Guébie story corpus

Traditional houses

Spoken by Serikpa Gnadja Emile on June 3, 2014

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(1) 0:11

aɲɛ^2.3

titi^4.4

sɪrɪ^2.2

We build them ourselves.

(2) 0:13

ma²

ɛ³

le=sɛ^2.4

lasɔ^2.3

la²

lɪ-a^3.1

ne²

But regarding those built with cement,

(3) 0:16

trɔkpɛ=a^4.1.1

la²

lasɔ^2.3

la²

lɪ-a^3.1

ne²

The caucasians' cement ones,

(4) 0:17

ɛɓa^3.2

waɲɛ^3.2

wa³

j=ɛ³²

sa²

ne²

That, those who know how to do it,

(5) 0:19

wa³

ɓɛl=a^4.2

They call them,

(6) 0:19

ne⁴²

tɛa^3.2

na-lasɔ^24.2.3

ne²

ɔ³

sala^3.2

maɡa^3.2

And he builds the cement house for you.

(7) 0:22

ne⁴

wa³

ɟ=ɛ³²

bobo^3.3

ɔɓa^3.2

wʊlɪ^2.4

And they put the tin roof on it

(8) 0:23

ma²

lɪ-a^3.1

nɛ²

amɛ^2.3

titi^4.4

mɔ¹

sala^2.2

But these ones, I myself build these.

(9) 0:25

aɲɛ^2.3

mɔ²

a²

sɪlɪ^2.2

It's us, we build them.

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