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I, when I, I came

nō , bone go nar , nar me

I

nar

I came here (to Faramsu)

nar me le

and I didn't know

rō nar fōn kilbwele go

how they were going to the creek and were catching prawns with a cloth net

mwi ir be nge ru lam venvan silool rō ru lam saalwēne weleler silool

I came

nar me

then I came and lived here

ngarō nar me tu le

with the family from Fyanbyak

lon famili ne ōr Fyanbyak

and my old grandmother

rō ak tutu temarō

was going to the creek, she went and was catching prawns

tu te venvan silool , te an tu te selsaalwē weleler

then one day

ale lan ubung hol

she said that us two should go and I should follow and go to the creek

ti gile go abwee gomalō mō an na usili van silool

we two just went to the creek and

mōr van silool nga rō

she went and was cathcing prawns and she went and caught a eel

te an tu te selsaalwē weleler rō te an saalwēne maler hol

eels, and when that (happened) and I am afraid of, I am afraid of eels

maler rō bone gola o nō ōlōk tu ti ken ne , ōlōk tu ti ken ne maler

I wasn't able to touch it

nar fōn kilbwele nab rekale

I was eeing (it) and was thinking of snakes

tu nar se rō tu nar remrame tiltiel

when my grandmother caught (it) in the water

bone ak tutu te saalwēne lon wē

(she) threw it on land and told me to hit (it)

tōtōbne me sinaōr ngarō ti gile nab sie

when she told me to just hit (it) then I ran

bone ti gile nab sie nga rō nar ko

I ran, I ran away from (it) and I went and was already standing far away, and

nar ko , nar ko myorone rō nar van sob tu soren bur rō

That eel too was running and it had almost returned to the water

maler gola mōn tu tu ko rō , tu te felte bo ko lili van lon wē

When my grandmother saw that I had just ran away, and she came now and came and came and killed (it)

bone go ngenge ak tutu te se go nga ti ir la go tu nar ko myorone nga rō nge mōn te me nga rō me te me sie

she came and killed that eel

te me sie maler gola

she killed (it)

totobini

then

ale

we two just took (it) now and we two came

mōr bwiri uri sir rō mōr me

we two just came home

mōr bwiri me telenim

and time passed

rō mu ruru van

then I

ale nō nga

When I sew that, me too I know how to go

bone nam sese van mwi ir la , nō mōn nam an kilbwele go ru nam venvan

I go to the creek and I am catching prawns but eels I am afraid of

nam an silool rō ru nam saalwēne weleler rō maler rō ōlōk mwi ken ne

When I touch them in the water, It is not possible that I catch (them)

bone nam rekale lon wē o tolo menmenene na uri

when I want to catch prawns, I go to the creek, I go, I am reaching for prawns

bone go nam rame lolne go ena ane weleler , nam an silool , nam an , ru nam kisi weleler

reach and I take (them)

kisi rō nam , nam lee me

I am taking (them) and when I see cabbage near the road

ru nam lee me bone go nam se fyaar gele silil

like ribrib cabbage, I pick it

mōn mane fyaar ribrib nam inti

I come and I am

nam me ru nam

put (it) inside, put (it) inside

sungone van lon , sungone van

I am putting (it) and I put the prawns with (it) it makes the cabbage really good

ru nam sungone rō nam sungone weleler van mane mwee mwi yene fyaar go tu e ten go mu e ten go

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we eat those prawns with the cabbage

mem ane weleler gola mane fyaar

or root vegetables, we are making it like this

o melee en ru mem yene mōn mane

they, the family from Fyanbyak there it is their food, wold yams, they roast (them), I came and I am roasting (them) with (them)

yel , famili ne ōr Fyanbyak la mwee aal melee ru nge lebak o lam fane , nam me ru nam fane mane

roast root vegetables like wild yams and we eat (them)

fane melee en nge lebak o ru mwi yene ru mem ane

we eat the wild yams with that cabbage with the prawns

mem ane lebak mane fyaar gola mane weleler en

it makes the root vegetables really good

mwi yene melee go tu e ten

my story is finished here now

sok saarōen mo nok nga moro nga ngela

it is finished here

mo nok nga ngela