masanlialiaw a tja qinuman a paiwan,
ljakua tjalja namasanparavacan a vaqu.
In English:
Glossary:
- masan-lia-liaw: be many. the root is liaw 'many' in reduplicaion (RED), stressing the quantity.
- a: subject case marker
- tja: our, bound form but I keep it apart from the noun qinuman
- q<in>uma-(a)n: crops. -in- makes a undergoer or passive voice; -an 'abstract state nominalization'; the root is quma 'farm, field'
- ljakua: but
- tjalja: the most, bound but I keep it apart from the stative verb namasanparavacan
- na-masan-paravac-an: has been or become. na- 'perfective' (PERF); masan 'be, become'; -an 'abstract state nominalization'; the root is paravac 'most special'.
- a: subject case marker
- vaqu: millet
Reading:
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