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Zenzontepec Chatino, Example 177
Nkutyejnā ntiʔe choo kunu suwe ʔne lēʔ nkutyejnā ntulaʔaūʔ jnā keeʔ lōʔ kwitīʔyú.
nku-tyejnā
CPL-begin
nti-ʔe
HAB-go.down
choo
rain
kunu
a.little
suwe
small
ʔne
HAB.do
lēʔ
then
nku-tyejnā
CPL-begin
nt-u-laʔa=ūʔ
HAB-CAUS-get.broken=3PL
jiʔį̄
RN
na
ART
kee=Vʔ
rock=DEM
lóʔō
RN.with
kwitīʔyú
lightning
Then it started to sprinkle a little bit, and they began to break the rock with lightning.
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Language
:
Zenzontepec Chatino
Verb forms
:
BREAK [break]: nka-laʔa
RAIN [rain]: nkw-eʔe
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