grandmother namaste

हजुरआमा नमस्कार

Grandma, Namaste!

namaste

नमस्कार!

Namaste!

grandmother name what say COP.xx

हजुरआमाको नाम के हो?

What is your name?

Bumjung

भुमज्जुङ

Bhumjung

grandmother year how.mayreach -xx

हजुआमा कति बर्ष पुग्नु भयो?

How old are you?

seventy-five

पचहत्तर बर्ष

Seventy-five years old.

grandmother village PART whereCOP

हजुआमाको गाउँचाहिँ कहाँ हो?

Where is your village?

village here

गाउँ यतै हो

The village is here.

house -ALSO NEG.xx father property -PL mantake -xx

घरै छैन बाउ सम्पत्ति पनि मान्छेले लग्यो।

I have no house; people took away my parents property.

now house -ALSO Pardenhouse

अहिले घर पनि पार्देनको घर हो

This house is Parden's house.

3 house village name what say

उसको घर गाउँको नाम के हो?

What is the name of his village?

house always here now house PART

घर यतै हो अहिले घर चाहिँ

The house is around here; as for this house..

now Kunsang Tshiring 1PL father property -PL up KunsangTshiring all xx 1PL property -PL

अहिले कुन्साङ छिरिङ हाम्रो बाउ सम्पति हरु माथि कुन्साङ छिरिङ सबै

Now, Kusnsang Tshiring has taken away all of my parents property.

now 1PL elder.brother die

अहिले हाम्रो दाई.........मरे

Now, my elder brother died....

father PART now property Kunsang Tshiring sit 1 man houseinside xx xx -xx sit

बुबा चाहिँ अहिले सम्पति कुन्साङ छिरिङ बसे म मान्छे घरमा बाहालाम बसेको

My father's property was taken away by Kunsang Tshiring; now, I am

what -ALSO what -ALSO NEG.xx 1 now

केहि पनि छैन अहिले म सँग

Now, I have nothing with me.

field -ALSO NEG.xx what -ALSO what -ALSO NEG.xx

खेत पनि छैन केहि पनि छैन

I have no fields and nothing other.

now grandmother only.one sit -xxxx

हजुरआमा एक्लै बस्नुहुन्छ हो?

Is it that you are living alone?

1 alone

म एक्लै

I am alone...

who -ALSO NEG.xx xx

कोहि पनि छैन हो?

Is there none of you?

NEG.xx

छैन

There is none.

child -PL who -ALSO NEG.xx xx

बच्चा कोहि पनि छैन हो?

Is it that you have no children as well?

child NEG.xx child daughter one COP.xx this -ALSO die finishgrandson xx COP.xx this grandson xx diefinish

बच्चा छैन छोरी एउटा थियो त्यो पनि मर्यो एउटा नाति थियो त्यो पनि मर्यो

I have no child; there was one daughter, she died; there was one

now granddaughter only.one PART COP.xx Ten Norbu know xxKoya

अहिले नातिनि एउटा मात्रै छ तेन नोर्बु चिन्नु हुन्छ कोया

Now, there is only one granddaughter; do you know Ten Norbu?

yes know COP.xx

अँ चिन्छ

Yes, I know him.

3 wife PART 1granddaughter

उसको स्वास्नि चाहिँ मेरो नातिनि

His wife is my granddaughter.

this PART xx after NEG.xx

यो मात्र हो अरु छैन

It is just her; there is no other (of mine)

grandmother 2 small time book learn -xx getNEG- get

हजुरआमा सानो बेला पढ्न पायो कि पाएन?

Grandma!did you get chance to study in your childhood?

xx book learn -xx NEG- get trouble experience experience whatCOP.xx work do - father trouble experience -xx whatCOP.xx

पढ्न पाएन दुख पाउँदा पाउँदा के छ काम गर्दा दुख पायो के छ।

I did not get any chance to study; I had to work all the times, I did

work do -xx book learn -xx where get -xx

काम गरेपछि पढ्न कहाँ पाउँछ

Who can get chance to study just doing work all the times?

grandmother now work PART what COP.xx villageinside

हजुरआमा अहिले काम के छ गाउँमा?

Grandma! what are the works in the village now?

what -ALSO front.cloth weave sell waist.cloth weave sell after 1man labour go NEG- be.able

के पाङगाब (अगाडि लगाउने लुगा) बुनेर बेच्ने किन (बाँध्ने कम्मरमा)

I can not do other people's work; I just weave and sell Pangab

load carry xx NEG- be.able

भारि पनि बोक्न सक्दैन।

I can not carry the loads.

man -PL now stone chop xx stone -ALSO carry NEG- be.able

मान्छेहरु अहिले ढुङगा चिर्दैछ।फुटाउँदैछ ढुङ्गा पनि बोक्न सक्दैन

Now, people are breaking stones; I can not do that.

village PART work PART like.this front.cloth PART weavewaist.cloth PART weave -xx sell this xx

गाउँ चाहिँ काम चाहिँ यस्तै पाङगाव बुन्ने किन बुन्ने अनि बेच्ने यस्तै

The work in the village is like this; just weaving and selling

1PL earlier

हाम्रो अस्ति

Earlier, our.....

1PL Kutang PART year count xxxx

हाम्रो कुताङ छ नि बर्ष हेर्यो भने

In our Kutang, if we look at the calendar...

month four.ORD NEG PART

चौथो महिना हैन त

It is the fourth month, is not it?

month four.ORD date seven day saturday -LOCPART

चौथो महिना सात गते शनिबार छ नि

It is the fourth month, seventh day, on Saturday, is not it?

date seven

सात गते

On the seventh day...

earthquake big come time -LOCPART

भुकम्प ठूलो आउँदा खेरि छ नि

In that big earthquake, is not it?

1PL here yard -LOC COP.xx

हामि यता आँगनमा थियो

I was here in the yard.

this time -LOC grandmother where COP.xx

हजुरआमा कहाँ थियो

Where were you at that time, Grandma?

here -LOC COP.xx

यतै थियो।

I was here.

here -LOC what doCOP.xx

यता चाहिँ के गरिरहेको थियो?

What were you doing at the moment?

basket near -LOC here

डोकोको नजिक यता

Near to this bamboo basket here....

down reach -xx rock break say -xx

तल पुगेर गिटि कुट भन्यो

They called me to break stones down there.

rock break rock break -xx down downsend -xx

गिटि कुट्यो गिटि कुट्दा तल तल भयो

I was breaking stones; it (earthquake) took me down and down.

earthquake come time earthquake DOUBT knowledge get DOUBT whatDOUBTthink

भुकम्प आउँदा भुकम्प हो कि थाहा भयो कि के होला सोच्यो?

Did you know that it was an earthquake or you thought someting else?

earthquake always like.this house -PL here ONOM.xx hereONOM.xx say -xx xx

भुकम्प यस्तो घरहरु यता स्याराराक उता स्याराराक भन्यो हैन।

When the earthquake hit, it made noise in the houses.

this earthquake come finish -xx REFL village around -LOC man who whoCOP.xx

यो भुकम्प आएपछि आफु वरिपरि मान्छे को को थिए?

Who were around you when the earthquake hit?

Langma 1PL two xxCOP.xx

लाङ्मा हामी दुईजान मात्रै थियो

With Langma, we were two here.

after what -ALSO 1PL two here sleep 1PL here onlysleep

अब चाहिँ हामी यता सुत्यो हामी यता मात्रै सुत्यो

We slept only on this side.

earthquake come finish -xx what do2 -PL

भुकम्प आएपछि के गर्यो तिमीहरु

What did you do when the earthquake hit?

that.side walk this.side walk do -xx here floorsit

यता कुद्ने उता कुद्ने गर्यो कि यता भुइँमा बस्यो

Did you run hither and thither or you just sat on the floor?

silent sit 1 here silent sit -xx fear -xx walk -xx leg breaksend xx think silent sit -xx

चुपचाप बस्यो म यता चुपचाप बस्यो डराएर दौडिँदा खुट्टा भाँच्छकि भनेर

I just sat here without doing anything thinking that legs would be

this night PART wheresleep

त्यो राति चाहिँ कहाँ सुत्यो?

Where did you sleep at that night?

this night PART Pyuin house upsleep

यो राति चाहिँ पुईनको घरमाथि सुत्यो

At that night, I slept up from Puin's house.

field sleep

खेतमा सुत्यो

I slept on the field.

field -LOC sleep

बारिमा सुत्यो

You slept on the field.

field sleep PART man maize xx xx -xx after 1PLhere only sleep

बारिमा सुत्यो मान्छेको मकै चेपेर।थिचेर लोभ लाग्यो अब चाहिँ हामी

Thinking that the maize plants will be spoiled, we slept around here.

this night sleep time -LOC

त्यो राति सुत्दा खेरि

While sleeping at that night...

now xx this time relief.aid NEG.xxyard

अहिले नै यतिखेर राहात पनि थिएन यो आँगनमा

At the moment, there was no relief as well...

tarpaulin NEG.xx NEG PART

पाल छैन हैन त

There were no tarpaulin's, is not it?

NEG.xx here

यता छैन

It was not here.

this time -LOC what cover

यहाँ के ओढ्यो

What did you use to cover your body?

xx cloth cover

हाम्रै लुगा ओढ्यो

We used our own clothes.

night -LOC PART whattrouble what what experience

के के भयो?

What troubles you had to face?

house -LOC things take.out -xx NEG- get food eat -xxNEG- get cloth NEG.xx get.hungry trouble experience

घर छैन सामान बाहिर निकाल्न सकेन खाना खान पाएन लुगा छैन भोग लाग्ने दुख

Many troubles you had to face: no house, not able to take things

what say mind inside this PART morefear -xx

छ नि मनभित्र यो छ नि धेरै डराउनु

Being frightened......

what what trouble experience

के के दुख पायो?

What troubles you had to face?

xx xx tarpaulin PART 3PL tarpaulin xx 1PL up xxcover

यो पाल चाहिँ उनिहरु पाल सापटलिएर हामी माथि पुरै ओढ्यो

We borrowed this tarpaulin from them, and that is sufficient to cover

here man a.lot this down xx tarpaulin whereCOP.xx

यता मान्छे धेरै यो तल यतिखेर पाल कहाँ हुने?

There were many men; there was no chance to get tarpaulin here.

earthquake come finish -xx

भुकम्प आएपछि

After the earthquake hit.........

down PART PART government COP xx COP

तलबाट सरकारि भएपनि

From down, be it either government...

then later relief.aid a.lot come NEG PART

अनि पछि राहत धेरै आयो हैन

There was a lot of relief materials, is not it?

come

आयो

Yes, it came.

here day how.may finish -xx this relief.aid PARTcome

यहाँ कति दिन पछि यो राहात चाहिँ आयो

How long after the earthquake the relief materials arrived here?

memory -xx NEG.xx

यादै छैन

I do not remember anything.

relief.aid PART what what come.xx downPART

राहात चाहिँ के के आयो तलबाट

What relief materials did come from down?

later -LOC one later -LOC 1 house inside beer drink xxsay

पछि तिर एक पछि मेरो घर भित्र जाँड खानु आउनु भने

Later, one called me to drink DZAAND in one's house.

man filled PART COP.xx

मान्छे धैरै थियो

There were many people

xx xx xx house down down down some beer cup bring -xxyard come -xx some steps climb COP.xx dilemma

फेरि आयो घर तल तल कुनै जाँडको कप लिएर आगँनमा आयो कुनै सिँढि चढ्यो

(The earthquak) stroke one's again; some came out with cup's of

relief.aid PART come.xx

राहात त आयो

The relief materials came.

money give -xx rice give -xx oil give -xx gheegive -xx

पैसा दियो चामल दियो तेल दियो घिउ दियो

They gave us rice, oil, ghee etc.

tarpaulin give -xx

पाल दियो

They gave tarpaulin

earthquake come finish -xx 1PL this village -LOC PART househow.many collapsebecome

भुकम्प आएपछि यो हाम्रो गाउँमा छ नि घर कति भत्केको छ?

How much damage has been there with this earthquake in our village?

collapse xx xx man collapse xx xxxx

भत्केको मात्रै छ मान्छे भत्केको मात्रै छ

Oh! everyone's has been damaged.

now 1 house -ALSO totally collapse become WorkenTenzing down go -xx NEG- come -xx labour call.for.work house do

अहिले मेरो घर पनि पुरै भत्केको छ उर्केन तेन्जिङ पनि तल गएर आएन मेला

Now, all of my house has been damaged; Urken Tenzing also did not

totally.open xx xx xx many.xx totally.open

ह्वाङगै छ धेरै दिन ह्वाङगै

It was open; for long, it was open.

food eat xx outside eatfear -xx

खान खाएपनि बाहिर खानु पर्छ डरै लाग्छ

Even for eating, we have to eat outside; It is frightening (inside)

now xx house do NEG- finish xx

अहिले सम्म घर बनाएको छैन त?

Havenot you made the house till now?

1 PART do front xx do always totally.open xxxx PART do finish

मेरो चाहिँ बनायो अगाडि पछाडि बनायो साह्रै ह्वाङगै पछाडिको चाहिँ बना‌ई

My house which was damaged badly in the front and in the back, has

front do COP.xx now

अगाडि बनायो....छ अहिले

The front has been made.......now it has....

unsure Parten REFL NEG- come -xx come -xx NEG.xx -xx labourcall.for.work -xx do

खै पर्तेन आफु नआएर आउनै छैन मेला खोजेर बनाएँ

Parten did not come; so, I myself found the workers and repaired it.

house PART all ruin ruin only xxxx

घर त सबै बिग्रेको मात्रै देख्छ

All of the houses have been ruined.

earthquake

भुकम्प

This earthquake...

now 3PL see like.this here damage.ONOM up -LOC damage.ONOMlike.this xx

अहिले उनिहरुको हेर्दा यता बुलुकबुलुक उता बुलुकबुलुक भएछ।

Now, these people are seen going here and there.

this earthquake come finish -xx PART 1PL villageman -PL

यो भुकम्प आएपछि हाम्रो गाउँले मान्छेहरु

After the earthquake hit, the villagers...

man COP xx injury comeNEG- come

मान्छेलाई चोटपटक भयो कि भएन?

Was someone injured or not?

injury PART Rigzin one PART

चोटपटक त रिक्जिन मात्रै है

The injured one is Rikzin only, is not it?

Rigzin say -xx xx

रिक्चिन भन्ने चाहिँ

Rikcin is....

up Kyuang Tsyon father PART PART this 3 xx PART

माथि क्युवाङ च्योन बुबा चाहिँ, उ उहाँ घरपरिबार चाहिँ

You may know father of Kwang Chjon; She is his spouse.

1PL this 1PL village -LOC cow morekeep

हाम्रो यो हाम्रो गाउँमा गाई धेरै पाल्छ

In our village, a large number of cows are kept.

cow PART injury NEG- come PART

गाईहरुलाई चोटपटक भएन है

No cows have been injured.

COP cow PART Krwak PART cow moresay -xx

हो गाई चाहिँ क्रयाकको गाई धेरै भनेछ

There are many cows injured in Kryak.

COP Khamdi ox

हो खाम्दिकको गोरु...

Yes, Khamdik's ox....

Khamdi ox Krwaba fall.down Pandzet down fall.down -xx die xx cowone PART

खाम्दिक गोरु क्रवबा तल लड्यो पाँजेड तल लडेर मर्यो रे एउटा गाई

.. one of Khamdik ox died falling down from Krwaba down to Pandzet.

Nale PART cow more die say -xx

नालेको गाई त धेरै मर्यो

Many bulls of Nale were killed...

this earthquake come finish -xx PART

भुकम्प आएपछि छ नि

After the earthquake....

come finish -xx like.this REFL village COP xx COP REFL COP xxCOP

आएपछि यस्तो आफ्नै गाउँ भएपनि आफै भएपनि

...in the village or by onself...

pray COP xx COP do NEG- do

पुजापाठ गर्यो कि गरेन

Was there worship/ceremony performed?

xx do -xx pray PART xxdo -xx

धेरै गर्यो पुजापाठ त धेरै गर्यो

The worship/ceremony was done a lot.

true pray PART do -xx man all

साँच्चिकै पुजापाठ त गर्यो मान्छे सबैजना

Really, the worship/ceremony was performed a lot.

pray PART man kind kind do -xx

पुजापाठ त थरिथरि गर्यो

Different kinds of worshipping were performed.

1PL village -LOC PART Mane xx Kane xx Gumba xx NEGPART REFL -PL injury become COP.xx xx NEG.xx

हाम्रो गाउँमा छ नि माने छ काने छ गुम्बा छ हैन त यनिहरु क्षति भएको छ

In our village, we have Mane, Kane, Gumba etc.; whether there was

Kane break -xx COP.xx xx Kane up earthquake come -xx Kanestone -PL xx.ONOM do -xx

काने भत्केको छ भनेछ काने माथि भुकम्प आएर ढुङगाहरु भननननन गर्दो रेछ

Many Kanes are said to be damaged.

grandmother 2 PART this earthquake say -xx PART whatCOP

हजुरआमा छ नि यो भुकम्प भेनको के हो?

Grandma! what do you think the earthquake is?

what -xx what -xx earlier like.this come -xx NEG- experiencenow xx one see xx xx like.this earthquake see -xxNEG- experience

के के पहिला....यस्तो आएको महसुस गरेन अहिले यो एउटा देख्यो कहिले पनि

I have never realized such event earlier in my life; now, I saw this

before little little give come now like wherecome.xx

अलिअलि त आउँथ्यो यो जस्तो त कहाँ आउँथ्यो

There were only some minor ones before; this kind of earthquake was

come PART come NEG PART 1PL

आउन त आएको छ हैन हाम्रो

It has occured; our...

earthquake say -xx PART what COP how come -xx thisPART

भुकम्प भनेको के हो यो कसरि आउँछ यो छ नि

What do you think the earthquake is?; how does it happen?

down down down send xx

तल तल तल गर्छ नि

It takes us down down and down.

1PL up up Tibet xx come time -LOC

हामी माथि भोटबाट आउँदा....

When we come down from Tibet...

grandmother PART this Tibetgrandmother

हजुरआमा छ नि यो भोट हजुरआमा

Grandma!, this Tibet....

this PART man -PL what say -xx 1PL land down -LOC elephantxx this PART here move PART come COP.xx

छ नि यो मान्छेहरु हाम्रो जमिनमुनिमा हात्ति छ यो चाहिँ यता हल्लिन्छ

These people say that the animals like an elephant are under the

REFL this PART grandmother 2 mind inside -LOC earthquake say -xxwhat COP

यो आफु छ नि हजुरआमा तपाई मनमा भुकम्प भनेको के हो?

What do you think the earthquake really is?

this what COP.xx what COP.xx earlier xx NEG- come xx NEG.know.xx

यो के छ के छ पहिले देखीनै नआएको हुनाले अहिले केहि थाहा छैन

I do not know as I did not have prior experience of this yet.

1 old.woman become xx

म बुढि भएछ

Now, I have been old.

like.this like xx always now till always NEG- experiencexx

यो जस्तै दुख कहिल्यै पनि अहिले सम्म भएको छ?

Did you have such sufferings earlier as well?

always now till come -xx NEG- experience

अहिलेसम्म कहिल्यै पनि यस्तो दुख पाएको छैन

I have never felt such an event yet.

little little do PART now like always come -xx NEG-experience

अलिकति अलिकति भएको छ यो जस्तै कहिल्यै पनि आएको थिएन

Only minor ones were there but this kind of situation never occured.

1PL this

हाम्रो यो

Then, our...

Bihi up -LOC Sherang xx NEG PART Sherang holy.placebig xx NEG PART

बिहिको माथि हाम्रो सेराङ छ हैन त सेराङ महत्वपुर्ण तिर्थस्थल छ हैन त

Above Bihi, there is Serang which is an important pilgrimage site.

Sherang -LOC Lama a.lot xx Gumbaxx

सेराङमा लामा धेरै छ गुम्बा छ

In Serang, there are many Lamas and Gumbas.

this PART injury become COP.xx xxNEG.xx

यिनिहरु क्षति भएको छ कि छैन

Whether they were damaged or not?

this -LOC injury COP.xx say -xx PART

यसमा क्षति भएको छ रे है

They are said to have been damged, is not it?

little little fall.down COP.xx say -xx

अलिकति अलिकति भत्केको छ रे

They have been some minor damages.

1PL this village xx learnPART

हाम्रो यो गाउँ मुख्य बाटो छ नि

We have this important path here...

this village Krwak up go xx go Titur go xx go down DyangDodang go xx go this learn PART how COP.xx

यो गाउँ क्याक गएपनि तितुर तिर गएपनि तल ड्यङ दोदाङ गएपनि यो बाटो कस्तो

What is the condition of road?;Either we go to Krwak or Titur or

1 anywhere NEG- walk -xx REFL -place sitsend -xx

म कतै पनि गएको छैन यतै थपक्प बसेको छु।

I have gone nowhere; I am simply living here.

always sit xx sit learn PART how COP.xxhere

सँधै बसिरहेपनि बाटोचाहिँ कस्तो छ यता

Even though being here, what is the condition of road?

ear listen listen xx listen

कानबाट सुनेपनि हुन्छ

You mave have heard as well.

learn bad COP.xx front PART 1NEG- go

बाटो साह्रै नराम्रो पहिला थियो म गएन

The path is very bad; but, I have not gone.

1 where -ALSO NEG- go

म कहिँ पनि गएन

I did not go anywhere.

okay okay grandmother thank.you then 1PL with 1PLthis

ल ल हजुरआमा धन्यवाद तपाईसँग यो हाम्रो

Thank Grandma!, this is our..

what say earthquake around -LOC talk little speak -xx get -xxthank.you

के भन्छ भुकम्पको बारेमा अलिकति कुरा बयान गर्नुभयो धन्यवाद।

Thank you for describing your earthquake experience to us!