ia
Example from Scripture
Bena Dirava ma eto, Taunimanima aina karaia, lau laulaugu bona lau heida-idagu; davara gwarumedia bona atai manudia bona boromakau bona tanobada idoinai tano ai e raumu ḡaudia iboudiai ia ese baine biagudia.
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
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1 commentia — (narrative progression marker) AI-assisted grammar analysis: ia functions as a narrative progression marker introducing a subsequent action, purpose, or result that follows logically or temporally from the preceding clause. It advances the discourse rather than merely adding information, signaling movement from establishment to outcome within the narrative.
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