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Sentence 10

temle ien ē tere jamārwakie mo rirōña hi alxien ñi riēn rā xō;
temle ien ē tere jamārwakie mo rirōña
REL (SE.past +3p.sg.src +1p.sg.goal) Everything from 'ien' to the end of the sentence is the object of SE ē CONJ ("and") REL (SE.past +2p.sg.goal) Object of SE: N.sg ("surprise") GOAL marker N.poss (2p+ "eye")
hi alxien ñi riēn
ē CONJ ("if") MOD ("suddenly, unexpectedly") REL (NI) Object of NI: PN (2p.sg) LOC ("to") PN ("there")
He said to me: it was a surprising sight if you came to it suddenly.

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