i eꞌa era ꞌi te ꞌao era ꞌā o te rua raꞌā, he oho he tuꞌu he paꞌo mai i tāꞌana mahute i tāꞌana hauhau, he hahaꞌo ki roto te vai he haka pā mo haka marere mo haka piro haka kōpiro ꞌi roto i te vai mo te taura mo hiri

PFV go_out DIST at ART dawn DIST IDENT of ART two day NTR go NTR arrive NTR chop hither ACC POSS.3SG.A mulberry ACC POSS.3SG.A kind_of_tree NTR insert to inside ART water NTR CAUS double for CAUS fall_apart for CAUS rotten CAUS ferment at inside at ART water for ART rope for braid

'When he had gone out at dawn the next day, he went and chopped mulberry and hauhau trees; he put the fibres in the water and folded them so they would fall apart and rot and ferment in the water, to braid a rope from.'

he oho ki te hare o tōꞌona ŋaruhoa e noho era ananake

NTR go to ART house of POSS.3SG.O friend IPFV stay DIST together

'He went to the houses of his friends who lived together with him.'

ꞌe i tupuꞌaki ꞌā ꞌi tōꞌona hare, he oho he tuꞌu he noꞌinoꞌi hai mahute hai hauhau

and PFV near CONT at POSS.3SG.O house NTR go NTR arrive NTR request:{red} INS mulberry INS kind_of_tree

'And when he was near their houses, he went and asked for mulberry and hauhau.'

he rovaꞌa mai

NTR obtain hither

'He got them.'

he maꞌu he oho mai he tuꞌu, he puꞌa he haka kōpiro mo te taura mo hiri

NTR carry NTR go hither NTR arrive NTR cover NTR CAUS ferment for ART rope for braid

'He carried them away and covered them (with water) to ferment to braid a rope from.'