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Ngagadi tye Desyipuleli,
I went to Desyipuleli
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wuni syirre Police station.
over behind the Police station
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Police station, fepi weti yaga
behind the Police station where that small hill is,
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Desyipuleli, Desyipuleli.
at Desyipuleli.
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Dapurr nide angalin ngini ngaddi gatit.
There is a creek where we use to go for fishing.
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Nyin nimbi ngagadi tye,
From there I walked over
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fepi fepi,
to where the rocks are,
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anganggurr ngini ngagadi tyutyurr tye, ngeme tiptip tye ngagadi wakay.
and I went diving for prawns, collecting them as I went.
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Warrgadi nide,
And into the dilly bag,
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ye Ai bin filimap la warrgadi them anganggurr.
I was filling the dilly bag up with those prawns.
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Ngaganiny tyurr deti kurapukek nginifiny ngagadi tye.
So I ducked back down right underwater again,
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Deme ngayi, ngayi wur right hand
and my hand, because I'm right handed, you see,
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deme ngayi,
with my right hand
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fepi kana ngemedudu tye, tyarrwasyan ngerin du anganggurr kinyi dingan madi
I was feeling around the rocks until I felt one of his feelers 'Oh there's one prawn in here’.
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deme ngayi ngerin tip a nyin anganggurr.
So I caught this prawn with my hand,
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Deme ngayi imin stak la rock, kuri kirri apukek ngini tye.
but then my hand got stuck under the rock - like while I was right underwater.
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Deme ngayi ngudupun maditasat, minmi,
I tried pulling my hand out, but couldn't,
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deme nyin wakay.
it was stuck.
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Think ngime tye, depi ngayi perrety ngimi kana ngini apukek.
It occurred to me ‘Oh this is it, I am going to die under here’.
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Epe think ngim, a fepi merriny ngunu fifili tye fepi,
But then I thought I’ll try and find another rock,
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kuri apukek.
under water there.
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Ngiminggin wa fepi wukume,
So I picked one up,
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fepi nyin kana ngebe dada tye ngagadi,
and used it to hit the other rock,
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ngerim pal.
and I manged to break it.
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Deme ngayi ngudupun maditasat,
Then I took my hand out,
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kuri apukek,
and after being stuck under water
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ganggi kana ngini tye,
I came back up to the surface.
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ngirkik yubu kana!
I could breathe again, so it was okay!
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Wakay!
That’s it!
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