ʕaƛ-z raʕalłi-xor-gon b-ay-nosi-ƛin eƛi-n babi-a elu-de dandir šuši-a žek’u iži-n b-ik’i-xozo xalq’i-q-gon Aħmad-a esir-s eƛ’i-a yeda žek’u exu-asi yagi žiƛbo-a-ƛin
village-GEN2 edge-AD.LAT-CNTR I.PL-come-ANT.CVB-QUOT say-PST.UNW dad-ERG we(I).OBL-APUD.ESS towards bury-INF man carry-PFV.CVB I.PL-go-PRS.PRT.OBL people-POSS.ESS-CNTR Akhmed-ERG ask-PST.WIT last.year-Q DEM2.ISG man die-RES.PRT or this.year-Q-QUOT
"When we came to the edge of the village," said the father, "Akhmed asked the people that were coming towards us carrying a man to bury him: 'Has this man died last year or this year?'."