Нина Егоровна Тайбарей (1945 г. р.)

Oy°, yexara°mey°h mən′° əb səc′ey° axi°yey°h. INTJ not:know.SUBJ.1SG.EMPH PRON.1SG one strong.MOD.CVB.EMPH ancient.EMPH Oh, I don't know of such very ancient things. S′an° pow° æsaw°h? how:many year.POSS.1SG be.INTER.SUBJ.3SG.EMPH How old was I then? N′ímənc′° ... toxodən°q. not.PST.SUBJ.1SG ... study.IMPF.CONNEG I didn't study. M′ad°m məs′°t′emp′iwaq. tent.ACC set:up.DUR.SUBJ.1PL We're setting up the tent. Oy°, t′orirŋow°q, t′orirŋow°q. INTJ scream.SUBJ.3PL.EMPH scream.SUBJ.3PL.EMPH Oh, they scream, they scream. M′ade°_kəyan′°h, n′ís′an° n′ah. campsite.DAT.PL_leave.SUBJ.1DU father.GEN.POSS.1SG at.DAT We went to the campsites, to my father. Oy°, m′ade°qna, (помойка), pomoy°kan°h, tə_n′ana əmke, mam°h, wen′ekoq əd′imtə°q. INTJ campsite.LOC.PL () laundry.DAT it.GEN_at.LOC what.SG say.SUBJ.1SG dog.PL appear.FUT.SUBJ.3PL Oh, at the campsites, (the laundry), to the laundry, what is there, I said, dogs will show up. N′ís′aw° maq n′íw°h: wen′ekoq n′íq aŋey°q, t′ikiəd° il′ekaq. father.POSS.1SG say.CONNEG:2 not.SUBJ.3SG.EMPH dog.PL not.SUBJ.3PL be.CONNEG.EMPH it.POSS.PL2SG monster.PL My father did say: they are not dogs, they are wolves. Il′eka_tək°, (он) tu°n′imta me°da. monster.PL_EMPH () gun.ACC.POSS.3SG take.OBJ.SG.SUBJ.3SG Wolves indeed, (he) took his gun. Yəd°torŋa, yəd°torŋa, xəyaq, (ладно). shoot.SUBJ.3SG shoot.SUBJ.3SG leave.SUBJ.3PL () He shoots, he shoots, they left, (okay). (Мы чего-то взяли оттуда). () (We took something from there). (Не помню уже я). () (But I don't remember any more). Takeəd° an′°h, takeəd° (уже в советское время, я уже) s′an° (класс) yolc′es′am°nta ... that.ABL again that.ABL () how:many () measure.INTER.SUBJ.1SG.EMPH Then again, then (already in the Soviet period), I had indeed (already) finished a few (classes) Oy°, oy°, oy°, oy°, yes′°ti yerw°xəna, (чум), m′ad°m məs′°t′emp′iwaqa, (а, шестьдесят первый год). INTJ INTJ INTJ INTJ guard.HAB.SUBJ.3SG boss.LOC () tent.ACC set:up.DUR.SUBJ.1PL.EMPH () Oh, oh, oh, oh, he works as a shepherd under the boss, (the tent), we're setting up the tent, (yes, in the year sixty-one). N′eb′aw° məl′e° yəŋkua, (у меня мама уже умерла). mother.POSS.1SG already not:exist.SUBJ.3SG.EMPH () My mother has already died, (у меня мама уже умерла). (Мы едем). () (We travel). (Чум ставим). () (We set up the tent). M′ad°m məs′°t′emp′iwaqa, (но). tent.ACC set:up.DUR.SUBJ.1PL.EMPH () We're setting up the tent, (however). Wen′ekoq mad°rŋaq, mad°rŋaqa. dog.PL bark.SUBJ.3PL bark.SUBJ.3PL.EMPH The dogs are barking, they're barking. (О, медведь) towi°, (это по-ненецки говорится) pər′id′en′ako. () come.NARR.SUBJ.3SG () black.PTC.IMPF.DIM (Oh, a bear) has come, (in Nenets it's called) the little black one. Əb°_yad°ŋow°, yad°ŋow°. one.GEN_walk.SUBJ.3SG.EMPH, walk.SUBJ.3SG.EMPH So it's walking, it's walking. (Так нeнцы что, тогда это советское время так) mídoh tən′a°q əmke°w′idoh. () provision.POSS.PL3PL exist.SUBJ.3PL what.AFF.POSS.PL3PL (So the Nenets did what, then in the Soviet period) they have food, [they have] something. Yəd°torŋaq. shoot.SUBJ.3PL They're shooting. (Ага, убежал и всё). () (Aha, it ran away, and that's all).