nengen1Surpákánbung a kis táilnai pákánbung ináiEnglishmost recent; precedingTok PisinpastaimThis word is used to indicate a time period previous to the current one and no further back than one day or 24 hours. It is followed by i plus a word indicating time. So, one can say during the evening, nengen_i_kábungbung (most recent morning) to refer to earlier that same day in the morning. And in the morning, midday, or into the afternoon, one can refer to the previous evening as nengen_i_libung (most recent night). But one cannot say in the evening nengen_i_libung to refer to the previous evening. In this case one must say nabung_i_libung (yesterday evening).Iau parai singin kalik er a hut namur ngo, "Muni má nas má tan kalilik dikte han má ur Námátánai nengen sang i kábungbung. Ngo una han sangar, ki una han sa tiklik mam di."I said to that fellow who arrived later that, "The sun is up there (midday) and the guys have already gone to Namatanai much earlier this morning. If you had hurried (and arrived earlier), then you could have climbed (on the truck) together with them."2Englishearlier todayThe use of this word alone with no accompanying word indicating a more specific time period simply means sometime earlier the same day.8.4.1Period of timetime
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