| full verb | light verb | ||
| dä | ‘start being there’ | ||
| mi̠na̱ | ‘go’ | ||
| bitä | ‘come’ |
| . | d-á=sa̱=ká̱=ju̱=të |
| Cabecar | emerge-prog=egr=asc=am=ven |
| leaving up (from its hole) on its own toward me |
| . | a. | i | shk-ä́ | r-á=tsé̱ |
| Cabecar | 3 | walk-ipfv | emerge-prog=trp | |
| he is/was walking hither | ||||
| b. | i | shk-ä́ | r-á=të | |||||
| 3 | walk-ipfv | emerge-prog=ven | ||||||
| he has been walking hither | ||||||||
| . | Ká | bá | mi̱ | kú̱na̱ | tuína̱. |
| Cabecar | neg | 2.sg | go:ipfv | n.val | night |
| You may not go out at night. | |||||
| . | Yís | yak-ä́ | m-á̱-r. | |
| Cabecar | 1.sg | dine-ipfv | go-prog-∅ | |
| I am going to eat. | ||||
| . | i | su̱-á̱=rá | kalwá | ts-é̱ | bit-ä́-r=të | i | kuta | te |
| Cabecar | 3 | see1-pfv=clm | [stool | transport-ipfv | come-ipfv-∅=ven | 3 | male's.sister | erg] |
| he succeeded in seeing his sister was bringing a stool | ||||||||