Oro ta asucihi tasiro ani ki mose wa ani pon cise kar.
or-o
place-POSS
ta
LOC
a=sut-ihi
IND.A=grandmother-POSS
tasiro
knife
ani
INST
ki
reeds
mose
mow
wa
and
ani
INST
pon
little
cise
house
kar
make
Grandmother then cut reed grass with her mountain knife and built a small house with that reed grass where they lived.
Comment:
In the second clause with kar 'make/buld' predicate, instrumental argument is omittted (because it is topical and was introduced in the preceeding clause) but the instrumental postposition ani is retained which rather typical for Ainu. This indicative of a vey early stage of grammaticalization of ani from the verb ani ‘hold sth (SG)’ (vt).
