Suri (Suriel), uncle Rumbekwan is here. Badu Rumbekwan who is standing
here and accidentally he came from Jayapura and mmm he heard (about)
you and he took your address, he said that he wanted to write a letter
to (you) out there so that the two of you mmm chat in English
again. When you were in Australia he wrote a letter to you in
Australia. But now you are in England, the thing that he wants to mmm
write a letter to you again, so he already wrote down your address but
now we're chatting in front of the Department of Education and Culture
office. So please listen to his voice.
BR1: Mmm so this cassette, (in) the cassette I talk like this but I
will send a letter straight from Jayapura to (you) so you are
happy. The things that you did there you will write them, and (send) a
letter to (me) here so I will be happy and read them but I request
that a small dictionary that you talked about, you ordered it in
England whoops (in) Australia, please send one from there to here. Ehh
an English-English dictionary, that's it. That's it. 
HM: Ah so let's see who did you choose (to become the president) in
the yesterday's general elections? 
BR2: SBY because we had me as the chairman of the KPPS (electoral
committee) so I was confused what I should do. 
HM: Was there any funny incidents at the voting places?  
BR2: Ohh, there weren't any funny incidents. Sorido was the place
where they occurred. 
HM: Ah what does that mean? (Lit: it's again). Yes, but if (it was) Sorido (where) the funny
incidents occurred, if it was like that, the two of you who are the
inlaws from that place mmm Rumbewas (and) Suriel, the two of you, how
could you intend to shame the people of Sorido who own that place?
BR2: Rumbewas is already an old man so I hand it over to you, (the)
son outside. The foreign land out there. 
HM: Ah so perhaps, what is it?  Are there any stories for us from
North Supiori? 
BR1: Hey teacher Mansoben! You're at the back, you won't be able to
eat lots of fishes. Fishes which are on the land and in the sea. 
YM: No, there aren't any fishes. This time it (the sea) is not calm
so. No, there aren't many fishes unless we look for (them). 
YR: Ahh, but aren't there a lot of fishes in Supiori?  
YM: Yes, It's what he said. The fishes are many but you said there
aren't any fishes in North Supiori. 
YM: No, the fishes (are there) but if we look for (them), this time is
windy, so... 
YR: If not (then) the ones that are on the land. 
YM: Mmm the ones on the land are (only available) if they feed (farm)
them, if not then (there) won't (be any). 
HM: Mmm (this is) father Awom who wants to send this message to you
out there. The son (in England) said mmm we will speak and then I will
send (the recording) to him so he (could) listen to it out there. 
BA: Mmm.  
HM: Yes, please talk in the Mandender dialect for (him so that) he
(could) hear (your dialect). 
BA: Mmm so what is it?  
HM: You say what you wanted to talk about 
yesterday: the general election, (whether it) was not properly
(conducted), therefore you did not accept (it) and said.... 
BA: But the general election was properly (conducted). 
HM: Would any one become the president or was it a Javanese? 
BA: Yes, but (why) was it not one of us who become the president? Yes,
but the ministers, two (from our tribe) must also sit (in the
cabinet). So they could talk about our side. So that they could talk
well (about) the special autonomy and that it could go well and they
must stop being naughty.  
YM: They (would) trick us. They would trick us again. 
BA: So that he speaks well, so.... This son, they have been outside so
they should (be able to) manage these things to make them easy. 
YR: Things are happening, so..... (Lit: The canoe already moved, so.....). 
HM: Hey, Boseren! 
BA: I do not speak long but it finishes there. 
HM: Ehh the one who has just spoken was father Awom. A speaker of the
Mandender dialect. With the Ambroben (people) who live around the
(Biak) airport.  The two who have (just) spoken. You shouldn't provoke
the situation, What were you thinking?  You know that SIMON's joke
went to England yesterday so now he could speak. 
Smn: Why don't you speak?  Father will send (it) to Son Suri.  
HM: Now, we are sitting (and) chatting in front of Department of
Education and Culture office but here we are speaking with different
dialects mmm so someone from the North is the one who will be speaking
now. Hi, where do you live?  
YI: Nusi. 
HM: This one is the one from the North but lives in Nusi, he lives
near uncle with the brown hair who lives in Nusi. Yoram. They are the
ones who live on the island. They rule Padaido. So how is your
situation in Padaido?  
HM: (Are) you still throwing bombs (to catch fish) and (or) have you
already stopped (it)?  
YI: Ah ( I ) already moved to North Biak. 
Smn: You speak in the Biak language (Lit: You speak real). 
YI: Ah yes, so well, so the situation in Nusi is good, alive, and we
have been busy since the first of October. So the activities in the
families to support living or our lives in the future and at the
moment the general election reminds us because SBY and Yusuf Kalla
have become leaders. Therefore, I speak to the son (and expect him) to
become clever/smart so you could support our land to progress
forward. Thank you. 
HM: Young uncle wants to speak in Swandiwe dialect so he is standing
and because he lives with the Samber (people) so he speaks in Samber
dialect for you to listen. 
YPM: Ah I don't talk (about) anything but.... 
HM: You speak Samber dialect!  (Lit: You speak the language from Samber). 
YPM: This general election finished already so you also (need to) help
(to bring about) the happy thing, this big happy thing that we desire,
we must have it. I did not say anything but that's it. Thank you. 
HM: Ehh son Suri mmm now I am standing with uncle Mampioper because he
wants to speak to you so you could also listen to their Samber dialect
so mm... the two of us are standing at the harbour. He also wants to
talk to you so now I will give him some time for him to also talk. So
uncle you can speak. 
EM: Yes, thank you again to you son. I will introduce myself: My name
is Eskol Mampioper. I was born in Samber. Now (at) this hour I am
standing with your father and the two of us are standing chatting at
the harbour in our Biak (town). But I would like to give a little
message to you brother outside, as a reminder. It is this, just now
the earlier brothers have already talked about them, but, I just add
this.
HM: So, Hannah's father. Just now uncle mmm spoke the true things but
this one he said mmm he also wants to make the thing called a joke or
the thing that makes (us) laugh but this joke seems to have come from
your place. They divided us into two (provinces: West Irian Jaya
province and Papua province) (Lit: They sold us as
separately). Western part of Irian Jaya, perhaps a joke that comes
from your place. So you just listen to the way the person who comes
from the sea or from the land, we will listen (and predict) who
(actually) made this joke. 
EM: Ah so son mmm uncle sends this joke to comfort you a little bit at
that place out there, however, this joke comes from West Papua mmm
West Papua. So this joke perhaps comes from mmm Arfak mountain towards
the sea. One Arfak man from Warmare went down and he took two
chickens. He held one on his side and another on his other side and
went down walking and passed the front of a foreign woman's house so
the foreign woman asked (him) and said: "Sir, how much is the
chicken?" Her intention (was) to ask how much the price of a chicken
was. So this scabby man, (because) he didn't understand, so he turned
to the foreign woman and said, "Two chickens." He said (that) the
chickens were two. So the foreign woman ran inward closer (to him) and
then asked (him) and said, "How much is one chicken?"  Then, the old
man said, "One tail (chicken) costs thirty thousand (rupiahs)." Then,
the foreign woman complained and said, "Ohh it's too expensive."
"Could you lower (it)?" Thus, the orphan released the chickens
downward to stand and said, "I have already lowered (them)."  So that
was the joke, that's it but thank you very much for...
HM: Yes so this joke, the meaning of the joke
about your Arfak people. It was one of (them) who sold (the chickens)
so he released them downward. He let the chickens (and) the two
chickens stood then he said, "Madam, I've lowered (them) down." AH so
the woman thought he said he lowered (them) down so perhaps, the price
was reduced, in fact, he lowered the chickens to stand up (on the
ground) but the price was fixed at thirty five thousand (rupiahs) for
each chicken. So mmm that was the joke.