Chantyal Dictionary and Texts

Chantyal discourses 545

W. Recorded 10/92, Mangale Khani, Nepal
Speaker: Bal Bahadur Ghyapcan

My Life

1. jdstdy na yekkays sal-ri-wa pnmd hin
ever+since I 21 year-LOC-NOM birth be+NPST

'Ever since... I was born in the year 21.' [i.e. in 2021, in the Nepali
calendar]

2. 9ni yekkays sal-gdm tin bdrsd umer-ri nd-ye ama
then 21 year-ABL three year age-LOC I-GEN mother

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si-i

die-PERF

'Then, three years from the year 21, my mother died.'

3. dni cdwdhd bdrso umer sdmmd baba-sd pdni orko
then 14 year age until father-ERG also another
swasni fia-ka

wife NEG-bring-PERF

'Then until I was fourteen, my father didn't get another wife.'

4. C9wdfi9 borsd umer legdm baba-sd drko swasni
14 year age back father-ERG another wife
kha-i

bring-PERF

'After I was 14 years old, my father got another wife.'

5. cdrater thay sanima mu
from+then now step+mother be+NPST
'From then until now, she's my step-mother.'

6. dni sord bdrso umer-ri sanima-m nikki khdlte bdJb i
then 16 year age-LOC step+mother-COM a+lot quarreling
ta-si-rd

become-ANT-SEQ

'Then at 16 years of age, I was quarreling with my step-mother a

lot, and'

7. na them-dij-gdm-sd bfiagi-si-ro

I house-LOC-ABL run-ANT-SEQ
'I ran away from home, and'

8 . thak khola-nas fiyasi-ro
Thak Khola-ALL go-ANT-SEQ

'I went toward Thak Khola, and'

9. der bdrsd sdmmd ci-si-rd
one+and+a+half year until sit-ANT-SEQ
'I stayed for a year and a half, and'

10. kha-i
come-PERF

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'I came back.'

11. dni kha-si-rd
then come-ANT-SEQ
'Then, having come back/

12. chimkhola-ri dwi bdrsd sdmmd na iskul poni pdri-i
Chimkhola-LOC two year until I school also study-PERF
'In Chimkhola, I went to school for two years.'

13. iskul pdri-si-rd
school study-ANT-SEQ
'Having gone to school/

14. ath kolas pas la-i

8 class pass do-PERF
'I passed the eighth grade.'

15. cater phiri them-drj kha-i
from+then again house-LOC come-PERF
'Then, I again came home.'

16. man dimag bigri-si-rd
desire mind spoil-ANT-SEQ
'Having been unmotivated/

17. iskul poni garawa la-i pori-la a-kharj
school also good do-ANT-SEQ study-COND NEG-be-able
'I wasn't able to study well.'

18. & phiri tfiem-dij no kha-i
and again house-LOC topic come-ANT
'And again I came home, and'

19. ci-i
sit-PERF
'I stayed.'

20. gwathalo ta-i
herdsman become-PERF
'I became a herdsman.'

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21. ghas tha-i
fodder cut-PERF
'I cut fodder'

22. kisan la-i
farming do-PERF
'I farmed.'

23. dni phiri thokhdr pdcchis bdrsd-ye umer
then again now 25 year-GEN age
yo-wa-sir
be+enough-NOM-COTEMP

'Then, again, when I now reached the age of 25,'

24. phiri na phiri iskul-ri joyn ta-i

again I again school-LOC join become-PERF
'Again, I, again, entered school.'

25. dds kdkcha dds kdkcha sdmmd pori-i

ten class ten class until study-PERF
'The tenth grade, I studied until the tenth grade.'

26. cater tes a-pin
from+that test NEG-give-PERF
'After that, they didn't give the test.'

27. dds Mas pori-si-rd

ten class study-ANT-SEQ
'Having studied the tenth grade,'

28. tes a-pin

test NEG-give-PERF
'They didn't give the test.'

29. cater kha-si-rd
from+that come-ANT-SEQ
'After that, I came home, and'

30. phiri cd-gdm poni iskul pir-ji

again that-ABL also school let+loose-PERF

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'again, from that also, I left school.'

3 1 . iskul pir-si-ro

school let+loose-ANT-SEQ
'Having left school,'

32. na tebfi-nas phara-i

I love-ALL walk-PERF
'I spent time with women.'

33. phara-si-rd
walk-ANT-SEQ

'Having spent time with women,'

34. iskul pdni pir-ji
school also let+loose-PERF
'I left school also.'

35. cater ydwta swasni pdni kha-i
from+that one wife also bring-PERF
'After that, I got married.'

36. thay kirsi la-wa dni kheti kisan la-wa
now farming do-NOM then farming farmer do-NOM
gay-ra gfias tha-wa gwathalo ta-wa kam
cow-DAT fodder cut-NOM herdsman become-NOM work
la-si-rd

do-ANT-SEQ

'Now, having done farming, then becoming a farmer, cutting

fodder for the cows, and becoming a herdsman,'

37. ci-si-wa mu
sit-ANT-NOM be+NPST
'I have stayed here.'

38. ta-i nd chdgdr no mu-land hdni
become-PERF topic as+much topic be-COND OK
'If it's this much, it's enough, OK?'

39. khoy ta bAi-wa-n

where what say-NOM-be+NPST+Q

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'There is no knowledge of that.'

49. ta-i nd hd-jdr no bAi-lano

become-PERF topic that-quantity topic be-COND
'It's enough if I say that much.'

Chantyal Dictionary and Texts

by

Michael Noonan

with

Ram Prasad Bhulanja
Jag Man Chhantyal
William Pagliuca

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Mouton de Gruyter

Berlin • New York 1999