Ɣudƛ’ay ɣudƛ’or uži ħalaq’ oqxo ik’ix ukayn , sosigon babiya esirno nesiq , šebi deber roqno , šida mi ɣˤuč’ iłe oqxo ik’ixƛin .
day-SUPER.ABL day-SUPER.LAT son meager become-IPFV.CVB go-IPFV.CVB see-PFV.CVB again-CNTR father-ERG ask-PST.UNW DEM1.ISG.OBL-POSS.ESS what you-LAT IV-happen-PST.UNW why you stick as become-IPFV.CVB go-PRS-QUOT
Seeing that from day to day the son went on to become thin, so the father asked him again: "What happened to you? Why are you becoming like a stick?"