
| Mary | hayu | ʔe: | di- | -t̪'a | |
| Mary | dog | hair | with fingers- | -touch | |
Mary pets the dog | |||||
| kaynaʔ | ch'o: | -na:m | ʔa: | di- | -da:le | |
| chicken | egg | -the | I | with fingers- | -split | |
I cracked the chicken eggs | ||||||
| t̪ʰana ts'u: | ch'a: | -t̪u | meʔ | ma:dal | k'o | t̪ʰana he:ch' | bade: | -di | -nha | nan | di- | -dali | -n | ka:y | na | -n | |
| finger | one | -from | char. | her | not | fingernail | grow | -present | -not | and | with fingers- | -split | -ing | also | be | -ing | |
| ma:dal | t̪ʰana he:ch' | di- | -dal | na | |
| her | fingernail | with fingers- | -split | be | |
| t̪ʰana he:ch' | mo:wal | di- | -dale | |
| fingernail | him | with fingers- | -split | |
| mo:waʔ | t̪ʰana he:ch' | di | -dale | |
| his | fingernail | with fingers- | -split | |
| t̪ʰana he:ch' | t̪iyish | -ay | -nay | mo:wal | di- | -dale | |
| fingernail | ugly | -plural | -the | him | with fingers- | -split | |
| t̪ʰana he:ch' | t̪o: | di- | -dale | |
| fingernail | me | with fingers- | -split | |
| xabe | -na:m | ho | di- | -t̪'a | |
| rock | -the | hot | with fingers- | -feel | |
the rock feels warm (to the touch) | |||||
| siyan | di- | -t'oyi | -n | |
| skin | with fingers- | -peel | -ing | |
| mo:w | xabe | -na:m | di- | -da:l | -ka | |
| he | rock | -the | with fingers- | -split | -cause | |
he split the rock he broke the rock | ||||||
| xabe | -na:m | di- | -da:l | na | |
| rock | -the | with fingers- | -split | be | |
the rock is split the rock cracked | |||||
| chiba: | t̪a | -m | di- | -da:l | -ka | -y | |
| who | Q | -that | with fingers- | -break | -cause | -past | |
| ʔa: | mu:l | di- | -da:l | -ka | |
| I | that | with fingers- | -split | -cause | |
I caused that to split | |||||
| ʔa: | mu:l | di- | -da:le | |
| I | that | with fingers- | -break | |
I split that | ||||
| ma:dal | ʔa: | kata | -na:m | di- | -da:l | -ka | daʔa | -de | |
| her | I | shell | -the | with fingers- | -break | -cause | want | -present | |
| ma:n | -t̪ʰin | mu:l | di- | -da:l | -ka | -y | |
| she | -not | that | with fingers- | -break | -cause | -past | |
she did not split that (but it is broken, someone else did) | |||||||
| ma:n | di- | -da:l | -ka | -y | |
| she | with fingers- | -break | -cause | -past | |
she caused (it) to split | |||||
| ma:n | k'o | di- | -da:l | -ka | -nha | |
| she | not | with fingers- | -split | -cause | -not | |
she did not cause (it) to split | ||||||
| mu:l | -na:m | -meʔ | di- | -da:l | -ye | |
| that | -the | -char. | with fingers- | -break | -past | |
that is the sort of thing that split | ||||||
| mu:l | di- | -da:le | |
| that | with fingers- | -split | |
that split | |||
| ʔal | di- | -da:l | na | |
| this | with fingers- | -break | evid. | |
(I see) this split | ||||
| ʔal | di- | -da:l | -ya | -na | |
| this | with fingers- | -split | -passive | -evid. | |
(I see that someone) split this | |||||
| chiba: | t̪a | ʔal | di- | -da:l | -na | -ʔ | |
| who | Q | this | with fingers- | -break | -evid. | -Q | |
who split this? | |||||||
| chiba: | t̪a | ʔal | di- | -da:l | -ka | -y | -ʔ | |
| who | Q | this | with fingers- | -break | -cause | -past | -Q | |
who caused this to split? | ||||||||
| shina: | -na:m | di- | -xoti | -n | |
| head | -the | with fingers- | -detach | -ing | |
detaching the heads (of a sunflower) | |||||
| nan | du: | -na:m | -meʔ | ka:y | ma | di- | -xoti | |
| and | other | -the | -char. | also | you | with fingers- | -snap off | |
and you detach another one, too and you also snap off a different kind | ||||||||
| mo:w | hay | di- | -ts'a: | |
| he | stick | with fingers- | -break | |
he breaks a stick with his hands | ||||
| mo:w | hay | di- | -ts'a: | -ka | |
| he | wood | with fingers- | -break | -cause | |
he intentionally broke the wood with his fingers | |||||
| xawina | kata | ma:n | di- | -t̪'a | |
| turtle | shell | she | with fingers- | -feel | |
| tʰem | kata | ma:n | di- | -t̪'a | |
| abalone | shell | she | with fingers- | -feel | |
| tʰem | kata | -na:m | ma:n | di- | -t̪'a | |
| abalone | shell | -the | she | with fingers- | -feel | |
| ma:n | kata | -na:m | di- | -t̪'a | |
| she | shell | -the | with fingers- | -touch | |
| kata | -na:m | ma:n | di- | -t̪'a | |
| shell | -the | she | with fingers- | -feel | |
| Mary | -t̪u | ʔa: | ʔuymo | di- | -kel | -ye | |
| Mary | -acc. | I | face | with fingers- | -wipe | -past | |
| mo | -na:m | -muu | di- | -t̪'el | -ama | -n | |
| hole | -the | -there | with fingers- | -stick on | -cont. | -ing | |
sticking (a lid) there on the hole putting (a cap) on the hole | |||||||
| mo | di- | -t̪'el | -ama | -n | |
| hole | with fingers- | -cover | -cont. | -ing | |
sticking (a lid) on the hole putting (a cork) in the hole | |||||
| ma:n | k'aye | ja- | -xa | -ʔa | -n | t̪ʰana hech' | di- | -da:l | na | |
| she | self | with knife- | -cut | -reflex. | -ing | fingernail | with fingers- | -split | be | |
her fingernail broke from cutting herself | ||||||||||
| mu:l | di- | -t̪'a | -t̪ʰin | -am | |
| that | with fingers- | -feel | -not | -command | |
| ʔa: | mu:l | k'o | di- | -t̪'a | -nha | |
| I | that | not | with fingers- | -feel | -not | |
| ʔa: | mu:l | di- | -t̪'a | -kʰena | |
| I | that | with fingers- | -touch | -future | |
I will feel that with my fingers | |||||
| di- | -t̪'a | -ya | -xale | -t̪ʰin | na | hi | -n | he | |
| with fingers- | -touch | -passive | -should | -not | be | say | -ing | say | |
| di- | -t̪'a | -ya | -xale | -t̪ʰin | |
| with fingers- | -feel | -passive | -should | -not | |
| k'o | di- | -t̪'a | -ya | -xale | -t̪ʰin | |
| thing | with fingers- | -feel | -passive | -should | -not | |
(it) is a thing that should not be felt | ||||||
| k'o | mu:l | di- | -t̪'a | -ya | -xale | -t̪ʰin | mu:l | na | |
| thing | that | with fingers- | -touch | -passive | -should | -not | that | be | |
that is something that should not be felt with one's fingers | |||||||||
| di- | -t̪'a | -ya | -xale | -t̪ʰin | mu:l | na | |
| with fingers- | -feel | -passive | -should | -not | that | be | |
| k'o | di- | -t̪'a | -nha | -n | |
| not | with fingers- | -touch | -not | -ing | |
not feeling (something) with one's fingers | |||||
| mu:l | di- | -t̪'a | -m | |
| that | with fingers- | -touch | -command | |
feel that (with your fingers)! (imperative) | ||||