Eastern Armenian (standard Eastern Armenian), Example 149

Սիմոնյանը ձեռքից ցած գցեց բաժակը փլվեց իր աթոռին ու հեծկլտաց:
Simonyanə ʒerkʰicʰ cʰac gcʰecʰ bažak-ə pʰlvecʰ ir atʰorin u heckltacʰ.
simonyan-ə
Simonyan-def
ʒerkʰ-icʰ
hand-abl
cʰac
down
gcʰ-ecʰ
drop-aor.3sg
bažak-ə
glass-def
pʰl-v-ecʰ
ruin-med-aor.3sg
ir
self.gen
atʰor-i-n
chair-dat-def
u
and
hecklt-acʰ
sob-aor.3sg
Simonyan dropped the glass down off his hand, collapsed in his chair and sobbed.
Comment:
‘drop’: lexical causative for ‘fall’
Type:
Naturalistic written