Example 75-148

Namoya lii bitaen eekwa kiimiyeewak.
Namoya
neg
lii
pl
bitaen
cloth
eekwa
now
kii-miy-eew-ak.
pst-give-3.sbj.3.obj-pl
They did not give her any clothes.
Comment:
The verb 'to give' has different forms. There are two roots of the verb 'to give'. Miy- is used in ditransitives, whereas meek- is used when the benefactive is implicit and unspecified.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007