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Ah, those people from Mare who came here long ago in the time of the Colonial Government.

061-001 A , teni Emar nen kin rumai pak san teetwei mal ni , na , kolonial kafman .

The French government sent them to come as police.

§ 061-002 Franis kafman isentkir rumai reki na polis .

They came to be police on Efate. On the side of the French, the French government.

§ 061-003 Rumai pi polis ni Efat . Nanre ni Franis , Franis kafman .

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Those from Mare that came, those from Caledonia came here because the French government called them. A group of police came, they came here.

§ 061-007 Teni Emar nen kin rumai , teni Caledoni nen rumai pak esa nlaken Franis kafman isosor . Nafet polis rumai rumai pak esa .

Okay, they went to fight with those from Malakula when there was a civil war. And me, as my father's brother came from there. And they went to Malakula and they shot him. He was killed in Malakula.

§ 061-008 Ale rupan preg nafkal skot teni Emlakul malnen ipiatlak na sifil wo § 061-009 Go neu taos p̃al papa neu iskei ga ipato sanpen mai . Go rupak Emlakul go rusi . Imat , imat Emlakul .

They called him Nano. My father was a nurse at the big hospital in Noumea.

§ 061-010 Rusoso ki Nano . Me papa neu ga ga ipi anfermie ni Nume , hospitel p̃ur .

He went on leave and they sent him to France.

§ 061-011 Ale ga imarmar , a iliv go rusentkin ipak Franis .

He went on the boat of the Messageries Maritimes. The ship. It went around to France and he came back here.

§ 061-012 Ipa na Messageries Maritimes raru a ? Raru p̃ur . Ipan raon Franis na imai , imai pak esa .

Then he got his job as a maître d'hôtel. So they sent him ashore.

§ 061-013 Ale itup̃ na metotel ga . Ale rupregi ipak euut .

He wanted to come ashore, he came, then those that were there became police. They were here and he joined them.

§ 061-014 Ina ipak euut imai ale , tenen kin rupato rumai pi polis . Rutu san to go kipe skotir .

My father, Tenene. He stayed until he was married, then he stayed here.

§ 061-015 Kin papa neu Tenene . Me ito pan na ilak ale kipe to san to .

He married my mother and he stayed here.

§ 061-016 Itaulu iak neu go kipe to san to .

They had land that the chief of Ifira gave them at Emlap̃o, where Kawenu (college) is.

§ 061-017 Gar rupitlak na ntan nen naot nig Efil ituer kin Emlap̃o , san kin Kawenu itkos .

Those from Mare stayed there, those from Caledonia. When they married, they came to Erakor. And they moved here.

§ 061-018 Teni Emar rutuwes teni Caledoni . Me malnen gar runa rulak , go rulak mai pak Erakor . Go ruipe muf mai .