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Zenzontepec Chatino, Example 62
Wī nuwęʔ kīlyóūʔ nkwiyūʔ pero ná nkyajā.
wī
and
nu
NOM
wiʔ
DEM
k-ī-lyōó=ūʔ
POT-ITER-take.out=3NSPEC
nkw-ii=ūʔ
CPL-want=3NSPEC
pero
but
ná
NEG
nk-y-ajā
CPL-ITRN-get(.3)
And it was that one that they wanted to copy, but it didn't appear./Lit: 'And it was that one they wanted to take out again, but it was not found.'
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Language
:
Zenzontepec Chatino
Verb forms
:
GET [get]: nku-jwī
WANT [want]: nkw-ii
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