Sentence #93

Medenda medes tanatana Nuvora, ŋiri mede yaha satas oloyo sape.

medenda medes tanatana Nuvora ŋiri mede yaha satas oloyo sape

{ mede=nda} { mede=s} { tanatana} { Nuvu=ra} { ŋiri} { mede} { yaha} { sata=s} { oloyo} { sa=pe}

{ tree=SRC} { tree=LOC} { quick} { Nuvu=GO} { some} { tree} { smooth} { body=LOC} { upwards} { 3SG.RA=FAIL}

Nuvu quickly went from tree to tree, but he failed to climb the trees’ smooth trunks.

This sentence is part of Nuvuza Tani.

Key

Embedded Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Nominalized Clauses are italicized.
Motion Particle Phrases are bolded.

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