Saturday, June 13, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 98: taladj

tima nataqedj i taladj ta icu a lala?

In English:
Who slept in the cave?

Glossary:
  1. tima: the root is “ma” (who). [ti-ma] means who is.... ti is a case marker for nominative subject.
  2. nataqedj: the root is “taqedj” (sleep). [na-taqedj] means slept; na- is a prefix for the past tense.
  3. i: in or at
  4. taladj: inside, indoors
  5. ta: or tua, case marker for accusative
  6. icu: this
  7. a: ligature 
  8. lala: cave
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