Example 2-102

Nownow de Tanti M. sa ben e ferteri stori efu a ben de na libi ete.
Nownow
now
de
there
Tanti
Aunt
M.
m
sa
mood
ben
pst
e
ipfv
ferteri
tell
stori
story
efu
if
a
sg
ben
pst
de
cop
na
loc
libi
life
ete.
yet
Aunt M would have been telling stories right now if she were still alive.
Comment:
Only one older informant accepted combinations like sa ben e as being interchangeable with ben sa e. Everyone else rejected it. Combinations of musu (fu) + ben are possible.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford transcripts