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We were married in 1950.

081-001 Wel komam ralak naentin fifti , naentin fifti §

We had eight children. Four girls and...

081-002 aa Rapitlak teesa ilatol , aa § 081-003 Teesa nmatu ipaat , ale .

Three girls and four boys

Teesa nmatu itol me teesa nanwei ipaat ...

You were on the small island?

... ( Nick ) Kupato naur sees ?

Yes, we were on the small island and we came across to Efate.

§ 081-005 ( Jinane ) Ore uto naur sees kin go upo nrookot mai pak Efat .

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When we were on the small island it was Christian times.

§ 081-006 Malen kin uto naur sees , ipitlak , mal ni nalotwen §

And today, the village it makes its prayers, it ??? But in the days of our grandparents it was not like that. In those days,

081-007 Go iwelkia malfanen , natkon iskei ipato preg ga nalotwen , kipe pato go , iskei go iskei § 081-008 Me mal ni apu mana ita teflan mau . Mal ni apu mana wel aliat .

on Sundays,

tap , §

those from Erakor would go to Church at Eratap.

081-009 go teni Erakor rukfo pan preg nasum̃tap Ertap §

And they would have a meeting.

081-010 Go iwelkia iteflan kutili na , miting , aa §

Then the next week they might go to Pango. The next week they ???

081-011 Ale , wik nentu rufla mer pak Ep̃ag § 081-012 Wik kaaru rufla mer pak Efil .

Then sometimes the two villages would come to Erakor.

§ 081-013 Go tete mal natkon nran rukfo mai pak Erakor .

They didn't stop.

Me rutap pnut mau §

They would bring the name of our owners and walk. The time of our ancestors, time of our grandfathers and grandmothers.

081-014 Ruto preg , ruto wes nagi atlak akit siwer ur ser natkon § 081-015 Mal ni tiawi gakit , mal ni apu me ati mana .

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But today, children sing songs and so on, but they stay at their own villages.

§ 081-016 Me mees nen iwelkia , teesa ruto preg nalag mana , me ruipe to natkon sikskei to §

But in the olden days that's the way it was, the grandparents would walk to prayers.

081-017 Me mal ni teetwei tkanwan itfel kia , apu mana rusiwer preg nalotwen §

To village after village, and then to the village, Erakor.

081-018 Pak natkon go natkon , ale natkon go natkon rupo mai pak natkon , naur Erakor

But the church on the small island, it was the village church in 1950, the one that is broken now.

... ( Nick ) Me nasum̃tap nen ito naur sees , ipi nasum̃tap ni natkon ni 1950 , hem we ibrok brok nao .

Yes, the building that grandfathers and grandmothers made, the church from long long ago.

§ 081-020 ( Jinane ) Ore nasum̃ na apu me ati ni teetwei kin rupregi , sum̃tap ni teetwei , teetwei .

When were you born?

§ 081-021 ( Abet ) Ag kupaakor sef ntau ?

Hey, I already told him. But when you were born was the church already there?

( Jinane ) E e , kaipe ga tli ...

But when you were born was the church already there?

... ( Abet ) Me ag kupaakor me sum̃tap nen kipe to ?

Yes, when I was born the church was already there.

§ 081-023 ( Jinane ) Ore kineu apaakor me nasum̃tap nen kipe to .

And that church, in those days, we went to school there.

§ 081-024 Go nasum̃tap nen , iwel ki mal ni ati me apu mana , komam uskul wes .

We studied at the church, they didn't make a schoolroom for us. But we learned in the house. We learned in the house.

§ 081-025 Aa Komam ufaitau nasum̃tap nen to . Ruta nigmam preg nasum̃ nfaitauwen mau . Me komam ufaitau esum̃ Me komam ufaitau esum̃ .

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Church house, we are slowly making progress on it, and people. There is knowledge of people who would follow their grandparents and they would make the house for learning.

§ 081-026 Esum̃tap , aa , wan iwelkia unrus paarik rekin , go nam̃er , § 081-027 Ipitlak ntaewen ni natam̃ool nen kin rupo mer pa , rupo mer nrokos apu mana , kin go rupo preg nasum̃ ne reki nfaitauwen .

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And the children would have a school they would go to, and the church would be there, but

§ 081-028 Go teesa rupo pitlak na nasum̃ nfaitauwen me , §

they would go to it, and the church would be closed, but in our time we went to school in the church.

081-029 rupo to pakes , me nasum̃tap ipnut to , § 081-030 me mal nigmam komam ufaitau nasum̃tap .