mapuzangal ti aken ta ku sinparian ta siking tua rinipungan.
In English:
I am glad that I passed the Japanese test.
Glossary:
- ma-pu-zangal: become happy. ma- 'stative'; pu- 'to have'; the root is zangal 'joy, happiness'.
- ta: oblique (OBL) case marker, used as that-subclause.
- ku: my, 1st person singular genitive (GEN), used as subject of the undergoer voice (UV) verb in the subclause.
- s<in>i-parian: passed, UV voice
- siking: test, loanword from Japanese しけん 試験.
- tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
- r<in>ipung-an: Japanese language
- paiwan 'Paiwan' and p<in>aiwan-an 'the Paiwan language'
- ljautia 'Han Chinese' and lj<in>auti-an 'the Chinese language'
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