Friday, January 29, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 328: palak // mapalak

mapalak timadju tua nemanga nu mapulaw. 

In English
He accidentally breaks things when he gets drunk. 

Glossary
  1. ma-palak: destroy or break. ma- 'to be in the condition of without volition'; the root is palak 'destroy, break, harm'. 
  2. ti-madju: he or she, 3rd person singular nominative (NOM)
  3. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  4. nema-(a)nga: things or objects. The root is nema- 'what, object, wealth'. 
  5. nu: if or when
  6. ma-pulaw: be drunk. The root is pulaw 'drunk, drunkness'.
Reading


Haha. I too, once upon a time 😛. 

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