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I will start it

zreth.kä.fə

my

nzo.ne

grade 1

gra.de one

(was in) in 1991

1991

That is when father put me in the school

nzä fə.thə fof ʔa.faf schoolen zwäth.ba

in Morehead

mo.re.he.ʔa.den

into grade 1

gra.de one

I did it in 1991

wä.fi.yo.kwa 1991

Then in 1992 grade 2 and 1993 ...

1992 gra.de tə.wo 1993

until 2000

ʔe bo.bo 2000

that is when I really graduated. I was in grade 8.

gra.du.ʔa.te fə.thə fof ŋa.fi.yo.kwa gra.de 8 fə.thə fof wo.re.ra

we started the primary school

pə.ri.ma.rəy cə.hi.ləd zayafürake

we are the grade 8 pioneers. we opened that school

gra.de 8 ʔa.ne pi.ʔo.ne.ʔe.rəs fof nə.rä gra.de 8 pi.ʔo.ne.ʔe.rəs ni ʔa.ne fof zayafürake

from there

fo.ba

they called our names. we had passed.

nən.bräk.nə.wath pass zä.fi.yo.tha

at Daru highschool

da.ru highschool

I did two years there

fä ʔe.da yə.so.kwər wä.fi.yo.kwa

grade 9 and grade 10

gra.de 9 gra.de 10

in 2002 I finished my grade 10

2002 nze.fə fə.thə fof nzo.ne gra.de 10 zab.tha

in 2002

2002

that is when

fə.thə fof

we waited for the results

re.su.lə.tər kə.ma ʔa.ne fof ŋa.mo.ne.gwra.ke

maybe they did something to the papers

fe.fa fä kwa nəm mon ʔä.fi.yo.kwath

they should have sent the offers from Awaba. we waited for the secondary school.

ni.ma ʔa.wa.ba.fo kə.ma thä.rif.tha.ke kə.ma ʔa.wa.ba bä.ne.mər ŋabri- ŋa.mo.ne.gwa.ke se.con.da.rəy schoolr

they did not call any of us

ke.ke nən.bräk.nə.wath ni bra.mö.wä

so we returned to the village

kar.fo ŋan.bri.gwra.ke

we stayed... I stayed 2003 2004 2005 2006

ka.ren nam.nza wam.nza 2003 4 5 6

2007.. that is when I got married

2007 ka.be fə.thə fof nze.fə ze.fa.fa

that was when I married the man

ka.be fə.thə fof ze.fa.fa nze.fə

yes, your brother in-law

ʔa.hə bo.ne nə.gom fof

today I am married

wa.tik ze.na ka.be.kaf wo.rä

Daru is not good, not a good school

da.ru da.ru ma.ne rä ke.ke na.mä sə.ko.ro

it was hard without water and we were staying without food

no.mär thə.kar.thə rä da.gon.mär nzwam.nzə.rəm

hungry, no water, they shut down the water system

fra.si no ke.ke no bä.ne bə.lo.cək zwa.fi.yo.kwə.rəm

(You cannot) walk around. (We were) just like this

ke.ke məm.rä.sir ni.ma.fə kom.nzo

we were hungry from the morning until lunchtime

fra.si.nzo nzwam.nzə.rəm ʔe.zi.fa bo.bo.mər mor ʔe.foth

that was the only time, when I could eat

da.gon fə.thə.nzo thwa.na.thə.rəm

it was not a lot of food, only a spoonful

ke.ke kwot ka.far da.gon nä.bi si.bu.ni da.gon

with a little sauce

ba.si.ʔo ka.tan.wä fo.bo

in the morning

ʔe.zi ma.ne nzəf.rä.rəm

we had only a biscuit

bis.ket nä.bi.nzo

just a single biscuit

loose nä.bi

and one cup of tee

no mə.ni fə.rä ka.fu.si

this is all that we ate

wa.ti ʔa.ne.nzo thwa.na.thə.rəm

the school classrooms were bad

sə.ko.la.ne cə.las.sro.ʔom ma.ne ʔe.rä ga.tha.ga.tha

we didn't study a properly. sometimes the light

kwot ke.ke na.mä stu.dy light nä kay.ʔə

the lights went off because they had a blackout

ʔo.fəf thəf.rä.rəm bə.la.cə.ko.ʔut kwa.fi.yo.kwə.rəm

we didn't really study properly

na.mä stu.dy ke.ke kwot kwa.fi.yo.kwə.rə.me

we worked for the payment of our food

zə.nzä kwab.zən.wə.rə.me da.gon fa.wər

early in the morning at five o'clock

ʔe.zi za.fö.wä zəf.rä.rəm 5 ʔo.cə.lo.cək

we finished the work at six o'clock

six ʔo.cə.lo.cək zub.tha.kwra.me zə.nzä

for the payment of the food which we ate in the canteen

da.gon fa.wər me.sen ma.ne thwa.na.thə.rəm

then we went to school

fo.ba we ʔe.zi sə.ku.lər nzə.fi.ya.kəm

we were inside until

nzuth.kə.grəm bo.bo

midday. that is when we came out and (ate) the same again

mor ʔe.foth fə.thə kwän.mä.tra.me ni.mä.wä fof

a small lunch

ka.tan.me da.gon

one spoon of rice

nä.bi si.bu.ni rice

and a little sauce

we bä.ne ba.si.ʔo ka.tan fof ʔe.rä

no meat

ya.se ke.ke

the same bland food again

ni.mä.wä kom.nzo drəy nä kay.ʔə

some days, the teacher had what

nä kay.ʔə.nzo tea.cher kar fə.thə bä.ne.kaf thəf.rä.rəm

that spend some money (on meat)

mo.ney thəf.zä.nzə.rə.məth

then we ate that (meat)

wa.ti ʔa.ne fof thwa.na.thra.me

then I returned to the village

fə.thə kar.fo zä.bri.ma wa.ti

the life was good in the village and I didn't not go again (to Daru). I just got married

ka.ren na.mä mə.sak.si nä moth ke.ke wa.tik ka.be.nzo ze.fa.fa

(the story) comes to an end here

wa.tik fof zway.thik

thank you

ʔe.so