600 Phrases in the Liangshan Yi Dialect

Lesson 9 : Agricultural Tools and Household Implements

ꆃꎭꆈꉙꅇꂷꃘꉐꇬ：（ꈬ）ꊨꅍꎸꉘ、ꎊꈬꂷꇁ

New Vocabulary

1. ꈬ ggu : nine
2. ꊨꅍꎸꉘ zyt ddu she hxo : agricultural implement
3. ꎊꈬꂷꇁ rru ggu ma la : household implements, thing
4. ꊨꃀ zyt mop : hoe
5. ꇇꈡ lot gguop : iron-toothed rake
6. ꌩꈪ syr ggut : plough
7. ꇁꄉ la da : yoke (for oxen)
8. ꂯ mix : [grammatical particle indicating a rhetorical question]
9. ꉊꈯ hxiet ggur : sickle
10. ꆚꈈ hlip ko : flail
11. ꑶꌩ yiex syr : broom
12. ꅅꃅ ddox mu : knife
13. ꃤꃀ vi mop : axe
14. ꑴ yip : [grammatical particle indicating affirmation]
15. ꌬꀮꌬꀏ ssi bu ssiot : utensil
16. ꉽꐯ hex jjy : cooking pot, wok
17. ꈂꑷ kap yie : pot lid
18. ꏫꑷ juop yie : pot lid
19. ꑊꑌ nyit nyi : rice steamer
20. ꑠ xip : etc.
21. ꋍꈭꐨ cyp ggup jjux : in addition
22. ꀀꍹ it chyp : lacquered wooden spoon (used for drinking soup)
23. ꈓꋦ kur zzur : lacquered wooden bowl (used for holding vegetables or rice)
24. ꇓꍔ lur zhep : bowl
25. ꀗꊪ bix zy : cup
26. ꇊꃀ lop mop : grinder
27. ꐂꇓ qie lur : grinding stone
28. ꄁꀺ dix pi : mortar
29. ꄃꌤ dip syt : pestle
30. ꇮꃀ get mop : large cupboard
31. ꇮꌺ get sse : small cupboard
32. ꒈꀮ yyx bu : bucket, pail
33. ꃭꇇ vap lot : laddle
34. ꎴꁧ sho bbo : rain cape (made out of straw or palm bark)
35. ꆫꁯ hlut bbup : conical bamboo hat
36. ꋍꑠ cyp xip : and so on and so forth
37. ꀊ a : ah! [interjection]
38. ꁨꅍ bbop ddu :property
39. ꄐ dop : to be able to

Text

ꃄꐂ：ꆍꃅꄷꊨꅍꎸꉘꑞꈨꐥ？

ꆿꄜ：ꊨꃀꐥ，ꇇꈡꐥ。

ꃄꐂ：ꌩꈪꇁꄉꐤꀕ？

ꆿꄜ：ꐥ，ꌩꈪꇁꄉꀋꐥꑲꆏ，ꑞꌌꃄꂿꂯ？

ꃄꐂ：ꉊꈯꐤꀕ？

ꆿꄜ：ꉊꈯꑌꐥ。

ꃄꐂ：ꆚꈈꑶꌩꐤꀕ？

ꆿꄜ：ꑞꈨꆹꐥꌐ。

ꃄꐂ：ꅅꃅꃤꃀꑌꐥꑴꀞ！

ꆿꄜ：ꐥꑴ。

ꃄꐂ：ꆍꀁꇬꌬꀮꌬꀏꑞꀕꈨꐥ？

ꆿꄜ：ꉽꐯ、ꈂꑷ（ꏫꑷ）、ꑊꑌꑠꐥ。

ꆿꄜ：ꋍꈭꐨ，ꀀꍹ、ꈓꋦ、ꇓꍔ、ꀗꊪ、ꇊꃀ、ꐂꇓ、ꄁꀺ、ꄃꌤ、ꇮꃀ、ꇮꌺ、ꒈꀮ、ꃭꇇ、ꎴꁧ、ꆫꁯꋍꑠꑌꐥ。

ꃄꐂ：ꀊ，ꆍꏤꁨꅍꌐꀋꉆ。

ꆿꄜ：ꑠꉬꀐ，ꀉꑌꇨꄉꊿꋌꉇꌐꀋꄐ。

Translation

Muxqie : What sorts of agricultural implements do you have where you come from ?

Latti : There are hoes and there are iron-toothed rakes.

Muxqie : Are there ploughs and yokes ?

Latti : Yes. If there weren't any ploughs and yokes, then what would we use to plough the fields ?

Muxqie : Are there sickles ?

Latti : There are also sickles.

Muxqie : Are there flails and brooms ?

Latti : We've got all these things.

Muxqie : I suppose you've got knives and axes as well.

Latti : Yep, we've got them.

Muxqie : What sorts of household utensils do you have ?

Latti : We have cooking pots, pot lids, rice steamers, etc.

Latti : In addition to these we have wooden spoons, wooden bowls, bowls, cups, grinders, grinding stones, mortars, pestles, large cupboards, small cupboards, buckets, laddles, rain capes, bamboo hats, and so on and so forth.

Muxqie : Ah, your houses are filled with property.

Latti : That's true, there's too much to able to list them all.

Notes

1. ꇇꈡ (lot gguop) : According to the Yi-Chinese Dictionary 彝汉词典 the first syllable (meaning "hand") in this and other similar words (e.g. ꇇꅖ (lot ndie) "dexterous") should be pronounced ꇇ (lot). However, in reality it is pronounced ꇃ (luot), and words such as ꇇꈡ (lot gguop) "iron-toothed rake" and ꇇꅖ (lot ndie) "dexterous" may also be written ꇃꈡ (luot gguop) and ꇃꅖ (luot ndie) respectively.

2. ꂯ (mix) : This is a particle used to indicate a rhetorical question, so for example :

• ꇿꀋꍑꂯ (kat ap zhet mix) "What's not right [about that] ?" (with the implication that the speaker thinks that there's nothing at all wrong with it)

3. ꑴ (yip) : This is a particle used to emphasise the truth of what is being said, so for example :

• ꉬꑴ (nge yip) "it's indeed so"
• ꍑꑴ (zhet yip) "it's indeed true"

4. ꄐ (dop) : ꄐ (dop) and ꄎ (dox) are both auxiliary verbs meaning "to be able to [do something]". The former is used in negative constructs and in positive constructs after syllales in the high tone, whereas the latter is used in positive constructs after syllables in the mid level tone or low falling tone, for example :

• ꉢꆏꂘꄐ (nga ne hmat dop) "I can teach you"
• ꋋꈨꉢꃅꀋꄐ (cyx gge nga mu ap dop) "I can't do all this"
• ꋌꉉꑌꉉꄎ，ꃅꑌꃅꄎ (cy hxip nyi hxip dox, mu nyi mu dox) "he's both good at talking and good at doing" (literally "he talks and he's able to talk; [he] does and he's able to do")

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