
| Mary | hayu | -na:m | pʰiʔel | -ade | |
| Mary | dog | -the | search | -present | |
| mo:w | pʰowal | pʰiʔel | -adi | |
| he | them | search | -present | |
he is going to search for them | ||||
| hay | bits'u | -ts'ay | -na:m | -meʔ | pʰiʔel | -adi | -n | |
| wood | small | -plural | -the | -char. | search | -present | -ing | |
searching for small pieces of wood | ||||||||
| kawi | -ya | -nay | pʰiʔel | -adi | -n | |
| child | -plural | -the | search | -present | -ing | |
searching for those kids | ||||||
| ba-tsaʔ | -na:m | -mo:w | mo:wal | t̪aawal | pʰiʔel | |
| his maternal grandfather | -the | -he | him | work | search | |
his grandfather searched for a job for him | ||||||