Memories

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(10-1)   
tet-u-l     aNd'E     ke:je:     jO:-t     eg-u-Zu-nu-jE.    
you-0-ACC   eye   before   see-SS.IMPF   walk-0-ITER-IMPF-1SG  

I walk around seeing you in front of my eyes.


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(10-2)   
c'O:tE     jO:-din     tet-u-l     met     erd'e:-nu-jE.    
always   see-SUP   you-0-ACC   I   wish-IMPF-1SG  

I always want to see you.


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(10-3)   
qodit     mit     modo-l     lebe:     ta:-t     c'ejlu:-ke:-l'El?    
why   we   sit-AN   earth   there-ADV.ABL   far-INCH-EV  

Why are the lands where we live so far away from each other?


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(10-4)   
qodit     mit     unuN-pE     ju:kE-n     n'E=mej-nu-Ni?    
why   we   river-PL   far-ADV.LOC   REC-take-IMPF-3PL  

Why do our rivers join so far away?

Comment:
Here the rivers Xorxodon and Jasachnaja, which join the Kolyma at some distance from each other, are meant.


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(10-5)   
qorqEn     emej     unuN     O:l'-gE     eg-u-Zu-t     nolut    
Xorxodon   mother   river   edge-LOC   walk-0-ITER-SS.IMPF   poplar  
n'anmE     jO:-t     ej-rE-t     met-u-l     OnmE-gE     ej-tE-k.    
willow   see-SS.IMPF   walk-NONIT-SS.IMPF   I-0-ACC   mind-LOC   get-TR-IMP  

My darling, remember me when you walk on the bank of the river Xorxodon and look at the willow trees.


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(10-6)   
met     i:lu:l     i:lu:l     migi-dE     joGo-daj-k.    
I   darling   darling   close-ADV.DIR   open-PERF-IMP  

My darling, come back.


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(10-7)   
qorqEn     emej     oj-dE     mi:dE     kel-u-t     El=ju:kE    
Xorxodon   mother   stream-3   along   come-0-SS.IMPF   NEG-far  
gude-k.    
become-IMP  

Come here, along the flow of the river Xorxodon.


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(10-8)   
met     i:lu:l     jOul-u:-l     marqil'     qan'in     tet-u-l    
I   darling   love-INTR-AN   girl   when   you-0-ACC  
jO:-tE-m?    
see-FUT-INTER.1SG  

My beloved darling girl, when will I see you?


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(10-9)   
n'E=jO:-t     ej-rE-l     tite     jo:     omo-s'o:n     nem-dik    
REC-see-SS.IMPF   walk-NONIT-AN   like   INTJ   good-SUBN   what-PRED  
l'E-t-u-l?    
be-FUT-0-SF  

It would be nice to walk seeing each other.


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(10-10)   
tet-u-l     jO:-s'i:-lu-NidE     Subed'E     al'-u-ja:-nu-j.    
you-0-ACC   see-ITER-1/2-SS.COND   heart   melt-0-INCH-IMPF-3SG  

If I could see you for a little while, my heart would rejoice.


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(10-11)   
ti-NidE     mE=mer-u-ji:-t     ningE     eg-u-Zu-nu-jE.    
this-ADV.DIR   AFF-fly-0-ITER-SS.IMPF   many   walk-0-ITER-IMPF-1SG  

I fly here and walk around a lot.

Comment:
The uninflected verbal form ningE functions as an adverbial.


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(10-12)   
po:rE-mE     Sil'l'E     para:-gE     qani-de:=No:t     kude-dEllE     tet-u-l    
spring-TEMP   snow.crust   time-LOC   eagle-DIM-TRANS   become-SS.PERF   you-0-ACC  
jO:-din     qonoqE     mer-u-ji:-t     ej-r-o:-l.    
see-SUP   DP   fly-0-ITER-SS.IMPF   walk-NONIT-RES-AN  

If only I could turn into a small eagle and fly to see you in spring at the time when the snow melts.


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(10-13)   
qodo     gude-t     joNZ-o:-mik,     neme-gE     jaqa-t     ta:-t    
how   become-SS.IMPF   sleep-RES-TR.2SG   what-LOC   reach-SS.IMPF   there-ADV.ABL  
gude-k?    
become-INTER.2SG  

What happened to make you forget me? Why did it happen?


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(10-14)   
El=n'E=jO:-din     l'E-lu-gE     niNe:     ta:-t     gude-l'El.    
NEG-REC-see-SUP   be-1/2-DS   soul   there-ADV.ABL   become-EV  

That is how I feel that we are not going to see each other.


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(10-15)   
ju:kE-t     tet     mend'E     met-kE     jaq-u-ji:-nu-j.    
far-ADV.ABL   you   news   I-LOC   reach-0-ITER-IMPF-3SG  

News about you reached me from far away.


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(10-16)   
i:lu:l     met     marqil'     aNd'E     ke:je:     eg-u-Zu-nu-j.    
darling   I   girl   eye   before   walk-0-ITER-IMPF-3SG  

My beloved girl is in front of my eyes.


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(10-17)   
pon'-qE     n'a:ZubE     mer-e:-t     pon'qa:ra:-de:=No:t     gudu-j.    
white-ADJ   head.scarf   put.on-TR-SS.IMPF   birch.tree-DIM-TRANS   become-3SG  

She has put on a white headscarf and has become a birch tree.

Comment:
The image of the birch tree goes back to Russian folklore. The Yukaghirs usually compared a beautiful girl or boy with a young larch tree, see Text 44.


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(10-18)   
jel'o:d'E     n'a:s'in     oG-o:-t<i>     jaGil-E     u:-ji:-nun-nu-m.    
sun   against   stand-RES-SS.IMPF   edge-ACC   do-ITER-HAB-IMPF-TR.3SG  

She waves at me standing in the light of the sun.

Comment:
The expression jaGilE u:- literally means 'to move the edge', while its idiomatic meaning is 'to wave with one's hand'.


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(10-19)   
ta:-t     n'E=jO:-t     mit     ej-r-o:-l,     qodit     tet    
there-ADV.ABL   REC-see-SS.IMPF   we   walk-NONIT-RES-SF   why   you  
joNZ-o:-mik?    
sleep-RES-TR.2SG  

So we walked around seeing each other, but why did you forget me?


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(10-20)   
qodi-me:     omo-s'o:n-gE     jaqa-t     met-u-l     El=joul-o:l'-d'Ek?    
which-QUAL   good-SUBN-LOC   reach-SS.IMPF   I-0-ACC   NEG-ask-DES-2SG  

Why don't you want to notice me?


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(10-21)   
c'O:tE     omo:-tE-j     mon-u-t,     met-u-l     iNer     gude-mik.    
always   good-FUT-3SG   say-0-SS.IMPF   I-0-ACC   separately   become-TR.2SG  

You keep me at a distance because everything will be good with you.


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(10-22)   
OnmE-gE     jaqa-tE-j     noNo:n     ej-rE-t     tet     joNZ-o:-l?    
mind-LOC   reach-FUT-3SG   what.for   walk-NONIT-SS.IMPF   you   sleep-RES-AN  

It will come to your mind why you have forgotten me.

Comment:
The Action Nominal joNZo:l functions as the finite predicate, see (3-2).


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(10-23)   
me:-dE-t     modo-t     eg-u-Zu-t     jaqtE-nun-u-jE.    
wait-INTR-SS.IMPF   sit-SS.IMPF   walk-0-ITER-SS.IMPF   song-HAB-0-1SG  

I am waiting for you sitting and walking and I am singing.


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(10-24)   
oj-c'E     ojl'     qolil     tite     mOd-u:-nun-nu-j     tet    
stream-IMPF.PART   stream   noise   like   hear-INTR-HAB-IMPF-3SG   you  
met-i-n     oG-o:-ji:-t     jaqta:-nun-nu-l.    
I-0-DAT   stand-RES-ITER-SS.IMPF   song-HAB-IMPF-AN  

I can hear you standing and singing to me like the sound of a fast stream.