Example 30-198

Kárta ki N skebe-l el perde.
Kárta
letter
k=N=skebe=l
[comp=1sg=write=3sg
el
3sg.indp]
perde.
go.astray
The letter that I wrote to him got lost.
German: Der Brief, den ich ihm geschrieben habe, ging verloren.
Comment:
El is the resumptive 3SG personal pronoun within the relative clause, refering back to kárta. -l is the 3SG indirect object pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002: s.v. ki