a. ftkrik kor etóger siyáraʰ wa-tóˀo éraḥk ˁamḳ di-ḥaḷf ftkrik wa-ḥéṣakk men díˀʸho fékraʰ ‘I was thinking of buying a car, but at some point I re-thought it and gave up my idea.’ (CSOL II 24:12e)
b. ṭáhɛrk be-ľéľheʰ be-siyáraʰ wa-ho bíŝi še estébni tóˀo éraḥk ˁamḳ di-ḥaḷf hímaˁk ˁárho di-táyer tóˀo bánšarat náhakk ˁémer megɔ́še inέm šek ˁámok táyer deš-di-men ḥérhen bánšarat ˁémer hob saľamát ˁédo šin táyer ‘I was going in my car during the night, and had no spare tire. Midway along, I heard the sound of the tire blow, and I gasped. My friends asked me: “What’s with you?” I said: “One of the back tires is punctured.” They said: “OK, that’s not a big problem. We still have another (spare) tire.”’ (CSOL II 30:20)
c. ˁážeʰ egdóḥoʰ hedíyeʰ díˀseʰ ḳáḳaʰ siyáraʰ wa-ho aḷ-ˀégzɛyk heʸh siyáraʰ ‘My wife gave her brother a car as a present, even though I wasn’t happy about it.’ (CSOL I 7:11)
Borrowed from Arabic.