Example 59-67

mama, ala de ti lango ape?!
mama,
mother
ala
2pl
de
continue
ti
of
lango
sleep
ape?!
neg
Mother, haven't you fallen asleep yet?!
Comment:
Something like this is the correct meaning although lo de ti lango means 'he/she is still sleeping'. Ala is also used for both second and third persons singular (‘you’ and ‘he’ or ‘she’) in a respectful or deferential manner.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994