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Syntax
Noun phrase: | baleg ya abong
duara-n baleg ya abong |
| big
a house
two-a
big a house |
| "a big house" "two big houses" |
Verb phrase:
| man-a-'akar ak ma-mangan ak na ba'aw |
| ACT-PROG-walk I
REDUP-eat I a rice |
| "I am walking" "I am eating rice" |
Prepositional phrase:
| arap na abong beneg na abong' |
| in front of house
back of house |
| "in front of the house" "behind the house" |
Word order: (words in parentheses are optional)
| ma-mangan ak na ba'aw ed abong |
| REDUP-eat
I a
rice at house |
| "I am eating rice at my house" |
Yes/no questions:
| a-ngan ka la? (upward infl) |
| PRO-eat you already Q |
| "Did you eat already?" |
| ag ka angan ? (upward infl) |
| did.not you eat Q |
| "Didn't you eat?" |
Content questions (object, what):
| anto-y ka-kanen mo ? |
| what.are REDUP-eat you |
| What are you eating? |
Content questions (subject, who):
| syopa-y ma-mangan? (na ba'aw) |
| who.is REDUP-eat (the rice) |
| "Who is eating (the rice?) |