Contionary:ëvpak: Difference between revisions

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(Tulvan) IPA: /'ʲev.pak/

ëvpak (past tense ëvpuak, aorist participle ëvpayk, defused form eupaz)

to hear
ëvpak vu kem umem
I don't hear you.
to listen
Ti ëvpuaki meme ukem ti kyatumil mem.
If you listened, you would learn.
to give heed
The act of paying attention to what is being said and listening.

It is most frequently used in the sense of 'giving heed' or also used to ask for attention. Ëvpaki (kem) is a common phrase to ask for attention, or also to shut someone up when you want to comment on something that was just said, which happens quite a lot in Tulvan discussions, specially about poilu. Also very much used is ëvpak vu mem, you don't listen to me.

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 ====Usage notes====
-{{usage|It is most frequently used in the sense of 'giving heed' or also used to ask for attention. ''Ëvpaki'' ''(kem)'' is a common phrase to ask for attention, or also to shut someone up when you want to comment on something that was just said, which happens quite a lot in Tulvan discussions, specially about ''[[contionary:poilu|poilu]]''. Also very much used is '''ëvpak vu mem''' '''you don't listen to me'''.|Tulvan}}
+{{usage|It is most frequently used in the sense of 'giving heed' or also used to ask for attention. ''Ëvpaki'' ''(kem)'' is a common phrase to ask for attention, or also to shut someone up when you want to comment on something that was just said, which happens quite a lot in Tulvan discussions, specially about ''[[contionary:poilu|poilu]]''. Also very much used is '''ëvpak vu mem''', ''you don't listen to me''.|Tulvan}}
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