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The following two texts are formal introductory speeches made at seminars convened for cadres largely drawn from the Tujia ethnic minority.

8.1.1: Economic Development
8.1.2: Zhangjiajie Seminar on the Tujia Ethnic Minority

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	nga² lei⁴ gui²zou¹ ying²jian¹ eng³qie², hu³lang³-nie³ bi²zi¹ka³ sa³li³-ma¹, hu³be³-nie³ bi²zi¹ka³ sa³li³-ma¹, cong³qing²-nie³ bi²zi¹ka³ sa³li³-ma¹, hu²ni¹ eng³jiu³. 今天我来到贵州印江，湖南的土家族干部，湖北的土家族干部，重庆的土家族干部，大家都来了。 Today, I have come to Yanjiang in Guizhou Province, along with Tujia cadres from Hunan, Hubei, and Chongqing. We're all here.
02	nga² la² ze², ni² la² ze², guo² la² ze², yi²xi¹ bi²zi¹ka³-nie³ sa³ la² li³. 我一言，你一语，他一句，说的都是土家族的事。 A word from me, one from you, another from him; all that we talk about are Tujia matters.
03	zi³ ga²-duo³, li⁴ ga⁴-duo³; si³ ga²-duo³, zi⁴ long⁴-duo³; xi¹ba¹ da²-duo³, ce³ku¹ ce⁴-duo³; cuo⁴ ong³-duo³, ka³mong³ se¹-duo³; 要吃饭，要挖土；要吃肉，要养猪；要穿衣，要织麻；要住房，要裁树； We need to dig the soil so we can have rice to eat; we need to raise pigs so we can have meat to eat; we need to weave hemp, so we can have clothes to wear; we need to plant trees, so we can have homes to live in.
04	po³pa¹-die¹, pa²ni¹-die¹, re⁴bi² re⁴biu² be⁴-duo³; luo⁴ba¹-die¹, jie²ri¹-duo³; qing³nie²-die¹, ci¹tu¹-duo³; po²ga¹-die¹, cai³mo¹ ri¹-duo³. 老头老婆要抱孙子；青年人要干活；小孩们要读书；老师们要好好地教。 Old folk need to look after their grandchildren; young men need to labour; children need to study; teachers need to teach well.
05	mu²la¹, ga²-ci³ xie², da²-ci³ xie², la² nie¹ la² nie¹ ka¹ ca² lie³ ka¹ ca². qing³nie² a⁴duo³ cai³mo¹ ri¹-duo³, gong²cang¹dang¹ ye⁴-bo³-duo³. 现在有吃有穿，日子越过越好。今后还要好好干，永远感谢共产党。 Nowadays we have food to eat and clothes to wear, and life is getting better day by day. From now on, we must continue to work hard, forever grateful to the Communist Party.
06	nga²-nie³ sa³ li³-ji²-liao³, hu²ni¹ ca², qing³nie² yi³! 我的话讲完了，祝大家好！再见！ My speech is at an end: I wish you all the best and hope to see you again!

Tian Xintao, Daba Township, Yongshun County
recorded on 05 August 2002

01	ga²me¹-die¹, zuo⁴ni³-die¹, po²ga¹-die¹, ma³ma¹-die¹, se²ni² ca²! lei⁴, nga² zang¹jia¹jie² eng³qie², zang¹jia¹jie²-nie³ bi²zi¹-nie³ sa³li³-nie³ yi²xi¹-nie³. 各位领导，各位朋友，各位老师，各位女士，你们好！今天我来到张家界，参加张家界市土家族研究会成立大会。 Leaders, friends, teachers, ladies: greetings to you all! Today I have come to Zhangjiajie to attend the convention of the Zhangjiajie Tujia Research Society.
02	nga², da³bie¹ gong²cang¹dang¹ ang²zai¹, ming³cu³ zeng²ce³ xiao², bi²zi¹ka³ sa³ za⁴-la¹, bi²zi¹ka³ [be²ka³] zi²zi¹ zou¹ nie¹ cuo¹ xiao²; bi²zi¹ka³, be²ka³ zi²zi¹ xian² ge¹ cuo¹ xiao². 我首先感谢共产党，有了民族政策，土家当家作主人。土家族苗族自治州有了两个；土家族苗族自治县有了九个。 First I would like to thank the Communist Party. Because of their minorities policy, the Tujia can manage their own affairs. We have two Tujia-Miao autonomous prefectures, and nine Tujia-Miao autonomous counties.
03	zang¹jia¹jie²-nie³ luo⁴ ca², zang¹jia¹jie²-nie³ ce³, ha¹ce¹ ga²-xi² ca². 张家界的人好，张家界的水、菜都特别好吃。 Zhangjiajie folk are very kind; the food here is good to eat and the water is good to drink.
04	pong³nie², ang²ni¹ huan³si³zai² jing¹bian¹qi⁴ ge³ci², ka³kuo³ gei¹ qi⁴, me² ga³ha² si³-bo³ da⁴ze³, ka³kuo³ re⁴-xi³tai², 昨天我们到黄石寨，金鞭岩游览，山林很大，好像长在天上，树林美极了。 Yesterday, we went sightseeing at Huangshizhai and Jingbianqi; the trees were huge, reaching towards the skies, and the forest was very beautiful.
05	wo³ta² luo⁴die¹ ge³du¹ ge³ci²-nie³ luo⁴ ri³di²ri³ga², hu²ni¹ ge³ci²-lie³ song¹kuo¹-bo³ xi¹ma³ la. 外地到这里来的游客很多，大家都留连忘返。 Very many tourists come here from other areas, and all of them linger, forgetful of home.
06	pong³ni² la³tie², ang²ni¹ xiu²hua³sang¹ la¹ ba⁴, cuo⁴ wo²tu¹ po¹-bo³-xi² nie²pong¹, xi³tie², cuo¹ke¹, xi¹ba¹, xi¹lang¹ re⁴di³re⁴ga², ge⁴ yi²xi¹ bi²zi¹ka³ luo⁴die¹ ri¹-bo³-xi². 昨天晚上我们去秀华山馆参观，屋里陈列的雅床、桌子、椅子、衣服、被子都美极了，它们都是土家族人的产品。 Yesterday evening we visited the Xiuhuashan Museum. Inside, beautiful beds, tables, chairs, clothes, and quilts were on display, all the work of Tujia people.
07	bi²zi¹ka³ hong¹qing³yuan² cuo⁴ su²-bo³-xi² ca²di³ca²ga², ki²zuo⁴ li⁴hong³jing² nie¹ long¹ ci¹tu¹, la² long¹ cuo⁴ su²-xi² luo¹you¹ da⁴ze³, guo² bi²zi¹ka³-nie³ ki²zuo⁴ tie²ba¹. 土家族风情园里的房屋修得很好，木匠李宏进只读过两年书，一年修成一个大寨子一样，他是土家族木匠老大哥。 The Tujia buildings in Hongqingyuan Park were well-constructed. Li Hongjin, a carpenter with only two years of schooling, built the whole village-like complex in just a year; he is truly a great Tujia craftsman.
08	mu²la¹, bi²zi¹ka³ ga²-ci³ xie², da²-ci³ xie², ge³ci²-xi² be² xie², bi²zi¹ka³-nie³ luo⁴ ka¹ ca² lie³ ka¹ ca². 现在土家族人有吃有穿，还有娱乐场所，土家族日子越过越好。 Nowadays the Tujia have food to eat and clothes to wear. They can even enjoy leisure activities; life for the Tujia is getting better every day.
09	qing³nie², hu²ni¹ da⁴ha³ cai³mo¹ ri¹-bo³; nga² a⁴duo³ dang¹zong¹yan¹ ling¹dao¹ xia² cai³mo¹ ri¹-duo³. 以后大家要好好地干，我还要在党中央领导下好好地干。 Let us all continue to work hard in days to come; I, too, must continue to work hard under the leadership of the Party.
10	nga² ni²-nie³ sa³ li³-ji²-liao³, ang²zai¹, ang²zai¹, qing³nie² yi³! 我的话说完了，谢谢！谢谢！再见！ My words are coming to an end: Thank you! Thank you! Goodbye!

pron: 我 / I, me advt: 今天 / today pn: 贵州 / Guizhou pn: 印江 / Yinjiang (in north-eastern Guizhou) vi: 来 / to come pn: 湖南 / Hunan suff: 的 / ['s] n: 土家族 / Tujia minority n+vt: 说话 / to speak vsuff: 人 / [doer] pn: 湖北 / Hubei pn: 重庆 / Chongqing pron: 大家 / everyone vi: 来 / to come num: 一 / one cl: 嘴/口 / mouthful, sentence pron: 你 / you pron: 他 / he advm: 全 / all n: 话/事 / words, matters vt: 说 / to say n: 饭 / cooked rice, meal vt: 吃/咬 / to eat, bite vsuff: 要 / [want] n: 地 / land vt: 挖 / to dig (the fields) n: 肉 / meat n: 猪 / pig vt: 生/养 / to give birth; to raise n: 衣服 / clothes vt: 穿 / to wear n: 大麻纤维 / hemp fibres vt: 搓 / to twist (hemp into a rope) n: 房屋 / house vi: 坐 / to sit n: 树 / tree vt: 种 / to sow n: 老人 / old person nsuff: 复数 / [plural] n: 老妇人 / old lady n: 孙子 / grandson n: 孙女 / granddaughter vt: 抱 / to cradle in the arms n: 丈夫/男人 / husband; man vi: 劳动 / to labour n: 小孩 / child vi: 读书 / to read, study n: 老师 / teacher advm: 好好地 / well vt: 做 / to work, do advt: 现在 / now vsuff: 的 / [that which] vt: 有 / to have cl: 日 / day vt: 过 / to spend (time) vi: 好 / to be good part: (强调) / (emphasis) advt: 后 / after, behind advm: 再/还 / yet, still n: 共产党 / Communist Party vt: 拖 / to pull vsuff: 着 / [stative] vsuff: 完 / [end] vsuff: 了+现在 / [past+now] vt: 看见 / to see n: 官 / official n: 亲戚 / relative n: 姑母/女人 / aunt; young woman pron: 你们 / you (pl) pn: 张家界 / Zhangjiajie (city in north-western Hunan province) pn: 土家语 / Tujia language advm: 先 / first, before vt: 感谢 / to thank n: 民族 / people (ethnic group n: 政策 / policy vt: 有+现在 / to have+[now] vt: 拿 / to hold vsuff: 继续 / [continuous, repetitive] pn: 苗族 / Miao nationality n: 自治 / autonomy n: 州 / prefecture num: 二 / two cl: 栋 / (for houses) n: 县 / county num: 九 / nine n: 人 / person n: 水 / water n: 蔬菜 / vegetables vsuff: 的 / [that which] advt: 昨天 / yesterday pron: 我们 / we pn: 黄石寨 / (name of a place) pn: 金鞭岩 / (name of a place) vi: 玩 / to have fun n: 森林 / forest pron: 多 / many; how many? vi: 大 / to be large n: 天 / sky n: 上面 / on vi: 生长 / to grow vt: 像/一样 / to resemble vi: 美丽 / to be beautiful vsuff: 很 / [very] n: 外面 / outside pron: 人家 / (other) people advl: 这里 / here vi: 很多 / to be very many vsuff: 了 / [past] vi: 回来 / to return vt: 忘记 / to forget part: (叹词) / (excl) advt: 昨天 / yesterday advt: 今夜 / tonight pn: 秀华山 / (name of a Tujia museum in Zhangjiajie) cl: 一下 / a while vt: 看 / to look at n: 里面 / inside vt: 放 / to place, pasture, release, shoot n: 床 / bed n: 桌子 / table n: 凳子 / stool n: 被子 / quilt vi: 很美 / to be very pretty pron: 他们 / they pn: 风情园 / (name of a minorities theme park) vt: 建 / to build vi: 很好 / to be very good n: 木匠 / carpenter pn: 李宏进 / (name of a person) cl: 年 / year n: 寨 / village n: 大的 / large (one) advm: 也 / also advm: 一起 / all, together pn: 党中央 / the Party Central Committee n: 领导 / leader n: 下 / latter part