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the wind that his us

lēng go tesie gēmēm

the wind which hit us, the wind came in the month of March

lēng go tesie gēmēm lēng teme lon abare ne Maj

and when we heard the wind was coming, Richard (bible translator) was explaining to us

rō bone go mēr longone go lēng teme Richard tu tewar tale mene gēmēm

we were preparing, we covered the houses

tu mēr nēknak mēr tob kare ēm yēl

we covered our kitchens, our houses

mēr tob kare mēmēm riri ēm ēm go tobo

with coconut palm fronds, we went and cut coconut palm fronds, we came and covered the houses

ne lo ōl mēr van tēta lo ōl mēr me me tu kērkare ēm

we prepared as the wind would just come

mēr nēknak tone go lēng abwiri me

the wind came on the 13th

lēng teme lan namba 13

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of March, of March, when it reached us

ne Maj , ne Maj go teme rekale gēmēm

we covered the houese

mēr tu kērkare ēm

and we

rō gēmēmriēl mirir

we ran we came in Sandy's house

mirir ko mirir me lu lon ēm mwe Sandy

we called to Moti and her family, the families of this area

gēmēmriēl mirir ke Moti gilil famili ne ōr gonyēl

further up, Joet and her family

lan koko i tēn Joet gilil

Moti and her family

Moti gilil

Rota

Rota

Wobung and his family

Wobung gilil

the old woman Makin

tēmarō Makin

Alice, grandmother Mary

Alice , tutu Mary

we came

mirir me

we came and hid in Sandy's house

mirir me lu lon ēm mwe Sandy

I prepared Sandy's house and we hid in this place

nar nēknakne ēm mwe Sandy mirir me lu nor go rēn

the wind just came and reached us at 12 o'clock

lēng tibwiri me rekale gēmēm lon 12 o'klok

on Wednesday

lan Wednsdei

the wind came it was strong

lēng teme tiyaa

it broke the trees down

tetotowe liē yēl me fan

we, the breadfruit trees

gēmēmriēl li byōrob

the wind overturned the breadfruit trees

lēng tekaku li byōrob me

the breadfruit trees hit both

li byōrob totob sēlanga gēlalō

the kitchen and the house

riri ēm rō ēm go tobo

the wind was really strong, it made

lēng tiyaa go tiyaa tiyēne

it hit many trees

tesie liē yēl tee lon mēle nga bur

it blew them down

tifwifwii me fan

at that time

lon taem gola

we secured the children and they slept in the good house

mēr tob sēne lobungbung yēl lar fwiēr fan ēm go mue

as the wind didn't touch them

bēn go lēng afōn rekale yēl

the wind hit many houses

lēng tisie ēm tee lon mēle

the breadfruit trees fell down

li byōrob yēl tifwii me fan

when we just came outside the house here, we saw that the place was different

bone go mēr bwiri so vēle me lē ēm mēr sē go ōr timinminii

the wind hit and changed the area, the area was not clear

lēng tisie ōr timinminii ōr fōn bwiri me kulō sēlsaal

the area was clear there, saw trees laying across the path

ōr kulō van la sē liē go tufu gele silil

they just jumped over them to get to their homes

lar bwiri lai nga tu lar van lon saal tēlēnēm

when the wind came and finished hitting

bone lēng teme totob tonok

the next day the people they cleaned their homes they were removing the trees

ubung hol ēntēn yēl lar kokone ōr tēlēnēm tu lar ta kuku liē