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English: "Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to."
Chinese: 「你为什么不去？」「因为我不想去。」
Chinese (pinyin): "Nǐ wèishénme bù qù?" "Yīnwèi wǒ bù xiǎng qù."
Pekzep (latin transcription): mua2 nan2 xit2 mun1 mok1? ka1 xit2 pai2 mun1 hia1 mok1.
Pekzep (hanzi transcription): 「汝何故無行？」「此故我無心行。」
Pekzep (linzklā):
Sound Recording by falira.lyjotafis / 这是falira.lyjotafis的录音。 :
Analysis:
mua2汝nounyou
nan2 xit2何故reason wordinterrogativewhy
mun1無verb-modifiernegative markernot
mok1行verbtakes a placeto go to

ka1 xit2此故conjunctionthe reason is that
pai2我nounI
mun1無verb-modifiernegative markernot
hia1心clause-takerto want to
mok1行verbtakes a placeto go to