Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 87: vililj

i tjai vililj tjai taiwan a ripun. 

In English:
Japan is in the north of Taiwan.


Glossary: 
  1. i: case marker for location, in or at
  2. tjaivililj: the root is "vililj" (left side). tjai is a case marker for oblique. If a stream runs from north to the south, the left side is the north side. Therefore, [tjai-vililj] also means the north. 
  3.  tjai: case marker for oblique.
  4. a: case marker for the nominative or subject
  5. ripun: Japan
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