Example 1-145

Husomma va une sa gi hem pikin wan stoon, teh a begi hem tatta wan pisi bredi?
O=soma
q=person
fu
of
unu
2pl
sa
fut
gi
give
en
3sg
pikin
child
wan
indf.sg
pisi
piece
ston,
stone
te
when
a
3sg.sbj
begi
ask
en
3sg
tata
father
wan
indf.sg
pisi
piece
brede?
bread
Because which of you would give his child a lump of stone, when s/he asks his/her father for a piece of bread?
Comment:
The order is S-V-R-T, without a preposition marking the recipient hem pikin.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781: 167