iʑo jiwi nɯnɯ tsʰapa nɯkɯɣe pjɤŋu . (...) aʑo tɤnɯkoŋtsoa ɯqʰu tɕe , tsʰapa juɕea tɕe , tsʰapa nɯ jikɯmdza ʁɟa ɲɯŋu tɕe , (...) tɕe arpɯ aɬaʁ ntsɯ tukɯti ɲɯra ma nɯ<beifen> ɲɯmbro , (...) tɤpɤtso kɯxtɕɯ~xtɕi ra kɯ nɯ apʰe “aftsa aftsa" tutinɯ , “arpɯ aɬaʁ" kɤti ɲɯra , tɕendɤre tutia kɯzgɤt ɲɯɕti ri nɯnɯ aʑo mɯ́jnɤxtʂaŋa
1PL 1PL.POSS-grandmother DEM TOPO AOR:WEST-SBJ:PCP-come[II] IFR.IPFV-be _ 1SG AOR-work-1SG 3SG.POSS-after LNK TOPO IPFV-go-1SG LNK TOPO DEM 1PL.POSS-relative completely SENS-be LNK _ LNK 1SG.POSS-MB 1SG.POSS-MZ always IPFV-GENR-say SENS-be.needed LNK 3PL.POSS-age.rank SENS-be.high _ INDEF.POSS-child SBJ:PCP-EMPH~be.small PL ERG DEM 1SG.POSS-DAT 1SG.POSS-ZCh 1SG.POSS-ZCh IPFV-say-PL 1SG.POSS-MB 1SG.POSS-MZ INF-say SENS-be.needed LNK IPFV-say-1SG INF:STAT-be.needed SENS-be.AFF LNK DEM 1SG NEG:SENS-TROP-be.fair-1SG
[One of] our grandmothers was from Tshapa (…) After I started working, when I went to Tshapa, everybody there is a relative of ours, (…) I had to call all of them `my mother's brother, my mother's sister', because they are of higher 辈分bèifenage rank, (…) [even] small children called me `my sister's son', and I had to call them `my mother's brother, my mother's sister'. Although this was what I had to say, I found it unfair.' (2010-06)