Interlinear glossed text041_cut| Recording date | 1998-09-29 |
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| Speaker age | 70 |
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| Speaker sex | m |
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| Text genre | traditional narrative |
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| Extended corpus | no |
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| | | Translation | Oh there were many, not here, but in Santo. At the time of the war, there were lots of Americans, not here, but in Santo. | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | Black men and white men. Army and navy, all different men. | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | They had their women who came too. They had 500 women with them. | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | They were the officers' wives. | | Audio | play audio |
| rufatlasik r u f a t l a s i k
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| ru= | fatlas | -i | -k | | 3PL.RS= | meet | -TS | -1SG.DP |
rumsagik r u m s a N i k
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| ru= | msag | -i | -k | | 3PL.RS= | transport | -TS | -2SG.OBJ |
| | Translation | They came, they were good, they were happy to meet any man. They come driving or they meet you or they take you in the car. | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | You say, "Where are you going?", "Okay". With them for three months. | | Audio | play audio |
| Nafisoklepwen n a f i s o k l e p w e n
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| na- | fi | soklep | -wen | | DET- | be.IR | rich | -NMLZ |
| | Translation | They were good men. They were very rich. | | Audio | play audio |
| kofan k o f a n
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| ko= | fa | =n | | 1PL.ex.IRS= | go.IR | =DST |
| | Translation | You know America, they say to do exercises, we do exercises. They say we'll play baseball, we played baseball. | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | They say we'll go for a wander, we went for a wander. | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | Or they say, we'll drink, we all wear uniforms and we go and drink. | | Audio | play audio |
| panpanpan p a n p a n p a n
| | Translation | They were good to me, then they said, "This week we'll go to the Solomons. Don't be scared." | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | I said, "I signed up for death, if I die, I'm dead, if I live, I'm alive." But the government heard and they sent me to Suranta. | | Audio | play audio |
| natam̃ool n a t a Nm o o l
imalkin i m a l k i n
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| i= | mal | -ki | -n | | 3SG.RS= | not want | -TR | -3SG.OBJ |
| | Translation | There was a shortage of men. But they were lying as they didn't want me to go (to the Solomons). | | Audio | play audio |
| | | Translation | If I went, I would be like Jimmy Stevens, or I would be dead in the Solomons. | | Audio | play audio |
| nam̃olien n a Nm o l i e n
| | Translation | That's my life. Until today when I am 77 years old. | | Audio | play audio |
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