Saturday, August 1, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 147: likuljaw

izua a paqulid a likuljaw i maza i ta gadu?

In English: 
Are there really clouded leopards here in this mountain?
Glossary: 
  1. izua: have, there is, there are
  2. a: ligature
  3. paqulid: the root is "qulid" (true, trustworthy, sincere). [pa-qulid] means to make it true or real. 
  4. a: case marker for the nominative subejct
  5. i: in or at
  6. maza: here
  7. i: in or at
  8. ta (tua): case marker for the oblique object or beneficiary
  9. gau: mountain, mountains
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