Sentence #18

Kideya rusuve, “Ŋeya piŋive, soronen kidi liŋi.”

kideya rusuve ŋeya piŋive soronen kidi liŋi

{ kidi=ya} { rusu=vi} { ŋe=ya} { piŋi=vi} { soro=nen} { kidi} { li=ŋi}

{ rock=CAUS} { reply=OUT} { 3SG.AN=CAUS} { pain=OUT} { word=COM} { rock} { 1SG=MOVE}

The rock replied, “I am a talking rock who causes pain.”

This sentence is part of Soronen Kidi.

Key

Embedded Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Nominalized Clauses are italicized.
Motion Particle Phrases are bolded.

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