So in fact children were fathered by one man– and this one as good as dead– like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.
 À ti iwo zɨ̀ a yi n-ni, Abɨ̀làhâm læ keli woyn, ghɨ dvɨ̂ chwô mɨ̀njêyn mzɨ̀ a mɨ̀ n-ghɨ iyvɨ, dvɨ̂ chwô àsese kì a kɨ n-ghɨ a mbæ̀ jvà nô mɨ ta wu nà n-ghɨ ma wù lema meyn ɨ̀ nà laynsɨ̂ ghɨ kɨ ta wù kfɨ̀ kfɨ.