sue voen speak like this; say that

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vt - prep = adv
Morphology sue_vo=en
Gloss say like=DEM3
    • speak like this; say that
      • communication
      • Comment <voen> indicates that the preceding or the following clause or clauses encode the content of what was or should me said. These clauses are syntactically independent, but sometimes translated as embedded complement clauses.
      • Example 6594:
        "Subuava! Vateen pahi maan, are pita gunaha tea neba nia sunaha pauna!" Evehee sue koa voen mea moon paa vateen bona vateen,
        "Old woman, put on your backpack, so that we can go down to plant the banana suckers!" He spoke like this and the woman put on the backpack.
        Source: Eno 01E(Eno) 023-025
      • Example 6595:
        Eara toro sue voen, a oraa vaa tahii, ...
        We must say, it is the demon of the sea, ...
        Source: Sii 18W 080
      • Example 6596:
        meori paa sue voen mee benaa a too Sunvahoara.
        they also said that I was a person from Sunvahoara.
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 291

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  • See also:
    • voen4 a quotative form introducing direct speech