Yakan - niyat

niyat

Thinking, intention.

Niyatku inin, sōng hap luma' ku.

My thinking is, (that) I will soon go home.

Niyatkun magtana' ku musim.

My intention is to plant a rice field when the season comes.

amānat

mag-

ta-, pag- -an

To think, intend to do s.t.; to know s.t. for a fact, be certain about it.

Magniyat ku sōng hap lahatku.

I am intending to go to my country soon.

Ga' taniyatku we' sōng kew usa'ku.

I did not think that you were about to attack me.

Behuku magniyat we' ellum du kami pegge' tekka ne si luma'. (Sasang si lān pe ara'-ara'ne kaw matey.)

I only knew for a fact that we were alive because we arrived at home. (While still on the road she thought they might die.)

I did not think that you would arrive now.

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