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Sample Text - MIC
| Session date: | 28 Mar 2001 | |
| Audio clip: | 1 min 32 sec Low quality WAV format: wav file (1.94 MB) Medium quality MP3 format: mp3 file (0.71 MB) (Audio quality reduced to reduce file size) | |
| Child's code: | MIC | |
| Child's age: | 3;1 | |
| More info: | Target Children | |
| Situation: | Playing on the living room floor at the child's grandmother's house. | |
| Speaker codes: | CHI = Child (MIC) EXP = Experimenter (Yanti) | |
| Other codes: | %glo = interlinear gloss %eng = free translation into English %com = comments specific to the record |
Note: The original database also includes a phonetic transcription line. It is omitted here for technical reasons.
*EXP sekarang, Michael ceritain mereka biar bobo dulu, nanti biar matanya merem.
%glo now Michael story-IN 3PL let sleep before later let eye-NYA shut.eyes
%eng now, you tell them a story to put them to sleep, so that they will close their eyes.
%com ‘nya' in ‘matanya' refers to the puppets.
*CHI itu, dia ha...
%glo that 3 EXCL
%eng there, he hah...
%com 1. starts telling a story, possibly based on a robot movie.
*CHI mmm... waktu itu, dia xx eh... dia kejer eee... eh...
%glo FILL time that 3 xx FILL 3 chased FILL FILL
%eng umm... at that time... he xx hem... he was chasing that umm... umm...
%com still telling the story, but the story is not clear.
*CHI robotnya itu punya robot besar.
%glo robot-NYA that have robot big
%eng the robot has a big robot.
%com still telling the story.
*EXP nah, terus?
%glo NAH continue
%eng and then?
%com
*EXP terus dengerin, ceritanya.
%glo continue hear-IN story-NYA
%eng continue the story, they are still listening.
%com 1. pointing to the puppets on the pillow. 2. the subjects of ‘dengerin' are the puppets. 3. ‘nya' in ‘ceritanya' refers to CHI.
*CHI dia kejar, dia... eh... dung, dung, dung, dung, dung... dia kejar.
%glo 3 chase 3 FILL IMIT IMIT IMIT IMIT IMIT 3 chase
%eng he's chasing, he umm... dung, dung, dung, dung, dung... he's chasing.
%com 1. continuing telling the story. 2. ‘dung' desribes some indeterminate action, perhaps running or hitting.
*EXP terus?
%glo continue
%eng and then?
%com referring to CHI's telling the story.
*CHI eee... itunya... eee... dia punya pedang.
%glo FILL that-NYA FILL 3 have sword
%eng umm... whatchamacallit... umm... he's got a sword.
%com continuing his story.
*CHI itunya pake gini...
%glo that-NYA use like.this
%eng he used the whatchamacallit like this.
%com moving his arm .
*CHI pake kaki, pake kaki juga.
%glo use foot use foot also
%eng he used this foot, and this foot too.
%com pointing first to his right leg and then his left leg.
*EXP terus, pedangnya diapain?
%glo continue sword-NYA DI-what-IN
%eng and then, what did he do with the sword?
%com
*CHI ditaro di sini.
%glo DI-put LOC here
%eng he put it here.
%com pointing to his waist.
*EXP oh, ditaro di pinggang?
%glo EXCL DI-put LOC midriff
%eng oh, is he put it on his waist?
%com
*CHI iya.
%glo yes
%eng yes.
%com
*EXP terus, ngapain lagi mmm... robotnya?
%glo continue N-what-IN more FILL robot-NYA
%eng and then, what did umm... the robot do?
%com asking CHI to continue the story.
*CHI dia... dia... dia... dia kejar.
%glo 3 3 3 3 chase
%eng he... he... he... he chased.
%com
*EXP kejar siapa?
%glo chase who
%eng chased who?
%com
*CHI ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
%glo IMIT IMIT IMIT IMIT IMIT
%eng ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
%com ‘ding' probably describes running or hitting.
*CHI mmm...
%glo FILL
%eng umm....
%com
*EXP yang dikejar siapa, Kel?
%glo REL DI-chase who TRU-Michael
%eng who did he chase, Michael?
%com
*CHI jeng, orang jahatnya.
%glo EXCL person evil-NYA
%eng thump, the bad guy.
%com
*CHI jeng, jeng, jeng, jeng...
%glo IMIT IMIT IMIT IMIT
%eng thump, thump, thump, thump...
%com imitating the sound of running.
*CHI dia ke sana.
%glo 3 to there
%eng he went there.
%com
*CHI dia eee... taro sini, dia cari makan(?) di... eh... ke sini.
%glo 3 FILL put here 3 look.for eat LOC FILL to here
%eng he umm... I put him here, he looked for food(?) at... umm... came here.
%com pointing to a spot near him.
*CHI dia ke sana.
%glo 3 to there
%eng he went there.
%com
*EXP ke mana?
%glo to which
%eng where?
%com
*CHI ke sini.
%glo to here
%eng here.
%com pointing to the spot near him.
*EXP oh, ke sini.
%glo EXCL to here
%eng oh, over here.
%com pointing to the same spot pointed to by CHI.
*EXP di sini ada apa, emangnya?
%glo LOC here exist what indeed-NYA
%eng but what's here?
%com referring to the spot pointed to by CHI.
*CHI orang jahatnya ke sini.
%glo person evil-NYA to here
%eng the bad guy came here.
%com pointing to the same spot again.
*EXP oh, orang jahatnya ke sini.
%glo EXCL person evil-NYA to here
%eng oh, the bad guy came here.
%com pointing to the same spot again.
*EXP orang jahat... jahatnya bawa apa, sih?
%glo person evil evil-NYA bring what SIH
%eng what was the bad guy carrying?
%com speaker mispronounced the word 'jahat' and then corrected herself.
*CHI mmm... bawa bom.
%glo FILL bring bomb
%eng umm... he was carrying a bomb.
%com
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