Sunday, May 17, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 71: kudraw, kuzulj, taitai

Pastor ljumeg's sermon at Tava Tavan Kiukai today was brief. She used COVID-19 raging in the States now and Titanic swallowed by the Atlantic in 1912 as examples to remind congregation of the virtue of sacrifice. 

kemeljang  mun      tua       ljayar     tucu   imaza       i          amirika       sakayama?
know-AV      you-P   OBL     plague    now      here       in-LOC  America            still

namakudakuda   a          caucau    a          mavannasaqetju         tucu? 
how                      NOM    people    LIG        have became sick         now

azua    namacai         tua   ljayar      imaza     i            amirika,
those  have died-AV   OBL  plague     here     in-LOC   America,

izua   alu a     kudraw    sa     lima   a     kuzulj   sa      siva  a    taitai   katua  lima   a      caucau. 
have   8   LIG  10,000    then     5     LIG   1,000    then     9    LIG   100     and      5    NOM  people

In English: 
Do you know what's happening with COVID-19 in the United States now?
How are the people, those who are infected?
Those who have died of COVID-19 in the United States amount to 85,905.

Glossary: 
  1. kemeljang: the root is "keljang" (knowledge, understand). [k-em-eljang] means to know, actor voice (AV). 
  2. mun: second person plural you; clitic, so sometimes combined with the verb before. 
  3. LOC: free form serving as case marker for location 
  4. LIG: ligature
  5. NOM: personal case marker, nominative
  6. namacai: the root is "cai" (die). [na-ma-cai] means to have died, actor voice. 
Reading:

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