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(30) Idiomatic ‗go to church‘: Charlotte Bush, speaker<br />

Ri‘kèn:‘a wahaterennaiénhna.<br />

ri-‘ken=‘a wa-ha-ate-renn-a-ien-hna-‘<br />

1SG/M.SG-be.sibling.to=DIM FACTUAL-M.SG.AGT-MIDDLE-song-JR-lay-PURPOSIVE-PRF<br />

I am older sibling to him he went to lay down his songs/prayers<br />

‗My younger brother went to church.‘<br />

The verb is understood as the label for the event as a whole. This speaker would have used the<br />

same construction even if her brother had simply sat in the back with no intention <strong>of</strong> praying.<br />

Another example is ‗word-be.good‘ = ‗be free‘. The speaker was saying that livestock was not<br />

fenced in.<br />

(31) Idiomatic ‗be free‘: Watshenní:nen Sawyer, speaker<br />

Akwé:kon katshé:nen<br />

akwekon ka-tshenen<br />

all N-domestic.animal<br />

‗All the animals<br />

enhskontatewenní:iohne‘.<br />

en-s-kont-atate-wenn-iio-hne-‘<br />

FUT-REPETITIVE-ZOIC.PL.AGT-REFLEXIVE-word-be.good-PURPOSIVE-PRF<br />

they were going to be word good<br />

were free.‘<br />

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