amen
Sense
pron
English Us (1st pers. pl. non-focused direct or indirect object pronoun exclusive of addressee).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Sirá i miyusig it amen.
English They are the ones who chased us.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ipiyagbegay nirá it amen i úba'úbat.
English They gave us the medicine.
Sense
poss pron
English Ours (excl.)
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Amen na bayán.
English Thatś ours now.
poss adj
English Our (excl.)
Grammar
Amen is used when the poss. adj. is in the emphatic pre-noun phrase position. Otherwise, namen is used.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Amen nga balay yan. (Balay namen yan.)
English Thatś our house.
See alsonamen
v
Affixes ma-
English To become ours.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ma'amen bayán in may i'alang.
English That can
become
ours if we have the money.
Sense
kami i amen
pron
Note We ourselves.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Talagang makurí' kamí
i
amen.
English
We
ourselves are really poor.