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subject
/sab-djekt (n, adj); sab-djekt (v)/
 
n-ct.
 
1.
Def.: ka etew wey ke kasangkapan ne eglalahen
the person or thing that you are talking about.
He didn't want to talk about his problem, so he quickly changed the subject.
Rizal is the subject of her recent book.
 
n-ct.
 
2.
Def.: ka nateil ne egpangguhuren diyè te iskuylaan; sabdyik
MS: sabdyik
a particular topic of study at school or college (e.g., history, physics).
In fourth year high school, I had to do 8 subjects.
History is my favorite subject at school.
 
n-ct.
 
3.
Def.: ka etew wey ke ka mananap ne iyan egnengnengen
If you are doing research (e.g., in science), a subject is a person or animal that you are studying or doing tests on.
In the experiment, subjects had to answer 40 questions.
 
n-ct.
 
4.
Def.: Iyan ka me lalag te kenè pad ka lalag ne weil ne iyan egpangasaken (meyitenged te Inglis ne pegkalalag).
In English grammar, the subject of a verb is the word or phrase that is before the verb.
My brother hates bread ['my brother' is the subject].
Ka suled ku egkeepes te paan ['ka suled ku' ka egpangasaken].
Sem.Dom.: grammar
 
adj.
 
5.
Def.: keilangan ne eg-ikul ke nekey ka inlalag
MS: keilangan ne eg-ikul
If you are subject to a rule, you need to do what it says.
If you visit another country, you are subject to the laws of that country.
 
adj.
 
6.
Def.: wey rè egkeyitabù ke egkeyitabù e ka sabeka
If something is subject to another thing, it can only happen if the other thing happens.
We will leave early tomorrow morning, subject to the weather.
Egselem-selem ki kaaselem eggipanew te maselem, ke meupiya ka timpu.
 
adj.
 
7.
Def.: ka malasi wey ke mahaan egkeyitabù diyè te sabeka ne etew wey ke kasangkapan.
If a person or thing is subject to something (e.g., illness), that thing happens to them easily or often.
She is subject to travel sickness, so she doesn't like taking the bus.
Malasi iya egderalu sikandin ke eggipanew, sika ka kenè egkeupian sikandin ne eg-untud te bas ne terak.
 
vt.
 
8.
Def.: egpakabehey te mareet ne egkeula-ula
MS: egpakabehey te mareet ne egkeula-ula
If you subject someone to a bad experience, you cause them to have that bad experience.
The greedy manager subjected his workers to bad conditions and long hours.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0426-0450
Status: ready

Last updated: 12/Apr/2012