maipanggep iti
About a Topic
Maipanggep iti trabaho ti libro. — The book is about work.
How It Works
Combine maipanggep, “about, concerning,” with an oblique noun phrase. Use iti in the basic common-noun frame and kadagiti for plural common-noun reference. Personal referents take their appropriate oblique marking. The following phrase can include modifiers or possessors.
The whole prepositional phrase can act as a predicate without a separate present-tense equivalent of “is.” The item being characterized follows it, as when a book or letter concerns a particular subject. The preposition does not change with number; the following marker expresses the reference distinction.
Compare maipanggep iti trabaho, “about work,” with gapu iti trabaho, “because of work.” Subject matter also differs from the topic presented before ket: the former identifies what a communication concerns, while the latter organizes the assertion. These examples teach a prepositional frame, without positing a productive verbal inflection paradigm for maipanggep.
Examples (3)
- Maipanggep iti trabaho ti libro.
The book is about work.
The prepositional phrase supplies the predicate.
- Maipanggep iti panagbiahe ti surat ni Teresa.
Teresa's letter is about travel.
An activity nominal names the subject matter.
- Maipanggep kadagiti ubbing ti surat ni Mario.
Mario's letter is about the children.
Kadagiti marks plural common-noun reference.
How It Connects
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Maipanggep iti names what something concerns.
Related Patterns
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