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Introduction, Phonemics, Morphophonemics and Syntax
Introduction, Phonemics, Morphophonemics and Syntax
Introduction, Phonemics, Morphophonemics and Syntax
INTRODUCTION, PHONEMICS,
Body - 177-191
Chapter Six: Qualifiers
Outline 192 - 194
Body - -------195-230
Chapter Seven* Analysis of a Short Text - - - - - - 231 - 247
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1#1 Visayan
1 # 11 Cebuano Visayan
1.2 Method
1 # 21 Borderline o a s e s of words
1#3 New d e f i n i t i o n s
1 # 31 Paradigms
1*311 GtogyaflnmitJjqja^Lity
1,1 Visayan
The first three stories are told by Rev. Pedro Ratertaf born in
third story most closely shows the type of speech and forms used
the texts come from the magazines Bisaya and Silaw or from im-
promptu conversations.
1»2 Method
The term word is used like the term lexeme (Hockett 1959 Section
the elements with which they are in construction, but the elements
with which they are in construction are a single word or more than
one word. These are may "there is", manga "plural", ka-, pagka-.
and paka*». The first two of these are treated as words. The
sentences composed of wala y plus CN* k#- and paka- also oocur
Sec* 9«3 and Sec, 10.921 ff. pagka-. Sec. 10*922, and paka*. Sec.
9.741*
1*3 New definitions
1*31 Paradigms
1*311 Congrammaticality
them is the same (i.e., involves the same morphemes and the same
The difference between the two is abc in the first and d in the
there are many pairs which differ by the same morphemes and by
globally congrammatioaijU
2#15 Stress
2#131 Levels
2.132 Distribution
2.14 Intonation
2.143 Pauses
2.144 Examples
2.2245 / l / / r / ^ / h /
2*225 Alternations in conjunction with prefixes
2..22-51 The alternations symbolized by N
2.226 Cameleon morphs
2.2261 Doubling
2.2262 Reduplication
2.22621 Reduplication together with ft
2.227 -1-
2.23 Shift (—**) or (*S—)
2.231 ( »
2.232 (*$—)
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vowels: /i a u/
consonants: / p t k b d g m n »** l r y w h q a /*
length: /*/
2*111 Allophones of the consonants
[ki] [gi] and [ngi] the dorsum touches the velum further back than
for the English [ki] etc* Similarly Cebuano [ka] [ga] and [nga]
and /y/ has allophones which are high front vowels of short
duration.
(but not [e])« /a/ also hat slightly higher and centralized
of /i/ and /u/. For all speakers /u/ in word final syllables
in other environments.
open and closed. Closed syllables have the shape CVC (consonant
vowel consonant)* open syllables have the shape CV. /h/ does not
/b\lt/f of which the first two are open and the last closed; There
are also syllables with the shape /CrV/ and /Clv/# /CyV/ and
[hwat]; etc.
In rapid speech /hw/ does not occurs Words with /hw/ in slow
The cluster CLC, or <lC does not occur unless there is a word
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2,13 Stress
2 f l?y Levels
,l#l,
There are three levels of stress: primary (marked )r
n%u
secondary (maxked ) and tertiary (not marked). Stress is a
combination of loudness and length, (Pitch does not enter into
Cebuano stress,)
2,152 Distribution
The nouns, transients, adjectives and qualifiers except that
6«32
qualifiers of Secs,/ff,« LP»s of existential sentences (Seo»
3*4), and the pronouns when used as predicates have a primary or
secondary stress, (Cf# Chapters Pour, Five and Six for the
definitions of these elements,) Other types of words have pri-
mary or secondary stress only when before pause, (Words are de-
fined in Sec, 1,2,) The syllables with primary or secondary stress
are called "stressed11*
*Q %Q pron* pron, ,T
di:liq mahiimu kana ng qa:ku ng buhaitun "I cannot do thatVM(8V7)
l$ana2L,a pronoun, in this sentence is the subject and therefore unstressed
XL
2.14 Intonation
There are six pitch phonemes in Cebuano. These pitches are
These pitches are not absolute for the word, but they depend upon
stops.
four levels.
may have on its penult a pitch higher than or the same as the
with the highest pitch of the terminal. "R" and "L" do not
on (/tut/ .)
2.143 Pauses
only with ",M and certain others only with M # H j but there are
the relative height with what follows which carries the meaning of
2.144 Examples
lf
qay&w kabalatka n£skuq Do not worry about me."
13 1 1 1 1 1 2
qay&w kaballuka n£:kuq R 112.
qayaw kabalatka n£:kuq pirl£ "Do not worry about me, Perla."
24 2 2,2 2 2 3 1 2
emotional coloring.
urgent than
information*
maw ha kini ng b&rku pa:ra s qttrmuk 213. "Is this the boat for
Ormoc?"
2.1512 512
warning*
thing is to follow.)
answer is expected*)
with urgency*
,f
tank 13 manaka na ta 113t Let us go. Let us get on now."
no urgency).
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these are spelled in the languages from which they are borrowed*
2 .2 Mor phophonemic s
In this section the various shapes of morphemes in various
environments are discussed.
f VIV/ \
V:1V/J
fancier.
alternates with forms without /l/ if V is /a/ or /u/
they occur in the same word.* The forms with fXf are
/batlu/^/batwu/ "widow(er)"
/balu/^w//baswu/ "I do not know"
after
/usla/^/u:wa/; /ula/^/uwa/ (/wa/ after C except//q/ /%/ aftd /b/)
/ku:lang/^^/ku:wang/ "lack"
/hulat/^/hwat/ "wait"
/uxlu/^yu:/; /ulu/Vu:/ when one of the juf%& is in the penult
o^ the word. Otherwise%/u/.
/qu;lu//^s#/qu:/ "head"
/tutulu/^^/tutus/ f!threGff
/pulupari:hu/>^/puparl:hu/ usimilar"
/a:la/-y>/a:/} /ala/y/a:/ when one of the /a/*s i« la. the penult
o£ the wordti) Otherw\se?/a/. ~~~
/tinga^a/^^/tinga:/ "amaze"
/dala/—>/da:/ "carry"
/kalamunggay/^/kamunggay/ "a kind of vegetable"
/kalabaw/>s^/ka:baw/ "carabao".
Vh + nga * Vng
V + nga - Vng
J* Ag/ + q^g * Vg
£*nagaha*tag qug]
!,
kini ng pagtu:qu nagaha:tag/kalis sang sa manga ta:wu This
belief inspires fear in the people*11 (23»14)
nga has an alternate zero after words ending in a consonant
colloquial not to make the alternations witit qang and sa and sit
but the others are made in normal speech except when there is a
pause.
with one syllable (or two) in rapid speech• With some the al-
ternant occurs with the initial phoneme, the vowel and final
With others the alternant does not have the consonant, aad
2.215 /feowAWw/
ment
2.221 Metathesis
<lt h + c* C + q.>h**
r + c C + a***
1 + c C + 1
t + s s + t
8 + t t + s
Examples:
1 + n m ng w • .••>» m n ng w + 1
q + h >- h + q
n + m • >» m + n
q + h—-*»V + q
dropping of /a/:
dropping of / i / :
dropping of /u/:
saka + -un -.—=> sakqun (with dropping of /a/) "place one feoards"
2.2241 /r/~Wd/
Some bases with /d/ have an alternate with /r/. The /r/
vocalic /r/-»/d/",
the vowel,)
Some bases with /l/ have an alternate with /d/ or /g/# The
2#2243 j/1/i-v/h/
makeshift is used"
symbol means that the form following the prefix has an alternant
Bases
final beginning
consonant with
of :/tub/: /t«d.s/
: /k«ng»q/ /l/ others and clusters
prefix plus initial : m : n t ng :<M
+1* ng + initial
consonant of the.
of base : i :
base
Examples:
ff
paH- da: gan *5* pana:gan runH
sulat ^ panulat "write 11
kushaq -$* pangmhaq "get"
+ galing -&* panggaling "grind 11
qinum •5*» panginum "drink11
hisgut -^ panghisgut "discuss"
jpanluttuq j
(panraba:hu)*
2«2261 Doublift'ff
2,226ft Reduplication
a trap"
/i/) "valued"
If the base has the shape C.GpV, -1- has an alternant V1V
work"
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2.231 H»» )
3*11 Introduction
3.22 Linking
3«24 Paradigms
3*241 Sentence , PP
3,242 X Y Y X
yf
^ s p — — sp
3#3 Imperative sentences
3,31 Definition
3#32 Paradigms
3.41 Order
3.42 Paradigms
3#64 Order
3*65 Linking
3*66 Paradigms *
3»72 Paradigms
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3#11 Introduction
(p) and qualifiers (Q)f though these terms are not defined
of one another, such that one contains the same words as the
other except that the one has the forms in question which are
occurs;
sentence (l) sentence (2) eentence (l)
<|uh + hunaqhumaq sa qamahan + si karangkal man
w
»Ohif thought the father, *It is KarangkalI«H
may occur.
Q Q P j S
a# qapan sa nagatubuq si hwan nasubuq J qang qamahan J
tungud kay labihan katapulan "But as John grew up, the
father was unhappy, because he was very lazy,11 (l«10)
s P
b# tu:qud man + | si hwan £1 miquban sa qi:ya ng qamahan
nt withran r, miquba
his
"And s o , John wen^fc w i t h h i s f a t h e r • " (2.10)
Q P 1 S 1 P
cm kay + muquban | qikaw | kana:kuq qarun sa pagpangaihuy
11
For you a r e going w i t h me t o c u t wood*" (2 # 5 ;
3 #22 Linking
The order P+S or P*S is used with some exceptions. The order
of the sentence the order S+P may occur. (Cf. Sec* 6*J22^ The
word order in the case of S*P is described in Sec, 4.9• For the
3*24 Paradigms
The S nga P and 3P are not in the same form class (do not enter
P
is
a. nagkurug qug qunyaq naghilakj qang qinahan |HEte*4Bothe*
trembled and then cried.11 *
Q S -
b# qug + qang qinlhan nga nagkurug qug qunyaq naghilak
qusab
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p
I miqingun "And the mother, trembling and then bursting into
tears, said ••••" (ll.ll)
3*242 X Y Y X
^ s p ' s p
are certain elements which are always the predicate if the sen-
icate is the one who (thing which) performs the action or has
present. If neither the subject nor the predicate has the mean-
P • a S
b.* tusqud man si hwan na | qang miquban sa qi:ya ng
qamahan "So now John wash the one who went with his father•"
? , s
c, qang . qi:ya j 5 qamahan L; qang mangangahuy ditliq qang
qi:ya ng qigsu:qun "It Is his father who is the fuel**
gathererf not his brother*11
P S
[Of, d, • b
mangangahuy jf qang qi:ya ng qamahan di:liq man
u -^ ~- jangahuy ill| qang qi:j w _
3,31 Definitions
Sentence: (Q) + Imperative Predicate + J(fcamu*)j+ (Vocative)
\(ninyu)j
take, a complement and which do not ifi discussed there. The ab-
deictic
f# ning quy qamirika:nu diri ka:qun "Er, hey, American,
come over here. Eat." (40.3)
If the sentence has a qualifier qayaw. the imperative predicate
(Sec. 4.7).
g» qayaw na niqa:na ng hilakhi:lak "No more of that crying."
(50.3)
5.32 Paradigms
LP PP
d* qug may gibutang sa qi:ya ng kamut "And there was some-
thing put into his hand." (6.3)
ma- does not occur separated from 2,and the postpositives
4#72.)
Q LP PP LP
e. qapan sa qusa niqasnaq ka panahun + diha y pahibalu nga may
PP
qusa ka dakuq kaqasyu ng qisdaq nga midagsaq ngadtu sa qusa
ka lungsud sa qusa ka ginhari:qan "But one time, there was
an announcement that there was a huge fish which was'washed a-
ground at a certain town of a certain kingdom." (.32*12)
3»4l Order
3#42 Paradigms
cate phrase may be set up. There are differrences in the member-
*The existential sentence means that the subject "has the PP"
whereas the declarative sentence means that the subject "is the E£ *
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S* + LP + y + PP « > S + (qang) V PP
S LP S PP
si hwan J may ba:taq < > si hwanj ba:taq
"John has a child." "John i*s a child."
declarative sentences.)
* >
c. (Q) + P2 + S2 where ?2* adjective
S2* qang + PBf genitive***
Genitive is the disjunctive form
(Sec. 4*7) of the subject*
****
d. {Q} • P3 + S where PjrSj
Sxaqang + adjective + qug
+ PP
*The other two possible word orders for an existential sen-
tence are included in this formula.
**Various word orders are possibleicf. Sees. 3.23* 3«41f
J
4#9 ff^and 6.322.
***The genitive may be omitted under the circumstances de<#
aeribed in Sec. 5*7 (of. examples d and e, of that section^or if the
sentence with which it is in paradigm has no subject.
****For sentences of type a which have no subjected does not
occur.
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S
Q LP adj. PP t
a# diha ng + may dagha ng bula:wan na siya
tf
When he had much gold now," (15«5)
Q LP adj # gen. PP
b» diha ng may daghan na nisya ng bula:wan
"When there was much gold he had..."
P S
Q 2 2 gen. PP
e. diha ng daghan na qang qi:ya ng bula:wan
"When he had much gold..." [Lit.: "Much now was his gold*"]
P S
Q 3 adj. 3 PP
d. diha ng siya na qang daghan qug bula:wan
"When he was the one who had much gold..."
ft *I adj. h fP
e. diha ng daghan na siya g bulawan "When he
had much gold,..."
LP adj. gen. TP
b. may dagha ng qi:ya ng nadala*
P S
2 j gen, 2 TP
c. daghan j qang qi:ya ng nadala
j • adj.
•• "3
* TP
d# siya qang dagha g nadala
x x
adj. S TP
e. daghan j siya j g nadala
LP adj. gen* NP
b* may daghan ni:ya ng dala
2 gent NP
o. daghan qang qisya ng dala
adj.^ NP
d. siya qang dagha g dala
p
i
adj. 1 NP
e. daghan siya g dala
4 >
(Q) + (S.) + adjective of quantity + nga + PP
< — >
(Q) + (genitive) + adjective of quantity + nga + PP
Q LP Q adj. PP S
a» diha ng waq na y dagha ng bulaxwan siya "When he
no longer had much gold," *
P S
, Q Q 2 . gen. 2 PP
0* diha ng diq na daghan j qang qi:ya ng bula:wan
"When he no longer had much gold," fhli*i "When no
longer now was his gold much."]
S
P 3
Q Q 3 j adj. * PP
£# diha ng diq na siya j y dagha g bula:wan
"When he no longer was the one with much gold."
P
Q Q | S j l
e. diha ng diq na fsiyaj dagha g bula:wan "When he did
not have much gold any more."
For the distribution of diq and wag cf# Sec. 6.311* , For the
use of 2 (equals gang) cf. Sec. 5.6l. For the position of na. of*
Sec. 6.322.
LP I If passive NP
a. walaq j siya j y naki:ta ng ta:wu "There was
nobody he saw."
LP HP * passive genitive
b. wala y taswu | ng naki:taq ni:ya "There was
nobody he saw."
Q gen. passive 1 2
walaq ni:ya maki:taq qang tatwu "He did not
see the man."
Q t S active goal
d. waq j siya makakitaq
rqugl ta:wu "He did not see
Isa j
{ thel man." qug means "a"; sa means "the".
S
Q P3 , • 3
e. d i : l i q ta:wu { qang qi:ya ng naki:taq " I t was
not a man that he saw."
*
Various word orders occur. Cf. Sections 3«23| 3»41f
4*9ff*» 6.322*
Various word orders are possible,Of• Sec. 3*41*
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(On the use of ma- vs. na- and walaq vs. dltliq cf. Sec»
6.7.)
5«43 Quantity sentences
Sec* 3-423*
5*5 Sentences consisting of predicates alone; sentences
introduced by maqu £
P Q
a. bun tag + na "It is morning."
Q P
b. waq na + magquwan "It is not raining anymore*"
P Q Q
c. tu:qig 4- na sukad sa qi:ya ng paghilakaw "It has
been a year since he left."
an
described in Sec* 10*254 & its subsections.)
Q, inst. passive
hustu na gayud + qiqadtu ni hwan sa pagpanga:huy "Now
is just the right time for J&k& *& go to gather wood*"
Q linker noun (10•254)
di:liq pa run hustu ng qigqaiadtu sini kay mudtu pa "Now
is not the right time to go to the show because it is still
noon,"
y
I kun
qug
/Adjective! nga
>»53 ^Transient/ (£lUS_ Ikay j plus sentence)
adj. sentence
a. maqa:yu man + qug manga bajtaq nga magsasbut
"It would be good if it were children making an agreement*"
(64.10)
adj.
b. maqasyu pa + ng mupaha:waq sila "It would be better if
they would get out." (55*7)
adj # sentence
maqa:yu pa + manga ba:taq nga magsa:but"It would
pg
Ikunl
be better if it were children making an agreement."
transient
d« musayup pa y mamingwit "It is easier than fishing with a
line." (Lit»: You are more likely to miss if you fish
with a line.)
adj. ty sentence
e. maqa:yu ga:niq + kay qang ka:huy nga handa:may maqu y
naqiguq "Luckily^ however, it was the fhandalamayf bush
which was hit*" (56.8)
These sentences also occur without £ f kun. qug or nga,
adj. Q Q
f# maqasyu tinga:li niqi:ni + qa:kuq na la:mang patyun kini
si karangkal "It probably would be good in this situation
for me just to kill Karangkal." (26.13)
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3.542 maqu £ p l u s TP
pot. active
maqu pa makaqulan sulud sa siyam ka bu:lan nga hu&aw sa qundul
"It was the first time it rained in Ondol after nine months of
drought."
Sec. 9.3).
EP
Q genitive
a* labihan qinta:wun + kabala:ka + sa qinahan
"How worried the poor woman wasi" (13*9)
EP
pagka- base Q Q genitive
b* pagkadakuq bayaq diqay + ni ng mani:laq "How big
it is here in Manila!"
EP
ka- base PP gen*
d# kadagha g bula:wan + ni:ya "How much gold he hadl"
In colloquial style for a few very common adjectives the base
alone without a prefix ka- or joagka- is used like the forms with
a ka- prefix,
e. sa:baq ni:mu quy "How noisy you are I"
Adjectives followed by qug + NP also occur without ka- or
pagka- in exclamatory sentences (Sec. 3*67) •
3.611 E.P with qunsa
inf. + -a(M
qunsa:qun gud ni:mu pagbaya:ra nga daghan man ka g qu.tang
"How in the devil are you going to pay when you have so many
debtsI"
3*64 Order
(Sec* 6*322) and follows the first word after the exclamatory*
Note that only the disjunctive form* not the possessive form of
;?»6 5 Linking
With any but the ka- base, the preceding qualifier is linked
3*66 Paradigms
flfeA
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Th ere are some t>agka-r ka- bases for which there is no «§ (<—)f
in the same form-class as the base -a (^-~) because the base <•&(<:—)
(a—^b)
Q voc# P j S
b« paetilan nanay sayun I kanaq "Goodness, Mother that is
easy*"
(o-^a)
P j S j Q Q
dV nabusqang I ka I man kahaq "Have you gone mad?* (10**7)
topic Q EP
aV" qang qinahan + labihan kabala:ka
"The mother was very concerned."
topic Q abstract
bV si tiri:sa labiha ng pangu:rug "How Teresa
trembled!"
+ genitive
and 6.22112 and its subsections)• The genitive is the agent| and
"agent".
topic (agent) Q linker base
M
si baqubaqu:hay du:ru ng kataswa Mr* Turtle
laughed loudlyf"
Q topic linker base
du:gay siya ng pangi:taq sa nawa:laq ni:ya ng
qigsu:qun "He had been looking for his lost brother for a long
time."
3#72 Paradigms
TP
Q linker transient active genitive (agent) subject
b# du:gay ng giputul ni qinting qang kaihuy
"It took Inting a long time to finish cutting wood*"
{giqunsa \
qunsarqunj
+ (Q) + (agent) + infinitive + S + (ft)
above•
excl# voc.
b# qu:qu tay "Yes, father1"
Q
a. sa quba ng panahun na lang "Let us make it at
another time."
4*231 Possessives
transients
4«5 Transients
4#71 Paradigms
4.811 Active-passive
4#82 Abstract-*—sentence
P
adj* subject
a# dakuq kadtu si ba:kir "That Baker was big#H (41*14)
predicate predicate
ad j. Q, S PP
"b# daghan da:yun kita qug kwarta nga matipi:gan
P
Q S j adjective dative
d# nan kadtu si ba:kir [taqas 1 kani:mu "Anyway, that Baker
I (taqas kayf
was taller than you are." (41.12)
adj. . Subj.j PP
b# daghan J kita j ng kwarta ng matipi:gan (same meaning)
P S
adj. PP
o. daghan I qang qa;tu ng kwarta ng matipi:gan (same meaning)
The other members of the paradigms are listed in Sees. 3 #421
and 3.423*
•140*
4+22 Transientfthras&s11
"intransitive"*
(passive + (genitive))
4.231 Po3sessives
Possessive: I dative form (for proper nouns)
qi:ya + (disjunctive)
qi:la + (disjunctive)
| pronominal forms (for personal pronouns)
disjunctive form (for other noun pronoun)
ka + proper noun
pred.
pron. Q ^ subjJ Voc.
1
a* qi:mu na kini j hwan "This is yours now, John."
predicate
dative propc"jr noun. gubj.
b. kang hwaiX kini "This is John's."
*The form manga does not occur after qusa "one". Usually
if there is a manga in the subject, any transient in the subject
or predicate will be plural (Sees. 9#21* 9*93)• If there is a
plural transient in the subject or predicatef there is always
a manga.
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pron« genitive
b# miba;lik siya sa qisla ng hwan "He returned back to
John's house,"
linked withnga.
complement **
4- |^nga + existential sentence]
Jnga + (maqu) + subject
a
J J
•>-
Nominatives and disjunctives are described in Sec. 4«7«
predicate
genitive
I common noun
daplin
Sec. 6.411^
LP common noun I S f
fe# di:liq ba kahaq may katuttgud Jqakuj nga
complement of the CN
magpakisa:yud kung gikinahanglan pa qaku dinhi "Do
I not have a right to ask whether I am still needed here?"
adj. | S J OH
o# gamay jsiya | ng bastaq "He was a small hoy."
P
nominal phrase
CN genitive common noun
d# manga daghung sa pungaw nga daw qinagu:luql sa manga kalag
subject ^
(
qang masaswud sa qi;la ng dalunggan "The
moaning sounds of the • pungaw bird like the groaning of
ghosts is what reached their ears." (51«14)
nominal phrase
P 4 S i CN
e# nakakitaq J siya j g qusa ka + ka:huy + nga + may
sentence '
daku ng buhuq "He saw a tree with a large hole (whioh had
tin this case the nominal phrase is a goal described in Seo» 4*63<
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S
nominal phrase
Q P ' j gen. CN
f# basta kay + sundun mu j qang qi:mu + ng sa:qad
sentence S P
+ nga + kun qa:kuq |kini| ng qikabalibag ngadtu sa
layuq qa:ku ng pangasawqun na ng qi:mu ng qanak
"It is enough that you fulfill your promise that if I can
throw it far away, I will marry that daughter of yours."
(34*11)
phrase
In this case the nominay is a subject (Sec. 5*214)«
4.2332 Paradigms of common nominal phrases
be said:
P S P
CN | infinitive
b# disliq ba kahaq may katungudl qakul sa pagpakisa:yud
kun gikinahanglan pa qaku dinhi '"Do Ifcothave a right to
inquire if I am still needed here?"
transients
used as
are/c^bmrnon nouns. The criterion for determining whether
an abstract functions as a noun is if it occurs in an environ-
ment where nouns occur but abstracts do not; e.g., after £ug,
where pag- abstracts do not occur or after a& where base ab*
noun*)
whereas those containing passives may be. However, not all passives
oacur qualified by walaq - Sec + 6#71»
P
S j CM"
a# di:liq kini I linu:tuq ni pidru "This is not something
Pedro cooked."
P
Q | S J passive
b# walaq J kinij lutusqa ni pidru "This was not cooked by
Pedro."
Another difference is that nouns are frequently preceded by
adjectives or transients whereas passives are not preceded
by them in the same predicate phrase (Sec* 4*22). Passives
nouns occur with a suffix z& ( < '• ) (See* 4*27) whereas no
passives do.
of PP f s.*
used*
TP | S |
natagbaw sa libutlisbut + nanulud JsilaJ sa qusa ka
v
daku ng sinihan sa manitlaq "Having had enough'of
in Manila•"
name adj•
ngaxlan si hwan tapulan "So in those parts he
title name
b* si mistir bajkir "Mr* Baker*"
titles*
demons* pronoun
a* ka,qi:la ku kini siya "He (just mentioned)
is a friend of mine*"
demons * name
bV dakuq kadtu si baskir "That Baker was a big
man." (41*4)
or following a noun.
me a glass of water.11
PP
noun genitive passive
a. qunsa kadakuq q^eag qagila nga qismu ng naki:taq
"How big was the eagle you saw?"
ment. The same limitations hold for the subject position where
subject plus active TP does not occur, but only PPfs with p&B*
sives occur.
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Similarly following ^sa and qug goals (Sec» 4.63) subject plus
"And I told $:he chief what Mr. Alog had done." (64*10)
to the pronominal.
The suffix a (-«£-) is used with
l) /nouns following demonstratives (S^c« 4*72l interro~
gatives (Sec. 4.3)> expressions cf time (Sec. 6.222)^or iroa?4*
ticularity "*
S
Q demonstrative i P
a. pastilan + kini ng bata:qa J kusgan man diqay
Q
Q demonstrative
b# maqu nga niqadtu ng dapijta "So in that neighborhood*11
(daxpit) (3.1?)
inter* P S
qunsa ng kaqayuhasna kana ng qi:mu ng gisulti
"What welfare are you talking about?11 (kaqayu:han)
P Q sub j. vocative
a« qunsa ma y qi:niu ng tu:yuq tigulang "What is your
purpose, old woman?" (ll.lO)
P
Q T I S, Q voc,
b# quy naqunsa Jkal gud hwan "What is the matter with youf
John?" (10.6)
P S
o# kinsa f kini ng tijngug "Whose voice is this?" (4#12)
voc « P Q
d"i nanay kumusta na "Mother! How did it go?" (I4«l)
P . S
e# qunsa ng kaqayuhama I kana ng qi*mu ng gisulti
"What kind of welfare is it that you are talking about?"
Sect 4.722*
inteiv Q j subj.
f'f ha:qi ma j y qi:mu ng k a l i g q u t n a n sa qijnru ng p a g p a l i t
"Where a r e your p r o o f s of p u r c h a s e ? " (64«7)
as well as qualifiers*
P
Q deictic Q
a# qug + pagkana:qug ni:la + didtu tu;qud j si
karangkal "And when they went downstairs, there sure
enough, was Karangkall" (31#13)
deictic Q S
b* di:qa ra qaku "Here I ami" (47.1)
The real deictics are not used after negative qualifiers
P S
karun qang qu:ras sa pagbujhat qi:ni "Now is the time
to do this,"
4,43 Qualifiers of the type listed in Sec, 6,41
used as predicates
S J Q (used as P)
a# kanaq gu ng durmituryuj pa:ra man lang sa qistudyanti
"But those dormitories (you mentioned) are o&ly foa? students.
Q S
b# sigun lang sa qasnad kanaq "It is just a question
of getting used to it,"
The phrases ga.^ina g&, qi&gun .s&, (pillu) parisha sa, occur
(These are the ka- bases forming CN described in Sec, 10,921 and
S P
o# si hwan sasma kang pidru kadakuq "John is as big
as Pedro."
P j S
d# qang buwashan + nga qingun kadakuq sa bati:qis ( qang
tungaq "A lanzones tree as big as a leg at' the middle
...." (60.11)
4.44 Other qualifiers as predicates
predicates.
P
a# labihan qang kalispay ni karangkal "Karangkal was
very happy• "
The sentences with labihan used as a predicate ape in a para-
Q
b# labihan kali spay ni karangkal "How happy Karangkal wasjl#
ft P S
qarun + walaq na qang bashuq sa tibuquk girihariiqan
11
So that the smell might vanish from the entire kingdom*11
(33.5)
qualifier P ,
to sentence Q J S
d# nagdaliq sila + sanglit + ha:pit na man ? qang
qalas says "They hurried because it was already almost
six o'clock."
P
j S J P Q
e. waq ra gasniq J siya \ sa kumingking + qitandiq niqadtu ng
dakuq kaqasyu ng qisdaq "He was not even as big as your
little finger compared to that huge fish#" (34.8)
4.45 Bases as predicates
genitive, Sec. 4»7; infinitive , Sec» 4»68 and goals. Sec. 4#63#
some have one, some two, some three, some four and some all five
There are also third goals for bases with prefix ga~
causative, (Sees. 9*11 afcd 9*12)#
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4»6l
Jsentence
TP with (nga) 4- t P P _ i
Q S transient
a* qunyaq qang ha:riq naghunaqhu :naq nga kini
sentence
qusa ka daku ng ti:qaw "Then the king thought that thie
11
was a great joke* (12.14)
P
passive S genitive Q complement
*>; gipanguta:na qaku sa hi:pi nga + nga:nu man nga waq +
TP
na:tuq qiqaplay "The chief asked me why we had not applied*"
(65-3)
fqug Ij r
Jkun 1^ Jsentence^.
4*62 TP with ikun&i plus (PP J
passive
a. qug + qitya ng gipanguta:na qang tigu:wang
sentence
kun kinsa y tagqijya niqadtu ng kapaya:sa "And he
asked the old nan who the owner of that papaya tree was#"
complement
Q S 5Pp sentence
bu:saq + si qadun | nahibu:lung + qug nga:nu ng waq
na gyud mutunga qang qi:ya ng manghud "Therefore
Adun wondered why his younger brother did not appear at all«M
4a£L Goals
Goal i
< Igenitive L
[nominal fhrase
of pronouns
i
Jexistential sentence
goal
Q S Tr. nominal phrase
tu:qud man si hwan miquban sa qi:ya ng qamahan
M
And SQ, John went along with his father." (2.10)
active S I nominal -phrase
b# naka&itaq siya | g qusa ka kashuy nga may daku ng
buhuq HHe saw a tree with a huge hole." (4«5)
goal
Q active j S Q aonw phrase
qug + lakaw jsiya ngadtu + sa + tinda:han
qarun pagpalit qug makasqun "And she went to the store to
"buy something to eat," (8*12)
goal
j existential sentence
d# nakakitaq | siya J g may daku ng buhuq MHe saw one
which had a huge hole/1 (Of. example l>f this paragraph*)
The elements that make up the second goals are the same as
the first, except that qug does not precede second goals•
P S J goal
a"#* ginganlan s i y a jig silhwan "He was named John*"
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only sa. before the goal meaning "place*. Second goals (Seo»
of goal.
goal (nominal phrase)
a# gitudluq siya nga mamahandiq lungsud "He was appointed
municipal treasurer*f*
.Sec* 8.333) •
infinitive
b# gitudluq siya (sa) pagkamamahandiq lungsud "He was
sentence
f,
qanhaq ku fnga^ mulu:tuq siya g mani qugmag I bet he
sa
l J
will cook peanuts tomorrow^11
P inf* phrase
S act. Q inf.
a. qang qamahan inisuJgud + dasyun -I- qug pi slay + qug manga
P
Q Q passive I S
kaihuy qug qunyaq + qi:ya ng sugu:qun | si hwan | sa
P Q
infinitive goal passive inf«
pagputulputul niqi:ni qarun maqandam sa pagbaligyaq M3*he
father immediately began to fell trees• Then he ordered John
to cut them up in order to prepare them for sale*" (2.12)
noou phr. S inf. phr#
noun I infinitive
b# disliq ba kahaq may katungud I qaku sa pagpakisaiyud
sentence
-f kun + gikinahanglan pa qaku dinhi "Do I not have
a right to know whether I am still needed here?*1
P S
transient infinitive
0# naglisud + paghunaqhu;naq qang qamahan qug qinahan
P
sentence (complement of paghunaqhu&iaq)
4- qug + qunsasqun ni:la pagpatay qang qi:la ng qanak
"The mother and father were hard put to know how they were
to kill their child." <32.6)
\*
For other pronouns and for common nouns the genitive and dative
f,
coincide. The genitive and dative together are called dis*
genitive, the dative does not occur* The following table lists
Particles "before
proper names si xnone
nii± kang i ng*\
t mj t
t
T h i s (near s p e a k - k a n i l nx
er and h e a r e r )
niqa:ri*qasri
s
niqi:ni^qi:ni\
kinij ki*** niqa:niiqa*ni)
Same a s genitive*
u »
______ n3
That ( n e a r h e a r - kanaq naq niqasfcaq Uatnaqf
er) _ : ml
That ( f a r from
both speaker & 'kadtu tu niqadtu'qadtuy
hearer) J.qiJL*a i n i i ^111 i n L i JI_' ••JP frajiHi*
Legends
X Any of the forms occur with n* appreciable differ^
J
ence in meaning*
* ng optional after vowels /n/ or /q/« baiay ng husi
X«ibalay ni husi) ,fJoefs house*"
** The short form of the dative is the s&me as the long
form of the genitive.
*** M, * s used only in the construction of Seo» 5#32*(jt is
not a frequent form*)
#*** The forms with *ja are dialectical and restricted in the
speech of Cehu City to a few expressions*
The two forms for locations near the first person are in many-
near both to the first and second persons, the kani forms are
most common, but kari forms are also used* If the thing talked
about is definitely far from the second person but close to the
first person, kari forms are used* The genitive forms of the
,P
&&j% j S I jhrase
a* daghan j mi j niqatna^ dung "We have plenty of that, boy*11
LP S
f,
\>, walaq mi niqa:naq We have none of that."
The ni^atnag: stands forJ*fqug kanaqlL (sequences which do not
l*L 7 kanaqjj
occur). The predicate of example ai is an adjective phrase
(described in oec, 4*21l). The predicate of b is an LP (de»-
in the chart
Scribed in Sec« 3*4)« The short forms7are alternants of the
type described in Sec* 2,213.
4>71 Paradigms
The short forms of the chartfree*4»7 above are not used
as predicates (sec* 5*41)• The pronominal and the genitive
cases occur with almost the same distribution, except that the
pronominals are not used in exclamatory sentences where the
formula reads "genitive" (Sees* 3*61, 3*62, 3«63)!>and the
genitive is not used as a pronominal predicate (Sec* 4*23l)*
Furthermore the pronominal is not used if there is a preposi-
tive qualifier (Sec. 6*3l)* Otherwise, where the formula
reads "disjunctive11 or "genitive", the pronominal forms occur
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is linked by nga*
pronom. (used as gen.)| pronoau
a* qisya ng giqingun I qang qi:ya ng qinahan "He said
to his mother."
gen*
pass. pronom.
\>% giqingun + ni:ya qang qi:ya ng qinahan (l5#6)
"He said to his mother."
pred* , S
f?repos, Q gen. passive J
Ct walaq ni:ya qingna J qang qisya ng qinahan
"He did not tell his mother."
sentences (Sees. 3*61, 3«62, 5.63)• (Only ni:mu and na;foia are
fiaskuquand mu, in the same place as ni:mu» ku and mu are used only
following the first word of the sentence or predicate phrase*
4.72 Deictic system
The deictic system in the meaning of location (place
referred to by the deictics) corresponds to the locational
meaning of the demonstrative pronouns. The interrogative
deictics (meaning "where?) correspond to the temporal meanings
the
of/deictics and are also listed in this chart.
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Interrogative
deictics
•
•
1 Past ]\ Present ' Future Motion •
•
section below.)
b# mila:lin sila ng magtiqasyun nganhi "They migrated here
as a married couple.11 (51 #3)
The reals (tu:qa. etc#*) are used as qualifiers or as predicates
"past time"*
Q t> I S j
d# na qunyaq qusa niqa:naq ka duminggu + didtu | si ba:kirJ
sa bulangan "Well, anyway, one Sunday Baker was at the
cockfights," (37.8)
as a qualifier or as a predicate.
Q
f• qug diq ka makakitaq nga qadtu sa sulud magsulti qa
diq gyud maqilhan "If you could not see that he was the
one talking inside, you could not recognize him." (44*13)
s
g# ba:kir +
P I
qadtu I
!
kita I sa kumbira ni sanbisinti
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are "go, come"; pagqanhaq "go (to where the second person is)"j
pagqanhi "come (to where both the first and second persons are) #l |
etc*
transient
h« nanasqug siya sa qi:la na miqadtu gayud sa kalsa:da sa
tambul "He went out of his house and made it a point to
go to the street where the drum was," (45*9)
The real and the timeless deictics are used as LP's in existen-
tial sentences (Sec. 5»4)» The real deictics are used to mean
"present time ". The timeless deictics are used to mean '•past
time".
LP
i# hala ni;qa y kwarta pagpalit ngadtu g maka:qun "0kf here
is some money} buy some food over there." (7•13)
LP
j. qapan sa qusa niqasnaq ka panahun diha y pahibalu nga
"But one time there was a notice that #••" (J2.12)
are used.
tive.
it manga lalin sila gi:kan sa qusa ka gamay nga pu:luq sa
relative
lungsud sa qu:pun diqin didtu qikabittay sa qiila ng qamahan
qang qi:la ng pu:sud sa sagunting sa qi:la ng payag "They
were immigrants from a small island in the town of Oponf
where their fathers had hung up their navels from the beams
of their hut." (50#l6)
ku is not used.
passive + geni S
a. kapitun + ta ka "I will drop in for you."
nominal gen. S
b. qami:gu man ta | ka "You are my friend."
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Instead of jta ka the forms t ika and t ikaw occui%with the same
meaning:
f,
o# hapitun Jt ika \ I will drop in for you*"
Jt ikawj
This meaning of jta occurs with transient forms with derivative
affix ka«* (Sec* 9*3) where ^ta is the subject, when the goal is
; : :
: (genitive) : (subject) :
: 1st Person : 2nd Person :
: ta : ka :
: tt ta« ku : aikaw :
enter
4#811 Active-passive
where S^ is the goal in the nominative form (Sec. 4»7) and the
$assive Q gen* t S
b* nakittaq man nisya J qang buhuq sa pumuqan sa
ka:huy "He saw the hole in the tree trunk*11 (6*1)
pends upon the meaning relation between the thing affected by the
action and the action* These are treated in Sec* 8*2 and its
occur*
Q act* Q j S j inf* goal of inf*
a* maqu nga su:gud + na pud | siya j qug pi slay + sa kathuy
"So, he began to cut the tree down again." (5*7)
Q passive gen. infinitive j S
b* qug + gisugdan + ni:ya + sa pagpislay j qang kathuy
"And he began to cut the tree down*" (4*6)
two-way transformation,
abstract plus goal, where the goal is the disjunctive form of the
In those cases where the base of the transient is also a CNf there
(See, 10.51).
passive + qang + CN (where the noun is to the same morpheme as
sentences.
noun I + (Q) + i (sa) + jp&gr abstract! + (genitive) +
transientf (qug) + base F
comp (inf#)
I noun
qang qa:ku ng kata:bang
sa pagpangashuy (Same meaning as £.) (2 # 7)
The abstract with a genitive is rarely used as infinitive•
As is stated in Sees, 4*2331 and 4*6* not every noun or tran-
sient is followed by both infiriitiv* and (nga) or (flufi) p l u s
sentence or TP. This paradigm holds only for those nouns and
transients which are followed by both types of complements*
If a complement consists of a TP which contains a stative
(Sec* 9*3) it is in a paradigm with an infinitive phrase con~
sisting of an abstract without the k%- prefix* (Of* Sec* 9»12
and its subsections*)
i s I q
e* si:gi f siya I g qinum qarun mamala qan/a: subaq
"He continued drinking so that the river would dry up*11
This is in a paradigm with the sentence #
t S j Q
f# si:gi j siya j g qinum + qarun fpagmala V sa subaq
1pagpamalaj
"He continued drinking to dry up the river*"
4*83 Indirect statements vs« indirect questions
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S*F (Sec. 3*23) and the P is a predicate phrase, the 8 has the
6*32}p of. the remarks in Sec. 6.322 for exceptions to tlio rules
If the qu^ "and" is not used and if there is a second subject, the,
"Do you think your son John would actually steal?" (8J4)
P S
b* nga:nu ma ng diq na:muq qikuxyug I si tu:ni qug titta
possible.
black cover.11
subjects.
P j S transient phrase
a« dakuq kaqa:yu ng kahuy J qang qasku ng gipi:lay
"It was a huge tree.I cut down." (29#4)
S
P 1 transient phrase
b« qusa ka mapaqit nga pahiyum j qang + mikiwiq sa qijya ng
manga nga:bil "His lips twisted into a bitter smile." (49*l)
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P j S (passive imp.)
qang qa:ku ng bieiklitta maquj y garnista di*liq gang
qixma "My bicycle is the one you should use ., not yours."
with an active.
S possessive | P
kay qang qi:ya I dapit man sa da*hun "For his was
the part near the leaves**"
Q P
qunyaq qusa niqasnaq ka panahun + miqabut sa hunaqhutnaq
S
I numeral phrase
ni hwanl qang qusa ka butang nga daw di:liq kfctuqushan "Then
one time there came to John's mind something which seemed
unbelievable." (9.12)
5.214? gang plus common nominal phrase
P J S
S
Q P deiotic
qapan qang yamyamun la:mang sa pagpangatyuq qang dihaq sa
f,
qi:ya ng qu:lu But the only thing in his head was the
S
J existential sentence
a. gipi:liq naskuq jqang may bu:wak "I chose the
flowers."
S
P j abstract compl# of abstr.
a, lisud kaqasyu qang pagpatay kang karangkal "It
S
P abstr.
b# gisugdan ni:ya I qang pagputul sa kaihuy "He began
consists of a title plus a name, the jsi is used only onee, and
S
Q proper n^tme Q P
a* qapan si karangkd!l bisan sa baitaq pa + nagpakiitaq
Q demonstr* S * P
b. nan kadtu si ba*kir j taqas kanitmu "Anyway, that
P demonstr. linker S
c« na qunyaq didtu } siila kadtu ng bilyagunsaslu
(4.13)
t St
bm qiruqjka|man diqay "So you are greedy!" (42^4)
LP Q j S j pred* phrase
o. qadu:na na { silaj y qikata:bang sa panimalay "Now
they had some help in the household." (1*5)
Demonstratives occur only preceding the third person pronoun
singular or plural,
S
Q Q Q demons. pron.
d# na walaq pa Jtu siyaj maqunsa "Anyway, nothing
happened to him yet." (46.8)
rule*
P
Q pron* S
sukad Icarun qikaw na* I qang qa:ku ng katasbang
wood," (2.7)
P
Q proper noun Q Q P
qug + si hwan + na + la:mang qug qang qiiya ng
>
S
qinahan maqu j y nahibilin "And now only John and his
Q P postpos. Q I S
qapan qang yamyamun lasmang sa pagpanga:yuq | qang dihaq
sa qisya ng qu:lu "But the only thing that was in his head was
the magic utterance." (Lit»*"what should be uttered in asking*"}
5*5 Direct statements as subjects
said":
subject
sentence i predicate
qunyaq qunsa ma y nahitabuq | pangutasna gihaipun ni qangkay
subjects ) subject
pred. ,. subject
Cm si luqis 1 Jqangl qa:ku ng gihigugma "Luis is the, one I
jqingf
l J
love."
P (TP) S
a. muba:lik pa y da:hu ng larag "A faded leaf will
P S
b# magkistaq man ga:ni luwag qug kasi:li "Even the eel
and the ladle meet." (Cf. See* 5#61 for the omission of Jj>)
is fatter.")
before a subject
jr before a subject
P I % S
f,
a# qikaw ra j Jqang w qa:ku ng hinigugma You are the only
y
•L J
one I love."
y exis(tential
LP S | pp
1). du:na ku
lr
y hinigugma There is someone I love**
Sec. 3*4*
«istential s entewe
numeral S
a. duha y qa:ku ng qanak "I have two children**
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declarative sentencet
numeral subj.
b# duha qang qa:ku ng qanak "My children are two # "
e x i s t e n t i a l sentence:
deictic + PP
c# dihaq na y daghan kaqa:yu ng salapiq "There was much
money now." ( l 6 . l )
declarative sentences
deictic I subject
d# dihaq na f qang daghan kaqa:yu ng salapiq "The large
of Sec. 5»6l«) The reason for this analysis is that these occur
corresponding to a, above
numeral I S I PP
e# duha J ku Jy qanak "I have two children."
ordered him,*
hand." (5.11)
Q P S
ng syudadnun + nga pulus qartipisyal qang lithuk
"For he is very different from the city boys who are #11
a small thing*"
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pred, . subj.
pred. • subject
c, maqu lagi kana 1 y gisulti sa qaku ng qanak "That is
really what my son said! fl
In existential sentences £ may also be omitted after a consonant
except /n/ and /q/ and after /i/r/iq/.
P S
M
d. qunum j qa:ku ng qanak I have s^Lx children,"
Since the word qunum ends in a consonant, jr does not occur• 0f»
the following; x
P S
e. pitu y qa:ku ng qanak "I have seven children."
$,82 Numeral phrase subjects without ciang
Numeral phrases occur as subjects with no gang (as well as
Q P | S
f,
pagsaka sa p a : r i q + tindug | qamirika:nu When the p r i e s t
oame in^the American stood up," (39»l)
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6*0 Introduction
6*11 Topic
6*12 Linking
6 #4 Qualifiers to qualifiers
6*6 Exclamations
subjunctives ^
6#8 Compounds
C.tept«r,.gfo* Qualifiers
^0 Introduction
6*11 Topic
An element which occurs as a subject occurs also as a topic«
topic Q to topic P | S i P
d. lcami + sa qamirika • naqa:nad jkami jniqamaq
••We in America, we are used to that."
the beginning.
S j Q TP topic
e» qamirika:nu ( walaq pud lang mutisngug nu • si ba:kir "Ihe
American just did not say anything, you know - Baker*11 (39«14)
frxcl sentence topic
f# labihan kalispay + si karangkal "Karangkal, how
happy he wasJ"
6*12 Linking
not linked* If they are long they are linked with a pause*
2nd predicate
S i predicate Q subj
a* qang ta:wu { maqu y namatay + qimbis + qang mananap*
"The man died instead of the animal."
2nd predicate
P IS j F Q qualifier to fcetatenoe
b'# milakaw |siya| sakay sa trak • qinay • sa trin*
"He left on the bus instead of the train*"
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E
S I TP goal goal
o« qapan kini rig pagtusqu | nagahastag + kali i sang + sa manga
2nd predicate
Q goal
taswu+labi na + sa manga kabata:qan. *But this belief
inspires fear in the people^especially the children*11 (23il4)
6.2 Other qualifiers to sentences or predicate phrases
These are qualifiers which occur such that the first imme-
phrases.
Q j S j Q, predicate
a* qapan j si du:day j tinga":li + qusa ka baba:yi nga
lahiq sa quban "But Duday is probably a woman who is
different from the others."
Qualifiers which are long are linked with a pause. Those which
are short (consisting of one or two words) are not linked except
plus sub.iect
Q P
a# qapan sa qusa niqa:naq ka qadlaw + sa + nagalingkud
sentence used as Q
feiya
3iya II sa qiya ng lingkurasnan + miqingun s i y a
f,
But one day, as he was s i t t i n g in h i s s e a t , he s a i d . . « . w
(9*14)
sentence used as Q
Q P j
b# qunyaq + sa + qitya na ng gisugdan sa pagpitlayj
S
gang kashuy + may timgug nga qisya ng naba:tiq
11
Then, as he was beginning to cut the tree, there was a
voice which he heard* " (4»7)
These are in a paradigm with the qualifiers composed of (sa)
plus abstracts (Etec. 6*2122) • (Cf. paradigm §§s« 4«82, [S + P
genitive + abstract] where S is the nominative form of the
genitive (Sec. 4#7) a**<i genitive is the genitive form of the
subjects) Sentence a above is in a paradigm with a sentence:
Q
abstract + genitive + Q of the sentence j
c% sa paglingkud + ni:ya + sa qi;ya ng lingkurajnan + miqinganl
H
siya As he sat down in his seat, he said « " '
The difference in meaning is one of aspect. The transient phrase
sentence
adj, P i s |
a* sa + ba:taq pa jsiyaj + qusa ka gantang bugas qang qi:ya
ng mahurut, "When he was a child, he could finish off a
whole ganta of rice*11
Q
exclamatory sentence
b# sa + labihan ni:ya ng hini:lak + waq ni:ya madungug qang
qayruplasnu "Because of too much crying, he did not hear
the airplane•"
Q
existential sentence*
o# dihaq ku siya hikitqi + sa + may tindathan,
11
1 saw him there by the store." (Lit,* "where there is a
store", )
6.2113 sa + abstracts
Q
pron form of gen abstract
sa qa:ku ng pagka diq tagadinhi + waq ku mahibalu
sa tinu:qud "Since I am not from here, I do not know the
truth*,*"
qualifier except for the numeral phrases (Sec, 6,21231) and those
nominal phrase
b# sa + la:qi ng pagkasulti + qugmaq sa ha:pun sa qalas
says qang taknaq kinahanglan qi:mu kini ng qiha:tag ngadtu sa
ha:riq "In other words, tomorrow afternoon at six ofclock you
have to deliver it to the king.11 (14.10)
Since goals are also introduced by sa (Sec * 4*63) the decision
form in question P j S
sa qisya ng lingkura:nan + nagalingkud f siya (same meaning)
qualifier
sentence (expression of time)
ai sa qalas says qang taknaq + kinahanglan qi:jnu kini ng
qiha:tag ngadtu sa ha:riq "At six ofclock you have to give
this to the king." (l4.1l)
Q
bi qug sa dihaq nga may dagha ng bula:wan na siya qi*ya ng
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its embsections. Also matag plus the base and kasda plus the
ga* The abstracts of the form qinig- base do not occur after sa#
Q
abstract , gen S
a# qinigqabut ni:la sa bu:kid 4- qang qamahan misu:gud datyun
qug pi:lay qug manga ka:huy "On arriving at the
mountain the father began to cut trees down/1 (2.11)
Q (abstract)
b# qinigka;qun gayud + muka:qun siya qug qusa ka gantang nga
Q
linungqag + kajda ka:qun ni:ya "Every time he ate, he
would eat a ganta of rice each time he ate#" (25.13)
qualifier
abstract Q gen complement
o# pagbira 4- pa + ni:ya * sa qijya ng kamut may
pita;ka nga dihaq gibutang sa qijya ng kamut "On
pulling out his hand, there was a purse that was put into
his hand." (6.3)
qualifier
Q abstract Q gen complement
d« qapan + sa pagla:bug pa ni:ya sa pita:ka + may
mitagingting nga manga salapiq "But as he threw the
purse away, there were coins that jingled*" (6*8)
Q
numeral phrase
a# na qunyaq + qusa niqatnaq ka duminggu 4- didtu si baikir
sa bulangan "Well anywayf one Sunday Baker was at the cook-
fights." (37.8)
qualifier
numeral phrase + nga * sentence
bi qusa niqa:naq ka qadlaw + nga + miqaahi ai hwan sa sihgbu +
nagkakittaq kami "One day when John came to Cebufwe
happened to meet,"
Q
nom phrase
a* tibuquk gabitqi + qang talisajyun nagqantus sa kabugnaw "
"The whole night the speckled one suffered from the cold."
*
qu^ is possible even if the qualifier preoedes the sentenoef
if it is preceded by a qualifier.
qualifier
Q numeral phrase
piru • g pipila ka but Ian sukad karun + qabut na siya.
"But in a few months he will already be here # "
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These qualifiers are optionally linked with n^a when not preceded
by sa«
qualifier
nom phrase Q linker
M
bi byimis na + ng + miqabut siya He did not sartor*
until Friday."
eto# occur with affix ka- bases as transients* (Cf« Seo» 9«333«)
members of the transient paradigm. The forms with the prefix ma-
ft lf
ai [sa] gabi:qi na + siya [ng] muqadtu He will go
there when it is night*M
ft H
b# magabi:qi + siya (ng) muqadtu He goes out at night#*
ft (sentence)
1,
0* nagabi:qi na + siya (ng) miqadtu It was night when he
went."
ft
&• (sa) pagkagabirqi + siya muqadtu "He will leave at
night*"
In this group are the bases kalit "sudden" and oth«?si " *
Q
base
ai" qunyaq + sa kalit + maqu y nadungug ni qangkay
qang syasgit sa ba:taq "Then suddenly Angkay heard the
screamsof the child*" (55*3)
Q
o* <iug + kalit nga + nanibugquk qang luthaq sa qijya ng
manga mata "And suddenly, the tears welled up in her eyes'*"
qualifiers
(and other nouns meaning "time" with infix -4a<- meaning "by the"-*
dttAgSX
"long time", qulahi "too late", panagsa "once in a while",
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Q sentence
a# da:qan na ng + naki:taq ni mis kunsuylu nga
Q sentence
qadlawqadlaw + nagtiniqil latmang si dyanung
••Miss Consuelo had already, seen previously that Dyanung
walked barefoot every "day*"
Q
V« qapan si hwan natingaila + (sa) gihatpun
w
But John was still anmed." (5*7)
Q
o* taqudtaqud na nasmu ng paqaibut kaniimu "We have been waiting
for you for some time now#,f (63»ll)
However, this linking does not occur when the qualifier is pre~
Q linker
d# qarun pagqiyajwat sa taknaq + kanufnay nilla ng giqanam
qang manga sagbut ,fIn order to save time they always pulled
the weeds as they oame up." (52*11)
Q PP
e* waq pahinayuna qang piknik sa dihaqdiha ng miquwan
*The picnic was called off when right at that moment it
started to rain,"
Q
Q to Q
f# sa + walaq + maduigay + qang ha:riq namatay "Afte*
a short time* the king died*" (17#7)
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examples there.)
common colloquial usage to use them in this way* (cf. example jo.)
Q
deictic PP
a* may pita:ka nga + dihaq + gibutang sa qi:ya ng
kamut "There was a purse placed there in his hands." (6*4)
Q
deictic
b# qug diq ka makakitaq nga qadtu sa sulud magsulti qa diq gyud
maqilhan "If you could not see that he was the one talking
inside there, you could not have recognized him." (44.14)
imperative Q complement
«• pagpalit ngadtu g makasqun "Buy food over there."
(7.14)
In this group are kasagasran "customarily", Qatgi g plus nominal
phrase "as a", pananglit. pananglistan "for example", tfogq:ll
"perhaps". These last three are optionally linked with qu^ when
initial*
Q P * S 1 Q
d# kasaga:ran muqanhi fsiya fdinhi "He usually comes here*"
Q linker
a* qarun pagqiyaswat sa taknaq kanu:nay nisla ng giqanam
qang manga sagbut "In order to save time, they always pulled
the weeds as they came up#" (52.10)
Q
b. qinamay ng mili:suq si qinting "Inting turned slowly*1*
(65.6)
These qualifiers also occur in the constructions described in Sea*
5*7 and enter the paradigms described in Sec, 3#72 and its sub-
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6#221121 above except that they are not linked with nga when
initial. They enter into the same paradigms (Sec, 3»72 and its
and form base + -in- meaning "thing V~" ed" (Sec. 10.21 and its
, subsections)*^
a. sa nagatubuq si hwan
nali:pay qusab qang manga
Q
P j subject
ginikarnan^quban j qang pagtu:qu nga qadu;na na sila y
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with guff. These qualifiers differ from the ones which occur only
ducers they are not attracted. (Cf. Sec. 6*322 for word order of
postpositive^.)
Q postpM*. linker
a« suginlan ku qikaw nga gustu siya ng
mangasa:wa sa qismu ng qanak "I will tell you tftat he
wants to marry your daughter." (12.5)
Q joetpositives
br qang manga ba:buy + ha:pit + na lang musaka sa kabalayan
"The pigs practically came into the houses." (51*10)
a
c# qugmaq sa ha:pun sa qalas says qang taknaq kinahanglan
qi:mu kini ng qihattag ngadtu sa ha:riq "Tomorrow at
six o'clock in the afternoon you must give this to the king#H
(14.U)
Q linker
d. maqu nga walaq madu:gay qang manga ginika:nan maqu ra g
miba:tiq sa kahapdus tun^ud sa kawaladqun "Therefore it
was not long before the parents seemed to feel the sting
of poverty." (26.7) \
\
\
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6.2231 Introducers
In this group are the forms guff f?and"} qapan. piru (pitru)
ft
"but"; qunyaq then" $ maqu nga "therefore"? bu:sa "therefore"
(also bus sag): da, dan, na, nan> (Cf. the glossary for defini-
tions*) These are always first if there is more than one intro-
"since"; basta "enough , just so"; qisyuq "at the time"; hastat
are optionally linked with nga* basta. bassinf bassun are op~
tionally linked with guff and with nga. qasbi plus genitive
atratives and oimfris. qjjaayt gftjfi*Pi and ngasnu are always linked
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introducer linker
c« qirguq ra ng nak&qabut qang ba:taq sa quspital
namatay "The child died just as soon as it reached the hos~
pital." (55.8)
intr. Intr*
d# nasubuq qang qamahan tungud kay labihan katapulan
"The father was unhappy because he was very lazy.^1 (l#10)
intr. gen. Q + linker \
e* qa:bi ku ma g daku ng tiqawtisqaw kini "I thought
that this was a huge joke." (17.2) \
intr.
f# labi na qang qamahan nali:pay gayud pagqa:yu
"Especially the father was very happy*" (1.6)
(interrog)
intr.
g« hasqin + gud ni:mu kuha:qa kana ng qi:mu ng kwarta
"Where did you get that money of yours?" (9*3)
When there is an introducer or another qualifier to the sentence
intr. Q
,f
h« kun + pananglit + muquwan "If, for example, it rainsf ##
Q intr.
i# pananglit + kun + muquwan "For example, if it rains ##iM
some others.
Q
Q (to ti;qaw mu)
ti*qaw mu ba y mangi:taq qug dagha ng qipaka:qun
qatlang sa qi:la ng qanak "Imagine looking for a lot of food
for their son." (26.9)
tisqaw mu is also linked by nga, so that there is a paradigm in
Sec« 6.511.)
6»2234 Introducers to imperatives
In this group are palithug "please11 and qayaw "donft,f
Q linker
a# qayaw + qaku g pila:ya "Do not cut me." (2.10)
qayaw is optionally linked with qug except wheh the imperative
has a prefix jmg-* If there is a prefix pag- for the imperative,
qayaw is linked with sa in very fancy style speech.
Q Q
b# qayaw larmang + qaku pagputla "Just do not cut me#M
(5-12)
Q
o* qayaw (g) + kabalatka "Do not worry."
stituent.
is a qualifier to it*
H
g# di:liq mahismu | kana ng qa:ku ng buhaxtun I cannot
do that." (8.7)
postpositives predicate
h# disliq + ku quntaq kini qangay + qisulti
,f
I should not say this." (11.13)
with nga#
Q
disliq ku quntaq kini qa:ngay (ng) qisulti "I should
not say this." (ll#13)
Q adjective
lu:bus + qitum "He was freed after a roasted pig*
black all over, was offered up." (58«12)
Q adj. phrase
misafca sila sa qisla ng balay midyu masulubqun
"They went into their house rather sad." (29«7)
Q
S |Q to Q (sentence) p
d# qapan si karangkal j bi:san sa ba:taq pa nagpakistaq
qug manga talagsaqu ng qabilidad "But Karangkal, even
rhen he was still a child, showed some peculiar abilities"**
25m&) :
For second predicates cf. Sec. 6.15• These are di: liq. qimbis
bis taw and their rapid speech forme. (For the meaning of these
cf# the glossary*) These may also qualify qualifiers to the sen*-
4 *
d# qug labaw + pa + niqatnaq 4* mahi:mu ng manunumud sa qijya ng
ginhari:qan "An besides thatf (he) will "become the heir to
his kingdom," (35#8)
follows:
postpos# Q
e# pagbira + pa + ni:ya sa qi:ya iig kamut may
pitaka nga dihaq gibutang sa qi:ya ng kamut "Then when he
pulled out his hand there was a purse which had been put
there in his hand*" (6.3)
Sep. 6.2122.
are the long forms of the nominative pronouns and all short forms
qualifier (Sec. 6.3$ ftr the qualifiers of Sec. 6#2 ff. when
passive
qlsulti
S
prepos. Q postpos. Q postpos. Q jprepos. Q postpos. Q
h# disiiq quntaq kini ! qa:ngay na:ku (ng)
passive
qisulti
long form of the demonstrative (Sec. 4*7) for which the attrac-
tion is optional.
When there are many postpositive particles, one or two may follow
positives •
pron. form of gen9 postpos. Q postpos. Q linker
c« qisya + na + qusab + nga
gilasbug "He threw it away again." (6#14)
The pcetpositives are also attracted to the "LP1 a11 of the exis~
a prepositive qualifier
adjective phrase*
adj. phrase + pofctpos* + linker
t>V ha:pit mamatay qang tanan • ku + ng +
+ adj. phrase
manga manuk "Almost all of my chickens died."
{kuv, 4- ka
muj
+ Jp&\ + ra
InaJ
4- fmanl
T^f
plus any of the other
type listed in Sec. 5#4 and Sec. 4.28. It precedes those of the
type listed in Sec. 4.28 and the pronouns (Sec. 4»7)« Otherwise
(Q Sge.6#223l).
introducer t S j
b. maqu nga j qang manga ginika:nan j maqu ra g
predicate
miba:tiq sa kahapdus tungud sa kawaladqun "So, the pa#*
ents seemed to feel the sting of want." (26.7)
maqu does not occur with adjectival predicates or with predicates
(Sec. 3.93).
6.4 Qualifiers to qualifiers
Q
b# qunyaq mipaquHiq siya + diritsu + sa qi:la ng balay ,f Threat
he returned straight to their home.11 (28#15)
6 # 324 for examples.) Also these are used as predicates. (Cf# Sec.
4#43.)
[arun are used in this way, but these are not used as qualifiers to
Q infinitive
kay muquban qikaw kana:kuq qarun + sa pagpanga:huy "For
you will come with me in order to cut wood." (2.6)
~225-
These are pitsa "on the date of", galas "at ••.0*clock %
ceded by jsa. .
Q
a. qang qa:ku ng qamahan nata:wu + sa pitsa singku sa qag&sim
mil nuybi syintus syisti "My father was born on August 5*
1907•"
galas may be preceded by may, may manga or manga. maya manga <or may
Q unreal
d# qang manga ba:buy ha:pit na lang + musaka sa kabalayan
fl
The pigs practically came into the houses." (51.10)
Q subjunctive
e* nasakit si sinuy human ni:ya hipusili qang buqatya
"Senoy got sick after he had shot the crocodile,11 (58#6)
Q subjunctive
f. kadaghan ga:niq kami pabalikbali:ka sa qispiktur "We
even had been made to come back many times by the inspector**1
(65.7)
occur initially, the subjunctive and unreal (for the re$l) is not
used*
If linking with nga is used, the unreal (for the real) and the
with nga* The others are optionally linked with nga. except that
for waq (walaq) this optional linking with nga occurs only with
of subjunctives
The real and the unreal deictics are not used as predicates
6.8 Compounds
all compound types are dead (Sec. 8.043) . Since each element
members although the meanings are. of the types that would usually
Of both bases". (This is the only compound type with more than
This type forms phrases which have the syntax of common nouns.
lu:quy dyus hatud ba:v "If God wills it, it will come.11 V~
Li
a ^ l b
may qusa ka magtiqa:yun R 343* + du:gay na ng katuqisgan
1 1 a
nga nanga:gi R 232f + nga + may qusa ka qanak nga lalaski
R 343, nga qi:la ng ginganlan si hw£n R 231* "Many years ago
there was a couple who had a son whom they called John,"
phrase 4»2331«)
LP numeral phrase c
may + qusa ka magtiqa:yun nga may qusa ka qanak nga lalaiki
nga qi:la ng ginganlan si hwan
numeral linker PP d
qusa + ka + magtiqa:yun nga may qusa ka qanak nga lalaski
nga qi:la ng ginganlan si hwan
a X b
% x
sa nagatubuq si hwan R 543• + nailspay qusab qang
1 ^ c
manga ginikasnan R 232f + quban qang pagtutqu R 454, nga
qadfluna na sila y qikata:bang R 343f sa panimal£y R 231*
Intonation: R 543* R 252f R 454 2.1522 (Statement with ","J
R 251# 2.1521 (Statement with ",") The stress on sa is a
reading pronunciation*
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comp lenient
abstract m
qang + pagtusqu + nga qadusna na sila y qikata:b&ng
sa panimalay
existential sentence n
nga + qadu:na na $ii& y qikata:bang sa panimalay
Q S PP Q
LP q o p
qadusna na si 14 y + qikata:bang + sa panimalay
Analysis of o : PP which is a TP 4*22
to qadyuna 6,323
8,128
a 1 b
labi nh + qang qamah&n R 4541 nail:pay gayud pagqaiyu
1
s °
R 343> + tungud kay R 32, du:na na man siya y qikatatbang sa
-235-
to qadutna 6+323
Analysis of 1 ; PP consisting of TP 4*22
j infinitive phrase
qikatajbang + sa pagpangajhuy nga maqu y qijya ng
pangijtaq qa:lang sa panginabujhiq sa matag qadlaw
Q
genitive common noun 1
y qijya ng pangijtaq + qajlang sa panginabujhiq sa
matag qadlaw
Q
m n
qailang + sa panginabujhiq + sa matag qadlaw
f
qikatatbang T jperson | that can be used to help another"
jthing £
V ta:bang "help (assist)" qika- 8.23311
pagpanga:huy T "woodcutting" V panga:huy "the occupation of
gathering firewood" pag- 8»321 ; V ~ ka:huy "tree" paN-
a b
qapan 32, + sa nagatubuq si hw&n R 454$ + nasub&q
0 d
af b and d
6.2111
P S
nagatubuq + si hwan
Q
e f
tungud kay + labihan katapulan
Analysis of e : Qualifier to Sentence coming at the beginning
Q ka- base
labihan + katapulan
Analysis of labihan: Qualifier to Exclamatory Sentence 6,2233
and 8.128
+ M- 8 > 11823
qamahan CN "father" V qama "father" -an 10.266s qamah *s*
qama 2,223
f,
di:liq masi£:guq E 231# He cannot be commanded."
di.liq: Q to PP 6.311
nia- 8.21411
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a b
kun sugu2qun ni:mu R 343> + disliq ni:ya buha:tun
qang gisu:guq R 232, "If you gave him an order, he would na$
do what was ordered."
predicate e subject d
disliq ni:ya buha:tun + \zxi& gisu:guq
Q 1 genitive 2 passive
disliq + ni:ya + buhattun
disliq: Q to PP 6.311
hi
a b o
labi na + kung .R 252, + waq dihaq qang qi:ya ng
manga ginika:nan R 252* "Especially when his parents were not
there,"
£ Declarative Sentence
d predicate subject e
waq dihaq + qang qi:ya ng manga ginika:nan
Analysis of d :
Q PP
waq + dihaq
wag : Q to PP 6,511
Phrase 5.2143
genitive 1 Q 2 common noun
qi:ya + ng + manga + ginika:nan
2±S
b a b
magpu:nay la:mang + siya + g lingkud R 545 qug
-241-
bagduybagduy 232 ^
Analysis of a :
d o d
doubling 9#86
a b
qap^n + wa y mahf:mu R 231* "But there was nothing
that could be done."
a Qualifier 6.2231
b Existential Sentence
Analysis of b :
LP PP
wa y mahismu
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mahi;mu: TP 4.22
£a~ 8,21411
7.10
a
qus^, niqasnaq ka panahun R 454t + sa gitanqaw sa
qamahan nga si hwan R 343$ hustu na gayud qiku:yug sa
c
\ /
pagpanga:huy R 232, + qi:ya kini ng giqingnan R 231. "Once
upon a time, when the father saw that John was now just the right
age to take along to gather firewood, he said to him."
Intonations Same as 7#1 -J? above
Analysis of sentence; Declarative Sentence 3.21,
a Qualifier b Qualifier £ Declarative Sentence
Analysis of a : Qualifier to sentence 6,21231 consisting of
Numeral Phrase 4.232
Q
qusa + niqasnaq + ka panahun
PP
d
sa + gitanqaw sa qamahan nga si hwan hustu na gayud qikusyug sa
pagpanga:huy
sentence 4.61
-243-
S Q Q predicate
f S
si hwan + hustu + na gayud 4- qiku:yug sa pagpangarhuy
P S P
h h
qi;ya + kini + ng giqingnan
qama 2,223
7*11
a h/ c / '
hwkn 34, + hala 21* pagql:lis sa qi:mu ng purul R 112 •
11
All right, John, put on your short pants,"
Intonation: Intonation of Vocative (hwan) 2+1532; Rise on mono*
a b
kay + muquban qikaw kana:kuq R 543 qarun sa pagpang^shuy
231 • "Because you are going with me to gather firewood."
P S P
c c
muquban + qikaw +• kana:kuq qarun sa pagpanga:huy
goal infinitive d
muquban kana:kuq + qarun sa pagpangathuy
kanaekuq: Goal 4»63 (Dative of Pronoun 4«?)
Analysis of d : Infinitive Phrase 4*68
Q abstract
qarun + sa pagpanga:huy
qarun: Qualifier to Infinitive 6+412
muquban T "will go with" V — quban "go along with" mu- 8+111
qagpanga:huy T "woodcutting" V panga:huy "the occupation of
gathering firewood" £ag- 8,321; V ka:huy "tree" £aN-
1^22
a b N
sukad karun 232, qikaw na qang qa:ku ng kata:bang
sa pagpanga:huy R 231*
Intonation: Same as 7»1 - 191 7•12 above
Analysis of sentence: Declarative Sentence 5»21
Analysis of a : Qualifier to sentence 6,2212
sukad + karun
sukad: Qualifier 6,411
karun: Qualifier 6,2212
Analysis of b : Declarative Sentence 3,21
Q
0 predicate d
qikaw na + qang qa:ku ng kata:bang sa pagpangajhuy
Analysis of c : Predicate consisting of Pronominal Phrase 5*41
na: postpositive Qualifier to Predicate 6,32
Analysis of d : Subject 5*214 consisting of <^a,n^ plus Common
Nominal Phrase 4*2351
gen. common noun complement e
qang + qa:ku ng katasbang + sa pagpanga:huy
246-
an Infinitive 4*68
ka~ 10>1912
a b
kay + maqu man la:mang kini qang qa:tu ng p$ngx:taq
232, + qarun kita mabu:hiq sa matag qadlaw R 2J1. "For
this is our only way of earning a living so that we can live
from day to day,"
Q P subject
c
maqu man lajmang kini + qang qa:tu ng pangixtaq qarun
kita mabu:hiq sa matag qadlaw
Phrase 4,2331
Q S P Q
qarun + kita + mabu:hiq sa matag qadlaw
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