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tagna'
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At first, when first, originally, in the beginning.
Tagna' ga'i kata'uhanku lānin.
In the beginning I did not know the way.
Tagna' ga'i ku ta'u magbella si lepohan gās.
At first I did not know how to cook on a kerosene stove.
Tagna'ne magiskul diki' pe iye.
When he first went to school he was still small.
N-, mag-
-an
To begin to do s.t.; start to do s.t.
Nagna' ta'u ne anaknen lumengngan.
Her child is beginning to know how to walk.
Lisag ampat pe magtagna' ne siye magbella.
It was only four o’clock when they began to cook.
Tinagna'an ne bulaknen tinaneman.
The planting of his field has started.
Isnin dehellu miya'an pe luma'den tinagna'an hininang.
They started to build the house the previous Monday.
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tinagna'an
From (now) on; beginning (.....).
Tinagna'an ma'in gey kew kajari lumengngan.
Beginning today (from today on) you may not go out.
Tinagna'an sumu maghinang ne ku.
From tomorrow on I will work.
tagna'an
The reason for s.t., beginning of s.t.
Ine tagna'annen hangkan siye magsasa'?
What was the beginning (reason) of their quarrel?
Tagna'annen hangkan siye magkesuwa' sabab aku.
The reason that they found each other was because of me.
Amban aku tagna'an jambanganne iyan.
Those plants of hers came from me in the beginning.
pūna' pu'un1 jān
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