mae2 here the ...

Part of Speech clitic constr
MWE Structure adv = art
Morphology maa=e
Gloss hither=ART1.SG
    • here the ...
      • grammar
    • Comment The adverb <maa> forms the last constituent of the VC and fuses with the basic article of the first class.
      • Example 193:
        amaa tabaan vai to anan mae toa
        the food that the rooster had eaten
        Source: Pau 01R 033
      • Example 4011:
        No sue ki mae subuava, a otei paa asun vori.
        Go and tell the old woman, that the man was killed.
        Source: Aro 07R 105-106
      • Example 4012:
        Sue ki mae Bukimeasun, enam re nao mohina.
        Tell Bukimeasun, that we will go to the garden.
        Source: Nah 02R 175-176

Related entries

  • See also:
    • e1 specific basic singular article of the first class which is used with proper names of persons, kinship terms, nouns referring to persons of a high social rank and domestic animals
    • maa1 here (hither); to the place I am talking about; for onself