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Va'ekue / Akue - Distal Perfect Aspect


Mombe'u Stories


Story #12

(1)
Oi-ko va'ekuéDistal Perfect Aspect -ngo karai Leokádio, pláta yvy-guy reka -haNominalizer 'ha' tuja.
3Sg-exist Asp.Distal -Part Mr. Leokadio money ground-under search -Nom old

There was an old treasure hunter, called Mr. Leokadio.

Existía un viejo buscador de tesoro, el señor llamado Leokádio.


(2)
——Ja-’e va'ekueDistal Perfect Aspect ningo la che róga a-vendé -taProspective Aspect ha’óra,
——1Pl-say Asp.Distal FOC Def.Det 1Sg.Poss house 1Sg-sell -Prosp time

"We said long ago that when the time comes to sell my house,

"Dijimos hace tiempo, que a la hora de vender mi casa,


(3)
——Hẽe, upéicha va'ekue.Distal Perfect Aspect
——Yes that.way Asp.Distal

"Yes, it was that way then."

"Sí, así fué."


Story #13


Heta voíngoFocalizer Particle 'voi' che chekyvy va'ekue.
Many FOC 1Sg.Pro brothers Asp.Distal

I had many brothers.

Yo tenía luego muchos hermanos.


Children's Narratives


Children's Narrative C17 - Child

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C17 - Pini ha Kuri'i ha'e mokõi kure'i oikóva Chákope; ha'ekuéra iñakãhatã. Peteĩ díape okañy hikuái ha ohecha tapére túna ha ho'u hikuái . Upéi hikuái ohendu la ruido, la kamion, ha okañy pálo kupépe omaña haguãIrrealis 'ha' Subordinator ha upéi hikuái opyta ikyhyje la palo kupépe ohendu la okororõvaRelativizer ha ohecha hikuái la karai kuéra mba'éichapa oity la pálo ha ombyasy hikuái la oityhaSubordinator chuguikuéra la ipálo. Ha upépe he'i Pini Kuri'ípe: ñakañy pósope ha okañy ohendu porãve haguãIrrealis 'ha' Subordinator hikuái. Upépe oryrýi okyhyjégui, ha'ekuéra oimo'ã umi oúvaRelativizer ojukáta Prospective Aspect-haSubordinator chupekuéra. Upéi osẽ la pósogui ha otopa palo ho'amaAspect / Focalizer (Already) va'ekue Distal Perfect Aspectmante. La karai ohachea la palo ha la paharíto ombyasy la haity ha la karai oikytĩnte hína Continuitive Aspect / Focalizer la palo ogueraha haguã.Irrealis 'ha' Subordinator Upéi katu oguerahámaAspect / Focalizer (Already) kamión-pe la palo kuéra. Uperire oñomongeta hikuái Pini ha Kuri'i ha hasẽ, ombyasy la ojeguerahapa hagueTerminative Subordinator la palo kuéra, omaña hikuái mbai'éichapa la kamión oho mombyry ha opyta polvareda mante

Pini y Kuri'i son dos cerditos que vivían en el Chaco, ellos eran traviesos. Un día se perdieron y vieron tunas en el camino y se las comieron. Después ellos escucharon un ruido, el camión, y se escondieron detrás del árbol para mirar y luego ellos quedaron temerosos detrás del árbol, escuchaban que algo roncaba y vieron cómo los señores echaban los árboles y sentían pena porque se les echaban los árboles. Y ahí Pini le dijo a Kuri'i: escondámonos en el pozo y se escondieron para poder escuchar mejor. Ahí temblaban de miedo, ellos creían que esos que venían les iban a matar. Después salieron del pozo y solo encontraron árboles que se habían caído. El señor hacheaba los árboles y el pajarito lamentaba su nido y el señor seguía cortando el árbol para llevar. Luego ya llevó sique al camión los árboles. Luego Pini y Kuri'i conversaban y lloraban, lamentaban que se les había llevado los árboles, miraban cómo el camión iba lejos y solo quedaba la polvareda.

Pini and Kuri'i are two piglets that lived in Gran Chaco, they were mischievous. One day they got lost and saw cacti on the way and they ate them. Then they heard a noise, the truck, and they hid behind the tree to watch and then they were trembling behind the tree, they listened as something roared and they saw the men cutting down the trees and they felt sadness because the trees were being cut down. And at that point Pini told Kuri'i: let's hide in the well and they hid to be able to listen better. They were shaking there because they were scared, they thought that they were going to kill them. Then they left the well and only found trees that had fallen. The man chopped down the trees and the little bird cried in its nest and the man kept cutting down the tree to take away. Then he carried the trees to the truck. Then Pini and Kuri'i talked and cried, they were sad that the trees had been taken away, they watched as the truck went away and only a cloud of dust was left.