Paiwan Every Day 177: semainu

uri semainu sun a padjeledjele tua nemanemanga?

In English:
Where are you going, packing your things right now?

Paiwan Every Day 176: inu

inu a sausi na utubai?

In English: 
Where is the scooter key?

Paiwan Every Day 175: nima

nima a zua nemanemanga?

In English:
Whose (object) is that?

Paiwan Every Day 174: tima

tima su saladj a masengseng?

In English: 
Who are your colleagues at work?

Paiwan Every Day 173: nungida

semauamq sun nungida?

In English:
When will you come home?

Paiwan Every Day 172: nungida

nungida malum a tjavuvuk?

In English:
When will wild strawberries ripen?

Paiwan Every Day 171: kemuda

nu marekasuqelam a paqulid, kemuda a maljaljungu?

In English:
When you really dislike each other, how can you get along?

Paiwan Every Day 170: anema

anema su kudakudain?

kitulu aken tua pinaiwanan. 

In English:
What are you doing?
I am studying the Paiwan language.

Paiwan Every Day 169: anema

anema a zua a lalingedan?

a zua avan a qinati nua tjasevalitan a pazaizaingen. 

In English: 
What is nose-flute?
That is something our ancestors create to make sound.

Paiwan Every Day 168: mapida

mapidamun a taqumaqanan? 

mapida a su siruvetjek?

mapida a su qali?

In English: 
How many are you as a family?
How many siblings do you have?
How many friends do you have?

Paiwan Every Day 167: mapida

mapida a rakac i tua nu qinaljan?

In English: 
How many warriors are there in your village?

Paiwan Every Day 166: pida

pida a qudjidjilj a sapitj i vavaw ta cekui?

In English:
How many red books are there on the desk?

Paiwan Every Day 165: pida

pida pinavelian ni kina tua ljaceng? 

(undergoer voice)

In English: 
How much does mom make from selling vegetables?

Paiwan Every Day 164: qaqa

qucengecengel a qaqa. 

In English:
Ravens are black.

Paiwan Every Day 163: qunga

paquzipquzip ti vuvu tua qunga. 

In English: 
Grandma is raising geese.

Paiwan Every Day 162: qadris

namasanpazangal aravac a palalj na qadris i ta kakudanan nua paiwan. 

In English: 
The feather of an eagle is very important in Paiwan culture.

Paiwan Every Day 161: luli

nu naqemudjalj, vaik aken a sema can a ljemulju tua luli. 

In English:
If it has rained, I will go to collect snails.

Paiwan Every Day 160: vulung

liaw a patarevan nua vulung i ta kacalisian. 

In English: 
Hundred-pace snake is meaningful for the indigenous people.

Paiwan Every Day 159: ba

neka tja pacucunan a ba i pasamaza tjanuitjen. 

In English:
We do not see horses in our place (patient focus).

Paiwan Every Day 158: zung

ladruadruq a ngudjus na zung. 

In English: 
The nose of the elephant is long.

Paiwan Every Day 157: quzang

gacel a kinacavacavan nimadju nu keman timadju tua quzang. 

In English:
Her body gets itchy if she eats shrimps.

Paiwan Every Day 156: pangac

saqetju aravac a caljedjen na pangac. 

In English: 
Being bitten by killer hornets is very painful.

The 48 Laws of Power (2000)

Greene, Robert. The 48 Laws of Power. Penguine, 2000. 

The fifth book I read in 2020 and a National Besteller two decades ago, it teaches readers about the nature of power by borrowing history and exmaples from the east to the west and from the Before-Christ era until the twentieth century.

My first and foremost reaction is I hate this book. I hate the knowledge it disseminates: amoral, cunning, ruthless, and selfish. Although I know and have experienced their truth in real life, I still certainly don't agree with:

• Law 6: Court attention at all cost. 
• Law 7: Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit. 
• Law 14: Pose as a friend, work as a spy. 
• Law 15: Crush your enemy totally. 
• Law 17: Keep others in suspended terror. 
• Law 20: Do not commit to anyone. 
• Law 21: Play a sucker to catch a sucker. 
• Law 26: Keep your hands clean, make others do the diry work. 

Paiwan Every Day 155: qatjudrai

papenanguaq a qatjudrai tua kadjunangan. 

In English:
Earthworms improve the soil.

Paiwan Every Day 154: gang

uri keman uta azua vuluvulung tua gang. 

Free translation:
That old man also wants some crabs.

Paiwan Every Day 153: maimay

paquziquzip ta maimay a nia ljaqediqedi.

In English: 
Our neighbor is a duck farmer.

Paiwan Every Day 152: qavutjar, vavui

anema a su tjaljatjengelaian a keman? 

vutjulj nua qavutjar? vutjulj nua vavui?

In English: 
What is your favorite dish, vole meat or wild boar meat?

Paiwan Every Day 151: vutj

neka nu ku inalap, amin a drusa vutj. 

In English:
I didn't catch nothing, just two squirrels.

Paiwan Every Day 150: takec

tjaljasanguaq a takec. 

In English:
Formosan muntjac is the most delicious.

Paiwan Every Day 149: cumai

nadjemameq ta cumai ti vuvu kuljelje.

In English:
kuljelje grandpa has caught bear before.

Paiwan Every Day 148: venan

pazangalanga a djemameq tua venan tucu. 

In English: 
Nowadays, it's not easy to catch Formosan sambar deers anymore.

Paiwan Every Day 147: likuljaw

izua a paqulid a likuljaw i maza i ta gadu?

In English: 

Are there really clouded leopards here in this mountain?