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I want to tell the story of this man Wili Santo, he told it to me long ago.

Amurin na katrausi tenatrauswen ni maarik Wili Santo ineu trausi teetwei.

It tells of two Erromangan people.

Itil natam̃ol ni Ermag inru.

One has a wife. When they were married they did not leave again.

Kaaru ipiatlak nmatu. Selwan ralak ratap mer tao mau.

They stayed until one day this one with a wife went walking with her.

Rato panpan go naliati iskei tenen ipitlak nmatu ipitlak nmatu nega rapan sari.

They went to see a friend of theirs.

Rapan rasoki asler.

They talked with his friend. He had a pig.

Rakaito puserek aslen Ipiatlak wak iskei.

The pig was a female pig.

Wak nen ipi wak nmatu.

The man who had a wife looked at the pig which was digging the ground.

Tenen ipiatlak nmatu itok lek wak nen ito su entan.

And he said to the other, "I see your wife knows how to work well.

Go kinrik kaaru kin na "Alek nmatu gaag, itae weswes wi.

But my wife doesn't work well.

Me neu nmatu nigneu itap weswes mau.

Sometimes I ask her to do this, I tell her but she doesn't do it, but your wife works well.

Tete nrak apestafi itap nrog wou mau. Amurin na kefreg tenen. Anrikin kin me ita pregi mau me nmatu gaag nen itae weswes wi.

If you want her, if she wants you, and I'll give you my woman but you give me your woman."

If wel ag kuf murin go katuok nmatu neu me ag p̃atao nmatu gaag.

And the other who owned the female pig said, "oh very good. If she likes that we make this exchange, it could be good.

Go tekaaru nen ipiatlak wak nmatu nen inag, "O iwi top. If wel kin taf tigpielkin ilakor wi.

I will give you my woman, but you will give me your woman."

Kineu katuok nmatu neu me ag p̃atao nmatu gaag."

The man said, "Oh it's good."

Natam̃ol ne ina, "O iwi."

When he was with the other's woman he hurried with the woman and they went a long way to his house.

Selwan iplak nmatu ni tekaaru itrapelpel plake pak em̃ae, ipak esum̃ ga.

But the other one took his woman, the woman pig, and they went to his house.

Me kaaru iplak nmatu ga, nmatu ni wak ne, kaipak esum̃ ga pa.

Then the exchange was finished. When he went with his wife, his child said, "Eh, you've made some food we can eat, and we will stay."

Malnen ratigpiel inom. Selwan iplak nmatu nen pan ipan pa teesa ga go inrikin kin na, "E kuipe preg tete nafnag sees takfami me takfo to."

The pig dug and made a mess of everything inside the house.

Wak nen ipan su panpan ipregsaki sernale ni em̃rom.

The man looked for a long time. And he felt bad and said, "Eh, get some food for us to eat, but you don't listen to me, you don't prepare the food.

Maarik nen itok, ito leka panpan. Go kinrus nrogtesakin me ina, "E p̃afreg nafnag takfam, ag kutap nrog nalek, p̃ata freg nafnag mau."

You look out, I am going to hit you."

P̃aleperkati kafo watgik."

You know how animals are, it didn't understand what the man said to it.

Kutae sup̃ ni teem̃ol itap tae nafte kin marik nen inrikin kin mau.

It did what it wanted to and spoiled everything inside and the man felt bad about it and said,

Ipreg namurien ga ipregsaki sernale ni em̃rom go maarik nen kinrogtesaki inrikin kin ina,

"If you keep doing this then I am going to hit you sometime."

"If wel kuf to preg teflan pan kafo watgik tete nrak."

And one day he said she should make something, she should make the place ready.

Go naliati iskei ito panpan go kinrikin kin na kefreg tenmatun kefreg ptaki em̃rom.

Where she would root around. She should make ready inside the house, she should cook food for them to eat. She doesn't want to.

Esan iswai. Kefreg ptaki em̃rom, kefreg tete nafnag rakfami. Imal.

Because the pig can't know language that we, people, would speak.

Nlaken wak ikano tae nafsan nen kin akit natam̃ol tuto tili

He felt bad about the pig and he hit it and killed it.

Inrogtesaki wak nmatu nen go kiwatgi ikrakpuni.

And that is the end of the story I have told.

Go ipi nametp̃ag na natrauswen nen atrausi.