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ta' particle English. General question marking particle, what? who? Example sentence: Subanen. Si Uan kiin, ta'i baalenen? English. What is What's-his-name doing here? Synonym. alandun tai' particle English. A contraction of the question marking particle and the determiner, -i Example sentence: Subanen. Pelai, tai' migbundel dig bulsa mu kiin. English. Intj., what's made your pocket bulge there? Idiom: ta' dun Variant. tadun English. A disclaimer of responsibility, who knows? Example sentence: Subanen. “Tanda' ma minangay su nga gembata'?” “Baa, tadun, nda'u mesuunayi gingayan nilan.” English. “Where have the children gone?” “I don't know; I didn't learn where they were going.” Idiom: ta'...dun English. A construction into which one inserts a verb to create the real question, why, what is the reason that, as opposed to the rhetorical question, why, which is an insult. Example sentence: Subanen. Ta' ma daani ndi' kimputan dun gsigbet, meliang bianay. English. What would be the reason it wouldn't (trail) be overgrown, when it is seldom used?
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