Friday, August 28, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 174: tima

tima su saladj a masengseng?

In English: 
Who are your colleagues at work?

Glossary: 
  1. tima: the root is ma 'who', bound. ti is a nominative phrase marker. ti-ma means 'who' in the subject position. 
  2. su: your, genitive personal pronoun, bound
  3. saladj: partner, spouse
  4. a: ligature
  5. masengseng: the root is sengseng 'work, make, manufacture'. ma- is a prefix 'to be affected by' (action) or 'to be in the condition of' (without volition on one's own part); ma-lum means to be in the condition of ripeness (ripe); ma-sengseng means work. 
  6. saladj a masengseng: partners at work, colleauges 
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