Childhood Activities
Muring talks about the lives of children today compared with when she was young in the Ba Kelalan dialect of Lun Bawang. The recording was made in Buduk Nur on 1st November 2017.
Maun, kerab kai anak
when we were young
kerab a teh internet, telephone mecing bang bawang kai
when we didn't have phones and internet in our village
kerab kai anak
when we were young
me' meraut bang lati' kai
we went to play in the farms
me' nemung bua' bang pulung
we went to collect wild fruit
meraut raut tradisional
play traditional games
tapi, mo, me' ngluwit lawid bang fa'
but, yes, we went to fish in the river
me' nanam akep
go and collect snails
beken kudeng anak nekinih
not like children today
Ideh mileh meraut internet
they play on the internet
telephone
telephone
jadi masi' masa deh me' meraut bang pulung
so they don't have much time to play in the forest
me' nekap irin
to gather wild vegetables
kudeng kai anak maun
as we used to do
jadi masi' buri' deh ke lun to'
so they don't talk much to people
a deh mileh tuu pegayam dengan lun beken
they don't really know how to talk to other people
kudeng antisocial
like they are antisocial
mo
yeah
roo' ramai kai kerab kai anak maun
we had a lot of fun as children
mileh kai naru' luk kenen sendiri
we knew how to make our own food
kerab taman tinan kai me' lati'
when our mothers and fathers went to the farm
muli' kai
we went back
kai sendiri' naru' luk kikid
and we made our own dishes
naru' nuba'
and cooked rice
kenen kai
for us to eat
mo
yes