sein
noun: saying, proverb, maxim, adage, meme
from sei
Examples:
| Noumou. Branwoda seintaim get in taim na set yu daun. | |||||||||
| Noumou. | Branwoda | seintaim | get | in | taim | na | set | yu | daun. |
| no-more | brown-water | same-time | get | in | time | gonna | sit | you | down |
| enough | fool | even | know | SAT | when | FUT | stand-down | 2SG | SAT |
| Enough. Even a fool knows when to surrender. | |||||||||
| Seintaim em seimbeda sleng kom baga. | |||||||||
| Seintaim | em | seimbeda | sleng | kom | baga. | ||||
| same-time | them | same-better | slang | come | bad-guy | ||||
| even | 3SG | prefer | language | from | enemy | ||||
| She even prefers the enemy's language. | |||||||||
| Gon ai nontu. Gon ai nomon. Gon ai bro. Gon ai seingeda. | |||||||||||
| Gon | ai | nontu. | Gon | ai | nomon. | Gon | ai | bro. | Gon | ai | seingeda. |
| gone | I | number-two | gone | I | number-one | gone | I | bro | gone | I | same-gather |
| for | 1SG | father | for | 1SG | mother | for | 1SG | brother | for | 1SG | family |
| For my father. For my mother. For my brother. For my kin. | |||||||||||
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