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Zenzontepec Chatino, Example 186
Ntákwī nchaaūʔ wiʔ nī lēʔ nu nkwētyūkwá nu ntikwiʔya chíjyą̄ʔ.
n-tákwī
STAT-be.hanging
nch-aa=ūʔ
PRG-go.NBASE=3PL
wiʔ
there
nī
now
lēʔ
then
nu
NOM
nkw-ē-tyūkwá
CPL-AUX.down-be.sitting
nu
NOM
nti-kwiʔ=ya
HAB-speak=1PL.EXCL
chíjyą̄ʔ
cardinal
When they were going and passing there, what we call a cardinal sat down.
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Language
:
Zenzontepec Chatino
Verb forms
:
GO [go]: y-aa
SIT DOWN [sit-down]: nkw-ē-tyukwā
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