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Mother, come here.

Mama , nak gob me lē .

Come and cut this thing.

Gob me sai atiri go lē .

Did you see the small knife up there, which is black, no what about the big one?

Go se yo kekai nge van mile la go ti mirmier , ei abwee go tobo nga ?

You peel with this one, it is light.

Ob sai ne go lē me melela nga ru bur .

Stand and move over there, no good you make dust.

Ob sob lōlōō van i mone on kiltan .

and you (two) do it and talk a little.

etu gab yene rō tu gab saarō bo to .

say "I cut your pumpkin first".

Gob gile " nō nab sai am bamkin bwe ".

You just came and you are making this laplap in the evening.

Om bwiri me ru gom yene lok go lē bililen .

He will talk to you, he will say "yes because I had walked around" (I was busy earlier).

Nge babwe werwaar vane nak , babwi gile go " i'i ben go nar venvan tu ".

I have just returned from the garden then I said I will make the laplap nao.

Nam bwiri ek ko-lili nga lonōr ngarō nam gile nab yene lok bwe .

A small laplap for the afternoon.

Lok rimri bwee ten bililen .

I will cut your pumpkin first.

Mo enab sai am bamkin bwe .

It is good too as I had walked about a lot already then I walked.

Mo mu e nga ru ben go nar venvan tu bur o nam venvan .

You look this way and speak.

Gob kulō me lē rō werwaar .

I said that I should have made this a long time ago but.

Nam gile fona gile nan keene nga marin bur rō nam .

But as I walked around too much already.

Ben go nam venvan bur rō nam venvan tam bur .

Walked too much.

Venvan tam .

I won't make it quickly.

Na tlo kee-belbelne .

And I will try to cut the pumpkin (for the laplap) first.

Mo nab tieb-se bamkin en bwe .

The cicadas will sing out then (It will be dark by the time we are done). [ge = NA borrowing]

Solsol ben abwi kike ge lē .

All the things (of the laplap) they have made (them) already.

Tirlele en yel fona lam kee fini ru .

They.

Lam .

They have done the things, they are already prepared.

Kee en mwe neknak so bur .

Hey something here, It will rain on (us) I think.

Eya tiri go lē fon oo babu rum lon ben .

It is spitting already.

Oo ru mwi kinkin bur

If it rains we will look for another place.

Gile oo abu rum o rab kulō ōr en mon .

We will go in the kitchen and make it in the kitchen.

Ra an mōn fan em ra an keene mōn fan em .

Samuel chase the chicken!

Samu wele to !

Just one pumpkin?

Bamkin en mwee hol nga ?

No, two, I have already cut the other one, it is there.

Ei mwee lō , nam sai sen ru bur nge la .

Yes.

Hai .

I cut the other one already, then another one.

Nam sai sen bur , ale sen mon .

Try and cut now, if it is small we will look for another and just cut another.

Sai-se van mon gile babwe kekai o rab bwiri kulō mon bwiri sai mon .

Woah, it is really big.

Juubo mwee tirbonok ten

Its pumplin is really big, its laplap is big.

Bamkin en tobo ten , lok en mwee tirbonok .

Nah, its laplap won't be big.

Eya lok en tolo e tirbonok .

What are you doing?

Ru gom ane ?

Are you scraping them or grating them? (the bananas - scrape with shell or grate them).

Gom kukō nga o om lei ?

I grate (them).

Nam lei .

If I scraped them it would have been quick.

Gile na sa kukō nge tee belbel nga

I came and I am still peeling them.

Nam me ru nam tai nga bur o .

If I knew..

Ru na sa kilbwele bur rō

Some bananas are in my kitchen and I looked for something for them (She had the bananas but no pumpkin to make laplap with).

Vii kekai en mwi ri mu ru lon mok ririem rō nam kulkulō tiri en rō .

I didn't know you were grating laplap already.

Na tlo kilbwele go ru gom lei lok bur .

Then we could have made a big one.

Nga ror me yene rō tee tirbonok toto bwe .

Hey, its fire will heat up (the fire is not hot enough yet).

Eya , fyang en babwi tu bwi yen .

Good, it will be like that, we will peel that one too and we will grate it .

Mu e nga ru bwi ir la rab tai go la mōn rab lei mon bwe .

Wow!

Juubo !

Where did you get that from now?

A go lē om uri be nge lē ?

At school.

Lon sukul .

Did you get it from home?

Om uri nga telenim ?

From school.

Lon sukul .

you lot shouldn't go and take these things.

Mi fon van tu mib lee go yel la .

They shouldn't go eat those, they will cough because of it.

La tlo an ane go yel la ru lam sob ne .

Hey, we roasted one too yesterday.

Ei mer fane hol mōn ninō .

We are making it slowly, he (MF1) won't be able to just join in.

Ram bibiyilne rō nge babo fon bwiri bilon bo to .

As the sun is already going.

Ben go yaal bur me an .

That's right.

Go la fon .

I said that I should have made it and just said...

Nam gile go nga nge nan keene nge rō bwiri gile ....

He will just leave at night.

Abwiri an mon lon bungmwee .

You try and think that I should grate those (bananas) too to go with it.

Tu ob nornor-se fon gile nab kukō go la mōn van mane

Huh?

ha ?

Peel it as there is enough leaves (for the laplap).

Gob tai ben go loko en mu e ten .

Its pumpkin is big, but it (the bananas) are small.

Bamkin en tobo ru a mwe kai mwe kai .

just small.

Mwe kai nga .

We will peel one more (pumpkin).

Rab sai nga hol mōn .

Go and try and get the bananas which are in the kitchen.

Go an roko-se vii go mu ru fan ririem .

Show it. [NA Switch]

Fo hubsine .

Show it and he will film it.

Gob bisene , rō abu uri .

What is the name for crab in Fanbyak language?

Isan kerakra ran rulo solo ?

Crab.

Oo .

Crab.

Oo .

Say 'this crab, I took from school'.

Gob gile " Oo go lē nam uri lon sukul ".

This crab, I took from school.

Oo go lē nam uri lon sukul .

Thanks.

Siba ten .

You took it while it was crawling?

Om uri tu to kolkoloo ?

It was in its cave.

Tu tu lon man bwele .

Will you eat?

Gob bwiri yen ?

I will roast it.

Nab bwiri fane .

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Ego , si mōn a ?

Hey, who? Reggie!

Reggie !

Kristina!

Kristina !

You see those. They cut (them), and you see that they are strong.

Gob se go nyel la lar tee rō ob se go mwi yaa rō .

Saksak, you look where...

Saksak gob se go nga ngenge .

Wire, the post of wire where I wash in that place there and.

waiya , bos ne waiya go ru nam weswas nōr go ren la rō

and two grow on its stump (small shoots of the beach hibiscus for binding the laplap with)

wotlō nga mō tōb nga so lan baal en .

It is the bark of the beach hibisucus.

Mwee lu bolva so .

You cut it and remove the bark.

Gob tee nga rō me sise .

It is growing on the bottom of the trunk..

Mō tōb nga so lon baal en nga fan .

At home there.

Nga telenim la .

There are two, cut them all.

Mwee lō so ob ta selanga .

Remove the knife, he shouldn't carry the knife.

Kur-kuu yo afon uri yo .