Sunday, July 12, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 127: ljequ

izua a ku ljequ a ita. 
quraburabu a ku ljequ. 
tjengelai aravac aken ta ku ljequ. 

In English:
I have an owl. My owl is brown. I live my owl very much.

Glossary:
  1. izua: there is, have
  2. a: case marker for the nominative or subject
  3. ku: my 
  4. ljequ: owl
  5. a: ligature
  6. ita: one
  7. quraburabu: brown
  8. tjengelai: like
  9. aravac: very, quite
  10. aken: I
  11. ta (tua): case marker for the oblique or object or beneficiary
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