dan
/dan/
Var. ran
(used when the preceding word ends with a vowel)
pron.
they; (them)
Kenè dan egpekeyimu ne egbehey te duma ran su kenè degma ne eleg ka seleppì dan.
They will not be able to give to their companion because they don't have enough money either.
Gramm. 3rd person plural focus pronoun (Set I, brief)
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Pronouns (9.2.3)
Online dict status: c
Usage level: G
pron.
they; (them)
Egdulisen dan ka me ketipa su egpangeen te anak te tilapiya.
They will poison cat fish, because [the catfish] will eat the fingerlings of the tilapia fish.
Ingkuwa ran ka sahing ne intaleu ku diyè te ilis te dalan.
They got the banana which I hid along the way.
Gramm. 3rd person plural non-focus pronoun (Set II, brief)
Tag. nila
Ceb. nila
Data Qual: queram - please check this 'nila'
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Pronouns (9.2.3)
Online dict status: c
Usage level: G
poss_pron.
their; of theirs
Nekegdekket ka ulaula ran diyè te litratu.
Their faces were touching in the picture.
Iyan din igdulungi te kasilè sikandan su warè egkakeen dan.
He brought sweet potato for them because they don't have food.
Gramm. 3rd person plural possessive pronominal specifier (postpositional)
Eng. their; theirs, of
OCM: Grammar (193)
DDP: Pronouns (9.2.3)
Online dict status: c
Usage level: G
Created: 31/Aug2009
Updated by: NJK,NJK
Last updated: 15/Jan/2011
"dan" in reader "Hendei si Lita?"
"dan" in reader "Hendei si Lita?"
"dan" in text "Examples of Anit"
"dan" in text "Death of a Young Man"
"dan" in text "Death of a Young Man"
"dan" in text "Aurelio's Marriage"
"dan" in healthbook "Mania te keilangan neg lu-luan ta ka me belad ta?"
"dan" in healthbook "Nekey-a ka kahew?"
"dan" in healthbook "Nekey-a ka kahew?"
"dan" in healthbook "Nekey-a ka kahew?"
"dan" in healthbook "Nekey-a ka kahew?"
"dan" in song "Eggimu a te himu te Manama"
"dan" in song "Salamat puun te pusung ku"
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