neka nu ku inalap, amin a drusa vutj.
In English:
I didn't catch nothing, just two squirrels.
Glossary:
- nekanu (neka nu): not, none, there is no...
- nu: I don't know how to explain it here. it can mean if/when or your.
- inalap: the root is "lap-" (take, replace, get). [in-a-lap] means to be taken or to be caught; in- or -in- makes the verb passive in Paiwan.
- ku: my; literally, nekanu kuinalap can be translated as 'my catch is zero or nil'.
- amin: only
- a: ligature
- drusa: two
- vutj: squirrel, squirrels
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