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Barwar: Sour Grapes

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Bənyamən Bənyamən

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0:00	téla kpìna-wewa.ˈ ṯéle b-lɛ́le xḏàraˈ bắye ṱ-áxəl xà-məndi,ˈ lɛ́le xzàya.ˈ xìrreˈ xəzyále ḏà xúrta.ˈ xúrta ʾíla ʾilána rìxta.ˈ dalíṯa xḏíta-ʾəlla síqta ṃḷíṯa ʾə̀nwe.ˈ ḏa-xúrta ramàntɛla.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́nwe hàdəx,ˈ kòme,ˈ bšìle,ˈ xírre téla bìyaˈ là-mṣe ṱ-axə́lla,ˈ ramànela.ˈ mə́re ʾan-ʾə́nwe xamùṣela,ˈ la-băyə̀nna.ˈ qímɛle zìla.ˈ mə́re ʾə́nwe xamùṣela,ˈ lɛ̀la basíme ṭla-xála.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga manay-díya mòdila ʾə́nwe xamúṣe?ˈ ʾə́nwe mṣàya lá-mṣe ṱ-axə́lla,ˈ m-hàdəx-ila xamúṣe.ˈ ʾən-maṣéwa ṱ-axə̀lwala,ˈ lɛ̀la xamúṣe.ˈ téla kpìna-wewa.ˈ ṯéle b-lɛ́le xḏàraˈ bắye ṱ-áxəl xà-məndi,ˈ lɛ́le xzàya.ˈ xìrreˈ xəzyále ḏà xúrta.ˈ xúrta ʾíla ʾilána rìxta.ˈ dalíṯa xḏíta-ʾəlla síqta ṃḷíṯa ʾə̀nwe.ˈ ḏa-xúrta ramàntɛla.ˈ ʾan-ʾə́nwe hàdəx,ˈ kòme,ˈ bšìle,ˈ xírre téla bìyaˈ là-mṣe ṱ-axə́lla,ˈ ramànela.ˈ mə́re ʾan-ʾə́nwe xamùṣela,ˈ la-băyə̀nna.ˈ qímɛle zìla.ˈ mə́re ʾə́nwe xamùṣela,ˈ lɛ̀la basíme ṭla-xála.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga manay-díya mòdila ʾə́nwe xamúṣe?ˈ ʾə́nwe mṣàya lá-mṣe ṱ-axə́lla,ˈ m-hàdəx-ila xamúṣe.ˈ ʾən-maṣéwa ṱ-axə̀lwala,ˈ lɛ̀la xamúṣe.ˈ	A fox was hungry. He came at night searching, wishing to eat something, but did not find anything. He looked and saw a poplar tree. A poplar is a tall tree. A vine full of grapes had grown up around it. It was a high poplar. The grapes were so black and ripe. The fox looked at them but could not eat them, since they were high up. He said ‘Those grapes are sour, I don’t want them’. He went off. He said ‘The grapes are sour, they are not good for eating. Now, what is the meaning (of his saying) sour grapes? He could not eat the grapes, and so (he said) they were sour. If he could eat them, they would not have been sour.

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