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201. Peugah-peugah mantong pane-na payah.
Say-say only NEG difficult
'If it is only talking, it is certainly not
difficult.'
202. Meuayang teungoh pajoh bu hana sopan.
Play during eat rice NEG polite
'Playing while eating is not polite.'
In the following example, the clauses are NP's within
PP's. Sometimes the preposition can be omitted, as in (204).
203. Di jih reubah [bak dbng].
SFC hey fall during stand
'He fell during standing. (He collapsed for no
reason (not doing anything)).'
204. Toh bu keu ureueng woe [(bak) ceumatok].
Which rice for person come back from tilling
' Where is the rice for those people who came back
from tilling the ricefield?'
To describe an instrument, Acehnese uses phrases with
noon 'with:'
(aiat 'tool') + ngon + [verb ....]
205. Toh [alat ngon kurek nyoe]?
Where tool with pierce this
'Where is the tool for piercing this?'