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Zenzontepec Chatino, Example 80
Nkwiiya ʔnekwēyáʔya laaʔ laaʔ tī nu jā nt-ū-nána=ūʔ jiʔį̄=ya.
nkw-ii=ya
CPL-want=1PL.EXCL
ʔne-kwēyáʔ=ya
POT.do-measure=1PL.EXCL
laaʔ
like.so
laaʔ
like.so
tī
EMPH
nu
NOM
jā
CONJ
nt-ū-nána=ūʔ
HAB-CAUS-ask.for=3PL
jiʔį̄=ya
RN=1PL.EXCL
We wanted to try to do so, because they were asking us for it.
Comment:
'ask for' has unexpressed specific object (mezcal)
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Language
:
Zenzontepec Chatino
Verb forms
:
ASK FOR [ask-for]: nkā-nána
WANT [want]: nkw-ii
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