Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 157: quzang

gacel a kinacavacavan nimadju nu keman timadju tua quzang. 

In English:
Her body gets itchy if she eats shrimps.

Glossary:
  1. gacel: to itch
  2. a: case marker for the nominative subject
  3. kinacavacavan: the root is "cavacavan" (body). [kina-cavacavan] also means body. 
  4. nimadju: his or her, genitive personal pronoun
  5. nu: if, when
  6. keman: the root is "kan" (eat). [k-em-an] means eat, AV (actor voice). 
  7. timadju: he or she, neutral personal pronoun
  8. tua (ta): oblique case marker for a specific common pronoun
  9. quzang: shrimp, shrimps
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