Yakan - pa'in1

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mag-

To say, speak, tell; to think. Quotation formula.

He said earlier that he will reportedly go home tomorrow.

Pa'inne, “Hap luma' ku sumu.”

He said, “I will go home tomorrow.”

I have often said it; you do not believe it.

Tuhutku me' pina'innun, kaw isab pa'in-pa'innu we' gey ku pakale si ka'u.

I am doing what you said, lest you think that I don’t listen to you.

Listen if something is being said to you.

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N- -an

-an

To teach or give instructions (about what and what not to do).

Pakale kew bang niya' ma'inan (pama'inan) ka'u.

Listen if someone teaches you (what to do).

Pa'inanne nakanakin gey dina'ak magubasan.

She instructed the child, telling him not to keep running about.

Gey kew te'ed iyan kahagad pina'inan.

(If you are) given instructions (about what to do) you don’t obey very well.

Ensini' pe nakanak iyan pa'inanku dina'ak magdekdak.

Earlier already I instructed that kid to do the laundry.

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3

To think, assume.

It is used only with zero affixation and with 1st person sg. and pl.

I thought you were asleep already, but you are not (surprise).

We thought that you had already left for home.

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4

To wonder about s.t.; to be curious about s.t.

Pa'inku bang sine magpogpog mala'i si tarangkahin.

I wonder who is the one knocking there at the gate.

Pa'inne bang intag ne libru binatsanen.

She wondered where the book was that she had been reading.

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