| Part of Speech | clitic constr |
| MWE Structure | prep = adv |
| Morphology | vo=en |
| Gloss | like=DEM3 |
| Comment | <voen> 'this, that' can be used anaphorically and cataphorically. If used cataphorically, the clause following <voen> encodes the content of the perception or cognition, but it is not an embedded complement clause, see [Sta 01E(Eno) 043-045], [Mor 01E(Joy) 030-031]. [Vae 1E(Eno) 197] and [San 02E(Eno) 022]. |
Example 3684:
Source: Joy 17W 168ean paa kona voen, a kavuraa tean a mahakathen you know that your copra is dry
Example 4901:
Source: San 02E(Eno) 022A bua otei he tea paku bono sinivi, ahiki ta aba to natanata voen o taba vai na paku riori, ahiki.When the two men were making the canoe, there wasn't anybody who knew that they were making this thing, no.
Example 6097:
Source: Vae 01E(Eno) 197E subuava paa kona vaevuru voen, paa reasi vaevuru nie.The old woman already knew that he rejected (her).
Example 7263:
Source: Ata 01E(Eno) 037A otei he tara voen, mepaa sue, ...When the man saw this, he said, ...
Example 9414:
Source: Ter 01E(Eno) 085-086E Bakubaku he baitono voen, mepaa sue, ...When Shark heard this, he said. ...
Example 9415:
Source: Sta 01E(Eno) 043-045Tei vai, mea moon paa tara voen, a vaan vai na bero rakaha ni nana bona kehaa pakupaku kuriri.Staying there now, the woman saw that this village had many shells used for making shell money.
Example 9416:
Source: Mor 01E(Joy) 030-031Enam tei nom rasuu ei Teapu, e paapai vaa Tearaka he baitono voen, e tetee na kamisi nana.We stayed in the bush here in Teop, when my uncle in Tearaka heard that my father was ill.