Iwera uruk-am-ika-i-wkin wi ikiw-emi aaw-em-ik-e-mik , iwera=ke wia aruf-eya ma-em-ik-e-mik , “Oo kanaka oo , yasi paitim mi oo ,” na-em-ik-e-mik .
coconut drop-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS 3p.UNM go-SS.SIM take-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p coconut-CF 3p.ACC hit-2/3s.DS say-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p “Oo kanaka oo, yasi paitim mi oo” say-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
When they kept dropping the coconuts, they went and got them, and when the coconuts hit them they said (in Tok Pisin), “Oh savages, yasi hit me”, they kept saying (like that).