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(97) gosha (Kegg 1991:104-105)
a) Mii go imaa aabanaabiyaan, geyaabi ko biminizha’od.
DP EMPH there I look back still as usual following me
b) Gichi-aayaazhikweyaan, bimibatooyaan gichi-enigok.
I cry really loud I run really hard
c) Mii gaa-izhi-noondawiwaad ingiw ikwewag, biijiba’idiwaad.
DP and they heard me those women running to me
d) “Aaniin,” indig.
what’s wrong they tell me
e) “Awiiya imbiminizha’og,” indinaag.
someone s/he is following me I tell them
f) “Animosh gosha naa a’aw,” ikidowag.
dog DM DM this they say
g) “Dibi naa wenjibaagwen,” ikidowag.
I wonder DM where s/he comes from they say
a) ‘I looked back there and he was still following.
b) I screamed real loud and ran just hard.
c) The ladies heard me and came running.
d) “What’s the matter,” she said to me.
e) “Somebody is following me,” I told them.
f) “Goodness, it’s a dog [gosha naa],” they said.
g) “I wonder where he came from,” they said.’
Once the women find out that it was just a dog following her, they reveal this fact by the
statement in (97f) goodness, it’s a dog [gosha]. While the published translation itself
does not make this explicit, one of my consultants suggests that the feeling here is one of
relief, not excitement. While it is true, however, that the little girl is very frightened by
the big dog following her home, the women appear to show that they are not very
concerned as they give her a light reprimand later on in the same paragraph by saying I
told you to hurry, apparently meaning that this would not have happened had she hurried.
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