Camping in the Jungle
Robin Udau talks about camping in the jungle when he was younger using the Long Banga dialect of Sa'ban. The recording was made in Long Banga on 1st December 2017.
ok amai malaan éraat nai
so we walked from here
mai diep lem plueng
and went to sleep in the jungle
kai arai nnau éraat waai ataupun mai éraat Long Peluan
if I remember from here or from Long Peluan
diep lem plueng ngaai
we went to sleep in the jungle
an amai si' paau ai
we made a hut
an paau ún ayeu
made a hut from tree leaves
aroo' ataang-ataang hoo'
they made the structure
pi nah aroo' ún ayeu
after that they put the leaves on
pi an deh ntap-ntap sewéeng ayeu arii-arii
then they chopped some trees into small bits
adiek-adiek
into small bits
an arai mpén yeh si' nah
then we lay them piece by piece
nah nah naan arai diep lah
that's where we slept
pi nah naan noon taam...?
and we had what do we call it...?
alam am plastic bah
we didn't have plastic in the past
wét anok bah, oong lah
we took an "oong" raincover
oong nah an arai
we made a raincover
oong liit dei hoo'
it was called "oong liit"
an arai liit yeh
we laid it out
nah naan arai diep
that was where we slept
nonoh ddúet arai diep
that's how we slept
mwal arai
we cooked
alaak pei' lem aroel hoo'
took water from the stream
nah naan arai alaak pei' naan mwal
that was where we got water to cook with
otak ceh éraat waai pah
if you go from here
mai diep lem plueng
and sleep in the jungle
mesti ceh wét brée
you need to bring rice
wét brée-brée lah
you bring rice
wét den
and a rice pot
ko' am naan masa ceh mai alaak leu' kah
because there isn't enough time to fetch bamboo
adieu-adieu si' nah hoo'
the place where it grows is far away
am tah lé' leu' lah
you can't see bamboo
so nah naan wét den
so you have to bring a rice pot
wét noknan lah
and bring food
nah pu'uen alam, am noknan arai ko' ddúet anok ai hoo'
in the past, we didn't have food like today
ko' ddúet tin stuff lah
like tinned stuff
ataupun tin sardine lah hoo'
or tinned sardines
am sardine
there were no sardines
jadi biasanya naan lún ngaan arai hoo'
but usually there were people with us
lún ma' mraal ai lah
adults
mai deh raat hoo'
they went hunting
mai deh raat naan noknan amai lah
they hunted stuff for us to eat
ataupun wét wang araal
or we brought smoked meat
wét abieu al
or brought chicken
aroo' goreng lah
to fry
atau hroel al nah tan arai mai ngaai
or we brought eggs
pi plaak lah
already cooked
nonoh noknan arai hoo'
that's what we ate
ok, tapi yang penting naan seu'
but the most important thing is that there was salt
ok, nah yeh
ok, that's that