The mermaidOnce upon a time, in a villageonce-Locvillage-Locvillagetherevillage-Abl-GenmanoneA man from that villageIt is said that he went to a place for fishing.fishcatch-Forgo-Past1say-Progplaceone-DatTo one river, it is said.waterone-Datsay-NomHe went therego-Nom-Past2When he threw his net, no fish came out.netthrow-ConvfishnothingNeg-come_outsay-Progso no fish came outfishnothingNeg-come_outthereforeHe did not catch even one fish.nothingNeg-come_outnot_even_oneNeg-catch-Nom-Datnowwater-Abl-Genspirit-DatThen, to the spirit who was in the water:that-Ergfishbless-Convhe said : "If you bless me with fish,If you bless me with fish,1.Sg:Forfishbless-Past2ifI will give you my daughter Momola.1.Sg.Poss-daughterMomolagive-Fut2.Sg:ForHe said so.this_waysay-Past1say-NomThe next day, when he really threw the net,really3.Sg-Ergnetthrow-Past1the_next_dayThe second time he threw the net, he caught a lot of fishes.two-timesnetthrow-whenfisha_lotcatch-Past1However, as he had caught fish, he became very happy,however3.Sg-Ergfishcatch-Nomhappy-Nom-Abland he forgot his promise.3.Sg-Erg3.Sg-Gen3.Sg-Ergpromise-Genthatforget-Past3He went back.go_back-Past1That day,have-Nomday-onlyThe water, the water spirit had not forgotten.water-Erg-alsoNeg-forget-Past-Perm2water-Genspirit:Erg-alsoso hesay-Nom3.Sg-Ergwater-Genspirit:ErgNeg-forget-Past-Perm2say-Nomday-oneday-LocnowIt is said that the water spirit had not forgotten, and one day,He came on roaring.roar-Conv2roar-Past4come[2]-Past1nowcalling "Momo Momo"3.SgMomoMomo-DatnowHe called his daughter3.Sg.Poss-daughterthatcall-Past4call-Past4come[2]-Past13.Sg.Poss-daughterHe had said that he would give her.give-Futsay-Nom-Past4Since he did not give her, so now (the spirit) remembered and came calling MomoNeg-give-Prog-Nom-Datnowremember-Past4Momo-Datroar-Past4roar-Past4come[2]-Past1When he came there at that timecome-Nomday-onlyHe came, and nowcome[2]-Past1come-NomnowThat water came all over the villagewaterthatnow3.PlvillageallIt is not good to drown, so now,drown-Fut-Conv1Neg-good-Fut-Nom-DatnowNow, the villagers told him3.Sg-Ergvillage-group-ErgnowErg-DatJust give you daughter Momola2.Sg.Poss-DaughterMomolajustgive-Impotherwise, the whole village will die.otherwisevillagealldie-FutThey said that there was no chancethat-forsay-NomnowchanceNeg-have-Nom-DatSo he gave his daughter to it.now3.Sg-Erg3.Sg.Poss-daughterMomolathatgive[2]-Past1There was no chance,chanceNeg-have-Nom-Dat3.Sg.Poss-daughterMomolathatso he gave his daughter to him, throwing her into the waterwaterthat-Forgive-Past3throw[2]-Past1and therefore now we believethat-Ergnowjustbelieve-?that she lives in water, and we call her Momola.water-Lochave-Nomthat-Ergnow1.Pl.Incl:ErgMomolalike_thatcall-Perm