Monday, February 22, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 352: valit // kivalit

uri vaik aken a sema gingu a kivalit tua taidaidai a paisu. 

In English
I am going to the bank to exchange for 100-dollar bills. 

Glossary
  1. uri: be going to or will, future. 
  2. vaik: go 
  3. aken: I, 1st person singular nominative (NOM)
  4. a: ligature (LIG)
  5. s<em>a: go to or towards, actor voice (AV). 
  6. gingu: bank, loanword from Japanese ぎんこう 銀行. 
  7. a: LIG
  8. ki-valit: exchange. ki- 'to get, to obtain'; the root is valit 'exchange, replace, ancestor'. 
  9. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  10. taidai-dai: a hundred
  11. a: LIG
  12. paisu: money or bill
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