Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 116: sadjelung, saceqalj

sadjelung a zua qaciljai, saceqalj a zua vudas. 

In English: 
That rock is heavy, that sand is light.

Glossary:
  1. sadjelung: heavy
  2. a: case marker for the nominative
  3. zua: that
  4. qaciljai: rock, stone
  5. saceqalj: the root is "ceqalj" (light, easiness). [sa-ceqalj] means light, not heavy. 
  6. vudas: sand
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