siben
Variant. seben
adverb
English. Ever, often, but not exclusively with the negative.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Aw, Ina', masi' nda' mu siben maita'?
English. Intj., Mom, intj. have you never seen it?
Example sentence:
Subanen. Aba, misebu'an dun, maa' laungen padun, nda'en pa seben maita' ma'niini tubig, diin pelum dibabaw bentud.
English. Intj., he was amazed at it, saying to himself that he had never seen a body of water like that, there on a mountaintop.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Nda' sibensibeni gendeku.
English. I had never been so afraid.
c.f. mainsan