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084

Recording date1998-10-20
Speaker age70
Speaker sexf
Text genrepersonal narrative
Extended corpusyes
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Yes, I went to school on the small island, I don't know how many years I went to school, I was six years old.
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Aa , askul naur sees , ata tae apitlak ntau ipi skul mau apitlak ntau ipi siks .
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§ 084-002 Go wik ilakor skei ko inru . Ale nlag iwat , ale umai pak naur esa .
And one or two weeks. Then the cyclone came to the island.
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§ 084-003 Ale askul esa , 1964 go apak Ep̃agtwei .
I went to school here, in 1964 I went to Ep̃agtwei.
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§ ( NT ) IDS ...
I.D.S.?
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a.a., I.D.S. yes, until 1968.
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( DW ) aa , IDS ore , tkal 1968 .
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§ 084-005 Ale kaipe mai to esum̃ .
I went and stayed at home.
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§ 084-006 ( NT ) To esum̃ to , me ag kuweswes 1968 ?
At home, but did you work in 1968?
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68,69, then I started working at the Hotel Lagon.
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084-007 ( DW ) 68 , 69 , sixtynine go apan stat weswes Hotel Lagon .
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§ 084-008 ( NT ) Kutap weswes haoskel mau ?
Did you work as a housegirl?
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I worked as a housegirl sometimes and I first worked at the Hotel Lagon, 69, 70, 71, 72, and I went to work in Noumea, I went to work as a housegirl in Noumea.
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084-009 ( DW ) Aweswes haoskel tete mal , me apei weswes Hotel Lagon , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , go apan weswes Nume , apan pi haoskel Nume .
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§ 084-010 1973 go amer ler mai ...
1973 I came back.
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... ( NT ) Me iku kin kupan pak Nume ?
But why did you go to Noumea?
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1.12
No, I was working at the hotel and there was a white man, a man came and said that he wanted to work there. So I worked for him.
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084-012 ( DW ) Itik ato weswes hotel ale ipitlak masta iskei , natam̃ol iskei imai tli na imuur teweswes sanpe . Ale apan ga weswes .
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§ 084-013 Ale aweswes tkal 73 go amuur kamai go amer ler mai , pak esa .
So I worked until 73 and I wanted to come back and I came back here.
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§ 084-014 ( NT ) Me ag kuskul franis ? Itiik .
But did you go to French school?
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1.15
No but I went and I learned French.
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084-015 ( DW ) Itiik me apan go apo kraksok franis .
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§ 084-016 ( NT ) Go ipi nawesien mailum ni Hotel Lagon , ko nawesien p̃ur ?
Was it easy work at the Hotel Lagon or was it hard?
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I worked there like, that time that I started work, I worked in the laundry.
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084-017 ( DW ) Aweswes ne taos na , malpei nen apan stat weswes , aweswes londri .
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§ 084-018 Aweswes londri atlag ilakor inru , ale amai pi wetres .
I worked in the laundry for about two months then I went on to be a waitress.
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Tkal 1972 ...
Until 1972.
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... ( NT ) Me ipi nawesien wi ?
But was it good work?
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Yes, it was good work. Because before, the Frenchman who owned the Hotel Lagon paid well.
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084-020 ( DW ) Ore ipi nawesien wi . Nlaken malpei franis man kin ionki Hotel Lagon , ga ipaakot wi .
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§ 084-021 ( NT ) Me mees ?
And today?
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1.22
Today there's too much work and the pay is low!
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084-022 ( DW ) Mees nawesien itop mane isees .
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§ 084-023 ( NT )
Yes _ You worked in Noumea and you came back to the Hotel Lagon?
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... Ore ( DW ) ... A . a ( ...
_ Ha ha _
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NT ) Kuweswes Nume , kumer ler Hotel Lagon ?
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Yes, I came back to work at the Hotel Lagon.
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084-024 ( DW ) Ore , amai mer pan weswes Hotel Lagon .
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§ 084-025 Itiik ana Nume mai , amai to esa . Ale apan weswes restoran iskei , Pandanus .
No, when I wanted to come back from Noumea, I came back here. Okay, I went to work at a restaurant, the Pandanus.
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§ 084-026 Pandanus restoran , aweswes wes mal sees , ale § 084-027 amer ler pan mai pak esum̃ , ale kafo mer ler pak Lagon .
Pandanus restaurant, I worked there for a small time, then I came back to the house, then I went back to the Lagon.
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Mer ler pan weswes Hotel Lagon § 084-028 Amer pan pi wetres . Amer pan , pak Hotel Lagon 1974 , tkal 75 .
Returned to work at the Hotel Lagon. I went back to being a waitress. I went back to the Hotel Lagon from 1974 to 1975.
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§ 084-029 Ore amai , amer weswes Hotel Lagon tkal 1975 , ale apitlak teesa nen tu . Timothy .
Okay, I went back to the Hotel Lagon until 1975, then I had this child. Timothy.
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§ 084-030 Ale aweswes pan atkali kin 74 , 75 , apan na aslati ale amai to esum̃ .
I worked until 1974, 75 ..I went and had him, so I came home.
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No.
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... ( lekor NT ) wes Me ag esum̃ kuta lak ... mau ( ? ... DW ( NT ) ) Me Itiik nlaken iku ... ?
But why?
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§ 084-032 ( DW ) Iteflan m̃as ...
That's the way it is.
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... ( NT ) Go Pandanus ?
And the Pandanus?
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I worked at the Pandanus for a little time because the management there was not very good. It closed, so I went back to Le Lagon.
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084-034 ( DW ) Aweswes Pandanus mal sees , ale nlaken manijmen knen itawi mau . Go ip̃on , ale amer ler pak Hotel Lagon pa .
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§ 084-035 Ale aweswes tkal 1975 , ale amai to esum̃ to pan , ale amer pan ni Maxim Carlot pi haoskel , esum̃ ga .
Then I worked until 1975, then back home, and then I went back to work as a housegirl at Maxime Carlot's house.
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084-036 Ntau iskei ale amer pak , e ato ni Maxim Carlot weswes , ale rumer , § 084-037 sista neu iskei imai , itili na , natam̃ol iskei imer muur haoskel franis man , Tasrik . Ale amer pan , aweswes ntau itol .
One year, then I went back, to Maxime Carlot's to work, then they ... my sister came and said that a French man wanted a housegirl in Tassiriki. Ok, I went and worked for three years.
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§ 084-038 Apan ni natam̃ol nen weswes ntau itol , tkal 1980 . Ale ru , uindependent .
I went and worked for that man for three years, until 1980 we got independence.
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Ale , § 084-039 franis man ruler , go amer mai to esum̃ .
Then, the French left and I came back home again.
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§ 084-040 Mer mai to esum̃ to pan ale , amer pan weswes e , restoran iskei , Bamboo Royal , § 084-041 mer weswes ntau itol , ale amer ler mai to esum̃ .
I went back home, then I went to work at this restaurant, the Bamboo Royal, for three years, then I went home again.
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§ 084-042 Ale amer ler pak na Hotel Lagon , 1991 , tkal 1994 .
Then I went back to the Hotel Lagon, 1991 to 1994.
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§ 084-043 aa 91 pak 1994 . Amer ler pak esum̃ nlaken ato weswes me ipitlak eleksen ni politik .
Yes, 91 to 94. I went back home because I was working then there was an election.
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§ 084-044 Ale kineu atu leg kineu api memba , na ilekted memba .
And I stood and I was elected a member.
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§ 084-045 ( NT ) Ni nafte ?
Of what?
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On the UMP side of politics.
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084-046 ( DW ) Ni nanre ni politik ni UMP .
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§ 084-047 Ale komam utu leg , ale kineu api , amai pi na , Daniel ipi presiden , vaes jeaman kineu api vaes ga .
So we stood, and Daniel was president and I was vice-chairman.
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§ 084-048 Ale raweswes ntau ipaat .
We worked for four years.
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§ 084-049 Ale rudisolfki lokal kafman , go taos kaonsel kipe tiik go ipi malwan , idisolf .
Then they dissolved local government and as the council was dissolved.
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§ 084-050 Ale amer ler pan , pauski nawesien naur sees go apo weswes tkal mees .
So I came back, asked for work at the small island and I worked until today.
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§ 084-051 ( NT ) Nawesien ni kaonsel ipi nawesien nen rupaakot ?
Was the council job paid?
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No, sacrifice! We helped each other, whatever came out of the community, we supported it. So we worked.
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084-052 ( DW ) Tiik sakrifais ! Ore , utmom welu komam nawesien , nafte ipaakor komiuniti , komam utu leg . Ale uweswes .
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§ 084-053 Go api , taosi welkia kineu api vaes jeaman ni eria kaonsel , go apitkaskei pi reprasentatif ni nafet nmatu § 084-054 pak nsaiseiwen , ur na nort Efate mana tefla .
And I was vice chairman of the area council and I was also the women's representative to meetings, like in North Efate.
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