Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Friday, June 26, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 111: riljay, qaluman

riljay ti muakai, sa qaluman ti dremedreman. 

In English:
muakai is skinny, and dremedreman is chubby.

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 110: kedri

kedri a zaljum na pana nu kaljauraman. 

In English:
The water of the river is low in fall.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 109: kudral, qaca

kudral a kasiw i gadu, qaca a zaljum i pana. 

In English: 
Trees in the mountains are tall, water in the river is high.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Monday, June 22, 2020

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 106: qudjidjilj

Thanks to mom. She likes my Nissan Tiida as much as I do!

qudjidjilj a ku paliling.

In English:
My car is red.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 105: qulivalivai

qulivalivai a gadu nu ripasa kaljauraman.

In English:
The hills become yellow when it’s close to fall.

Friday, June 19, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 104: vucelai

To continue with yesterday, I also hear the following a lot:

vucelai aravac a su aljis.

In English:
Your teeth are so white.

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 103: qucengel

I used to hear this a lot. Now I just smile.

a ku sun a qucengel aravac?

In English:
Why are you so dark?

Monday, June 15, 2020

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Friday, June 12, 2020

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Monday, June 8, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 93: vavaw

pitju a lava i vavaw tua kasiw. 

In English:
There are seven flying squirrels on the tree.

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 92: cadja

cadja aravac a djalan a sisa kavulungan. 

In English:
The road to Mount kavulungan is far.

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 91: dungdung

dungdung a ljavek a kemasi tua nia qinaljan. 

In English: 
The sea is close to our village.

Friday, June 5, 2020

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 88: navalj

tiamen a sepaiwan naseqaqusa i tjai navalj tua taiwan. 

In English:
We Paiwan live in the south of Taiwan.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Monday, June 1, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 86: sepurpur

And this is very true. 

sepurpur tua sengsengan sakamaya timadju. 

In English:
He's always occupied with work.

Paiwan Every Day 668: pai

pai, kinemnemanga tiamadju tu kemacu tua ljigim nua kakinan.   Free translation : Now, they decided to take their mother's sewing needle...