balɪnkʊja bandʊ baa lʊsulumanio fiijo ʊkʊkongana n=ʊkʊsita kʊkaba=mo ʊmwana na=jʊmo nkatɪ m̩bʊʊmi bwabo
2-NARR-be(come)-FV 2-person 2-ASSOC 11-grief INTENS AUG-15-follow-RECP-FV COM=without 15-get-FV=some AUG-1-child COM=1-one 18-middle 18-14-life 14-POSS.PL
They became very sad because they did not [ever in all that time] get even a single child in their life.' [Pregnant women]