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§ 125-020 ( N ) Go ag kupiatlak teesa ?

Yes, my life, well, I was born on the small island, Eraniao, in 1951.

125-001 Ore , nam̃olien neu , welkia , kineu apaakor naur sees , Eraniao , 1951 .

And when I was four I started school. At the small island, to school, class one, class two, class three.

§ 125-002 Go selwan apiatlak ntau ipat astat pak skul .

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§ 125-003 Naur sees pak skul , klas wan , klas tu , klas tri .

And at that time there was the wind, a big cyclone, 1959.

Go § 125-004 malfane go ipiatlak nlag , nlagwat p̃ur iskei , 1959 .

1959 there was a big cyclone and many people from the small island escaped to Efate.

§ 125-005 1959 ipiatlak nlagwat p̃ur iskei go nam̃er laap ni naur sees rusef mai pak Efat .

I came, I was a child, a child of nine, came back to Efate, then they started the school , opened a school on Efate, a village school.

§ 125-006 Kineu me amai api teesa , api teesa pitlak ntau nain , mai pak Efat , ale rustat skul , p̃elgat skul iskei Efat , vilej skul .

So we started at school.

§ 125-007 Ale ustat long skul .

I was ten, and then, in 1964 I passed the exam, senior primary exam at the district school Ep̃agtuei, Pango, Ep̃agtuei.

Apiatlak ntau ten , apiatlak ntau ten , go pan pan , 1964 go a pas exam , § 125-008 senior primary exam , district school , Ep̃agtuei , Ep̃ag , Ep̃agtuei .

Then

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I stayed two years, 1966 and I passed the senior primary exam to the British secondary school, now it is Malapoa College. I stayed for four years.

125-009 ato ntau inru 1966 , go a pas senior primary exam § 125-010 pak British secondary skul , malfane ipi Malapoa College . Atkos ntau ipaat .

Then I took a course in motor mechanics, then I went to Fiji.

§ 125-011 Ale asat kos iskei nanre ni moto mekanik trening kos , ale apak Fiji .

For two years. I was in fiji for two years, 1970, 71, then in 72 I returned.

§ 125-012 Pan ntau inru . Ato Fiji ntau inru , 1970 , 71 , 72 amer ler mai .

I returned, I worked at the De Kaiong-Menar, Menar garage.

§ 125-013 Ler mai , aweswes sees garage ni a De Kaiong-Menar , Menar garage .

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I worked at Le Lagon for a short time.

§ 125-014 Weswes Lakun Hotel mal sees .

Then I left, I came back home until

Ale atao , amai tu esum̃ panpan go §

nineteen eighty three, I applied to Port Vila fisheries, Natai fish market. Then they accepted me, I worked there. I worked for eight years.

125-015 naintin , naintin eiti tri , 1983 a aplae pak Port Vila fisheries Natai fish market § 125-016 Ale ruaksept ki kineu , apan weswes . Aweswes ntau ipi eit .

Worked for eight years until 1990, then I finished.

§ 125-017 Weswes ntau ipi eit 19 , pan tkal 1990 , go anom .

And now I don't work. I make a garden. I plant fruit.

§ 125-018 Go malfane ata weswes mau . Apreg talm̃aat m̃as . Alao nua nkas .

Sell fruit and food. Get money from it and that's it. My life is like that.

§ 125-019 Salemki nua nkas plak nafnag . Pam̃or mane wes go teflan ato ki . Nam̃olien neu itefla .

Yes, when I worked I got married, 1987, sorry, 1985, married, yes, I have a child, then another, two boys.

§ 125-021 ( H ) Ore kineu a , selwan ato weswes go aptour , § 125-022 1987 , sori 1985 , ptour , ore apiatlak teesa iskei inom mer piatlak kaaru , teesa nanwei inru .

Then I had a third, a girl. I have three children, I don't work. I stay at home and make a garden.

§ kaatol teesa nmatu imer iskei . Piatlak teesa itol , mees atap weswes mau . Ato esum̃ to ato 125-023 preg Ale talm̃aat amer m̃as piatlak .