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p1
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Dem wurity ganbi nyinnin,
He'd was making a didjeridu,
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p2
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wakay.
and finished it off.
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p3
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Dani pek tye yedi,
And then he painted it,
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p4
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wakay.
and finished that up too.
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p5
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Dangim fityat Arts Centre.
And it was stored at the Arts Centre.
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p6
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Kene?
Who?
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p7
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Wudapu,
Wudapu,
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p8
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Peter Martin that person im name.
Peter Martin is that person's name.
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Dangim fityat Arts Centre.
So it was for sale at the Arts Centre.
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p10
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Ngan'gi nyinnin mengngindi,
That was the story as I heard it,
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p11
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Kumbi ninggi ngenike ngayi wuryeyi wursyirre.
from Kumbi, my other sister, the younger one.
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p12
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Nyinnimbi
Anyway
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peydey kana menggin wa,
it was payday,
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p14
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kuri yedi kukuduk tye pub.
and he got paid and went drinking.
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Kuri werri kana yedi tye pagu mirri kerre,
By the middle of the day, he was full of grog,
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p16
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wudam wul yerre kuri ninggi.
and he ended up coming home drunk.
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p17
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Yedi tye shop, wudem wul.
He went to the shop, then came back.
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p18
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Yenim wirr Arts centre, menggin wa yerrnyin ganbi,
Then he went to the Arts Centre, and picked up his didjeridu,
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p19
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e dangim fityat ngan
and loaded it on
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p20
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data nem.
his shoulder.
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p21
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En mem, 'ngawam kana ngini ganbi kinyi'.
And he said 'Right, I'm taking back my didjeridu!'
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p22
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Ngan ngayim Meng ringimap mem wamumu.
And Meng (the Arts Centre manager) rang the police.
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p23
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Wirrengu bulbul wakay,
And they (Meng and Wudapu) argued,
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p24
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minde deme ninggi,
not with their fists,
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p25
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tyerrakul napa deti.
they just argued verbally.
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Nem wamumu yedi tye madiyeninggi
And the police went around there,
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p27
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yenin tyerr wunu ngan
and pulled up
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p28
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wembem nyinnin.
at his house,
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p29
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Detyerr tuwa yeyi.
at that main doorway.
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p30
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Nem Wudapu
And Wudapu
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p31
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menggin wa ganbi nyin demenggen tet,
picked that didjeridu up and came out,
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p32
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dinyerrem mityip wamumu.
and saw that it was the cops,
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p33
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Mem kana wamumu kinyi ngayi ngini,
and he realised 'oh oh, the police are here for me'.
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p34
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tyepe mem kana,
He realised that...
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p35
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tyerrakul yubu yedi tyerrakul tye gotta? mem, e ngudi miwul ngini.
... that he'd better tell the truth and take it back.
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p36
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Wudupun miwul ganbi nyinnin Arts Centre, wakay intit?
So he took that dideridu straight back to the Arts Centre. That's it, I think?
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p37
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Yeah Tyamirri!
Yeah finished!
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