WIRLIWIRLIKARTI MARNALU YANI N garlijkura wangi

We Went Fishing

© Story and Drawings J eneka Laurel Wulungarra Literature Production Centre 1999

Layimirri marnalu yanipirrakarti wirliwirlf;Grtz:

All the family went fishing. I

NgajUkurangu ngarpungu yutukani ngapanga layi kurlarrapul martuwarraJ"angka.

My Daddy put a turtle in the dam. 2

Warntarni marnalunya wirliwirl(;"awurlu pa;"anyangu purntawarntz:

We got some silver fish. 3

Tikirryani marnalu Papayikarti ngurra. Kamparni marnalunya kapiwarntz~ ngarnila marnalu.

At Papayi's camp we cooked all the fish and we ate the fish.

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Walmajarri Pronunciation Guide (underlined in bold)

a as in but i as in bit • • • • J as 1n JOin

k as in koala 1 as in lime

m as in money n as in nothing

pas in sip r as in ripe t as in sit u as in put

was in wait y as in ~esterday

aa as in path ii as in b&&t

ly as in million ng as in sing . . ny as 1n on1on

rl (no equivalent) rn (no equivalent) rr (no equivalent) rt (no equivalent)

uu as in bagt

Alphabet and pronunciation guide from Walmajarri-English Dictionary compiled by Eirlys Richards and Joyce Hudson, SIL Darwin, 1990.

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