uri semainu sun a padjeledjele tua nemanemanga?
In English:
Where are you going, packing your things right now?
Glossary:
- uri: want to, going to do something
- semainu: compund sema (go; the root is sa, <em> is AV infix) + inu (where), that is to mean to go where
- sun: you, singular, bound
- a: ligature, to connect the second verb in a Paiwan sentence
- padjeledjele: the root is delje- (to prepare for an occassion). pa-djele-djele (pa- + djele in reduplication) means to prepare, present progressive, AV (actor voice).
- tua (ta): case marker for the oblique
- nemanemanga: the root is nema- (what, thing or possession, where). nemanemanga means thing, belonging in someone's possession.
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