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Zenzontepec Chatino, Example 130
"Nkāyūkéʔ tīké ntē nī" nakwęūʔ jį̄ nyáʔaūʔ "jā kakuna."
nkāy-ū-kéʔ
CPL-CAUS-get.cooked
tīké
liver
ntē
DEM
nī
now
nakwę=ūʔ
say=3PL
jiʔį̄
RN
nyáʔa=ūʔ
mother=3PL
jā
CONJ
k-aku=na
POT-eat=1PL.INCL
"Cook this liver", they told their mother, "so that we may eat."
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Language
:
Zenzontepec Chatino
Verb forms
:
COOK [cook]: nkay-ū-kéʔ
EAT [eat]: y-aku
TELL [tell]: nakwę
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