kare1 just now; recently; a very short time ago; a bit earlier

Part of Speech adv
    • just now; recently; a very short time ago; a bit earlier
      • time
      • Comment <kare> often modifies verbs that function as the head of a property/adjectival phrase
      • Example 623:
        O baneo vai o visoasi, o baneo vai o kare pura, to mei nana tea manoto.
        A young breadfruit tree is a breadfruit tree that has only recently started growing, that is not yet mature.
        Source: Sii Tav 01E(Joy) 001
      • Example 1437:
        evehe o nahu o kare paku,
        but the pots have just been made,
        Source: Aro 02R 006
      • Example 3046:
        Mea Kekesu paa kare tapaku bata tea nineteen-forty-six.
        And Kekesu had just been established in 1946.
        Source: Tav 01R 495
      • Example 3047:
        Evehe a bua tom tana, a bua kare vavahio na tei rori.
        But there was (also) a couple who had just recently been married.
        Source: Aro 07R 004

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