Way ʕabdalƛin , eƛin ɣʷˤadä , ʕonodkin nece yečiw ačit’ rigzaxay yoƛ’ˤuxanusi , maħin rok’no ziruq žaya yˤoƛ’uxƛin .
o.dear fool-QUOT say-PFV.CVB crow-ERG ax-INSTR-even so.much II-thick pine IV-good-ZA-AD.ABL II-fall-NEG.PRS.PRT tail-TOP IV-beat-PFV.CVB fox-POSS.ESS DEM1.SG-Q II-fall-PRS-QUOT
"O you fool", said the crow, "Even with an axe it is almost impossible to fell such a thick pine, [how] could a fox fell it with the beat of its tail?"