ay-nÿ gawng^L i^L pÿng ni^H tèy^F, nÿ: i^RF hi-de:^F shiq^H lèw^F llè-llè ngu^L ye-hu nyaq-xwr. ---

mr^L doq lèng^F i^L dzeng lli^L, neq ta:q^H i^L ye-hu chang-hu^H joq^R i^L bu:q^L, shwa^H jo-juq^L i^F hi-de:^F dr-hoq yòy kè^H. ---

o^H ye jawng^L pih-bÿng^H,L eq tra jih^R nyaw-ngew^M,L lòng^H ku-shing^L,M sha-sha^H feq^H sawng^F. ---

o^H ku-shing^L,M tsaq-so^H naw-^L ju-ju-so^L qoq mr^L ye trong piw^F ku-shing-hu^L,M ba:ng-hu^L. ---

hi-de:^F gr dò-dòng^L diw^L, day^L pi-piq^H deng^F, na-na:q ping-ping^H o^H shwi^R, dr nyaq-hu. ---

tÿng o^H laq-laq^H ku-shing^L,M bawng dung lo^H, niq^H lòng^H o^H day^L i^L ye-hu tsung-dwi-hu^M,R buÿ-hu (pu:ng-hu nÿ-gr gawq^L nÿng dwi^R ). ---

ye shang^H tsung-dwi-hu^M,R shr sheq ye-lòy-hu llang-bang-llang^L, tÿng ku-shing^L,M jaw-jawng^L. ---

e-ya^L,H hi-de:^F treq^H nyaq-hu eq dr bay^R. ---

hu-hu^H mu-mu^L ye feq-feq pu:ng-hu ku-shing-hu^L,M nyaw-hu.

Smooth translation of the Gwr:

One early-morning in twelfth-month, there was this mail-delivery-person [postman] making his rounds in his car.

While he was stopped waiting at a traffic light, a person fell down in front of him there in the street; this happened while the postman was heading to the town square.

He [apparently the one who fell, but ???] had a flute, and one could hear the cries of a kusimi* apparently in distress.

The kusimi just sat, not moving at all, even when he tried to win over the kusimi's trust.

The postman made playful motions, offered a bit of food, finally he reconsidered the matter and went back to his car.

But that damned kusimi still wasn't satisfied, he leapt out of the tree onto the top of his umbrella (for it was sleeting).

He wielded his umbrella to defend himself as best he could, but the kusimi held fast, and so the postman retreated to his car and went home.

All day long he was bothered because of the kusimi's whining.

*kusimi: a small semi-tame cat-like animal native to Cindu; Gwr has borrowed the Kash word.

GRAMMAR NOTES AND VOCAB.
Not much to say about the grammar-- it's an isolating lang., basically SVO; adj-n, possessor-possessed; reduplication (full or partial) tends to intensify the meaning of the word involved. Subject pronouns are dropped if the context is clear. The superscript tone marks are as follows: H = high tone, F = high-falling tone, L = low tone, R = low-rising tone. Mid tone (M) is unmarked except when it appears in compounds, e.g. "tsung-dwi^M,R"-- that means that tsung is mid, dwi is low-rising.

VOCAB.
ay-nÿ one (indef), a certain...
ba:ng^L trust (n.)
bang^L good
bawng, dung adv. not yet, as compd., 'still not yet'
bay^R house
bu:q^L road
buÿ top surface of s.t.
chang^H face; front
day^L tree
day^L to give
de:^F to deliver
deng^F food
diw^L motion, movement(s)
dò-dòng playful
doq to stop
dr to go
dr to return (to)
dwi^R rain
dzeng to control
e-ya^L,H narrative part., 'and so'
eq conj. and
feq^H upset, bothered
gawng^L early morning
gawq^L much, a lot of
gr to do, act
hi- personal article, also forms agent nouns (takes tone of following word)
hoq head
-hu possessive marker (takes tone of preceding word)
hu^H all
i^F this
i^L locative prep.
jawng^L have, hold
jih^R to hear
jo-juq^L,M then, at that time
joq^R-lr there
ju^L to move
kè^H plaza, square, open space
ku-shing^L,M a small cat-like animal, semi-tame (< Kash kusimi)
laq-laq^H damned, accursed
lèng^F to wait
lèw^F progressive marker, be...ing
llang^L marker of superlative
llè to patrol, go round
lli^L light
lo^H sated, filled, satisfied
lòng^H (prep.) from, out of
lòy^H (lit. 'body') lòy-hu '-self'
mr^L when, while
mu^L day
na:q last
naw^L not
neq person
ngu^L to use; with, by means of
ni^H two
niq^H to jump
nÿ: there is/are (also > nÿ in certain idioms)
nyaq vehicle (old: wagon)
nyaw, ngew^L onomat. for animal's whining etc.
nÿng ice, icy
o^H that, the (def)
pi-piq^H little bit
pih-bÿng^H,L flute
ping-ping^H to think over, consider
piw^F to win over, persuade, entice
pu:ng reason, cause
pÿng marker for numbers from 11-19, teens
qoq (adv) even
sawng^F danger, jeopardy
sha^H to seem, to appear to be...
shang^H to maneuver/wield s.t. (e.g. a sword or staff)
sheq to defend
shiq^H mail, letter(s)
shr conj. in order to
shwa^H to happen
shwi^R condition, state of affairs
-so (part.) just, only (takes tone of preceding word)
ta:q^H to fall down
tèy^F month
tra-m be able
treq^H to retreat, go back
trong to try
tsaq^H to sit
tsung to protect; tsung-dwi^M,R umbrella
tÿng conj. but
xwr motor
ye 3s. masc. pron, he
yòy center