Saturday, October 31, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 238: inu // semainu

semainu sun?

In English: 
Where are you going?

Glossary: 
  1. se-ma-inu: to go where. se- 'go to'; ma- 'stative'; the root is inu 'where'. 
  2. sun: you, 2nd person singular
Reading


From the class of sinsi idis. In Paiwan Every Day 177, the word is also 'semainu'. 

in class, sinsi idis uses uri pasainu sun? (where do you want to go?) or but Mom naluku uses semainu sun? 

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