Sunday, February 21, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 351: valit // pavalit

kiliu: napavalit sun tua su migami? 
cekaw: ui, napavalit aken tua vaquan a migami. 

In English
kuliu: Have you changed your eye-glasses?
cekaw: Yes, I've changed to a new pair of eye-glasses. 

Glossary
  1. na-pa-valit: to have changed. na- 'perfective (PRF)'; pa- 'to cause to occur'; the root is valit 'change, replace, ancestor'. 
  2. sun: you, 2nd person singular nominative (NOM)
  3. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  4. su: your, 2nd person singular genitive (GEN)
  5. migami: eye-glass, loanword from Janapese めがね メガネ 眼鏡. 
  6. ui: yes
  7. aken: I, 1st person singular NOM
  8. vaquan: new
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