Thursday, July 9, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 124: qubequb

liav aravac a qubequb a kivangavangavang i ta veljeluan tua nia qinaljan. 

In English:
There are a lot of frogs playing in the stream of  our village.

Glossary:
  1. liav: many
  2. aravac: very, quite
  3. a: case marker for the nominative or subject
  4. qubequb: frog
  5. kivangavangavang: the root is "vangavang" (toy, play, fun). [ki-vangavang-avang] means to be playing. 
  6. i: in or at
  7. ta (tua): case marker for the oblique or object
  8. veljeluan: stream
  9. tua: case marker for the oblique or beneficiary
  10. nia: our
  11. qinaljan: village
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