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In the olden days women couldn't wear men's clothes.

065-001 Or ga itaos malpei nmatu komam umtaki taos nkal ni nanwei ?

We couldn't wear men's clothes.

§ 065-002 Komam ukano kal ki nkal ni nanwei .

It was strong, that a woman dress in men's clothes.

§ 065-003 Ikerkerai , nen kin nmatu ikal ki nkal ni nanwei .

And today, today, women and men dress the same.

§ 065-004 Go mees mees nmatu me nanwei rukal pitkaskei .

But back then we couldn't dress in men's clothes.

§ 065-005 Me komam malpei ukano kal ki nkal ni nanwei .

And you wore women's clothes.

§ 065-006 Ko kukal ki nkal ni mam nmatu .

But here couldn't show. My knee couldn't show, my clothes must be long down to here.

§ 065-007 Me esan ni nigmam ikano paakor § 065-008 Nap̃utuok ikano paakor nkal neu kemas pram pak esa .

My dress would be long. But if you were there.

§ 065-009 Nkal neu kefo pram . Me iwel ag kuto esago .

You sit there, but I want to leave (past you), oh it is very hard.

§ 065-010 Ag kutotan sago me kineu amuurin na kataf , o , ikerkerai top .

I would be scared. I would hold my skirt like this, I would stand up to leave.

§ 065-011 Kafo mtak . Kafo puetsok nakte nkal wel atuleg me ana kataf .

I would walk.

§ 065-012 Kafo siwer .

Walk slowly in front of you. Because you are there.

§ 065-013 Mailum siwer nrookot wok . Nlaken ag kuto .

I will respect you. For women that is the way.

§ 065-014 Kafo pak etan kik . Nmatu itefla .

Or if many men are there and a woman wants to walk past because many men are there.

§ 065-015 Ko natam̃ool laap rutu me nmatu imuurin na kesiwer tol nlaken nanwei laap rutu .

She will bend low, and hold her dress, show respect so that she can slowly pass a man.

§ 065-016 Kefo nrook puetsok nkal ga ipak etan , nen kin kemailum tol nanwei .

Or if there are many men here, but a woman comes, she will go around them a long way.

§ 065-017 Ko wel nanwei rufla pi tap̃u tu esa me nmatu imai , kefo pan lfek ur em̃ae .

Because she respects men.

§ 065-018 Nlaken ipaketan ki nanwei .

The old way is like that.

§ 065-019 Sup̃ ni malpei itefla .

Women are like that. If I go to church, it is already full of people.

§ 065-020 Nmatu rutefla . Ko apak esum̃ tap , natam̃ool kin ruipe pur tu .

I will walk, I will slowly bend and sit down. Like that.

§ 065-021 Kafo siwer kafo mailum nrook pan totan . Tefla .

We women didn't dress like today. Women dressed in dresses with sleeves down to here.

§ 065-022 Go taos nmatu komam utap kal taos mees mau . Nmatu ukal ki nkal nen naarum ipram esa .

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Food work is women's work. Women make the food.

§ 065-023 Nawesien ni nafnag ipi nawesien ni nmatu . Nmatu kin ipreg nafnag .

Sometimes, if a man feels sorry for a woman he will see she is tired and the man will help her.

§ 065-024 Tete nrak nanwei inrom nmatu ileka nmatu imaos go nanwei ipo welua .

But getting food ready is always women's work.

§ 065-025 Me nafregnafnagwen sernrak ipi nmatu kin ipreg nafnag .

Women cook, women prepare laplap, make laplap.

§ 065-026 Nmatu kin ikuk , nmatu kin ipuri , ipreg kapu .

The man would go to the garden, get food, carry it and put it in the house, but the woman prepares the food. Men would go and get the food, carry everything back to the house, and women would make laplap at the house.

§ 065-027 Me nanwei ga kefo pak etalm̃at , islat nafnag ip̃aunamru kemai psi esum̃ , me nmatu kin kefo preg nafnag . { edited } Nanwei ke fo pan lel nafnag , slat sernale mai pak esum̃ , me nmatu kin kefo preg kapu esum̃ .

But today it is the woman who prepares food, makes laplap, who fetches food.

{/ edited } § 065-028 Me mees nmatu kemuur kefuri kefreg kapu , ga kefan tmen slat nafnag .

She goes herself to find laplap leaves, to look for dry coconuts, firewood, and comes back to the house to prepare the food.

§ 065-029 Kefan tmen lel nrau ketmen lel nm̃arteu , nkap , mai pak esum̃ kemer preg nafnag .

Today it is like that. People's customs are like that. But before, no.

§ 065-030 Mees itefla . Sup̃ ni natam̃ool ni mees itefla . Me malpei , itik .

The man would look for food, bring everything back to the house, but the woman would make laplap at the house.

§ 065-031 Nanwei kefo pan leel nafnag , slat sernale mai pak esum̃ , me nmatu kin kefo preg kapu esum̃ .

So they both went and worked in the garden.

§ 065-032 Me iwel rapan preg talm̃aat . Ranru pan preg talm̃aat .

But as for how they took food from the garden to the house.

§ 065-033 Me rekin kin kefan sat nafnag etalm̃aat mai pak esum̃ .

The man would get food, but the woman would prepare it. She would cook it, or make laplap. That's the way.

§ 065-034 Nanwei kefo pan sat nafnag , me nmatu kefo preg nafnag . Kefo kuk ki , ko ipreg kapu . Tefla .

Women stay home and look after children, and in the olden days they didn't go to hospital at all.

§ 065-035 Nmatu ito esum̃ ilekor teesa , go taos malpei nmatu rutap pak hospitel mau .

We have old people who helped and looked after a woman when she had a baby.

§ 065-036 Komam upiatlak tiawi , tiawi nen kin gar me ruto raki nen kin rulekor nmatu , nen kin ruslat teesa .

Only at home.

§ 065-037 Esum̃ m̃as .

There was Liaas, Limat, Ana, Sera, Pali.

§ 065-038 Ipiatlak Liaas , Limat , Ana , Sera , Pali .

They looked after women at home.

§ 065-039 Gar nen ruto lekor nmatu esum̃ .

When women wanted to have a baby. They went and called them to come.

§ 065-040 Nmatu imuur na keslat teesa . Rupan sosor rumai .

With them, but they would take the child and look after it at home. Until they were strong.

§ 065-041 Skotir me rupo sel teesa rulekor wer esum̃ . Pan pan rukerkerai .

Were children born at home?

§ 065-042 ( NT ) Me teesa ipaakor ni nasum̃ nen ?

No. Before, in the home, like that. There were no tin houses.

§ 065-043 ( TT ) Itiik ... ( TT ) Malpei , malpei nasum̃ tefla nen m̃as . Nasum̃ kapa itiik .

Before?

... ( NT ) Malpei ? ...

They were born in thatch houses.

§ 065-044 Rupaakor na , nasum̃ nen kin rowat , sum̃ rowat .

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For five days the woman must stop quiet. And a women can't do what she does today. A woman has her baby in the hospital.

§ 065-045 A-A Naliati ilim , faef dei , nmatu imas pnut to § 065-046 Go nmatu ikano taos mees . Nmatu ipan sel teesa hospitel .

Have the baby today, in the afternoon she gets up and washes, or cooks.

§ 065-047 Sel teesa mees , kotfan itae tuleg pan was , ko ikuk .

But not then, the old women waited for a woman to have her baby.

§ 065-048 Me malpei itiik nmatu malen tiawi itoreki nmatu iskei islat teesa .

She must keep still, not move about.

§ 065-049 Kefo mas pnut to ikano farfar .

And the woman, like Sera, would wait with a woman.

§ 065-050 Go nmatu nen kin taos Sera ifla toreki nmatu iskei .

The woman would stay there quiet. And she would bathe the child.

§ 065-051 Nmatu nen imailum pnut to . Ga kefo ga preg teesa kelos .

Would clean the child for her. And she would wash the mother.

§ 065-052 Kega klin ki teesa . Go iklin ki raiten .

The mother couldn't stand to wash, she had to sit quiet for five days.

§ 065-053 Raiten ikano tuleg pan los , kemas pnut to pan pan naliati ilim inom .

And the mother of the child would be able to stand and do small things.

§ 065-054 Go rait teesa kefo tae tuleg preg tete namrun sees .

But she can't clean up rubbish, she can't cook, until two or three weeks.

§ 065-055 Me ikano pan pai nasok , ikano pan kuk , pan kefei piatlak wik inru itol .

And sometimes the woman looking after the mother who had a baby, she can stay with her for a whole month.

§ 065-056 Ko tete nrak nmatu ileekor pta ki nmatu nen islat teesa , § 065-057 itae skoti to atlag mau iskei .

Until the woman goes into labour and [the child knows-] the mother knows how to look after herself.

§ 065-058 Pan nmatu ipiatlak nakerkeraian go [ teesa itae nen kin- ] mama ga kefo tae tmen lekor wes .

Then she can go.

§ 065-059 Go ipo pa .

Then her husband will make food and will make kastom to the doctor, to the woman who looked after his wife.

Ale , nanwei kefo mer pei preg nafnag pan pan pan , welkia imer preg kastom tu dokta , § 065-060 tenen ilekor nmatu ga .

He makes food ready for her. He gives thanks. "You looked after my wife for me when she had a baby.

§ 065-061 Kega preg nafnag . Preg nafsawian tua . " Kuneu lekor ptaki nmatu neu isel teesa .

Now they are well. I will give you a mat." He gives her a mat or he gives her some food, some clothes, or some money.

§ 065-062 Malfanen rato wi . Nta kafo tuok gaag m̃iit ." Itua m̃iit , ko itua tete nafnag , ko itua tete nkal ko mane .

Then he will go and take it for her, and put it in her house, like that.

§ 065-063 Ale kefo ga slati me kefo pan psi esum̃ ga , itefla .

In those days lots of kids were born. As for baptism.

§ 065-064 Malpei komam teesa laap rupaakor . Nanre ni paptais .

The old people.

§ 065-065 Mal ni , mal ni tiawi , tiawi .

The old people from long ago I don't know,

Tiawi ni teetwei atap tae mau , §

but those who were our father, and mother, they baptised.

065-066 me tiawi nen kin taos , rupi tem mom , § 065-067 go rupi rait mom rupaptais .

There was pastor Sope and pastor Saurei.

§ 065-068 Go ipiatlak pasta Sope , pasta Saurei .

They, long long ago, the missionaries did the baptisms.

§ 065-069 Gar nen kin me malpei , malpei kotkot misnari ipreg nfaptaiswen .

‎‎Mister McKenzie came. They baptised. And they married people.

§ 065-070 Mista McKenzie kin rumai . Rupaptais . Go rutosok natam̃ool .

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