
| ʔa: | k'o | sha | maʔa | -nha | -mʔele | |
| I | not | fish | eat | -not | -could | |
| ʔa: | k'o | maʔa | -maʔa | -nha | -mʔele | |
| I | not | food | -eat | -not | -could | |
| ʔa: | k'o | miʔ | jano | jano | -n | sha: | -nha | -male | |
| I | not | your | language | speak | -ing | know | -not | -could | |
I do not know how to speak your language | |||||||||
| mo:w | mana | -ʔ | shuʔun | nakan | |
| he | pay | -semelf. | cannot | because | |
because he is unable to pay | |||||
| mo:w | mana | -ʔ | shuʔun | |
| he | pay | -semelf. | cannot | |
he is unable to pay | ||||
| mo:w | mana | -ʔ | shuʔun | -ye | |
| he | pay | -semelf. | cannot | -past | |
he was unable to pay | |||||
| mo:w | k'o | hay | -na:m | ma- | -ts'a: | -nha | -male | |
| he | not | wood | -the | foot- | -break | -not | -could | |
he could not break the wood | ||||||||
| ʔa: | k'o | k'ot̪ama | -nha | -male | |
| I | not | swim | -not | -could | |
I should not swim | |||||