Example 75-212

Noo kinwaensh amanipitaayaahk li shaar daa la boo uschi.
Noo
neg
kinwaensh
long
a-mani-pitaa-yaahk
comp-loose-pull-1pl.excl
li
art.m.sg
shaar
car
daa
loc
la
art.f.sg
boo
mud
uschi.
from
We pulled the car out of the mud in short order. OR: It did not take long to pull the car out of the mud for us.
Comment:
The element dan (also daa) is a general locative preposition. Sometimes it is combined with other prepositions, such as uhchi 'from'.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983: 204