u r r u d i r r kathu

kawu, ku ka t hu

"Kawu, k u - k a ? "

"Ku b a l l i maku. "

U n i t 2

"mama, ku mu k a t h u . "

"kaka, ku-ka?"

"ku th u r ru d i r r maku."

" kawu, ku mu k a t h u . "

U n i t 3

Ku b a l l i i ku mu-ka ku p a th a .

"Mama, ku p a l la - k a ? "

"Ku p a l la maku."

Ku t h u r r u d i r r i ku p a l la - k a ku pa tha .

Un i t 4

"Kawu, mi th a rn ka -ka ? "

"Mi tha rn ka k a n h i."

" P ip i , m i-ka? "

"Mi k i l e r n mami. "

Mi tha rnka i mi k i le r n - k a mi pa tha .

I mi p a la th i-k a ,m i pa tha .

"Mama, ku -ka?"

"Ku b a l l i k a n h i , mu ku p i r d i - k a maku."

Un i t 5

"Mama, kaka ngay-ka? "

"Kaka n h in h i-k a p ikunu ku t h u r r u d i r r da N im inem ."

"Mama, p ip i ngay-ka?"

" P ip i n h in h i -k a ngarra kaka p a n in u ."

K anhi-ka ku t h u r r u d i r r numi i ku p i r d i ku numi.

Mu pana-ka mi th a rn ka i mi k i le r n .

Un i t 7

"Mama, p ip i ngay-ka?" Nalpu ka thu -kamam.

" P ip i n h in h i - k a nga rra kaka kanam," mamna.

Nalpu-ka thamul waya mampatha dim ku-nu.

kaka nukunu-ka kanamku,

Mama nukunu N a lp u -ka mampurl d im .I N g in t in i t - k a kanam n g a rra mama n igunu .

U n i t 8

Kanhi-ka mi kum ilu mu k ile rn -k a mami.

"Kawu, ku -ka?" N g i n t i n i t ka thu -ka mam.

"Ku t h a l i kanhi mu ku b a l l i - k a maku."

Mama nukunu N a lpu-ka mi lawam mampatha. M i-ka kem. Mi lawam num i-ka Nalpu mi nukunu i numi-ka mi nga rra y i l e nukunu i num i-ka kaka nukunu nukunu.

U n i t 9

"Na lpu ," mama nukunu mamna." N g in t in i t - k a ngarra?"

"Kardu kern pana mardanumi," nukunu kathu mam. "Nigunu-ka ku p i r d i i ku t h u r r u d i r r wanku mampurl d im ."

Un i t 10

B ere, N alpu-ka n ga rra p ip i nukunu k a n a rd i.

Bere, p ip i nukunu-ka mamna, "N garra th a y pana th a n ila n u , ku kama kem pana ngarra th a y ."

Bere nukunu-ka nga rra tha y kana la .

Bere, nukunu N a lpu-ka mam, " Y i l e ngay! Y i l e ngay ku rra n k a th u , ku kum pit wanku! "

I kaka nukunu mamna, ''Thununa ngarra y i l e n h in h i i thamul nukunu nam akut."

Kawu ngay-ka p a n ik u tn u ku mu i ku b a l l i .

U n i t 11

Bere p ip i nukunu N a lpu-ka mamna ngarra nukunu, "Ku t h a l i kanhi nakut i thanamut ngarra kaka n h in h i . Nukunu-ka kanamku ngarra da N im inem."

Un i t 12A

N g in t i n i t - k a ngarra kawu nigunu pan inu . Mu nukunu Nalpu-ka ngarra pemanhay p a n i la la n u .

Bere N g in t i n i t - k a le patha kanam.I n igunu-ka mamna nga rra Na lpu,"Kawu ngay-ka ku mu i ku b a l l i wanku kanamkut."

I nukunu ka thu -ka mam, "P a tha . I ku ngay-ka k a n h i, ku p a l la i ku t h a l i wanku."

Bere, N g in t i n i t - k a ku t h u r r u d i r r dimku. " P i p i , ku t h u r r u d i r r k a n h i , " N g in t i n i t - k a mam."Ka, t h a n i r d i k a th u , " p ip i n igunu kathu mam.

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