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I want to tell a story from before

nam rame lolne ēnab saarone saaroēn te marin hol

oh

o

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tēmarō hol

ah, a little bit more

ah mwekekae ten

m'm

m'm

I want to tell a story from before, then

nam rame lolne nab saarone saaroēn te marin hol rō

I will tell a story about an old woman from before

nam , ēnab saarone tēmarō te marin hol

then

rō

her grandchildren were three and they were all male

mabyōn tee lir e siēl rō lir e man sēlanga

then

afta

they stayed for a time, then

lim so van rō

this old woman took a banana and planted it

tēmarō gole muuri vii hol rō mean bya

then, her grandchildren they were running and checking

rō mabyōn yēl ru lam kuko sēsane

speak louder

wērwar van milē

they ran and checked on that banana and they saw that the banana was bearing fruit

lam kuko sēsane vii gole van rō lam an sē go vii mwēlang

then they went and said "grandmother, our banana is bearing fruit"

rō lam gile " tutu , ariēl vii mwēlang "

she said "good, you lot look after it"

mwigile " mue tēn ngela , ei tu gab kulkulō fon "

"and it will put fruit there"

" a bwilingi were ēn rō "

"you will just hunt and we will"

" ēgab bwiri ōrlō bēn rō ērib bwiri "

"you will just grate them and just"

" ērib bwiri kukō o bwiri "

"put"

" lingi ah "

"a bird on it and it will cook and we will just eat it"

" bail lan o babwēfyang rō rib bwiri ane "

she stayed

muru van

they ran and checked

lim kuko sēsane van

then that banana was ready

rō vii gole mean marō

they came and said "grandmotherǃ"

lim me gile " tutuǃ "

"our bananas are ripe"

" ariēl vii mēmarō "

she said "go and cut them"

gile " ga an tee "

They went and cut that banana and came

lim an tee vii gole me

came and put them

me lingi muru

she said

mwigile

"huntǃ"

" ga ōrlōǃ "

"look for birds"

" gab kulō bail "

they went, they went and were hunting

lim an , lim an ru lim ōrlō

The old woman sat and sat and sat and she was hungry

tēmarō mwētaa taa taa a myaal maare

she took out a banana and roasted it

morowa vii hol rō mefane

she roasted it like this and ate one banana, she took it out

mēfyane mwiir le rō maane vii mwee hol nga morowa

she roasted it, then peeled it, then

mēfyane rō wēla kare rō

she put it on a young leaf of the ʊlmɛte banana

lingi lan wēribriēb ne ōlmēte

then

rō

it (the hot banana) burnt that place

maane or gole bur

she came and removed it and put it over there

mame kurku mōn lingi van la

it went and burnt that place again, she removed it and put it over there

mean ane or gola mōn mukurku rō lingi van la

it went and burned that place again

mean ane or gola mōn

then

rō

they returned and came and saw and they said "old womanǃ you are finishing the bananas alreadyǃ"

gilim ko lili me , me sē rō lim gile " tēmarō ru mwifininfini vii burǃ "

"ah, grandmother, you said we should hunt and look for birds but you are finishing these bananas alreadyǃ"

" ah tutu , gom gile mirim ran ro ōrlō kulō bail bwe a ru gom fininfini vii gole fona burǃ "

she said

mwi gile

"oh my grandchildren, I just roasted one fruit"

" ei mabyōk gilēl nam fane were mwee hol nga "

"why? their imprints are here"

" rō see fōn ? nge milere ēn ngele "

"one here, one here, one here"

" hol ngele hol ngele hol ngele "

"no, just one fruit"

" ee were mwee hol nga nga "

they argued about it like this

gilim sol filēk bēn nga mwiir le

then

rō

her three grandchildren were already angry with this old woman

mabyōn gilēl lōliēl mwisili tēmarō gole bur

they went to the bush

gilim an lōn bubuor

they said "we will make something to chase grandmother"

lim gile " rib yēne tiri ro hol rō abwewēle tutu bwe "

they went to the bush, they cut out

lim an lōn bubuor lim an ta ku

one tree already

liē hol bur

tried to send it

tamōr se

that tree didn't stand up

liē gola tōlō , tōlō taala

they went again, went and cut a different tree

lim an mōn van tee liē go tine mōn

they tried to send it, but it didn't stand up, they went and cut an ʊ tree

lim tamyōr se , tōlō taala , lim an van tee li ō

The sent it and it stood up

lim tamyōrne fōn o mwētaala

they cut a face

lim tee mwee nana

it is a person

mwee ēntēn

they cut, then cut its hands

lim tee rō tee vēlan

its legs

yen

then they cut a pig killing club and put it in its hands

rō lim tee ētēta rō lingi lōn vēlan

then they sung

ngarō lim koliērne

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mbaee mbaee

you try and search for who

ō tēng se si ee

you try and search for grandmother

ō tēng se tumbyumarō mbaee ō tēng se

frightful tree

tambolo li saie

you search for. frightful ʊ tree

ō tēng se tambolo li ō le hmm

he jumped from the ground and sunk like this

mēmēla myōrōne tan rō van ba nge mōn van mwiir la

Ok, they went and sung it again

Ale lim an koliērne mōn

you try and search for who

mbaee mbaee ō tēng se si ee

you try and search for grandmother

ō tēng se tumbyumarō mbaee ō tēng se

frightful tree, try and search

tambolo li saie ō tēng se

frightful ʊ tree

tambolo li ō le hmm

it jumped again and went there went and sunk again like that

mēmēla mōn van la van ba nge van mwiir la

two of them send the last born of them

go lom sile tōtō ne gēlalō

"go and tell grandmother to hide"

" go an rō van gile mene tutu a tu bululu "

"This thing will kill grandmother today"

" tiri gole babwisie tutu rēma "

The last born of them went and said "grandmother"

tōtō ne gēlalō mean van gile " tutu "

"hide, the first born of us are no good"

" ētu gob lulu rimri a tōmō ne gomalō lōlalō tōlō we tu "

she said "you lot, your leaves for wiping your excrement have not grown back yet, what are you doing?"

mwigile go " gamriēl go ngenge lo bwibwiyo ne sēmriēl tōlōn myul le nge gab maa "

she was sitting, the old woman was sitting, they performed that tree song again

ru mwētaa tēmarō ru mwētaa gilim sili bwē ne liē gole mōn

you try and search for who

mbaee mbaee ō tēng se si ee

you try and search for grandmother

ō tēng se tumbyumarō mbaee ō tēng se

frightful tree, try and search

tambolo li saie ō tēng se

frightful ʊ tree

tambolo li ō le hmm

the old woman she shook from surprise as that tree went into the village and hit the old woman and cut her

tēmarō mwibwiri non fōno liē gole mean tēlēnēm mean rō mwisie tēmarō gole mwetee

it cut her with that club then took her and the two of them ran and went and drowned in the sea

mweteene ētēta gola rō muuri rō lom ko rō lōn van ron lōn tiē

the two of them became rocks

lom an e vyor

the old woman drowned at the edge of the sea, she became a black stone and

tēmarō mean ron nga ru sina ōr mwee vyor mirmiēr a

the ʊ tree post went and drowned and stayed like that

bēr li ō mean ron ru van mwiir la

it turned red and stayed in the sea

mean filfili ru lōn tiē