Yam garden interview

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I visited Ulumo and Ningaram in Matane and asked them these questions. It is the time for digging up their mena garden there.

1. Mena mogut nom, mena megite ubub igonn ig? Mena, yam nom, singu ubub igonn o mena wes ubub igonn ig? Nonn ame. You plant yam in your garden. Do you plant other foods in there too?

2. Enn mena mogut ubinim eb nagam. Ab bili ubinim eb nagam nom endet ab bili om megiteme? Ab higom ubinim eb o ab nomol og ubinim eb? What is a good place to plant a yam garden?

3. Nonn mena mogut nom, mogut inda nom mogom? Inda ubi ab ig o nonn utam his inda? Is there one 'papa' of The garden or more than one?

4. Nonn mena wondob mogom wog osob igonn ig? Who do you share your food with?

5. Mohis ute om mogut utam, ute om ombul. Nonn mena mogut megitet tugub igu? How many mena gardens do you have?

6. Megite hene ogoo mohis ute om mogut utam ute om mogut ombul? Why do some people have one and some people have two gardens?

7. Mena wondob piguguma. Mena higol ogoo yog nemb iguguma, hiyol ogoo osob iguguma, hiyol ogoo umog piguguma. Mena umog nom, yog megite ab pigeb iguguma ig? What do you do with the seeds?

8. Mena umog hiyol ogoo wog eseb iguguma ig? Mena umog hiyol ogoo yog teleb iguguma? Do you give seeds away? Do you throw some away?

9. Mena soguwa wondob pigeb nemb iguguma. Mena peleg onn nom, stoli ame. Talk about the first harvest.

10. Mena peleg yog tenn nangama? You eat the first harvest all together?