Neširu bežet’ani esnabi q’ʷarid boqno biłe baynosi , yisä esirno , šebi mežur roqno hemecetow pašman boqa keze boqnäy , šebi necetow beže q’ʷariłi mežuƛ’or bayäsiƛin .
evening I.PL-old-DISTR-DEF brother-PL sad I.PL-become-PFV.CVB I.PL-as I.PL-come-ANT.CVB DEM2.ISG.OBL-ERG ask-PST.UNW what you(I).PL.OBL-LAT IV-happen-PFV.CVB such-EMPH become.sad I.PL-become-INF meet I.PL-become-CND.CVB what so.much-EMPH III-big sadness you(I).PL.OBL-SUPER.LAT III-come-RES.PRT-QUOT
In the evening, when the brothers came looking sad, he asked: "What happened to you that you became so sad? What a big sadness has come upon you!"