Thursday, November 12, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 250: vadis

izua namasanliawliaw a vadis nua paiwan. 

In English
Paiwan people have many types of tax. 

Glossary
  1. izua: there is or there are. 
  2. na-masan-liaw-liaw: many or a lot of. The root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED) form. 
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. vadis: tax, mass noun 
  5. nua: of, genitive case marker
  6. paiwan: Paiwan people
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