Api prènd’ al PN in cuntí ò da sac … quèls cuntjalṣ da mòni mèlan … usché , lajn dí , in cuntí da pauc , al mèndar èra mù tga quèl vèv’ ajn ina stria furclèta , api fò ‘l:
and take.PRS.3SG DEF.ART PN INDEF.M.SG knife out of pocket.M.SG _ DEM.M.PL knife.PL of handle.M.SG yellow _ so HORT.1PL say.INF INDEF.M.SG knife of little DEF.M.SG worse COP.IMPF.3SG only COMP DEM.M.SG have.IMPF.3SG in INDEF.F.SG witch.F.SG notch and do.PRS.3SG 3SG.M
And then PN takes a knife out of his pocket … one of those knives with a yellow handle … so, let's say, a worthless knife; the worst was that it had a damned notch and then he said: