Xanä žedu gulubi łˤora ɣudi łi teƛinč’eyn rišerno łäƛ’or regirnosi , ʕoloqanawni gulu boƛƛäɣor bik’in , ečrunä lilyoxaytow ħaƛun neł qułtow žedu xizorno regirno , enda ečru , enda ʕoloqanaw yołƛin kaɣatno caxno .
khan-ERG DEM1.IPL horse-PL three.OBL day water give-NEG.PST.CVB-and III.PL-eat-CAUS-PFV.CVB water-SUPER.LAT III.PL-let-ANT.CVB young-DEF horse III-middle-IN.VERS III-go-PFV.CVB old-DEF-ERG river.bank-AD.ABL-EMPH drink-PFV.CVB DEM1.IISG.OBL day-CONT.ESS-EMPH DEM1.IPL back-TOP III.PL-send-PFV.CVB DEM3b.SG old DEM3b.SG young be-QUOT letter-TOP write-PST.UNW
The king didn't give these horses water, but fed them for three days, then he let them onto the water and the young horse went into the middle and the old one drank from the riverbank; on that day, he sent them back, writing a letter[ stating]: "This one is old.", "This one is young."