Example 59-290

tona mo si ka, si lo hunda mo, atene, mo o, mo nyon' nyen'
tongana
when
mo
2sg
si
arrive
ka,
there
si
conn
lo
3sg
hunda
ask
mo,
2sg
a-tene,
pm-say
mo
2sg
o,
pcl.def
mo
2sg
nyon'
drink
nyen'
what
When you arrive there and he asks you what you would like to drink, [...] OR: When you arrive there and he asks "What do you want to drink?"
Comment:
This is a good example of the connective si used sequentially: 'you arrive and then he asks you [...]'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994