neširu b-eže-t’a-ni esyu-bi q’ʷarid b-oq-n b-iłe b-ay-nosi yisi-a esir-n šebi mežu-r r-oq-n hemece-tow pašman b-oq-a keze b-oq-näy šebi nece-tow b-eže q’ʷariłi mežu-ƛ’or b-ay-asi-ƛin
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!"