v. (II)

a. tóˀo kέrhen sobírin nekóteb be-di-soḳoṭríyyeʰ neẓ̂ḷóḷ díˀḥan be-ketábaʰ wa-náˁaʰ áḥsan wa-ṭoḳ énṭen téken áḥsan ‘When we started to write in Soqotri, we used to make mistakes, but now it has improved, and after a short while it will be even better’ (Naumkin et al. 2013b:556)

b. tóˀo kέrhen sóbirk išḳabítin ékobk be-mádrasaʰ aḷ-ˁérobk ifúḷ yóuḷɛ be-ḳáľam wa-ˀifúḷ kóutob wa-menóˀo ḳóurɛ muṭáľaˁaʰ ‘When I began to study, I entered the school, I did not know how one holds qalam and how one writes and from which direction one reads’ (Naumkin et al. 2013b:556)