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Ainu Koraci 1991
Ainu language learner group, Otaru アイヌ語学習者グループ（小樽） (1991). アイヌタイムズ[Ainu Times (Ainu language learners' newsletter)].
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kamuynomi=an kuni hattoho an, kor itak ani renkayne ukoytak=an kuni hattoho an.
pray=4.S COMP forbidden exist CONJ language INS freely converse=4.S COMP forbidden exist
‘We were forbidden to offer prayer to the gods, and we were forbidden to converse freely in our own language.’
tane oka onawtari anakne, poroserke aynu uwepeker ye eaykap pe ne kusu, tane oka hekattar utar ka aynu uwepeker erampewtek pe ne hawe ne.
now exist.PL parent-ASS TOP most aynu folktale say cannot NMLZ COP because now exist.PL child PL also aynu folktale not.know NMLZ COP REP COP
‘Nowadays, it is said, most parents cannot tell Ainu folktales; the children now cannot know Ainu folktales either.’
oro ta k=arpa wa, “Kokusai-gengo-nen” oruspe ku=ye ruwe ne.
there LOC 1SG=go CONJ “international-language-year” talk 1SG=say PERS COP
‘I went there and spoke about the International Year of Languages.’
hangan attus mi wa
magistrate attus.robe wear CONJ
‘The magistrate put on an attus robe and …’
ku=teke-he piro hi ta ku=kor totto noya ham uk wa
1SG.POSS=hand-POSS be.wounded NMLZ LOC 1SG.A=have mother wormwood leaf take CONJ
‘When my hand was wounded, my mother would take wormwood leaves and …’
ku=tek-ehe piro hi ta ku=kor totto noya ham uk wa
1SG.A=hand-POSS get.injured NMLZ LOC 1SG.A=have mother mugwort leaf take CONJ
‘When my hand was injured, my mother gathered mugwort leaves …’
ku=teke-he piro hi ta ku=kor totto noya ham uk wa
1SG.A=hand-POSS be.injured NMLZ LOC 1SG.A=have mother mugwort leaf take CONJ
‘When my hand was injured, my mother took mugwort leaves and …’
cikap utar hunak un paye wa isam ru-we an
bird companions where ALLAT go.PL CONJ be.absent track-POSS exist
‘Where could the birds have gone?’
ne hemanta hunak un arpa
DEM what where ALLAT go
‘Where did that thing go?’
re-p ikasma wan to ta
three-NMLZ exceed ten day LOC
‘on the thirteenth (day)’
sinepesan pa ikasma hotne pa
nine year exceed twenty year
‘twenty-nine years old’
asikne-hotne-n asir cise or ta uekarpa
five-twenty-HUM.NMLZ new house inside LOC gather
‘A hundred people gathered in the new house.’
asiknehotne-n asir cise or ta uekarpa
five.twenty-HUM new house inside LOC gather
‘A hundred people (5×20) gathered in the new house.’
re cup utur ta ar suy an henshû-kaigi or ta unukar=as hi ramma ci=tere wa okay=as
three month between LOC one again exist editing-meeting place LOC meet=1PL.EXCL.S when always 1PL.EXCL.A=wait CONJ exist.PL=1PL.EXCL.S
‘We always look forward to the monthly editorial meeting where we gather.’
tane anak apto as patek ki ruwe ne
now TOP rain fall only do INFR COP
‘Now it only rains.’
un=ipe-re wa i=kore kur un=osura noyne sioran
1PL.EXCL.O=eat-CAUS CONJ 4.O=give person 1PL.EXCL.O=abandon like seem
‘The person who had fed us then abandoned us, it seemed.’
wor a=o wa
there 4.A=put.in CONJ
‘and put [them] into that [water] …’
ipe=as kaki, iku=as ka ki wa
eat=1PL.EXCL.S also ANTIP-drink=1PL.EXCL.S also do CONJ
‘We ate and also drank.’
te ta ku=sirkopeker ruwe ne
here LOC 1SG.S=weather-APPL-brighten track-POSS COP
‘and here I spent the night (lit. the weather brightened for me)’
Aynu ku=ne ru-we ne
Ainu 1SG.A=COP track-POSS COP
‘I am an Ainu.’
sinen ka isam ruwe ne
one even not.exist track-POSS COP
‘There was not even one.’
opitta poro ru-we ne
everything be.big track-POSS COP
‘Everything was big.’
pon cápe ku=ne a kusu
small cat 1SG.A=COP PFV PURP
‘Because I was a small cat —’
poro cikuni oar isam sir-i ku=nukar wa sonno ku=iruska
big tree at.all not.exist appearance-POSS 1SG.A=see CONJ truly 1SG.A=be.angry
‘I saw that there were no big trees at all, and was truly angry.’
sikerpeni kapu a=sospa wa siwnin pe a=uyna wa kusuri ne a=kar
Phellodendron bark 4.A=peel CONJ yellow.bark NMLZ 4.A=take CONJ medicine COP 4.A=make
‘She peeled the bark of the Phellodendron tree, took the yellow inner bark, and made it into medicine.’
ku=cis a ku=cis a ayne
1SG.S=cry PFV 1SG.S=cry PFV CONJ
‘Crying and crying, and finally…’
ku=cis a ku=cis a ayne k=esikarun kor ku=cis patek ku=ki kor k=an
1SG.S=weep PFV 1SG.S=weep PFV CONJ 1SG.S=recall CONJ 1SG.S=weep only 1SG.A=do CONJ 1SG.S=exist
‘I cried and cried, and finally, whenever I recalled it, I was doing nothing but weep.’
ku=nukar seta anakne ney ta ne yakka a=nukar seta ne noyne siran
1SG.A=see dog TOP where LOC COP even 4.A=see dog COP seem exist
‘The dog I saw looked like a dog you would see anywhere.’
Seta anakne a=kor ikor ne kusu onne wa isam pakno pirkano kasi a=oyki kuni p ne na
dog TOP 4.A=have treasure COP PURP die.old CONJ absent until well properly 4.A=care COMP NMLZ COP FIN
‘Dogs are our treasure, so one must care for them well until they die of old age.’
an=utári unukar=an ciki, irankarapte ani ukoitak=an hine, ukomina=an kane a=utúrenteke a=kisma kane okay=an.
4.A=kin meet=4.S CONJ irankarapte INS talk.together=4.S CONJ laugh.together=4.S CONJ 4.A=both.hands 4.A=grasp CONJ exist.PL=4.S
‘When we met, we said 'irankarapte' to each other, we talked and laughed together, and we were together gripping each other's both hands firmly.’
iresu kamuy, páse kamuy, k=onkami na
raise deity reverent deity 1SG.A=worship FIN
‘O raising-deity, O reverent-deity, I pray.’
néno a=numke kuni arikiki utar opitta ramossi wano k=éyayrayke ruwe tapan na.
so 4.A=choose COMP work.hard people all heart ABL 1SG.A=be.grateful track DEM.PROX FIN
‘So I am grateful from the heart to everyone who worked hard so that [the landscape] would be chosen — this is a recognized fact.’
kes to an kor sihainin orowa peko umma koraci a=nepkire
every day exist while manager from cattle horse like 4.A=work-CAUS
‘Every day I was made to work like cattle and horses by the manager.’
terebi sinbun or ta zeikin uk wa umma hok kur oruspe a=nu ruwe ne
television newspaper place LOC tax take CONJ horse buy person news 4.A=hear track-POSS COP
‘On television and in the newspapers, one hears the story of a person who took tax money and quietly bought a horse.’
teeta Shiranuka kotan or ta, ekasi utar usa húci utar usa uykari ko, kanna kanna ne tuytak ye hawe ne.
long.ago Shiranuka village place LOC elder ASS various grandmother ASS various gather COND again again ANAPH tuytak say talk COP
‘Long ago in Shiranuka village, whenever the elders and the grandmothers gathered, this legend was told again and again.’
sonno yayrayke kewtum ku=kor wa ku=onkami ru-we tapan na
truly be.grateful heart 1SG.A=have CONJ 1SG.A=worship track-POSS DEM.PROX FIN
‘Truly with a grateful heart I offer worship — this is a fact.’
Sentences of the first edition citing this source
- The Ainu Times (アイヌタイムズ) newsletter , published from 1991, supplies the main body of composed Ainu prose from after the period of intensive oral recording. no page The Oral-Literature Corpus and Spoken-Language Data
- The Ainu Times (Ainu Koraci) learner newsletter , providing Saru and Chitose texts by speakers including 神崎雅好 and 萱野志朗. no page The Dialect Sample and the Corpus-Quantification Method
- The renewal of prayer speech in the revitalisation era has produced written specimens — the periodical includes self-composed prayer formulas by speakers including 大野徹人 (Samani) — but these are modern compositions; they attest living competence in the prayer register rather than traditional continuous transmission. no page A Glossed Inonno-itak (Ritual Prayer)