i pasa kacedas a qinaljan nia kui.
In English:
kui's village is in the east.
Glossary:
- i: in or at
- pasa: to or towards
- kacedas: the root is "cedas" (sunrise). [ka-cedas] menas the east, where the sun comes up over the horizon.
- qinaljan: village
- nia: case marker for possessive, plural; the village is not kuljelje's alone, so in Paiwan the plural possessive case marker is used, indicating the village of kui and his family and people.
- kui: boy name
Reading:
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