Paiwan Every Day 34: pangudralj

Although word order in a Paiwan sentence is relatively flexible, as conjugation and case markers help to locate the word's function and relationship to others in the sentence, Paiwan Every Day 33 is not so correct, let alone idiomatic. The correct one will be "tjamaku a aicu".

anema aicu? sapitj a aicu. 

anema aicu? pangudralj a aicu. 

anema aicu? dingua a aicu. 

anema aicu? pana a aicu. 

In English: 
What is this? This is a book.
What is this? This is pineapple.
What is this? This is a telephone.
What is this? This is a river.

Glossary:

1. sapitj: book. qadupu 'paper' is also used to mean book.
2. pangudralj: pineapple
3. dingua: telephone, loanword from Japanese でんわ 電話. 
4. pana: river, stream

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