a. ˁímɛr aˀḥ ḷóˀo deš ˁážeʰ aḷ-baˁáḷoʰ ˁímɛr ɛʰ deš ˁážeʰ tóˀo aḷ-baˁáḷoʰ hawíneʰ ‘They said: “Why doesn’t this woman marry?” They said: “Hm! If this woman won’t marry, she must have some defect”’ (CSOL I 26:5-6)
b. ˁemέroʰ bɛss aˀḥ nínhin ˁéyyek hek kor tešóˀof še ˁö́mor ɛʰ bek ho ˁéyyek heš ‘She said: “Your majesty! I want you to sleep with me!” He said: “Oh! I want you too”’ (CSOL I 26:28-29)
c. ˁemέroʰ aˀḥ di-ḥéľoʰ teḳáˁa énhi tɛr ḷekέb dek di-šɛb ˁö́mor ɛʰ aḷ-ˀeḳáˁa heš tɛr ḥéberk wa-ˀö́ḳar tho éžˀḥer ‘She said: “Oh my nephew! Open the door for me! May I enter into your warm place!” He said: “No, I will not open it. I am cold and a fever has come upon me”’ (CSOL I 8:35-36)
d. ḫor ten ḷe-ḥaʰ wa-ˀíno di-góˁor íno bíľeʰ taˁámer ɛʰ bíŝi di-góˁor bíŝi bíľeʰ ‘“Are you and yours doing well? Nobody ill? Nothing else?” She said: “No, nobody is ill, nothing else”’ (CSOL I 18:13-14)
e. ɛʰ ľínhɛm ḷemtín ‘Oh! What could I ever wish for?’ (CSOL I 7:17)
f. ríˀiš tho men ṣeˁífoʰ ˁö́mor íno šéken ˁámok ɛʰ ken ínoˀs šin ‘He asked me about the dead fruit and said: “Do you have it there?” I said: “Yes, we do”’ (CSOL I 18:31)
g. ˁö́mor áṭif ḥe ḷέrɛd díˀʸho ḥumár ˁemέroʰ ɛʰ ken aḷ-ˁad kúsɛ rího hɔ ‘He said: “Give me some to water my donkey.” She said: “What? But really, there is no more water to be found here”’ (CSOL I 7:13)
h. ˁámok mɔn men orími di-šéˀke di-ḥadíboʰ ˁö́mor έhɛ deš ˁámok heʸh ɛʰ taˁmírin deš seʰ di-šéˀke ‘I said: “Which of the two roads will bring me more quickly to Hadibo?” He said: “That one.” I said to him: “Are you sure this one is quicker?”’ (CSOL I 2:22)
In affirmative clauses: a, b.
In negative clauses: c, d.
In exclamatory clauses: e.
In combination with the assertive interjection ken: f (affirmative); g (negative).
In the idiomatic expression ɛʰ taˁmírin: h.