Sentence #37

Hadahada wusu ŋehetepene sedetoda, kiŋi nune kaddetoda deyewa wosodu.

hadahada
several
wusu
time+at
ŋehetepe
nobody
=ne
=via
sede
stand
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
kiŋi
wished-for
nune
thing+via
kadde
act
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
deyewa
leaving
wosodu
to.then

Before leaving, he was alone several times, and he did what he wanted.

This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Nuwu Ŋedane (The Story of Nuwu).

Key

Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.

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