A Kaingang Text

action active form appears arrive arrow beak becomes bird break changes child Class clause closely clothes combination condition consonant constructions dealing demonstrative discussed drink element English Examples expressed feminine following sentence function future gather give habitually hair head hive honey independent pronouns inside instance intransitive verbs Kaingang kill kũ mv lance locatives look male personal name mban means meanwhile mouth nasal negative never nominal Note nouns nữ object occur participial form particle pierce plural position postposition preceded predicating prefix pronoun rare refers shoot shot sick sing singular sometimes stand stone stop tapir tell tiger told transitive translated tree verb verbal vowel wash wife