L9
L9: Hut
Ntlwana ya mmu/bojang
LB: Mara o e betlile ntlo e akere?
K: Efeng?
LB: E e ne…ya kgale…nako e e ne entse ka teng. Nou yana e ne e betliwe ke mang…
K: Haa... E wele akere… Wa gopola?
LB: (unclear)
K: Ee
LB: Ao bathong, kante ne le e etsitse selo akere ha e…
K:...bojang
LB: Ao banna…weishhhhh… And ha go na ope o itseng go e maintaina?
K: Ahhhhh…
LB: Or la itse mara hela hela…
K: Ee, mara ha re tlole re e dira…
LB: Ee, ee. O tla re bolelela gore le ne le dira yang, le re rute akere?
K: Ee
LB: Ke yone archive e e ne re batla go e dira.
Lesego and Daniel:
D: Go na le ntlo ya…Tla o bone ntlo e…
LB: Ee…
D: Tla o bone ntlo ee…
L: Ke ya… ke e bone, ke e bone. Ha go na batho?...Ke ele mo…
D: Mo kae?
L: Ke e.
D: Ya tlhaga?
L: Ee
D: Yah, just to...
L: Ee, ee, ee…e bile e dirilwe ka dipale tse di…Ee. Re batla go e tsaya di-photo le yone…
D: (unclear)
Description by association:
‘Maintaina’: care, protect, tend to regularly…(babalela, tlhokomela)
Ruta: impart, educate, teach…
Dira: to make, build…
Dirilwe: has been built…
‘Archive’: bobolokelo/mabolokelo(pl) - where things are kept safe… cared for, preserved, protected…(boloka)
Collection of terms
Kgale: …from a long time ago
Wele: …fell…its supports failed it…lost integrity…
Bojang: grasses, the field…
Transcription
L9: Hut
Ntlwana ya mmu/bojang
Lesego Bantsheng: Mara o e betlile ntlo e akere? (But she built that house(hut), yes?)
Kelebogile: Efeng? (Which?)
LB: E e ne…ya kgale…nako e e ne e ntse ka teng (The one that… from a long time ago…at the time, that’s how it looked/was). Nou yana e ne e betliwe ke mang…(Would you know now who built it)?
K: Haa…(unclear). E wele akere (It fell, right)… (Laughter). Wa gopola? (Do you remember?)
LB: (unclear)
K: Ee (Yes)
LB: Ao bathong, kante ne le e etsitse selo akere ha e…(Oh no, but didn’t you do (something) to it, right?) (unclear)
K:...bojang (grass)
LB: Ao banna…weishhhhh… And ha go na ope o itseng go e maintaina? (Oh no, weiiishhhhh, and there was probably no-one who knew how to maintain it…)
K: Ahhhhh…
LB: Or la itse mara hela hela… (Or perhaps you knew, perhaps on occasion…)
K: Ee, mara ha re tlole re e dira… (Yes, but we no longer do it)
LB: Ee, ee. O tla re bolelela gore le ne le dira yang, le re rute akere? (Okay, yes…You’ll let us know how you built (the hut), to teach us yes?)
K: Ee (Yes)
LB: Ke yone archive e e ne re batla go e dira. (That’s the archive that we envision)
(Unclear)
Daniel: Go na le ntlo ya…Tla o bone ntlo e (There is this house…Come and see)
LB: Ee… (Okay)
D: Tla o bone ntlo ee… (Come and have a look at this house)
L: Ke ya… ke e bone, ke e bone. Ha go na batho?...Ke ele mo (I…I see it, I saw it…Are there people there? I see it)
D: Mo kae? (Where?)
L: Ke e. (Here it is)
D: Ya tlhaga? (The thatch one?)
L: Ee (Yes)
D: Yah, just to (unclear)...
L: Ee, ee, ee…e bile e dirilwe ka dipale tse di…Ee. Re batla go e tsaya di-photo le yone… (Yes, yes, yes…you can see it’s made with poles… Yes. We’d like to take pictures of it as well)
D: (unclear)