pai: thus, hence, thereupon, consequently, accordingly, as a result
Voice file:
From klokah.org nakisumalji timadju a ku kama (He's special, he's my father).
For 1 January 2022:
pai, samalji a ku salasaladj tua patjara mavuca a caucau.
Free translation:
Thereupon, my classmates are curious about blind people.
Word gloss:
- pai: look, thereupon, filler to initiate a new topic
- sa-malji: to be surprise, actor focus. The root is malji 'different, weird, special'.
- a: subject case marker
- ku: my, 1st person SIN GEN
- sala-saladj: partners, friends, classmates, colleagues. The root is saladj 'partner'in RED which indicates plural.
- tua: OBL
- patjara: about
- ma-vuca: blind, actor focus. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is vuca 'blind, cannot see'.
- a; LIG
- caucau: people
Voice file:
From klokah.org nakisumalji timadju a ku kama (He's special, he's my father).
The narrator's father canno see. He is blind, but he supports the family by being a preacher and professional piano tuning master.
The narrator never felt shy or embarrassed about his father's condition. One time when he was still in the elementary school, he asked the teacher to invite his father to give a speech. His young classmates out of curiosity asked many questions about blind people. Therefore the sentence. It was a special experience for the narrator.
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