sue vatotobin ki tell somebody something straightaway

Part of Speech vd.constr
MWE Structure vt - adv - prep
Morphology sue va-totobin ki
Gloss say ADVR-straight DAT
    • tell somebody something straightaway
      • communication
    • Comment with direct speech
      • Example 6592:
        Ean paa sue vatotobin kie bea a too NaoTahii, "Goe o matapaku vaarau!"
        You tell him straightaway, if he is a member of the NaoTahii clan, "Don't behave like this."
        Source: Mah 04R 042
      • Example 6593:
        Sue vatotobin ki naa e Sergeant, a aba vaa Rabaul,
        Then a Sergant straightaway said to me, a man from Rabaul, ("You had got a gun, and you gave it to him. It was you again who gave it to him.")
        Source: Mah 13R 0943-0944

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