Example 41-86

fereerus, karpinteerus, kustreerus. akas tudu tiraa see mee nosa tɛɛrantu kii tasusta falaatu etus lolembraa
fereeru-s,
blacksmith-pl
karpinteeru-s,
carpenter-pl
kustreeru-s.
tailor-pl
aka-s
that-pl
tudu
all
tiraa
take
see
cond
mee
foc
nosa
1pl.gen
tɛɛra-ntu
country-loc
kii
what
ta-susta
prs-happen
falaatu
quot
etus
3pl.hon
lo-lembraa
fut-think
Blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors. Only if you take all those, they will know what is going on in our country.
Comment:
This example illustrates the future of the stative lembraa 'think'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 2856