mie3 for the ...; with the ...

Part of Speech clitic constr
MWE Structure prep = art
Morphology mi=e
Gloss for=ART1.SG
    • for the ...; with the ...
      • grammar
    • Comment The preposition is incorporated in the verb complex (VC), whereas the article introduces an argument NP. This NP may be the object governed by the VC as in [Sii 02R 250-251] or the subject of the clause as in [Aro 14E(Eno).011-012]
      • Example 4505:
        Erau menam paa tei vasiihum koa, menam paa nomaa bata mie Aaron.
        After that, we stayed only a little and then we came back with Aaron.
        Source: Sii 02R 250-251
      • Example 4506:
        Evehee o peho ruhu o beera sana na teitei rapana vaan, to mee varavihi mie sinanae bona.
        But there was a very big ficus tree near the village to which her mother took (her and where she) hid her. (lit. for which her mother took her)
        Source: Aro 14E(Eno) 011-012

Related entries

  • See also:
    • e2 he; she; hin; her; it; them (things and animals; not humans)
    • mi1 with somebody or something
    • mi2 for something (not for a person)