po lɪnga a-ba-bʊʊl-ile a-ba-paapi ba-ake pamo ʊ-gwise gw-a n̩-dʊmyana jʊ-la , a-a-j-aga kʊ-n-sʊʊm-ɪl-a kʊ-gwise gw-a n-kiikʊlʊ ʊkʊtɪ ʊ-mw-anaako , n-gʊ-lond-a ʊkʊtɪ eeg-igw-ege n=ʊ-mw-anangʊ”
then if/when 1-2-tell-PFV AUG-2-parent 2-POSS.SG or AUG-his_father(1) 1-ASSOC 1-boy 1-DIST 1-PST-go-IPFV 15-1-beg-APPL-FV 17-his_father(1) 1-ASSOC 1-woman COMP AUG-1-your_child 1SG-PRS-want-FV COMP 1.marry-PASS-IPFV.SUBJ COM=AUG-1-my_child
When he had told his parents or his father, he [father] would go to the woman's father and ask Your child, I want her to be married to my child.”' [Life and marriage long ago]