Example 41-146

pooy faya tɛɛmpu taam nukufikaa fayeedu
pooy
habil
faya
do
tɛɛmpu
time
taam
also
nuku-fikaa
neg-become
fayee-du
do-adjz
The time that we COULD do it [build a house], it was not done.
Comment:
This is one of only two naturalistic examples of the passive construction in the corpus. Unfortunately, none of the arguments are expressed.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 5146