ɯ-xso ʑɴɢɯloʁ nɯnɯ , tɕe sqamŋu-xpa mɤɕtʂa ɯ-mat ku-tsʰoʁ mɯ́j-cʰa . pɯ́-wɣ-ji ɕimɯma , ɯ-rɣi pjɯ́-wɣ-ji ɯ-qʰu , sqamŋu-xpa kóʁmɯz nɤ ɯ-mat ku-tsʰoʁ ŋu tu-ti-nɯ ŋgrɤl tɕe ,
3SG.POSS-normal walnut DEM LNK fifteen-year until 3SG.POSS-fruit IPFV-attach NEG:SENS-can AOR-INV-plant just.after 3SG.POSS-seed IPFV-INV-plant 3SG.POSS-after fifteen-year only.after LNK 3SG.POSS-fruit IPFV-attach be:FACT IPFV-say-PL be.usually.the.case:FACT LNK
Usually, the walnut tree cannot have walnuts until fifteen years [have passed]. Just after one has planted it, after one plants its seeds, it is only fifteen years later that it bears nuts, they say.' (12-ndZiNgri)