#visitthedoctor

HEALER: Da yanæ. Bi, ra yanæ, [jkar] és ashkia and? (Hello. How many I help you today?)

PATIENT: Chol musti, és zhomalshi. Pi va ushbanyanæ, da, és kilit. Chupínsu, fiaks, e'ata. (Every morning, I vomit. By the afternoon, I feel fine. I'm also gaining weight)

HEALER: Har hat míd? (When did it start?)

PATIENT: Zay tine, kat, ha'as. (It's been 2 weeks, now)

HEALER: Sæ, lnív, bi ashkus...(Let me check...)

[examines patient]

HEALER: Yug malao, b'af. Etrsu, b'af. (You're with child. You're glowing)

PATIENT: Ay ..kérno, pi'as! Kitit! (Oh...that's wonderful! Thank-you!)

HEALER: Pas kyliméra ash kaf? (What is your number?)

PATIENT: Za za zi saf waf zay waf (3319828)

HEALER: Kitit. Sæ, nævu zay tíne, bi zhav. (Thank you. Come see me in two weeks)

PATIENT: Kitit! Shan tisala, sa daékkask insha! (Thank-you! My boyfriend will be very happy!)

[patient leaves with a big smile on her face]

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Va Ehenív: The Language of The Gerudo Tribe was created by Nina-Kristine Johnson in 2004.

Transcription and translation:

[Enter patient holding a bloody cloth to her arm; clearly in pain]

HEALER: Da yanæ. (Hello)

PATIENT: Doplísh, da yanæ. (Hello, healer)

HEALER: Bi af and? (How are you?)

PATIENT: Ísk havas arp va listrit-artima taroko yaga, és wayt. (I had an accident at the Horseback Archery Practice Area).

[Patient removes cloth to reveal a deep cut; healer examines it]

HEALER: Ísk asko atay, b’way. Pas atay, sæ, yas, bi ashkus. (You’ve got a nasty cut. Let me clean your wound)

[grabs glass bottle of clear liquid]

Yug ísk mala bélke, yas, e’in (I’ll clean it with a little alcohol)

[pours it onto wound and blots it with a clean cloth] [grabs some bandages]

Sémís, yug ísk dosérn, hawal pas ab, sérn, e’in. (Next, I will bind your arm with a bandage)

PATIENT: Kitit. (Thank-you)

HEALER: Pas kyliméra ash kaf? (What is your number?)

PATIENT: Za za maf zay saf waf zay (3302982)

HEALER: Kitit. (Thank-you)

Nævu va zhavsu’ti’e: hara. (In the future: be careful)