ari
Variant ariyén
Sense
pron. or adv
English Where? which?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ari garing mu?
English
Where have you been?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Taga ari ka?
English
Where are you from?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Maski ari.
English
Whichever,
wherever. (Ari and ariyen are generally synonymous but only ari can be used in the above examples. In other cases either ari or ariyen could be used).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Áriyen i iba mu?
English
Where is your spouse?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ari iba mu?
English
Where is your spouse?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ari manggíd i písi'en mu?
English
Which of them will you take?
v
Affixes maN-
English To go wherever.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Magpangári-ári i ta'gey yat magtungul ka ma'pa' nang banár i gínawa ya.
English Her puffing and panting can
be
heard
all
over
the
place (lit. goes wherever) because she has real shortness of breath.
Sense
conj
Affixes
it (usually abreviated to arit)
English Whereas, however.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Tanud baytú kat diri nang badyu' arit liyebasan lamáng.
English This fellow thought the shirt was his now, whereas it's only borrowed.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Tanud ku bay nangunkun nat gínu'u dakulá' nang surúgiden, ari palán it ega nagá.
English I thought he'd gotten the elders together for a big legal hearing whereas he hadn't after all.
See alsotaka'