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26.  h bhi  - ge - ko taiken -a
man  crowd emph. pl.  was -cop

There was a crowd

27.
 bhi-re
 okor
barman
 boŋga
 -kami-aba-
crowd-case doctor Burman worship work-finish
-ked -a - kin
past -cop- dual
Standing in the crowd, he prayed Lord Jaganath.

28.
 atom-ren
h a-ke
nakpur 
oko re
monta-
side -case man - case  Nakpur whose  situate
akin  kuli  -k-i-a
dual -ask  - past -cop

He asked a man who was standing nearby about the location of Nakpur village.

29.
 a:Šarjo
- rea
 kajido
akin
 nakpur-ren
h
surprisingly -case  say he (hon) Nakpur - case man

Surprisingly, he said that he was from Nakpur.

30.		  
en-h-lo		  
tenakpur
- te
-kin
seno-jan-a
that -man with  -case Nakpur - case  - dual go past -cop

He went to Nakpur with that man.
31.  bosa  ta:r
gapa  musiŋ		 maraŋ basiam
ka¸o - re
bus next -  tomorrow day big breakfast time - case
nakpur - te seere  - jan - a
Nakpur  - case reach  - past -cop

The bus reached Nakpur village on the next day at the time of lunch.
32.  
bos - tea?t 		hadu - kate a-kin nu
-ked - a
bus - from get  down - tea  - dual drink  - past - cop

They drank tea after getting down from the bus.
33.  en 
- somoi		 - re hora  -te jonom -eŋga  b-re
that  - time -case way -case  birth -mother head -case
guri -kaŋi  dipil  kate mai ma¸i-te seno  - tan - a
manure-basket  take slowly  go - past-cop

At that time, his mother was going slowly with manure basket on her head.

34.
okor
 barman
 lel-ked-kin-a
doctor  Burman  see-past-dual-cop

Doctor Burman saw her.
35.  ocor   barman kumu  -akan leka
- ge		  dhau
doctor   Burman dream like emph -run
hoporjan    -akin ar kuli-k-i-a -kin,  ma bar
close l tense-dua and ask-past -dual mother two
hisi  sirma later -re aben - a hon koa
twenty year before - vase  you - case  child - male
aben - tea?t  seno - gidi -  akan - i
you - from go away  - asp - que

Doctor Burman went near that lady and said, mother,
have you sent your son 40 years ago from you?

36.
 jonom 
- eŋga
koyo
 - bai-
k-i-a
birth -mother look  make past-cop

She looked at him.

37.
 jonom
eŋga
kana
a?e-a 
hon ka -
ina
-g-i -a
birth mother what -she-cause . child-ŋeg identify -past-cop

Do you say, that the mother cannot identify her own child.

38.
 b-rea
guri-kaŋia 
ote-re
 uyu?
jan-a
head-case  manure-basket ground -case fall - past  -cop

The basket fell down from her head.
 
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