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aban aban
un par un uno por uno, uno a la vez one by one
aban wéiyasu
une fois una vez once
achagudúgú
en mâchant sans cesse mascando continuamente always chewing
agumuhouni
dernier ; plus tard, ultérieurement ; le dernier último ; posteriormente ; el último latest ; later ; last one
anagangiei
en arrière, derrière atrás backward, behind
anha
certainement ciertamente certainly
anihein dan
parfois a veces sometimes
añúraúdeina
de manière décroissante en disminución decreasingly
areidahabu
aimablement, avec bonté bondadosamente kindly
ariebu
nuit ; de nuit noche ; de noche night, nighttime ; overnight
ariebuna
chaque nuit, la nuit nocturnamente nightly
aríyoun me
plus tard más tarde later
Núdi ba chápurugu aríyoun me.
— Iré a la tienda más tarde.
ayúmaha
souhaiter ; pourvu que (bas, prf, a-st) desear; ojalá que (bas, prf, a-st) to wish; hopefully (bas, prf, a-st)
Ayúmahatina sarágu láwoun bún. / Ayúmatina lún búdin.
— Te deseo muchos más. / Ojalá te fueras, Ojalá que te fueras..
ába
et ; puis ; alors y; luego; entonces and; then; so
Wéintu tuwágu tídibu máangu ába téiguadu.
— Ella se subió al árbol de mango y luego se cayó.
ábana ábana
chacun, par personne por persona, cada uno apiece
ábaneina
un chacun uno cada uno one each
águyu
vers la maison a casa homeward
ámuyegü
dans le futur en el futuro in the future
Ká ba funa san ayánuha Garífuna nún ámuyegü?
— Quién me va hablar Garífuna en el futuro?
áriguoun
derrière, en arrière atrás behind, back
Óunaha boun gáfu tó tárígoun. / Béiba bárigoun., Bárigoun!
— Regresa esta caja. / Vete pa tras., ¡Atrás!
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