=manmanadv.contrastive marker. (this particle signals that one element within the clause or sentence is mentioned contrastively with another entity.)Awa:ng=u tataw. Ama=ku=ti, saya=man tataw.I do not know (the war). But as for my late father, he knew it.Ati:ngèn=muyu a ati:ngèn=muyu, awan=muyu=d=man maarawatan.However you hear, you cannot understand it.Apu=ku=y a:yi:. Ana:=ku=y, ti Mulu. A:yi:, panga:nakèng=u=d=man.This is my grandchild; this is my child, Mulu, and this one is my son in law.Binèdbèdan =na i dèpug =i, minappati =d =tid a tallip. Sinangru =man ni dèpug =i, minappati =d =tid a tallip.It (=a python) bound the carabao, and then the two died. The carabao also attacked it with its horn, and the two died.A:yi: mo:sang=i, ta:me:ta i uga:li ni mo:sang=i, ta:me:ta=dman i uga:li ni munoy=i.As for the wild cats, they have different customs, and the rabbits also have different customs.arta0653der.sa=d=man=i:sa=aymanʔajmanadv.now, by the way, contrastively (signaling that the narrated scene has changed)Ayman, mansu:bèg=di panan=na=ti.Now, he is getting angry, like that.aymaniʔajmaniadv.as for this (used to point to a contrastive referent)Mangaburu a:yi:. Ay=man=i, mansu:bèg.Yes, she is doing infidelty. (That is why) this one, by contrast, is getting angry.arta0655Ayman=i, mansi:ya:=di ayni gilèngan=i.By contrast, this guy, this man was crying.arta0655
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