nini'
pronoun
English. Demonstrative genetive pronoun, of what is pointed to or touched by the speaker, physically or rhetorically: this, these.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa mendadi, iini mibianan ku buat pa di kaika'ayu, maa' nini'. Kig bekna mibianan dengantu, sanan nami dia Giniin, ki meliget gupia gutem.
English. Now then, what I have experienced from my youth is like this. The first thing that happened long ago, while we were there
in Engin, was a very severe famine.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa, laung dayun ni Denget, “Sa' ma'antu, maa' nini'.”
English. Well, then Denget said, “In that case, (what's to be done) is like this.”
Example sentence:
Subanen. Minateng tug balay nu gadi', ditu pa gegdan, laung, “Adi',” laung, “naa baalen ku ma,” laung, “su maya, seda' mu, sepulu' bu' dua'i nanamen.” Naa maa' nini', inalapen su kitut nu tai'.
English. When he got to the king's house, when he was still on the ladder, he said, “Your Majesty, now I'll cook the maya bird, into
12 flavors.”Now then, thus, he took out the broken needle.
Grammar. Oft. nini' occurs following maa' as an adv, conj or v.