Thursday, October 1, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 208: vusam

veliuanga tua vusam nua ljaceng. 

In English:
Buy the seeds of vegetables. 

Glossary:
  1. veli-u-anga: buy, imperative. the root is 'veli' (buy, sell); -u imperative ending; -anga change of state. 
  2. tua (ta): oblique case marker for common specific noun
  3. vusam: seed, first born in the family
  4. nua: genitive
  5. ljaceng: vegetable
Reading:


In Paiwan Every Day 26: vusam, the word vusam is a verb with an imperative marker u at the end. 

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