toh-cee'inon-o' nehe' honoh'oe nih'et-neeni-t ne-es nih-cei-tecnooh-oot hi-inoon neniisi-ni3i hi-bi-ho noh hi-heio heetih-notton-oo3i' ne-eseh'e noh ne-si-ho' heetih-ni'-niib-einoo
since-not.know-1S this boy IRREAL-it.is-3.S 1S-husband PAST-to.here-send.s.o..somewhere-3S 3S-mother two-3PL.OBV 4S-older.sister-OBV.PL and 4S-aunt so.that-ask-3PL 1S-older.brother and 1S-uncle-NA.PL so.that-able-marry-3S
Because I did not know the young man who was to be my husband , he sent his mother , two of his older sisters and his aunt , to ask my older brother and my uncles for permission to marry me .