Sentence #65

Wusu poto kunosece, poto kuno kuttalace, setta-seje calloboloce.

wusu
time+at
poto
sick
kuno
have
-se
-RP+REP
=ce
=1SG.O
poto
sick
kuno
have
kutta
FORCE
-la
-RP+DIR
=ce
=1SG.O
setta
stop
seje
finish
callo
SEEM
-bolo
-RP+INF
=ce
=1SG.O

When I was sick, I was very sick, I was almost dying.

Pay attention to the evidentials: I was reported sick, I was directly experiencing very sick, I was inferring that I was close to dying. And this is all in the recent past.

This sentence is part of Wusu Poto Kunosece (The Time I Was Sick).

Key

Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.

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