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Hapi

páhaikíí a-xíihaxi=hákoo í-tàa-h=kóa

why PASS-tell.a.story=must INTRG-AUX-1=DECL

‘Why do I have to listen to this story?’

Notes

  • As with Cawlo's example, the Hapi don't know the act of 'watching movies'; they are a slash-and-burn society and live in a large rainforest, and haven't had much contact with the outside world. I therefore translated it more freely using 'being told a story' per analogy.
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