aɣi-a žawab teƛ-n insan-q ʕo-d-kin r-ig-za-xay y-uti-xanusi ačit’ mi-q maħi-n r-ok’-n-a ža y-uti-x-ƛin
bird-ERG answer give-PFV.CVB human-POSS.ESS ax-INSTR-even IV-good-ZA-AD.ABL II-turn-NEG.PRS.PRT pine you-POSS.ESS tail-TOP IV.PL-beat-PFV.CVB-Q DEM1.SG II-turn-PRS-QUOT
The bird answered: "Even a human can hardly chop the tree down with an axe, how could you beat it down with your tail?"