kivi: nima aicu a tjalupung?
kuliu: nia'en aicu a tjalupung.
Free translation:
kivi: Whose hat is this?
kuliu: This hat is mine.
Word gloss:
- ni-ma: whose
- aicu: this
- a: subect case marker
- tjalupung: hat. Ferrell has busi, loanword from Japanese (p. 66)
- ni-a'en: my. ni- 'of'; the root is a'en or aken 'I'.
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and klokah.
I like the voice! Kind of sexy and cute. When in fact, I just woke up and was still sleepy. Haha.
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