en here, referring to the place where the speaker or the [...]

1. • here, referring to the place where the speaker or the protagonist of the story is
   • • spatial relations
     • grammar

   Comment

   Often followed by a specification of the location.

   • • Example 1375:
       

       Vaagum en kasuana.

       Sit together here on the beach.

       Source: Sii 08R 011

     • Example 1376:
       

       O vahutate vai, to pasi paku nom naa, na tapaku en tenaa.

       The story that I want to tell, happened to me.

       Source: Tah 03R 001

     • Example 1377:
       

       No gaha kamanaa sa suraa en te Materua.

       Go and get me some ember (lit. some fire) from Materua.

       Source: Aro 06R 004

     • Example 1378:
       

       Eove he ma suguna en to sun nae o koverau, ...

       But when he arrived where the bamboo was standing, ...

       Source: Mor 03E(Eno) 088

2. • this; the following

   Comment

   With the preposition <vo2>, the adverb <en> is used as an anaphoric or cataphoric pronoun.

   • • Example 1379:
       

       Eara paku bata koa vo nao raen, ore poosu komana taboo.

       We just do it (the plaiting of the bamboo strips) like this, so that they don't leave any open space in the wall.

       Source: Eno 03W 034

Related entries

• See also:
  • en rau here, referring to the place that it close to the speaker, the addressee, or the topic of discourse
  • nomen here
  • vo...en this way; (linking clauses) that
  • maen² here
  • on² there
  • paku me treat someone (like this), do something to someone
  • raen² this way
  • voen¹ here (to this place)
  • voen² in this way; like this
  • vomaen¹ here to ... (a specific place)
  • vomaen² a quotative form preceding direct speech; that (introducing indirect speech)