pida pinavelian ni kina tua ljaceng?
(undergoer voice)
In English:
How much does mom make from selling vegetables?
Glossary:
- pida: how much
- pinavelian: the root is "veli-" (buy and sell, trade). [pa-veli] means to sell, AV (actor voice); <in> the infix changes the verb from AV to UV (undergoer voice), therefore [p-in-a-veli] means to be sold; -an the suffix indicates location or the beneficiary of the verb, therefore [p-in-a-veli-an] means the thing earned out of sale, money or profit.
- ni: of, genitive phrase marker for a singular noun
- kina: mom, aunt
- tua (ta): oblique phrase marker for a specific common noun
- ljaceng: vegetable
* In a Paiwan UV clause, the actor is marked with genitive, the undergoer nominative, and other peripheral information oblique.
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