Saturday, August 22, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 168: mapida

mapidamun a taqumaqanan? 
mapida a su siruvetjek?
mapida a su qali?

In English: 
How many are you as a family?
How many siblings do you have?
How many friends do you have?

Glossary:
  1. mapidamun: compund mapida 'how many, used for people' an dmun 'you' (bound form)
  2. a: nominative phrase marker for the specific common noun
  3. taqumaqanan: the root is "umaq" (house). taqumaqanan means family. 
  4. su: your, singular, genitive personal pronoun
  5. siruvetjek: sibling, siblings
  6. qali: friend, friends (used often for male)
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