Friday, July 16, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 496: aljak

mapida mareka a su aljak?

Free translation:
How many kids do you have?

Word gloss:
  1. ma-pida: how many, used for people
  2. mareka: each, every
  3. a: subject case marker 
  4. su: your, 2nd person singular GEN
  5. aljak: kid, child
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary aljak

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