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	Ndee nyi, leigaiq ndee mei  sseenggv loq  nee      gumuq ndee liu   ndoq.
	one   day  crow    one  CL road        in    AUX    hat      one  CL  see
	One day, a crow saw a hat on the road.
	Tee     nee     gumuq chee  liu   yuq  neeq   gu'liu  gv        teiq         tai        yi.
	3.SG  AUX    hat      this   CL  take AUX  head  above  AUX      put on  AUX
	He put the hat on his head.
	Nji    mbel ndee teel       tv        seil,      nzaisso   ndee mei  gobvl  ceeq    yai.
	walk  PST one   part      arrive   AUX   sparrow one   CL  met     come   AUX
	He walked to a place where he met a sparrow.
	Nzaisso   nee     sel   mei:     "Neeq ezeembei yeel    nge gumuq teiq    tai?"
	sparrow   AUX  say  AUX   you     why         AUX  my  hat     AUX  put on
	The sparrow said: "Why did you put on my hat?"
	Leigaiq chee    rherq     mbil    njeq  leiheq.
	crow     AUX  frighten  AUX   run   go away
	The crow was frightened and ran away.
	Mailngguq ddee nyi   seil,      leigaiq chee mei  sseenggv loq nee      ejuq    nzaisso   chee mei  lei       gobvl  ceeq   yai.
	later           one  day   AUX   crow   this   CL   road       in   AUX   again  sparrow  this  CL  AUX   meet  come  AUX
	A few days later, the crow met the sparrow on the road again.
	Tee nee      ndoq mei     nzaisso   chee mei  gumuq chee liu    gv   teiq   nzeeq xai.
	3.S   AUX    see   AUX  sparrow  this  CL   hat       this  CL  on   AUX sit      AUX
	He saw the sparrow sitting on the hat.
	Nzaisso  chee mei  nee     tee gol sel   mei:    "Cheenyi seil     gumuq chee liu    nee   nee     tai         laq      meil."
	sparrow  this   CL  AUX  he  to  say  AUX    today    AUX   hat      this  CL   2  AUX   put on  AUX  AUX
	The sparrow said to him: "Today you can put the hat on."
	Leigaiq gumuq chee liu     yuq    neeq   gu'liu  gv   teiq     tai          yi.
	crow    hat       this   CL   take   AUX  head  on   AUX   put on   AUX
	The crow took the hat and put it on his head.
	Mbeeq ndee kaq   me  nggv see nee, gumuq chee  liu     hulhu    mbel    ceeq   seil        muq    rhuq  leiheq.
	many    one   while no  has    AUX     hat      this   CL    swing   AUX   come   AUX   under  drop  go
	After a short time, the hat began to swing, then it dropped.
	Tee gu'liu gv  meqzeel nzaisso   jil      ndee mei muqdiul mbvq ceeq   yai.
	3.Ss   head on  AUX     sparrow small one   CL out        hatch  come  AUX
	On his head hatched baby sparrow.