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?

Glossary:
  1. a: case marker for the nominative 
  2. ku: why
  3. sun: you, second person singular
  4. a: ligature
  5. qucengel: black, dark-skinned
  6. aravac: very, so 
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