i-2marks past tense on an event in the backgroundAbui omahoroi-ka irooꞌu tuiai gaꞌe hiꞌai-da, auo geemai aiha peibua.I started across and coming to the middle of the river, a very big snake appeared.Irooꞌumoi-da Era-Kiti goꞌotoi taitai-da, iridiri aiha porodoꞌia.As we came up past Era-Kiti village the engine stopped working.Hiei-da, moo irooꞌu mati tutui, ata rata ro omahuꞌodio bia.After that, the whole way back up, nothing else untoward occurred.Ruro podau, bomoi imaiꞌia kaida, poꞌu bomo rituoi rautu.He went off, killed a pig, and then came back with the dead pig.
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