Saturday, August 29, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 175: nima

nima a zua nemanemanga?

In English:
Whose (object) is that?

Glossary:
  1. nima: compund, ni genitive phrase marker + ma 'who'), meaning whose or of which person
  2. a: nominative phrase marker
  3. zua: that, those
  4. nemanemanga: the root is nema- (what, thing or possession, where). nemanemanga means thing, object, belonging in someone's possession. 
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Paiwan Every Day 668: pai

pai, kinemnemanga tiamadju tu kemacu tua ljigim nua kakinan.   Free translation : Now, they decided to take their mother's sewing needle...