Classical Yiklamu Text Corpus:
The Ants and the Grasshopper
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Inovak da Omefuk

Inovak powebel kefec kofek mozifuk da dolsale nowemid mu mika me wopwa kejacil. Omefuz, va zev ezak ofumal, pafefal da binuf bukidil yetag dacug. Inovak kojamil mi, "Latok sejes me wopwa kizozotil dacug?" Mi wonsoli, "Yebet mevadotil nejep cibza. Yebet co sawi powebil mozifam." Mika covob cifaz cayafil, "Fe latok wuden movoli febos da me peyuf wopwa imevil, fe latok me komom movo favga satmuzi vuyut."

Translation

The Ants and the Grasshopper

The ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the summertime. A grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food. The ants inquired of him, "Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?" He replied, "I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing." They then said in derision: "If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter."

Morpheme Glosses

 inov/Ant-a/PL-k/UNMDEF da/AND omef/Grasshopper-u/SG-k/UNMDEF

inov/Ant-a/PL-k/UNMDEF poweb/Spend-e/PROG-l/PAST kefec/Fine kofek/Winter mozif/Day-u/SG-k/UNMDEF da/AND dolsa/Dry-l/PAST-e/PROG nowem/Grain-i/UNMNBR-d/PROX3 mu/OBJREL mi/ANAPH-k/UNMDEF-a/PL me/TIME wopwa/Summer kejac/Collect-i/UNMASP-l/PAST .

omef/Grasshopper-u/SG-z/INDEF , va/SUBJREL zev/DueTo ezak/Famine ofum/Perish-a/INCHO-l/PAST , pafef/PassBy-a/INCHO-l/PAST da/AND binuf/Earnestly bukid/BegFor-i/UNMASP-l/PAST yetag/aLittle dacug/Food .

inov/Ant-a/PL-k/UNMDEF kojam/Ask-i/UNMASP-l/PAST mi/ANAPH , " latok/Hearer sejes/Why me/TIME wopwa/Summer kizoz/Hoard-o/NEG-t/UNMMOD-i/UNMASP-l/PAST dacug/Food ? "

mi/ANAPH wonso/Reply-l/PAST-i/UNMASP , " yebet/Speaker mevad/Have-o/NEG-t/UNMMOD-i/UNMASP-l/PAST nejep/Enough cibza/Leisure . yebet/Speaker co/ASSOCWITH sawi/Singing poweb/Spend-i/UNMASP-l/PAST mozif/Day-a/PL-m/PROX1 . "

mi/ANAPH-k/UNMDEF-a/PL covob/Then cifaz/Derisively cayaf/Say-i/UNMASP-l/PAST , " fe/IFTHEN latok/Hearer wuden/Enough movo/BeCop-l/PAST-i/UNMASP febos/Foolish da/AND me/TIME peyuf/All wopwa/Summer imev/Sing-i/UNMASP-l/PAST , fe/IFTHEN latok/Hearer me/TIME komom/Winter movo/BeCop favga/Supperless satmu/Dance-z/NEC-i/AFF vuyut/GoToBed . "

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