Komu\tel=ka=sabeba\tskrebe ,\te=txoma\tsi=fidju\tpa=skrebe=l\tkel=kárta .\tDjonzinhu\ttuntunhi ,\ttuntunhi ,\tpamodi\tel\ttanbe\te=ka=sabeba\tnáda ,\tnen\tskrebe\tsi=nómi .
as\t3SG=NEG=know-ANT\twrite\t3SG=call\t3SG.POSS=son\tfor=write=3SG\tDEM.SG=letter\tJohn-little\tbecome.uncertain\tbecome.uncertain\tbecause\t3SG.INDP\ttoo\t3SG.DEP=NEG=know-ANT\tnothing\tnot.even\twrite\t3SG.POSS=name
Since he couldn't write, he called his son, so that he would write the letter for him. Little John dilly-dallied and dithered because he couldn't do anything either, not even write his name.