Ee ya cɔɔl cïïn röör wär röör ë Norway piath pinynhom, lakin ace yic! Ɔn ka ɣa kic mony cë bɛ̈n a monydië, ɣεn ya lui cerkaic Bangkok, ku yen ee rɛ̈ɛ̈r Pattaya. Ok wo yɔ̈k intanεtic ku goku ruäi.
I thought Norwegian men were the best men in the world, but that is not true! Before I met the man who became my husband, I worked in a factory in Bangkok, and he lived in Pattaya. We met through the Internet and eventually became a couple.
Dhama koor goku tak buk rööt thiaak. Ɣεn ee bɔ̈u tän kuat ŋɔ̈ŋic, ee ya yök thiëŋ monypei leu bë kuatdië muk ee ye wɛ̈t dɛ̈ɛ̈t e cɔl ɣεn rot athiak ë yen.
After a while we decided to get married. I came from a poor family, so having a foreign husband who could take care of my family was part of my reason for marrying him.
Goku la Norway ku jɔ̈ɔ̈k ke la thukulic ba piöc thoŋ Norway. Ee ye dhaman rilic. Ɣεn e cïïn waraŋ gɛ̈ɛ̈r rïäï, ee monydië yen ɣa gεεr thukulic, tiit ɣεn, ku dhuk ɣa bai. Ee ye ya thaa tök kuεεr tök. Na ɔn cë dhaman koor bak goku köök tä thiɔ̈k kek thukul, lakin ee ye wic bë ɣεn ya gεεr thukulic. Ee cïï wic ba ya cεεth thukulic ɣa tök.
We moved to Norway, and I started going to school to learn Norwegian. It was a difficult time. I did not have a driver’s licence, and my husband had to drive me to school, wait for me, and drive back. It was an hour each way. After a while we moved closer, but he still insisted on driving me to school. He did not want me to walk alone.
Mën ee bïï ɣεn Norway ɣεn ce laj laŋ wuëu. Köl tök go monydië ɣa
gäm wuëu ë cäm, lakin wɛ̈t leŋ ɣεn wuëu lik, guɔ tak ba ke tɔ̈u. Pamäthkië thukulic awic bïk ɣa kony ba yök luɔi, lakin mony e kuec. Acïï ë tïŋ lɔnadë lon guiεεr piny apiεth kek ɣεn.
I have hardly had any money since I came to Norway. Once, my husband gave me money for lunch, but since I had so little money, I kept it. My friends at school want to help me to get a job, but my husband says I cannot. He does not think working as a cleaner is appropriate for me.
Lakin alaŋ londɛ̈ tädië - guiεεr ɣöön rïäï. Ee ɣεn luɔi abën loi wɛ̈t ee yen raan mukthul keriëc abën. E ce lui kajuëëc wɛ̈t cïï yen tuany. Acïïn wuëu ke cë gäm ɣa guiεεr ɣöön riäic.
Instead he had another job for me – building a garage. He was the boss and I did everything. He could not do much because he was ill. He did not give me any of the money he made from building the garage.
Na ye köl tök go luel ka cë guɔ̈p yiit bai ye tök, ee wic buk jöŋ bɛ̈i bai. Ɣεn ee cë wic jöŋ wɛ̈t e ɣεn bɛ̈n ka ɣa cë guɔ̈p dhäär thukulic ku ɣεn laŋ lon bë bɛ̈n gɔ̈ɔ̈t bai wïëc ba loi. Go luel lɔnadë ka bë jöŋ ya la cäädh akölköl, lakin thökde ee ɣεn muk jöŋ kek monydiën dïït cë dhiɔp.
One day he said he was bored when he was home alone, so he decided we should get a dog. I did not want a dog as I was tired after school and I had homework to do. He said he would walk the dog every day, but in the end I had to take care of both the dog and my old husband.
Akuɔ̈j yen kë tätueŋ. Kë ca kuut ɣa puou ee ba la thukul dɛ̈t, lakin monydië acïï wic. Acë kuut yen bë ɣa kɔ̈ɔ̈k tä mec ago laŋ tä ril ɣenic tädië. A ya wic ba kuej lakin acä ŋic ba loi dë. Acë ɣic puɔl ba rëër panlei kek monydït ka ye muɔnydu täcït tän ee ya tak yen.
I do not know what the future will bring. My plan is to go to another school, but my husband does not want me to do that. He is planning to move further away to make it difficult for me. I want to resist, but I do not know how. It is not as easy to live in a foreign country with an old man as a husband as I thought it would be.
