matu qaljic na qam a nia umaq a qinaciljai.
In English:
Our slate house looks like the skin of a pangolin.
Glossary:
- matu: looks like
- qalijc: skin
- na: of
- qam: pangolin
- a: case marker for the nominative subject
- nia: our
- umaq a qinaciljai: slate house. the root for qinaciljai is "qaciljai" (stone). [q-in-aciljai] means something made of stone; -in- is the infix of a passive.
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