hakom
adverb: why
from: how-come
Examples:
| Chon yu bilaik? Hakom yu kamp raun hir? | |||||||||
| Chon | yu | bilaik? | Hakom | yu | kamp | raun | hir? | ||
| which-one | you | be-like | how-come | you | camp | around | here | ||
| who | 2SG | be | why | 2SG | be | SAT | here | ||
| Who are you? Why are you here? | |||||||||
| Ai get em in. Em hakom ai teik yu set raun. | ||||||||||
| Ai | get | em | in. | Em | hakom | ai | teik | yu | set | raun. |
| I | get | them | in | them | how-come | I | take | you | set | around |
| 1SG | know | 3SG | SAT | 3SG | why | 1SG | have | 2SG | stay | SAT |
| I know. That's why I have you. | ||||||||||
| Hakom yu don bilaik daun? | |||||||||
| Hakom | yu | don | bilaik | daun? | |||||
| how-come | you | done | be-like | that-one | |||||
| why | 2SG | PAST | act-like | that | |||||
| How could you? | |||||||||