Example 41-156

noos oondi janasa voo deevspa mee saba
noos
1pl
oondi
where
jaa-nasa
pst-be.born
voo
indf
deevs-pa
god-dat
mee
foc
saba
know
Where (the heck) we were born, God only knows.
Comment:
Note that voo can only be used as a complementizer for indirect questions, not for indirect statements. It signifies that the speaker has no idea.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 5102