Sample Text
The text below was translated from Kabylie, In. MOULIERAS (Auguste), les fourberies de si Djeh'a.
| Buzelluf | Sheep Head |
|---|---|
| Waḥed nnhar, jeḥḥa med-lu baba-h frank, baš yešri buzelluf. šra-h, kla geɛ leḥm-u. bqa γir leɛḍam, jab-u l baba-h. ki šaf-u qal-lu: "wešnu hada?" qal-lu: "buzelluf".
-A ššmata, win rahum wedni-h?
-Win rahum ɛini-h?
-Win rah lsan-u?
-U jeldet ras-u, win rah?
|
One day, Jehha's father gave him one cent, so that he buys a sheep head. He bought it, and ate all of its meat. Only an empty carcass was left, he brought it to his father. Then, when he saw it he said: "what is that?" Jehha said: "a sheep head".
-You vile, where are its (sheep) ears?
-Where are its eyes?
-Where is its tongue?
-And the skin of its head, where is it?
|
Read more about this topic: Algerian Arabic
Famous quotes containing the words sample and/or text:
“As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unliveable to them unless they have tea and puddings.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)
“The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out.... Only the copied text thus commands the soul of him who is occupied with it, whereas the mere reader never discovers the new aspects of his inner self that are opened by the text, that road cut through the interior jungle forever closing behind it: because the reader follows the movement of his mind in the free flight of day-dreaming, whereas the copier submits it to command.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)