Ábar al pur figèva ju lu èra , a figèva è , vèv’ è plaṣchaj vi da quaj vi da tschaj , ábar bigja intgarnaus cù nuṣ ṣchajn … pròpi … quaj sùnd ju , quaj détschu , quaj sùnd ju maj staus .
but DEF.M.SG farmer do.IMPF.1SG 1SG then also and do.IMPF.1SG also have.IMPF.1SG also pleasure.M.SG over of DEM.UNM over of DEM.UNM but NEG inveterate.M.SG as 1PL say.PRS.1PL _ really _ DEM.UNM be.PRS.1SG 1SG DEM.UNM say.PRS.1SG.1SG DEM.UNM be.PRS.1SG 1SG never COP.PTCP.M.SG
But then I also worked as a farmer, and did it also, also had pleasure in this and that, but [I wasn’t] an inveterate farmer as we say … really … this I have, this I say, this I have never been.