Thursday, December 31, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 299: ljavar // kiljavaran

nutiyaw kiljavaran ti cungtung tua taqaljaqaljan. 

In English:
Tomorrow the President will speak to the people. 

Glossary
  1. nu-tiyaw: tomorrow. nu- 'prefix that indicates future'. 
  2. ki-ljavar-an: speak to or announce. The root is ljavar 'converse, speak to, instruct'. 
  3. ti: subject case marker for specific people
  4. cungtung: president, loanword from Chinese 總統. 
  5. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. taqaljaqaljan: people
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