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About the story
What’s with this “Wren” thing?
   The oldest extant version of the fable we are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology of Low Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”) collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read more ...

中文 • 漢語 • 華語 • 
Zhōngwén • Hànyǔ • Huáyǔ
現代漢語 • Xiàndài Hànyǔ

Modern Standard Chinese


Listen to this translation in Mandarin Chinese:

[Download mp3]

Translation and Narration: Jiāng Zhànméi ()

Location: Seattle, USA; formerly Tianjin, China

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn

Language information: [Click]Click here for different versions. >




Jyau1lyau2

Jyau1lyau2 yi4jr2 ba3 dz4ji3 de chau2 jyan4 dzai4 che1peng2 li3. Yi2dan4 cheng2nyan2 jyau1lyau2 chywan2 dou1 fei1chu1 jya1 chyu4. Ta1men chu1 men2 chyu4 wei2 syau3 hai2dzmen mi4 shr2. Je4yang4 syau3 jyau1lyau2 jyou4 bei4 dan1du2 lyou2 dzai4 jya1 jung1.

Gwo4 yi2jen4 hou4, jyau1lyau2 fu4chin1 fan3hwei2 dau4 jya1 jung1.

“Fa1sheng1 shen2me shr4ching2 le?” Fu4chin1 wen4, “Shei2 chi1wu3 ni3men le. Hai2dzmen, ni3men dou1 bei4 sya4hwai4 le.”

“O1, ba4ba,” ta1men shwo1, “you3 yi2ke da4 shr1dz gang1tsai2 lai2 le. Ta1 kan4shang4chyu4 syung1tsan2 ke3pa4. Ta1 yi4jr2 deng4je wo3men de jya1. Na4 shwang1 da4 yan3jing1 ba3 wo3men sya4hwai4 le.”

“Wo3 ming2bai2 le,” fu4chin1 shwo1, “Ne4me ta1 syan4dzai4 chyu4 na4li3 le?”

“Ai1,” ta1men shwo1, “ta1 syang4 na4tyau2 lu4 dzou3chyu4 le.”

“Ni3men deng3je wo3,” fu4chin1 shwo1. “Wo3 jyou4 chyu4 jwei1 ta1. Bye2 dan1 syin1 le, hai2dzmen. Wo3 hwei4 jyau1syun4 ta1 de.” Ran2hou4 ta1 syang4 shr1dz fang1syang4 fei1chyu4.

Dang1 ta1 gwai3gwo4 wan1, jyou4 kan4jyan4 na4jr1 shr1dz jeng4 dzai4 na4li3 yi1ke ren2 san4bu4.

Dan4shr4 jyau1lyau2 fu4chin1 bing4 bu2 hai4pa4. Ta1 fei1sya4chyu4, lwo4 dzai4 shr1dz de hou4bei4 shang4. Kai1shr3 chr4dze2 ta1: “Ni3 dau4 wo3 jya1li3 gan4 shen2me chyu4le?” Ta1 shwo1: “Gan4ma sya4hu3 wo3 de hai2dzmen?”

Shr1dz hau2 bu2 dzai4 yi4, yi1jyou4 san4je bu4.

Je4ke bu2 yi3wei2 ran2 de tai4du4 rang4 jyau1lyau2 fu4chin1 keng4 jya1 yan2li4de kai1shr3 chr4dze2 ta1: “Ni3 bu2 ying1gai1 dau4 wo3 jya1 na4li3 chyu4. Wo3 gau4su ni3, ru2gwo2 ni3 dzai4 lai2,” ta1 shwo1, “Ni3 kan4 hau3! Wo3 chi2shr2 bu2 syang3 je4yang4 dzwo4,” ta1 shwo1je, dzwei4 hou4 tai2chi3 yi4tyau2 twei3, “dan4shr4, sya4tsz4 wo3 jyou4 hwei4 yung4 twei3 ti1lan4 ni3de hou4bei4.”

Ran2hou4, ta1 fei1hwei2 dz4ji3de chau2.

“Mei2 shr4 le, hai2dzmen.” ta1 shwo1, “Wo3 yi3jing1 jyau1syun4le ta1 yi4tung1. Ta1 bu2 hwei4 dzai4 lai2 le.”


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Please click here to leave an anniversary message (in any language you choose). You do not need to be a member of Lowlands-L to do so. In fact, we would be more than thrilled to receive messages from anyone.
Click here to read what others have written so far.

About the story
What’s with this “Wren” thing?
   The oldest extant version of the fable we are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology of Low Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”) collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read more ...

中文 • 漢語 • 華語 • 
Zhōngwén • Hànyǔ • Huáyǔ
現代漢語 • Xiàndài Hànyǔ

Modern Standard Chinese


Listen to this translation in Mandarin Chinese:

[Download mp3]

Translation and Narration: Jiāng Zhànméi ()

Location: Seattle, USA; formerly Tianjin, China

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn

Language information: [Click]Click here for different versions. >




Jyau1lyau2

Jyau1lyau2 yi4jr2 ba3 dz4ji3 de chau2 jyan4 dzai4 che1peng2 li3. Yi2dan4 cheng2nyan2 jyau1lyau2 chywan2 dou1 fei1chu1 jya1 chyu4. Ta1men chu1 men2 chyu4 wei2 syau3 hai2dzmen mi4 shr2. Je4yang4 syau3 jyau1lyau2 jyou4 bei4 dan1du2 lyou2 dzai4 jya1 jung1.

Gwo4 yi2jen4 hou4, jyau1lyau2 fu4chin1 fan3hwei2 dau4 jya1 jung1.

“Fa1sheng1 shen2me shr4ching2 le?” Fu4chin1 wen4, “Shei2 chi1wu3 ni3men le. Hai2dzmen, ni3men dou1 bei4 sya4hwai4 le.”

“O1, ba4ba,” ta1men shwo1, “you3 yi2ke da4 shr1dz gang1tsai2 lai2 le. Ta1 kan4shang4chyu4 syung1tsan2 ke3pa4. Ta1 yi4jr2 deng4je wo3men de jya1. Na4 shwang1 da4 yan3jing1 ba3 wo3men sya4hwai4 le.”

“Wo3 ming2bai2 le,” fu4chin1 shwo1, “Ne4me ta1 syan4dzai4 chyu4 na4li3 le?”

“Ai1,” ta1men shwo1, “ta1 syang4 na4tyau2 lu4 dzou3chyu4 le.”

“Ni3men deng3je wo3,” fu4chin1 shwo1. “Wo3 jyou4 chyu4 jwei1 ta1. Bye2 dan1 syin1 le, hai2dzmen. Wo3 hwei4 jyau1syun4 ta1 de.” Ran2hou4 ta1 syang4 shr1dz fang1syang4 fei1chyu4.

Dang1 ta1 gwai3gwo4 wan1, jyou4 kan4jyan4 na4jr1 shr1dz jeng4 dzai4 na4li3 yi1ke ren2 san4bu4.

Dan4shr4 jyau1lyau2 fu4chin1 bing4 bu2 hai4pa4. Ta1 fei1sya4chyu4, lwo4 dzai4 shr1dz de hou4bei4 shang4. Kai1shr3 chr4dze2 ta1: “Ni3 dau4 wo3 jya1li3 gan4 shen2me chyu4le?” Ta1 shwo1: “Gan4ma sya4hu3 wo3 de hai2dzmen?”

Shr1dz hau2 bu2 dzai4 yi4, yi1jyou4 san4je bu4.

Je4ke bu2 yi3wei2 ran2 de tai4du4 rang4 jyau1lyau2 fu4chin1 keng4 jya1 yan2li4de kai1shr3 chr4dze2 ta1: “Ni3 bu2 ying1gai1 dau4 wo3 jya1 na4li3 chyu4. Wo3 gau4su ni3, ru2gwo2 ni3 dzai4 lai2,” ta1 shwo1, “Ni3 kan4 hau3! Wo3 chi2shr2 bu2 syang3 je4yang4 dzwo4,” ta1 shwo1je, dzwei4 hou4 tai2chi3 yi4tyau2 twei3, “dan4shr4, sya4tsz4 wo3 jyou4 hwei4 yung4 twei3 ti1lan4 ni3de hou4bei4.”

Ran2hou4, ta1 fei1hwei2 dz4ji3de chau2.

“Mei2 shr4 le, hai2dzmen.” ta1 shwo1, “Wo3 yi3jing1 jyau1syun4le ta1 yi4tung1. Ta1 bu2 hwei4 dzai4 lai2 le.”


© 2011, Lowlands-L · ISSN 189-5582 · LCSN 96-4226 · All international rights reserved.
Lowlands-L Online Shops: Canada · Deutschland · France · 日本 · UK · USA