Example 75-143

La Sandrieuz maatoow, nawachiko sheekishiiw.
La
def.art.f.sg
Sandrieuz
Cinderella
maatoo-w,
cry-3sg
nawachiko
somewhat
sheekishii-w.
be.scared-3sg
Cinderella was crying, she was a little scared.
Comment:
These are two subsequent intransitive sentences from a narrative. Past is not marked here, but it is translated as past as the event took place in the past. Narrative past is not the common pattern in Michif.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007