Example 48-83

¿Utere asé-ba kandá-lo-ba por kuanto ría?
¿Utere
you.pl
asé-ba
hab-prog
kandá-lo-ba
sing-it-pst.prog
por
for
kuanto
how.many
ría?
day
You were usually singing to (lamenting) him for how many days?
Spanish: (Ustedes) solían cantarlo (lamentar el muerto) por cuántos días?
Comment:
Note that lo 'it, them' is the only marker that can intervene between the verb and -ba. This example illustrates a case of intervening lo.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author