nɯ-mu nɯ tɤ-ngo qʰe ci ci nɯ-si kɯ-fse ci ci tɤ-mna kɯ-fse qʰe kɯɕnɯ-xpa ʑo tʰɯ-mdɯ .
3PL.POSS-mother DEM AOR-be.ill LNK one one AOR-die SBJ:PCP-be.like one one AOR-be.better SBJ:PCP-be.like LNK seven-year EMPH AOR-live.up.to
Their mother got ill, and survived seven years, sometimes looking like she had died, sometimes looking like she was getting better.' (14-siblings)