ʕAƛoz raʕalłixorgon baynosiƛin , eƛin babiya , elude dandir šuša žek’u ižin bik’ixozo xalq’imoqgon Aħmadä esirsi , eƛ’iyä yeda žek’u exasi , yagi žiƛboyäƛin .
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?'."