KK1-2011 - Nta byin wa ai lam (Origin of the house) with English translation

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Translation (Htoi San) Now, I am telling the story about the people when we did not know how to make the house. A long, long time ago, people did not know how to build houses. A man went into the forest as he did not learn how to live in a house. He saw a wild boar residing in its place. It dug the dried ground and covered it with cutting thatch layer by layer at a side and rank by rank. So it could stay warm and dry during the rainy season even though it was heavy as the rain could not come in. From that day onwards, he thought, "This wild boar can stay warm even in the rainy season. We, humans, did not have the idea of making houses, so we have to live in a rocky cave and hide there, which shouldn't be anymore." "Like this wild pig, I will cut thatch nicely and shield the roof so the rain can't get in." Then he took a sample of the piggy's nest and built his house. At last, he knew how to build a house and lived there. We learn from one another so that we can be able to construct houses for our homes. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gaw moi anhte shinggyin masha ni nta garai nchye galaw ai shaloi na lam re nga ai. Anhte shinggyin masha ni gaw shawng moi shawng de nta rai n chye galaw ai da. Nta n chye galaw rawng re she la langai gaw le nam de hkawm mat wa sai da. Nam de hkawm mat wa re yang she wa n du gaw ndai n hkun htu krawk tawn na she dai ntsa kaw shangu hkindu ni dan la na htap hte htap di na maga mi di na shi gaw tsang hte tsang di na magap nna yinam marang ta kade htu ai retim mung marang n shang ai sha a hkrun a hkraw rawng ai sa mu la ai da. Re na she shi gaw nta dai shani kaw na she shi gaw aw anhte shinggyin masha ni mung hka ndai wa du she re pyi ning re na yanam ta retim alum ala re na nga lu ai wa anhte shinggyin masha ni gaw nta n chye galaw rawng ai majaw lungpu lungrawk hkan sha gawp hkawm re yang gaw nmai ai. Ndai wa du zawn di na anhte mung shangu dan la na atsawm sha di na galup nna marang nshang hkra di na galaw rawng na re nga na dai shani kaw na shi gaw dai la wa gaw dai wa du a tsip hpe yu la na nta wa galaw rawng ai da. Nta wa galaw rawng na shi gaw hpang e shi gaw nta chye galaw rawng mat wa, langai hte langai gaw shada yu hkat na dum nta ni gap rawng chye mat wa ai re da. . Language as given: Jinghpaw