tɤ-tɕɯ nɯ kɯ sɲikuku ʑo si ʑ-lu-pʰɯt tɕe , nɯ ɲɯ-ntsɣe-ndʑi tɕe , nɯ kɯ ndʑi-xtu cʰɯ-sɯ-χsu-ndʑi pɯ-ŋu ɲɯ-ŋu ,
INDEF.POSS-son DEM ERG every.day EMPH tree TRAL-IPFV-fell LNK DEM IPFV-sell-DU LNK DEM ERG 3DU.POSS-belly IPFV-CAUS-feed-DU PST.IPFV-be SENS-be
The son went every day to fell trees, they sold [the wood], and they fed their bellies this way.' (2003 tWxtsa)