Niī nu ná nyaʔa jiʔį̄na ná kikwiʔ jnā maxi kākwári nkuteję̄.
niī
now
nu
NOM
ná
NEG
nyaʔa
HAB.see(.3)
jiʔį̄=na
RN=1PL.INCL
ná
NEG
ki-kwiʔ
POT-speak(.3)
jiʔį̄=na
RN=1PL.INCL
maxi
CONJ
kākwá=ri
close.by=only
nku-teję̄
CPL-pass(.3)
Now they don't see us, they don't speak to us, even when they pass close by.
Comment:
There is no appropriate valency reducing alternation to link this example to. Note that Zenzontepec Chatino is a highly transitivizing language. There is only one alternation (the intransitive alternation) or maybe two (including the object/instrument incorporation alternation) valency reducing alternation(s), and only a few verbs undergo them.
