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Detyenggi kinyi ngindim, Feb � tyen month kana?,
What is it now? February what month is it now?
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April.
April.
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February nimbi, Andy
Well back in February, Andy
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ngan ngannunggu,
who’s my partner,
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wuni pefi yedi tye, Kalkarin
he went over that way to Kalkarin...
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ba Lajamanu pefi yirrini tye
I mean it was Lajamanu he went to,
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wurrkama ngini.
for work.
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Kulmunggu pirri, pafa ngayi membirr Marita,
He took Kulmunggu and that brother of Marita's,
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piwari minde nana waty ngimi,
I can't say his name,
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'Chinaman' nawa nginne ngaganim pafa 'Chinaman'.
but we call him 'Chinaman', that brother 'Chinaman'.
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Dangimbirrki tyerrpu 'Yarrini ngini wurrkama wunu wityi Kalkaringgi Lajamunu?'
Andy asked them 'Do you guys want to come and work at Kalkaringgi … I mean Lajamanu for a bit?,
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membirrki.
he asked them.
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Wirrike, minde tye derrigidi werrmigu,
Well those two didn't particularly want to,
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mumba wurrkama kindeti pagu nimbi wuddem wul kide Fepiminati wadde wurrkama tye,
they'd only just come back in from grading work somewhere, was it Peppimenarti?,
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Christmas mendi.
and it was getting close to Christmas,
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Dengini nyin palak wirringgu napa deti.
so you know they both needed a break.
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Well menem kana
So, Andy on his own
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mudiga yerrkerre menggin wa,
got hold of a big truck,
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e tyet
and just
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yerrnangan yerrmusyulng dani tyerrtyuk tye wakay
loaded it with swags,
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yenim fili, wurrkama nyinda ngini wuni pefi yirrini tye Lajamanu.
and set off, and went and worked at Lajamanu.
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Ngagurr ngayi membirr waddedetyi, wasyirre ninggi,
And our oldest son, and the youngest one,
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ngerreni birrbirr tye. Kinda minda kana yani, holiday wityi yiwi.
well we tried to stop him from going, 'Don't go! Stay and have a bit of a break'.
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Minmi napa ngarriny tyeribirr.
But no, we were ignored.
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Ngaty puy yirrini tye.
And he went off for a long time.
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A week erreke nawa?
How many weeks was it?
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Nganingiyi kultyi kana,
Then one evening,
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ngerrtyeny tyeribaty 'Ya aktyiden
we heard news, 'Hey there's been an accident!’
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wulmen wakay!'
’Your husband’s been hit!’.
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ep mudiga ninggi merriny wupun syibirr .. ba dangim pepirrk.
’Sounds like the truck squashed him, it really bumped him hard’.
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Awanyinda pagu ringimap,
The people there had rung up,
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wurrupunngirr ta,
got through to us,
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telephone kinyi.
made a call here.
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Ngayi wakay, wuningi miferr tye yedi intyat wembem nide.
I was in complete shock, there inside the house.
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Tin'gem, Yambiying peyi deti
Tin'gem and Yambiying were also there
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wadde tye, werrmenggengindi.
and they came to me.
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Tyagani nimbi yaganim fafa wirringinderr,
'What are you making such a fuss about?',
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di yaganin di lali.
'You’re really crying, aren’t you?'.
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Aya wulmen wakay merriny wupun ta mudiga ninggi.
'Oh my old man, it seems like he's been hit by a car.
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Ngan'gi nyin pirri wirringngirr.
That's what they’ve just told us.
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Syirre nginni tye, ep telephone deti wurrupunngirr ta, wuni pagu nimbi,
A bit later they rang us back again, from there,
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Lajamanu.
from Lajamanu.
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Aya yanningan ninggi
And we heard that, that thing,
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ramp ninggi wupun syibirr, wupun ta deme,
he'd been squashed by that ramp thing, it had hit his hand,
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dagarri wupun garripal,
and broken his leg,
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ba wupun syibirr.
like really squashed him badly.
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Ngaty apukek kana winge tye yennangan ramp nyinninggi winge
The ramp was raised up but fell on top of him, so it was horizontal
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derripapup tye nem apukek.
with him trapped underneath it.
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Depi nimbi tye wu ta nyin wakay afirr wimine me tye yennanggan ninggi,
If the ramp had hit him on the head it would've killed him outright,
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yerrwutitmi wurru.
because that thing is really heavy.
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A nganingiyi nyindeti wannam madikuli,
That same night they managed to get him
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merrikul plen a Tawun wirrinne me.
on the medical plane and flew him straight to Darwin.
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Nyin kana dini tye,
Since the accident he was in there
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February nimbi wupun ta yenningan nimbi.
from February when it happened,
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A detyengi kinyi napa epril demengge tet,
until now in April when he's finally come out of hospital.
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Epe
And then,
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weekend Saturday ngirrme
on the weekends
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ngaddi visit ngirrmenne aspil.
we used to go and visit him in hospital.
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Wunipirri tye public aspil nimbi
At first he was in the public hospital,
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warrgatyin karrbu kinyi pirri kana,
but then they moved him
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private aspil nyinpirri kana.
down to the private hospital.
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E visitors minde mendimendi … ba!
We kept visiting for ages,
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pufuy ngittingene lali, visit ngirrmenne aspil.
the whole time while he was in hospital.
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Epe kinyipirri kana girim.
He's back here now,
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Ninggi yenin lali yennangan werri crutches,
and even though he's hobbling around on crutches
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deme,
with his hand,
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ami deme nide kinyi wupun mepal.
with his broken fingers,
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Epe telephone minda mendimendi kinda wurrkama deti merriny gaganim wurrkama.
he’s always on the phone, still trying to carry on working.
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Ninggi wembem dim epe wurrkama deti yenim wurrkama.
Even though he's now house-bound, he still works.
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Piwari kirri,
His nickname,
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ngirrinne piwari marrgu kana ngarrim fime 'Andy McPhone', nguddupun dep.
we gave him a new nickname, we christened him 'Andy McPhone’,
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Piwari nem nyinda.
that's his new name.
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Telephone yaga minde detyengi ngini,
He’s on that phone constantly,
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ngaty mirri dangim fisul
from sun up,
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nganingiyi kultyi mirri yeni kuli, mirri nyin yenin kuli napa puy yeninbirr tyerrakul telephone.
right through until sun down, he’s making calls all day on the telephone.
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Nganingiyi napa ka leyitwan ngirrngir kana wibem.
Finally, after all that he has a good night sleep,
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Elifala ngani nyinda daram fitit, kinyi girim atyat telephone detyeri nide.
but next morning, he's up early, and he’s sitting outside with the phone glued to his ear.
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Minde pel napa.
He doesn't give it a spell.
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Epe dengini palak ngirrim kana, ninggi Friday menggengirr
We’re all exhausted already, even though he only arrived back here on Friday.
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kinyi Saturday Sunday
Now it’s Saturday and then Sunday,
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wurrkama palak ngirrim kana,
we're all working for him now,
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miyi pefi wanane bulbul, ngayi pefi ngupunne madifuy ngaganim room.
cooking food for him and I'm cleaning his room out,
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Yerrwalipan pefi ngerrim pul ngaganim,
and washing his clothes,
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wurrkama wulek napa.
It's a lot of work!
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Wurrkama nganine wurrkama nemta.
It feels like I work for him now!
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Epe yubu wu ta nimbi tye, afirr wimine me napa tye.
But it's fortunate, coz if that thing had hit him any harder, it would have killed him,
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Epe kinyi
but he is here,
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ngagurr deti ngirrwem.
and he's still with us.
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Wamindetyeri yigay wimi ngunu
We complain he never listens,
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ngirrme tye ngini.
and tell him that he brought this on himself.
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Holiday minde tye wityi wani holiday wiri dede
He never took proper holidays,
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mindefela napa.
he just never did.
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Epe nyinda holiday fengu garri long one na holiday dim.
But life's one long, long holiday for him now,
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Nyin mulurru wurru.
because he's really gone and crippled himself.
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