Example 59-151

tere agwe (a)duti na yanga ti yaka ti kobe so [...], ake te
tere
Spider
agwe
sm.go
(a)duti
(sm-)sit
na
prep
yanga
mouth
ti
of
yaka
garden
ti
of
kobe
food
so
dem
[...],
[...]
ake
sm.cop
te
eat
Spider went to the edge of this produce garden and began to eat.
Comment:
This is from the narration of a traditional tale, and my translation takes into account the way events are taking place. Perhaps another narrator would use commencer ('begin'). Using ate would be wrong, because it would mean 'he ate (the food)'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge