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"Exit over there."
Translation:E puka i waho ma ʻō.
June 5, 2019
9 Comments
over there kind of implies that you are indicating a place that you can see - ma ʻō or i ʻō. The word laila meaning there refers to place already mentioned in the conversation but not necessarily a place you can see. Ua hele aku au i Nuioka. Ua 'ike au i Broadway i laila. I went to New York. I saw Broadway there.
Everlighta
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How strict this rule is? If I'm talking about something behind the building, that is out of view at the moment, would it be right to say 'ma ʻō'? Or if I mean an approximate direction and I'm making a hand gesture, but the target location is far from me and the listener?