Paiwan Every Day 279: sasing // semasing

kuliu: anema a su kinasaljingan?

idis: mavan a magadu a ku kinasaljingan. anema a su kinatjengelayan?

kuliu: tjalja tjengelay aken a semasing. 

In English: 

kuliu: What's your hobby?

idis: I like to go hiking. What's your hobby?

kuliu: I like photography the most. 

Glossary: 

1. a-nema: what
2. a: subject case marker
3. su: your, 2nd person singular genitive (GEN)
4. k<in>a-saljinga-(a)n: hobby or the thing that you like to do. The root is saljinga 'envy, parade'. 
5. mavan: is
6. a: ligature (LIG)
7. ma-gadu: hiking or mountain climbing. The root is gadu 'hill, mountain'. 
8. ku: my, 1st person singular genitive (GEN)
9. k<in>a-tjengelay-an: hobby or the thing that you like to do. The root is tjengelay 'like'. 
10. tjalja: most, superlative case. 
11. s<em>asing: to take picture or photography, actor voice (AV). The root is sasing 'photo', loanword from Japanese しゃしん写真. It is also written and read as siasing. 

Reading: 

From Daily Conversation No. 18 anema a su kinasaljingan on klokah.org.