tallugwet : what is he/she doing? / what type of work does he/she do? / what does he/she do?

Recordings:
Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Eunice Metallic
Joe Wilmot
1.
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: What is he/she doing?
Gloss: what is he/she doing?
Example:
Text: Tallugwet ala nigantug wesgowa'sit?
Translation: What is the one at the front doing?
Recording: Diane Mitchell (Listuguj)
Pronunciation guide: dal·lu·gwet
Alternate grammatical form:
tallugwei — What am I doing? — (first person singular animate)
tallugweieg — What are we doing? — (first person dual exclusive animate)
tallugutieg — What are we doing? — (first person plural exclusive animate)
2.
Part of speech: verb animate intransitive
Translation: What type of work does he/she do?
Gloss: what type of work does he/she do?
Gloss: what does he/she do?
Example:
Text: Tallugwet ggwis Muliang etllugwet?
Translation: What type of work does your son do in Montreal?
Recording: Eunice Metallic
Pronunciation guide: dal·lu·gwet
Alternate grammatical form:
tallugwei — What type of work do I do? — (first person singular animate)
tallugweieg — What type of work do we do? — (first person dual exclusive animate)
tallugutieg — What type of work do we do? — (first person plural exclusive animate)

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