Saturday, March 21, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 14: gadu

So far, the impact of COVID-19 upon indigenous townships and villages is negligible. Family and friends instead worry more about me who lives in the city and who does not practice "self-disinfection" as much as they do. My own guess is geography?

liyaw aravac a gadu i tja qinaljan. 
izua tjalja vavaw. izua tjalja teku. 

In English: 
There are so many mountains in our village. Some are higher. Some are lower. 

Glossary: 
  1. liyaw: many
  2. aravac: very, to stress the extent
  3. gadu: mountain, hill
  4. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  5. tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN)
  6. qinaljan: village, community
  7. izua: there is, have
  8. tjalja: most, superlative case
  9. vavaw: high
  10. teku: low

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