nasu ahead; straightaway / consequently

Part of Speech adv
    • ahead; straightaway
      • time
      • Comment frequently used with the tense-aspect-mood markers <kahi ... u> TAM1 ... IMM
      • Example 727:
        Bean nagunagu tea ihuana, ean repaa nao nasu.
        If you get tired of waiting, go ahead.
        Source: Asu 01E(Eno) 054
      • Example 4877:
        Bara enei a ruene, gaga nasu.
        Alright, here is water, go ahead and drink.
        Source: Aro 08R 045
      • Example 4878:
        "Bara! Gaga koa nasu ta ruene."
        "Alright! Go ahead and drink some water."
        Source: Aro 08E(Eno) 132
      • Example 4879:
        Kahi no sue ki bari, enaa kahi nao nasuu, vatee paapoo nasuu.
        (You)'ll go and tell her, I'll come later, and bring the greens in the backpack.
        Source: Aro 06R 016-018
    • consequently
      • Example 4880:
        Bea peha moon, a aba a suunano kahi beera nasu ore paa vahio nasu, ...
        When a girl, a chiefly one, becomes an adult so that she can marry, ... (lit. so that she consequently ...)
        Source: Daa 01R 050
      • Example 4881:
        ei kou o manae bara vahara beiko tenam mene gono hata nasu teo vamurina
        (When the PNGDF requested some boys from us to work with them, we held our boys back) because our young people and children should not get into trouble in the future. (as a consequence of joining the Papua New Guinea Defensive Force)
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 346

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