
| miʔ | t̪aawal | mu:l | pʰowal | pʰidi | -xale | na | -n | |
| your | job | that | them | watch over | -should | be | -ing | |
watching over them is your job | ||||||||
| jalil | t̪aawal | mato | yehet̪aʔa | -n | ya | meʔ | mu:l | mil | na | -tʰe | |
| just | work | big | do (plural) | -ing | we | char. | that | that | be | -used to | |
we used to be that way, just doing big jobs | |||||||||||
| t̪aawal | mato | pʰik'a | shibu | na | |
| work | big | basket | weave | be | |
basket weaving is hard work | |||||
| nan | muu | mu:l | ya | min | jalil | t̪aawal | mato | yehet̪aʔa | -n | |
| and | ther | that | we | thus | just | work | big | do (plural) | -ing | |
and thus we just did big jobs there | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| t̪aawal | mo:w | duhu | |
| job | he | go | |
he goes to (his) job | |||
| t̪aawal | pʰat̪ay | |
| work | sluggish | |
a lazy job sluggish work an incompetent job | ||
| t̪iyi | ʔoʔ | t̪aawal | mako | -nha | hi | -n | mo:w | he | |
| he.logo. | still | work | find | -not | say | -ing | he | say | |
he has not found work yet, he said | |||||||||
| t̪iyi | ʔoʔ | t̪aawal | mako | -nha | hi | -n | Stan | he | hi | -n | Joe | he | |
| he.logo. | still | work | find | -not | say | -ing | Stan | say | say | -ing | Joe | say | |
Stan said he hasn't found still work, Joe said | |||||||||||||
| ʔoʔ | t̪aawal | mako | -nha | |
| yet | work | find | -not | |
not found work yet | ||||
| Stan | t̪iyi | t̪aawal | ʔoʔ | mako | -nha | hi | -n | mo:w | he | |
| Stan | he.logo. | work | still | find | -not | say | -ing | he | say | |
Stan said he still has not found work | ||||||||||
| Stan | t̪iyi | t̪aawal | k'o | ʔoʔ | mako | -nha | hi | -n | he | |
| Stan | he.logo. | work | not | still | find | -not | say | -ing | say | |
Stan said he still has not found work (2) | ||||||||||
| ʔoʔ | t̪aawal | mako | -t̪ʰin | |
| still | work | find | -not | |
not found work yet (2) | ||||