Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat
paro²¹
Variants: poro²¹
• particle. existential; imminence.
ya²¹w na³n Peli³pu³sɛ³¹? (ya²¹k na³n) paro²¹Is your name Pelipus? Yes / It is.
sa³ paro²¹It starts rising [uttered just past eb – as water started to flow in from the sea]
aktu²¹m bɔ³t poro²¹I have finished speaking
ya²¹k ko²¹ so²¹y paro²¹I am going back now
ho³y a²¹m paro²¹We are now on our way back
ya²¹k so³y pa kɛ⁴¹n paro²¹I am returning (to my room) to lie down now
ha¹n fara²¹w pe ka²¹ / beta kmi¹²¹l paro²¹Cook quickly so that I can eat, because I am getting hungry now.
mi²¹ndo²¹ / akka²¹pɔ³n paro²¹Pardon me, I am going to eat now
ya²¹k kɛ¹²s paro²¹I am going to write now