Examples
- ɓá̰ tɨba ti ʔùu:l, sì sì, tén w̃àɲ, kà ŕ lápyaà.
- child fall road, go go, find chief, do him hello.
- The child set off, walked and walked, found the chief and greeted him.
- á na ŕ ndúu: ní ŕ ɲì.
- they give him water he drink
- They gave him water to drink.
- jée:l lá ŕ ʔwa̰ ŕ ɓi:r tén w̃àɲ:
- evening too he get-up he ask chief:
- In the evening he got up and asked the chief:
- w̃àɲ, ɲìin hina ḿ ɓá̰ tàa:m. ɛɛ̀, pàáy kəə̀y? ǹ tà:m ḿ ɓá̰ càaw.
- chief I(emph.) come you child seek, eh, is-it what?, I want you child marry (verbal noun)
- "Chief, I have come to seek your daughter; I want to marry your daughter."
(From a story recounted by Dakour Yalka Ali, in Boyeldieu 1985, p. 10)
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