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unfamiliar with their cultural setting. (Translation
of grammatical structures without a knowledge of the
cultural meaning of the events described is hazardous
at best.)

The following example has /-sina:n/ allomorph

of -sina:

 

Asint uta.pa.n.s jani.raki.w jayta.ji.s
hacienda house no leave

mun.ka.rak.itu.ti , <Juma.x uka.nka.si.s.ka.m 7

want 3+] 2p stay there 273
S I

uf.ja.rap.it> sa.sinain...
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'The hacienda house he did not want to leave to me,
"You will stay there, caretake it for me", saying
(‘He did not want to give the hacienda house to me,

but instead asked me to stay there and caretake it
for him.') (Achocalla)

In certain contexts, especially when the subject
of the main verb (sa.jfia) and the embedded verb are the
same person, the sentence indicates that the subject
is thinking of doing or wanting to do something. The
Future or Desiderative tense is used on the embedded

verb. Examples: