Fortune telling

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(37-1)   
[t'ot'a]     ks'en'ija     tuda:     n'i:d'i:-nu-l'El,     tuda:     mit    
aunty   Ksenija   earlier   tell-IMPF-EV   earlier   we  
O:-No:-t     unuN-gE     abud-a:-dEllE     tabud-E     pukel'E-gE     abud-a:-dEllE    
child-V-SS.IMPF   river-LOC   lie-INCH-SS.PERF   that-ACC   snow-LOC   lie-INCH-SS.PERF  
ta-N     mit     qod-o:-l-o:-l-o:     tabud-E     {voroZi:}-nun-nu-j.    
that-ATTR   we   lie-RES-0-RES-0-RES   that-ACC   tell.fortune-HAB-IMPF-TR.1PL  

Aunty Ksenija told this story. "Long ago when we were young, we used to do fortune-telling, lying on the river on the snow.

Comment:
The word qodo:lo:lo: demonstrates the unusual "doubling" of the Resultative marker.


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(37-2)   
mit     ke:jE     ...     abud-a:-dEllE     eg-e:-gi     nado,    
we   before   ...   lie-INCH-SS.PERF   stand-INCH-3   needed  
{Sto}     El=l'E-gE-n     El=qonZE-s'O:n,     qodo     mit     qod-o:-l-o:k,    
that   NEG-be-HORT-3SG   NEG-break-PRIV   how   we   lie-RES-0-INTER.1PL  
pukel'E     El=ej-tE-s'O:n     eg-e:-dEllE     El={toptaj}-din     El=eg-e:-rE-s'O:n     eg-e:-dEllE    
snow   NEG-get-TR-PRIV   stand-INCH-SS.PERF   NEG-step-SUP   NEG-stand-INCH-TR-PRIV   stand-INCH-SS.PERF  
keb-ej-din.    
leave-PERF-SUP  

We lay down and then had to get up without destroying the marks we made by lying down. We had to get up and go without making the snow fly or stepping on it.


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(37-3)   
ta:     ugujE-S-tE     kel-dEllE     jO:-nun-nu-j,     neme-n     c'ugO-k    
there   morning-CAUS-SS.ITER   come-SS.PERF   see-HAB-IMPF-TR.1PL   what-GEN   road-PRED  
l'E-l.    
be-SF  

The next day we would come back and see what traces were there.


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(37-4)   
toukE     c'ugO     l'E-dE-jnE     {to}     l'E-Nin     [odul-Nin]    
dog   road   be-3-DS.COND   then   be-DAT   Yukaghir-DAT  
odul-Nin     qon-tE-jEk.    
Yukaghir-DAT   go-FUT-2SG  

If there were dog traces, you would marry a Yukaghir.


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(37-5)   
{jesl'i}     qorobE-n     qoqs'in     du     jaqa-d-a:s'E-n     qoqs'in    
if   cow-GEN   hoof   if   Yakut-GEN-reindeer-GEN   hoof  
l'E-dE-jnE     taNn'igE     jaqal-Nin     qon-tE-jEk.    
be-3-DS.COND   then   Yakut-DAT   go-FUT-2SG  

If there were traces of a cow or horse's hoof, you would marry a Yakut.


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(37-6)   
{jesl'i}     a:s'E-n     c'ugO     o:-dE-jnE     erpEjE-Nin     terikE    
if   reindeer-GEN   road   be-3-DS.COND   Even-DAT   old.woman  
o:-tE-jEk.    
be-FUT-2SG  

If there were reindeer traces, you would be the wife of an Even."