Friday, December 18, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 286: iga (えいが 映画)

tjengelay aken a pacun ta iga i ta tilibi. 

In English
I like to watch moives in the TV. 

Glossary
  1. tjengelay: like. 
  2. aken: I, 1st person singular nominative (NOM)
  3. a: ligature (LIG)
  4. pa-cun: watch. pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is cun 'see, watch'. 
  5. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. iga: movies, loanword from Japanese えいが 映画. In Paiwan there is no vowel as /e/ in IPA, therefore the Japanese え (e) becomes い (i). 
  7. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  8. tilibi: television, loanword from Japanese テレビ, which is borrowed from English television. tinse, loadward from Chinese diàn shì 電視 is also used. 
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