IBANAG TEXT The following text was tape-recorded during my first stay in Pamplona (1960). The story was told by a high-school boy (Jerry Daguma, then 14 years old), without any preparation. Therefore not everything in the story goes on quite smoothly; there are some diaforms. I give the story just as it is on my tape. DA AYONG ANNI DAGGA' monkey and turtle 1) naggyak kanu dua nga makkofun there were, it is said, two friends 2) Danaw nga dua nga makkofun ay da ayong anni dagga\ These two friends monkey and turtle. 3) Tadday kanu gafa nga aggaw ay minay kanu ira nappasiar ta agig nab bevay . One they say also day went they say they walked on shore of sea ANALYSIS OF IBANAG 197 4) Taton nga pappasafasiarda ta agig nab bevay ay nak eta vug ira in that walking of them on shore of sea met they tat tadday nga fun nad dufo' nga kayu nad dufo' ay kinattura mga dua. one trunk of banana tree of banana carried by them two 5) Tallabbe' da tab balera ay nagadduadda nga dua ay ya in a' on arriving they at their house divided by them two the taken ni dagga' ay ya funna. by the turtle the trunk of it 6) Si ayong gafa: kwa' ya nguruna tafena nalogon nga matuvu monkey still: my posssssion the top of it that easy grows kunna kanu ay ina'na he said they say taken by him 7) (Tap pammula) Ta edda kanu sa pangimula, taton pammulara (when planting) when they went to plant it, when in that their planting ay navayavayag nga an nattullun. long time not they visited 8) Tat tadday nga aggaw ay minay kanu ira nattullun, ay narakay on one day went they say they to visit, bad kanu ta yas swerte ni ayong ay natav, yore dufo Via nga egga they say there the hick of the monkey dead that banana his — there was. yang nguruna, ay ni dagga' kanu ay natolay. the top of it, of turtle they say alive 9) Taton kanu nga aggaw ay maraddam kanu si ayong ay magayaya' gafa si dagga'. on that they say day sad they say monkey happy still turtle. 10) Labbe' ngana kanu nap pawunga ta navayavayag kanu arrived already they say the bearing fruit when long they say nga aggaw ay minay ira kanu nga nattullun taton nga karufatadda day went they they say visit that banana bush their ay ya navunga yak kwa ni dagga', dufo' ni dagga' ay nalutuak kanu. the bearing the one of turtle, banana of turtle came out they say 11) Labbe' kanu ni ayong sa, kinalena kanu si dufo'. arrived they say the monkey at it, Climbed by him they say the banana 12) Pakkalena kanu sa ay yore: iddammake' ayong, kunna kanu ni dagga'. When he climbed it they say that: please be given by you I monkey he said they say the turtle 13) Gafii ta arianna ka la sa iddan, enna kanu Because then not by him they say then to him given, went by him they say sinftan yaf fun nad dufo'. covered with thorns the trunk of banana 14) Passfna kanu gattag kanu ni ayong nasfsitak kanu When covered with thorns they say when came down the monkey , . , . stung with thorns they say ngamin yab bagrvagma. whole the body his 15) Ngem minay gafa si dagga', nattotto' tag gukan nak katul But went again the turtle, hid under coconut shell 16) Pattotto'na kanu tag gukan nak katul ay gimittag kanu When hid he they say under the shell come down they say si (dagga') ayong ay nasisitan kanu yaton. the (turtle) monkey stung they say that one 198 PHILIPPINE QUARTERLY OF CULTURE & SOCIETY 17) enna kanu magi tu van g taf (fun nak) katul, kinaga'na kanu went he they say sit on (stem of) shell, bitten by him they say gafa ni dagga' ya ifu' na (ni ayong). also by turtle the tail his (of the monkey) 18) Pakkaga' kanu sa ay: sfnni yaw? when bit they say him — : who this? 19) Yore binukeran na kanu yan nasinganna si dagga'. That opened by him they say the seen by him the turtle. 20) Iddaggammu ta pafatayattaka, kunna kanu ni ayong. be waited by you because will be killed by me you, said they say the monkey 21) Iddaggammu ta ituppataka ta aff, kunna kanu labbf sa. be waited by you that will be thrown by me you in fire, said he they say to him. 22) Nafia yaya yap pagararuan nak kakavulukku, kunna kanu. good it the place of being many of friends my, he said they say 23) Ilappattaka tad danum, kunna kanu sa. thrown by me you in water, he said they say to him. 24) Ikallo'ma' ayong, yaya so yap patayakku kunna kanu a. be had mercy by you I, monkey, that by and by the place of my death said he they say ah 25) Inilappanna kanu tad danum. thrown by him they say in water 26) Nagayaya' kanu si dagga'. was happy they say the turtle 27) Ariammu ammu tu yaw ig gyan na bale' kunna kanu not by you known that this the place of house my, he said they say kani ayong anna navalfn. to the monkey and finished. Some remarks about the Ibanag text. 1) na ggy a ^ kanu < naggyan kanu 2) ay introduces PF, since SF precedes, (a: 8) tr. 3) ay introduces Sent F after pre Adjunct F. (a:6) 4) ay naketavug . . . and ay kinattura ... are coordinated Predications after pre Adjunct F. (a: 6) fun nod dufo ' is a lapsus linguae. 5) first ay introduces Predic after pre Adjunct F, second ay introduces PF. 6) ay here wrongly presupposes a pre Adjunct F. 7) Tap'pammula: lapsus linguae. 12) ydre does not join well with the rest. 14) Passi'na kanu and gattdg kanu ni aydng are tap F. 15) tag gukan nak katul < ta gukan na katul 16) (dagga): lapsus linguae. 17) taf (fun nak): lapsus linguae; perhaps: tak katul. Here follow a few sentences with their intonations (the different pitches on account of the Word-Stresses are not indicated). 1) Naggyak kanu dua nga makk6fun. 3 334 33 3341 ANALYSIS OF IBANAG 199 2) Danaw nga dud nga makkofun ay da ay6ng anni daggd\ 33 3 33 33 343334 333 41 cf.(u:3)tr 3) Tadday kanu gate nga aggaw ay minay kanu ira nappasiar ta agig nab bevay. 2 3 3333 3343 33 3 333 334 33 3 3 41 4) Taton nga pappasafasiarda ta agig nab bevay ay naketavug 33 33 333 33 4333 3 343 3333 ir£ tat tadday nga fun nad duf6' nga kayu nad dufo: ay kinattura nga dud. 34 333 33 33 41 333334333333 341 Free translation of the Ibanag text. Once upon a time there were two friends. These two friends were a monkey and a turtle. One day they went for a walk along the seashore. When they were walking along the seashore, they saw a banana tree, and they two carried it along. When they arrived at their house, they divided it and the turtle took the trunk. The monkey however said: "The top is mine, in order that it may grow easily," and he took it. When they had planted it, for a long time they did not come to see it. One day they went to have a look, and the monkey had bad luck, because his was dead, the banana tree which had only the top, but the one of the turtle was still alive. On that day the monkey was sad, but the turtle was happy. When the time came of bearing fruit, after a long time, they went to see their banana tree, and the one of the turtle had fruit, the banana of the turtle came already out. When the monkey came there, he climbed on the banana tree . When he had climbed on it , the other said : "Please, give me, monkey." Because he did not give any, he started placing thorns at the trunk of the tree. When he had placed the thorns, and when the monkey had come down, he was stung with thorns over his whole body. But the turtle went away and hid under a coconut shell. When he had hidden himself under a coconut shell, the monkey came down and was stung by the thorns. He sat down on the coconut shell; the turtle bit in his tail. When he had bitten him, (the monkey) said: "Who is this? " He opened the coconut shell and he saw the turtle. "Wait, that I shall kill you," said the monkey. "Wait, that I shall throw you in the fire," he added. 'That is good, because that is the place where I have many friends," said the other. "I shall throw you in the water," he said. "Have mercy, monkey, that is the place where I shall die," the other said. He threw him in the water. The turtle was happy. "You do not know that this is the place of my house," he said to the monkey, and it is finished. Verstraelen, Eugene. 1973. Analysis of Ibanag. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 1:39-37, 175-199.