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ta
A variant -d is suffixed to a word ending in a vowel.
1
So that; in order that.
Signals a first sentence as expressing what is done, not done, should or should not be done in order that that expressed by the second sentence will result.
Mangan'a ta adī'a munhināang.
Eat so that you won't be hungry.
Alam nan pāyungmu ta adī'a ma'pot hi un umudan.
Get your umbrella so that you won't get wet if it rains.
Iyālim han danum ta uminūma'.
Bring some water so that I will drink.
A dependent sentence introduced by ta commonly expresses an expected or logical action or state based on that stated in a preceding sentence, translated `and so'.
Inhamhamadnan pilīon di ma''aphod an babāi ta hiyay immuyna inlayaw di paya'na ta hiyay impo''oyna.
He carefully chose the most beautiful woman and so she was the one whose wings he ran away with and so they were what he hid.
Preceded by andani or awni, it is translated `until', c.f. ta nangāmung.
Andani ta lopaho' nan ihāang'u ya unna' mummama.
Wait until I finish what I am cooking before I chew betel chew.
Awni ta mangan tu'u ya un tu'u muntāmu.
Wait until we eat before we work.
See sec. 7.26.1.2.
That.
Introduces a subordinate sentence following anāad or anganggoh `why'.
Anāad ta un mi'id ah mangidat hi ono'?
Why (is it) that no one will give (me) my food?
See sec. 7.26.1.2
2
And when.
Introduces a dependent sentence which follows an independent sentence and is followed by another independent sentence.
Mun'ammah paldī'itna ta nalpah anu ya immuy hi inalāhan an munle'le'od.
He made his slingshot and when it was finished he went into the forest to take a walk.
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