Example 75-224

Kiiatimikow lii polis.
Kii-atim-iko-w
pst-overtake-inv-3.sbj.3.obj
lii
the.pl
polis.
police
The police overtook him. OR: He was overtaken by the police.
Comment:
The police is non-topic and subject, and therefore there is an inverse marker: not the topic ('he/him') is agent, but a newly introduced referent ('the police'). This active and inverse sentence contrasts with this passive sentence: Kii-atimikaashoow par lii polis. 'He was overtaken by the police.'
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983: 211