Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 136: kucu, lalangaw

kasicuaian liav a kucu katua lalangaw i ta qinaljan. 

In English:
In the past, there were many lice and flies in the village.

Glossary: 
  1. kasicuaian: the roort is "cuai" (a long time). [kasi-cuai-an] means a long time ago or in the past. 
  2. liav: many, a lot of
  3. a: case marker for the nominative or subject 
  4. kucu: louse (lice)
  5. katua: and
  6. lalangaw: fly (flies)
  7. i: in or at
  8. ta (tua): case marker for the oblique or beneficiary (location)
  9. qinaljan: village
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