tucu a qadaw avan a ku kinaqatian a qadaw.
napinadjulu tjanuamen ni kina tua liawliaw a kakanen a kaiv.
uzai a ciqaw, djurikuku, gang, quzang, djamai ata veljevelj.
sanguaq aravac tu mapuingyang uta.
maljelima amen i ta taqumaqanan.
uzai ti vuvu uqaljay, ti vuvu vavayan, ti kama, ti kina, ata ti aken.
malevaleva amen a mapuljat.
In English:
Today is my birthday.
Mom prepared a lot of food for us to eat at dinner
There are fish, chicken, crab, shrimp, vegetable and banana.
They are very delicious and nutritious.
We have five in the family.
They are grandpa, grandma, dad, mom, and I myself.
Everyonf of the family is very happy.
Glossary:
- tucu a qadaw: today or this day. tucu 'this'; a 'ligature (LIG)'; qadaw 'day'.
- avan: is
- a: subject case marker
- ku: my, 1st person genitive (GEN) case marker
- k<in>a-qati-an a qadaw: birthday.
- na-p<in>a-djulu: prepared. na- 'perfective (PRF)'; pa-dulju 'prepare actor voice (AV)'; <in> undergoer voice (UV) case marker
- tjanuamen: for us
- ni: genitive (GEN) case marker
- kina: mom
- liaw-liaw: many in reduplication (RED)
- a: ligature (LIG)
- ka-kan-en: food
- uzai: there is
- ciqaw: fish
- djurikuku: chicken
- gang: crab
- quzang: shrimp
- djamai: cooked vegetable or dish
- veljevelj: banana
- sa-nguaq: delicious
- aravac: quite, very
- tu: complement (COMP)
- ma-pu-ingyang: to give nutrition or nutritious. ingyang 'nutrition', loanword from Chinese yíngyǎng 營養.
- malje-lima: five, used for people
- amen: we, 1st person plural nominative (NOM)
- i: in or at
- ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
- taqumaqanan: family
- ma-leva-vela: to be happy in reduplication (RED)
- amen: we, 1st person plural nominative (NOM)
- a: ligature (LIG)
- ma-puljat: all and everyone
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