Rataraju speaking in Nepali 4

KP: Tapailai kehi bhanna man cha kita? Tapailai kehi bhanna man cha?

      (Would you like to say something? Would you like to say something?)　

CL: Ah ... ah ... mo ... ah ... mero ... 

      (Ah ... ah ... mo ... ah ... my...)　

　　

KP: Hadjur.

      (Yes.)

CL: Mero ... ha ... ha ... Mero pet.

      (My... ha... ha... My stomach.)

KP: Hajur.

      (Yes.)

CL: Ah ... oh ... dukahuncha. 

      (Ah... oh... it hurts.)

KP: Tapaiko pet dukyo?

      (Do you have a stomachache?)

CL: Ah!

     (Ah!)

KP: Tapaiko mritu ke bhayera bhako?

     (What is the cause of your death?)

CL: Oh ... oh ... Ma ... rog ...

     (Oh... oh... I... sick...) 　

KP: Tapaiko mritu ke bhayera bhako?

      (What is the cause of your death?)

CL: Rog ... Rog.

      (Sick... sick.)

KP: Rog?

      (Sick?)

CL: Ah.

      (Yes.)

KP: Ke ko rog lagyo?

     (What kind of sickness?)

CL: Au ... ha .... pet.

    (Au... ha... stomach.)

KP: Pet?

    (Stomach?)　

CL: Pet dukahuncha.

    (I have a stomachache.)

KP: Pet dukera?

    (Do you have a stomachache?)

CL: Ah ... ho ... ah... guhar ... ha ...

    (Ah... ho... ah... help... ha...)

KP: Pet dukera?

    (Do you have a stomachache?)

CL: Ahu ... ho ... ah ... guhar ruha ... ha ...

    (Ah... yes... ah... help, ha... ha...)

KP: Ke bhayo dukhyo?

    (Does it hurt?)

CL: Guhar ... guhar.

    (Help... help...)

KP: Kati barsama bitnu bhako?

    (How old were you when you died?)

CL: Ah ... ah ...

    (Ah ... ah ...)

KP: Kati barsama ...

    (How old were you?)

CL: Umer ... Mero ... umer ...

    (Age... my age...)

KP: Hajur. Bite ko umer.

    (Yes. Your age when you died.)

CL: Ath satori ... ah ...

    (8 and 70... ah...)

KP: Hajur?

    (Yes?)

CL: Ath satori.

   (8 and 70.)

KP: Sattari?

   (70?)

CL: Ath satori.

   (8 and 70.)

<To be continued>

Rataraju Speaking in Nepali 3

KP: Adjur? Hajur, feri ek choti bhandinusha? Feri ek choti. 
     (Can you say it again? Once again.)

CL: Ah ... Ki ... ah ... muh ... 
     (Ah ... Ki ... ah ... muh ...)

KP: Feri ek choti bandinuhuncha agiko?
     (Can you say it again?)

CL: Ah ... e ... de ... Bujina. 
     (Ah ... e ... de ... I don't know.)

KP: Bujnubhaena?
     (Don't you know?)

CL: A... a... 
     (A... a...)

KP: Tapai tis barsa ko hunu bho ahile?
     (You are 30 years old now, right?)

CL: Tis... 
     (30...)

KP: Tis? Kati barsa hunu bho?
     (30? What is your age?)　

CL: Eh ... rana ... eh ...
     (Eh ... rana ... eh ...)

　　　
KP: Rana? Ke Ranako gharma kam garnu hunthiyo?
     (The Rana family? And what kind of work do you do?)　　　

CL: Um ... eh ... ho.
      (Um ... eh ... yes.)

KP: Rana?
     (Rana?)
　　　

CL: Rana. ... Rana.
    (Rana. ... Rana.)  　

KP: Rana, kunchahi rana?
    (Rana, which Rana do you mean?)
　　　

CL: Ho?
    (Yes?)

　　
KP: Rana pani ta dherai thiye ni ta. 
    (There are many Ranas, you know.)
　　　

CL: Bujina.
    (I don't know.) 　　　

KP: Bujinubhaena.
    (Don't you know?)

KP:Tapaile ke garnuhuncha sadai? Ke kam garnuhuncha?
     (What kind of work do you do everyday? What kind of work?)
　　　

CL: Ah ...     (Ah ...)

KP: Tapai ke kam garnuhuncha?
     (What kind of work do you do?)
　　　

CL: Ah .. e ... ah ... ume ... eh ... umer pachis nargou*?
     (Ah .. e ... ah ... ag... eh... 25 years old?)        *Not understandable
　　　

KP: Tapai kaha basnu hunchare ahile? Tapai kaha basnu huncha, tapaiko gaun ka ho? 
     (Where do you live now? Where do you live? Where is your village?)
　　　

CL: Oh ... ho, oh ...
     (Oh... ho, oh...)

KP: Nam ke ho gaunko?
     (Where is it, what is the name of the village?)
　　　

CL: Ah ... bujina.
    (Ah... I don't know.)
　　　

KP: Bujinubhaena.
    (Don't you know?)

KP: Lekna jannuhuncha tapaile?
      (Can you write?)
　　　

CL: Oh ... ho.
      (Oh... yes.)

KP: Audaina? Lekna padna?
     (Can't you write? How about reading and writing?)
　

CL: Ah ... hoina.
     (Ah... I can't.)  　　

KP: Audaina?
     (Can't you?)
　　　

KP: Tapaiko gaunma mukhiya ko cha ta?
     (Who is the head of your village?)
　　　

CL: Kira.
    (Kira.)

KP: Gaunma ma?
      (In the village?)
　　　

CL: Kira. Ah ... kira.
      (Kira. Ah ... kira.)

KP: Kira?
      (Kira?)
　　

CL: Kira. ... e ...
      (Kira. ... e ...)

KP: Ke bhayo? Garo bhayo? Ke bhayo?
      (What happend? Are you all right? What happened?)

CL: Bujina. Bujina.
      (I don't know. I don't know.)
　　　




<To be continued>

Rataraju speaking in Nepali 2

KP: Tapai kaha basnuhunchare ahile?
      (Where do you live now?)
CL:A .... ke?
     (A… What?)

KP: Kaha basnuhuncha? Tapaiko ghar kaha ho?
     (Where do you live? Where is your house?)

CL: Tapai Nepali huncha?
     (Are you Nepalese?)
KA:Ho, ma Nepali.

(Yes, I am Nepalese.)

CL:O, ma Nepali.

(O, I am Nepalese too.)

KA:Tapai kaha basnuhuncha? Tapai kaha basnuhuncha? Tapai ghar kaha ho?

(Where do you live? Where do you live? Where is your house?)
CL:Ah. Bujina.

(Ah. I don’t know.)

KA:Bujnubhayena?

(Don’t you know it?)

KA:Tapai Gorkhama basnu huncha ki, tapai Kathmanduma basnu huncha ki, kaha basnuhuncha?

(Do you live in Gurkha District or in Kathmandu, where do you live?)

CL: Ah... ah... ah... bujina.
(Ah…ah…ah… I don’t know.)

KL: Bujnubhayena?

(Don’t you know?)

KA: Aru kehi cha tapailai bhannu parne kura?

(Do you have anything else you would like to say?)
CL: Kodo ... ah ... dado ... ah ... ah..

(Kodo*…ah…dado…ah…ah….)
       *A kind of millet.

KA: Tapai, bihana beluka ke khanu huncha tapaile gharma?

(What do you eat at home?)
CL: Ah .. ah... Shiba ... e ... e ... dharma.

(Ah…ah…Shiba…e…e…religion.)
KA: Dharma?

(Religion?)

KA: Tapai mandir janu huncha?

(Do you go to temple?)
CL:Ho.

(Yes.)

KA:Mandir janu huncha?

(Do you go to temple?)
CL: Ho.

(Yes.)

KA: Kun mandir janu hunccha ta?

(Which temple do you go?)

CL:H...... ho.

(Y…yes.)

KA: Ho? Tapai mandir janu huncha ki hundaina?
     (Yes? Do you go to temple or not?)
CL:Aaaa. Bujina.
    (Aaaa. I don’t know.)

KA: Bujnubhayena?
    (Don’t you know?)

KA:Tapaiko buwa ko nam ke re? Ba ko nam. Ba ko nam.
    (What is the name of your father?)
CL: Ah ... ah ... Tama ... Tamali ... ah...
    (Ah…ah… Tama… Tamli … ah…)

KA: Tamari? Tamari?
    (Tamari? Tamari?)
CL: Ah ....
    (Ah…)

KA: Ama ko nam thaha cha?Ama?
    (Do you know the name of your mother?)
CL:Ama?
    (Mother?)

KA:Ama.
    (Mother.)
CL: Ah ... Bhayena. Ma nallu gaun ek.

(Ah… I don’t know. I am of Nallu Villege.)

<To be continued>

Rataraju speaking in Nepali 1

Hereafter follows a conversation in Nepali where Rataraju’s personality answers to the questions stated by a Nepalese woman, Ms. Kalpana Paudel. This conversation in Nepali lasted for 24 minutes.

In the following word-for-word record of the conversation, “KP” stands for Ms. Kalpana Paudel (interviewer) and “CL” for Risa (client).

After each original dialogue in Nepali follows an English translation within (    ).

Regarding the dictation and out spelling of this conversation, we received full assistance from Prof. Masayuki Ohkado at Chubu University, a member of the Xenoglossy Reseach Team, interviewer Ms. Kalpana Paudel and Dr. Chandra Kishor Khanal, a guest researcher at Chubu University, who also has Nepali as his mother tongue.

KP: Tapaiko nam ke ho? Nam ke ho tapaiko.

      (What is your name? What is the name of yours?)

CL: Mero nam. Rataraju.

(My name is Rataraju.)

KP: Kati barsa hunu bho? Kati barsa hunu bho?

(What is your age? What is your age?)
CL: Ke.

(What?)

KP: Umeru.

(Age.)

CL: Umeru. Ah, umeru. Rana ... ah ... u ... a ... tis ... mero umeru ... umeru tis .

(Age. Ah, age. Rana*… ah… u… a… thirty… my age… age is thirty.

        *Rana is the name of the dynasty that ruled Nepal between 1846 and 1953.

KP: Umer kati bhayo tapaiko? Tis barsa hunubho?

(What is your age? Are you thirty years old?)

CL: Ah…

(Ah…)

KP: Tapaiko pariwarma ko ko hunuhuncha? Tapaiko pariwarma? Jahan cha ki chaina garma?

   (Who do you have in your family? In your family. Is your wife at home or not?)

CL: Ah. Ke.

(Ah. What?)

KP: Gharma shrimati hunuhuncha ki hunuhunna.

(Is your wife at home or not?)

CL: Ha ... ha ... Ma ... Bujina.

      (Ha... ha... I...don’t know.)

KP: Bujnubhaena?

(You don’t know?)

CL: Ah.

      (Ah.)

KP: Tapaiko chorako name ke re?

(What is the name of your son?)

CL: Adiu idya ... ah.

(*Unknown words)

KP: Chorako nam.

(Name of your son.)

CL: Ah...ah...ke.

(Ah… ah… what?)

KP: Chorako nam. Chora Chori Kati jana?

      (How many sons and daughters do you have?)

CL: Ah .. ah.. Bujhina.

(Ah.. ah.. Don’t know.)

KP: Bujhinubhayena. Chora chori dui jana hoina?

     (Don’t you know? Do you have two children; a son and a daughter?)

CL: Ho ... he ... ke ...abou ... oh ...

     (Yes… he… what… abou… oh…) Unknown words.

KP: Tapaiko srimatiko nam ke re?

(What is the name of your wife?)

CL: Oh jira li.

  (*Unknown words.)

KP: Srimati, swasniko nam?

      (Wife, wife’s name?)

CL: Ah ... ah ... mero swasni Ramel...Rameli.

(Ah… ah… my wife’s name is Ramel… Rameli.)

KP: Choako nam chahi?

      (What is the name of your son?)

CL: Ah ... ei ... el ... el ... nam ... el ... ei ... kujaus.

(Ah… ei… el… el… name… el… ei… Kujaus.)

KP: Kujaus? Chora? Chori?

(Kujaus? Son? Daughter?)

CL: Tiru.

(*Could be a variant of the word “chora”, meaning “son”)

KA: Chora?

(Son?)

CL: Tiru.

(*Same as above)

KP: Chori chaki chaina?

(Do you have a daughter or not?)

CL: Adis

(Adis.)

<To be continued>