nu naqemudjalj, vaik aken a sema can a ljemulju tua luli.
In English:
If it has rained, I will go to collect snails.
Glossary:
- nu: if, when, after
- naqemudjalj: the root is "qudjalj" (rain, raining, to get caught in the rain). [q-em-udjalj] means rains, AV (actor voice); hence, [na-qemudjalj] means to have rained, perfective.
- vaik: go, walk, bring
- aken: I
- a: ligature
- sema: s<em>a, to go to, actor voice
- can: wet rice field (Minnan loanword)
- a: ligature
- ljemulju: the root is "ljulju" (collect, pick up). [lj-em-ulju] means collects, AV.
- tua (ta): oblique case marker for a specific common noun
- luli: snail, land snails
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