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Ok, well, I went to school in Erakor village.

111-001 Ore , welkia kineu askul natkon Erakor .

I went to school. Ok I studied in Erakor village until 1948.

§ 111-002 Askul . Ore afaitau natkon Erakor pan ntau 1948 .

Then I left for the P.M.H., and I worked at the P.M.H.

§ 111-003 Go atm̃alu pak PMH nen aweswes PMH aa .

I am a nurse.

§ 111-004 Kineu api nes .

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I worked in 1948 and 1949, then I came back, and I got married in 1949, or 1950.

§ 111-005 Aweswes ntau 1948 , 49 me § 111-006 kaipe ler mai , kin go apo lak 1949 , e 1950 , aa .

I stayed at home until then I worked at the P.M.H.

§ 111-007 Kaito esum̃ panpan , malen kin aweswes PMH , a .

This was in the old people's time, when there were no cars, and it was a time that was not in the light.

§ 111-008 Ipi mal ni tiawi , go ipi mal nen kin loto rutiik , go ipi malnen ita- ita ta mram wi mau , aa .

And there was a sister and there was Miss Kina.

§ 111-009 Go welkia ipitlak sista go ipitlak Mis Kina .

Miss Kina brought Christianity and taught the P.W.

§ 111-010 Mis Kina kin imai preg nalotwen iplaksok PW aa .

And now, she would walk to each village to preach and she was going to Vila.

§ 111-011 Go malfanen , iwelkia ito siwer ur ser natkon preg nalotwen go iwelkia ina kesiwer pak Efil .

And a nurse would cross over and would go to weigh the children.

§ 111-012 Go nes iskei kefo nrokosi , me kefo pan nen keskelki teesa .

She would weigh the small children, but Miss Kina would give a church service.

§ 111-013 Ga kefo skelki teesa seserik me Mis Kina kefo preg nasum̃tap .

It wasn't Miss Kina, it was Miss McRae.

§ 111-014 Ita pi Mis Kina mau . Mis McRae , Mis McRae .

Ok, she would got to Mele and a nurse would go with her, and she would run the church and the nurse would weigh the children.

§ 111-015 Ale iwel ipak Em̃el nes iskei kefo skoti pa , ga kefo preg nasum̃tap me nes kefo skelki teesa .

Or if it was to Eratap it would be the same.

§ 111-016 Ko if pak Ertap me ipo tefla .

But as for me, when they wanted to go to Eratap, they would tell me to go to Eratap.

§ 111-017 Me , kineu kin , iwelkia , malen runa rukfak Ertap , go ruto tli na kineu kin kato pak Ertap .

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When we took the truck to the wharf, we would stop at Eluk, at the place where the hotel is. Ok, we would paddle a canoe and come back to Efate.

§ 111-018 Me selwan kin uto , upa loto nuof , utotan Eluk , § 111-019 san hotel p̃ur ito . Ale upo pa raru nrookot mai pak Efat gakit ne .

And I would stay, would bring the scales, until we went back to the passage at Eratap.

§ 111-020 Kin me , kafo to san po sol skel panpanpanpanpan pak eslaor ni Ertap .

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And would load the scales into a canoe,

§ 111-021 Kin po tatue skel raru , §

and we would paddle the canoe and go and we would weigh children.

111-022 kin go kofo pa raru , pan , § 111-023 go kafo skelki teesa .

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And when we wanted to go to Erarap, and well, they didn't want to carry the scales, the nurses.

§ 111-024 Me iwelkia malen una kofak Ertap go welkia ru- , § 111-025 ruto mal slasol , nes .

They didn't want some nurse, they wanted me to come.

§ 111-026 Tete nes rumal slasol , runa kineu kin kato .

I had to be strong as the scales were heavy, but I would take them around this road.

§ 111-027 Go apo to kerkrai me skel imten , me kafo sati ur napu ne .

Here to Eratap is far away, it is long.

§ 111-028 Ruto san pak Ertap ipi em̃ae , ipram .