570

<Ala.si.s.k.sna.xa.11> s.t"a.x.

‘"We can be buying," I said.'
buy 4+3

133 (‘I think we can buy it.')
S (Sitajara)

<Naya.x sSini.r sara.:> sa.S.ka.ya:t.wa.
Ip movie go Ile3 ~~ y33.

F RDK

'"T will go to the movies," I was saying.'

(La Paz/Compi)
("I was thinking of going to the movies. ')

<Sini.ru.w sara.fi> sa.ja.:ta.
movie go 133 T33
F RDK

'"T will go to the movies," I said.'
('I was thinking of going to the movies.')
(Carangas; reported by Yapita)

Sometimes a verb other than sa.fia may be the
main verb of the sentence, with sa.fia occurring in a

subordinated form only, as in the following from a

story told by Vasquez:

<I] ap.su.si.: ap.su.si.:> sa.s

. yana. tayna.
thread put }+3 133 try 33
F F RIK

'"I will put the thread through, I will put it through,"
saying, she tried.'

("She tried to thread the needle.') (La Paz/Tiahuanaco;
Hardman et al. 1975:1.402)