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Mans kil,       Tsyinänan, Deutänan   e    Linglänan         ätävoms          in Türkän.
Men three,  a  Chinese,     German   and  Englishman   were travelling  in Turkey.
Ün    del     seimik,    änofoms           dinitani         läna.                 bi       äbinons  brietiks.
On a day    certain,  they insulted  a  dignitary  of the country  because they were drunk.
Sekü atos,              ämutoms   papönön               me          batülis teldeg.
As a result of this, they had  to be punished by means of  lashes  twenty.
        Man balid   ad    pabataflapön äbinom        Tsyinänan.
The  man  first          to be flogged   was      the  Chinese man.
"Vilol-li,          das röbob leüli su   bäk   olik        ad          läsükön       doli?"     äsäkom       flapabatan.
"Do you want, that I rub  oil    on  back  your  in order     to  lessen    the pain?"  asked   the   flogger.
"Si,     si,"    ägespikom          Tsyinänan,    e          flapabatan ädunom osi.
"Yes, yes,"    replied     the   Chinese man and  the  flogger        did       it.
   Dü             flapabatam,        Tsyinänan      äluvokädom  ed   ädrenom;      poso       äkanom   töbo      
"During  the    flogging,   the  Chinese man    screamed    and   cried;       afterwards  he could  hardly
löstanön.   
stand up.
Tän     äbinos      turn     Deutänana.
Then   it was the turn  of the German.
"Vilol-li,          das  röbob  leüli  su   bäk  olik       ad     läsükön        doli?"   äsäkom       flapabatan.
"Do you want, that  I rub    oil    on  back your in order to lessen the pain?"  asked    the  flogger.
"No !"  ägespikom       Deutänan,   ed äsäklotom   jiti      oka.
"No !"   replied      the  German,   and took off     shirt  his own.
    Dü          flapabatam        Deutänan äbinom    ai       seilik;   poso         älöstanom      nen         fikul      ed 
During the   flogging    the   German     was    always  silent;  afterwards  he stood up without difficulty  and
  ämogolom.
walked away.
Lätiküno    äbinos       turn      Linglänana.
Last of all  it was  the turn  of the Englishman.
Vilol-li,           das röbob leüli su bäk   olik    ad       läsükön         doli?"
Do you want,  that I rub  oil   on back your in order to lessen the pain?"
 Pos    tik        anik,           Linglänan ägespikom :  "Dalob-li labön      Deitänani su  bäk obik?"
After thought some,  the Englishman   replied:       "May I    have  the  German  on back my?"