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If.

Un adja ha''in, at abalina'.

If supposing I (am the one), I can do it.

un and the first person pronoun -a', I, have the form unna'. Following a declarative statement un has a free variant hi un.

Alam akkay un (or hi un) maphod.

You should get it if it is good.

Tamtamam un (hi un) maphod.

Taste it (to see) if it is good.

Tigom nan muntāmuh kulha hi unda lempah nan tāmuda.

Look at the ones working on the road (to see) if they have finished their work.

Un ohāa' an umuy ad Bannāwol hi un'a adi mi'yāli.

I will just go alone to Banaue if you will not go with me.

Even, just, only.

Agguy natoy, an un na'ūlaw.

She did not die, she was just dizzy.

Followed by a negative statement, un has the meaning `even.'

Anāad ta un mi'id ah mangidat hi ono'?

Why is it that no one will even give me something to eat.

When a topic is preposed, occurring before the sentence comment, it is followed by ya; un immediately following ya has the meaning `only' or `just'.

Hay inah'ūpana ya un polwa.

What he found was only wild bananas.

Hay pohdo' ya +ūna' mun'ohha.

What I want is just to be alone in doing it.

For a description of un 2 in a verb phrase, see sec. 7.22.2.

ya un

Before; than.

Interrogative marker.