nangá mú-e-N-nako i-ó=bu-koba N-ba-ngíː ba-na-dam-w-á̲ kó-ku-shá-zyib-a o-ku-bar-a e-ci-purá ne-ci-ŋoHr-é̲twa iyé ci-á-ma-kuwá ewe N-pa-hó a-keːzy-a kú-kar-a na=o-ri mu-ntu u-ó=ku-sih-a
even NP18-AUG-NP9-time PP9-CON=NP14-apartheid COP-PP2-many SM2-PST-beat-PASS-FV ADV-INF-NEG.INF-know-FV AUG-INF-read-FV AUG-NP7-chair REM-SM7-write-STAT-PASS that PP7-CON=NP6-white PERS2SG COP-NP16-DEM.III16 SM1-come-FV INF-sit-FV COM=SM2SG-be NP1-person PP1-CON=INF-be_black-FV
Even in the time of apartheid, many were beaten because of not knowing how to read. On a bench, it is written, whites only. You, that is where you sit, when you are a black person.’ (NF_Song17)