pahi though; however; nevertheless; inspite of

Part of Speech adv
    • though; however; nevertheless; inspite of
      • unclassified
      • Example 5258:
        Evehe pahi, pasi butara varekou nam.
        However, though, we will try a little of it.
        Source: Vos 01R(Vos) 145
      • Example 5259:
        Evehee sa naovana pahi haana, e Ririgono.
        But it was not a bird though, it was Ririgono.
        Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 071
      • Example 5260:
        Evehe pasi kavara pahiu.
        But it will finish though.
        Source: Pur 02R(Pur) 137
      • Example 5261:
        Eove he paa kona vaevuru pahi voenei, a moon vai a moon teve.
        But nevertheless, he knew already that this woman was his.
        Source: Aro 08E(Eno) 088
      • Example 5262:
        A peha moon to hagi maana teo bero pahi.
        There was a single woman dancing in spite of many.
        Source: Sii Eno 01W 204

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  • See also:
    • pahi ta In the examples below the speaker expresses his anger pointing to something obvious, which seems to similar to English question tags like 'ain't I' and 'didn't he'.
    • vee1 particle with unclear meaning