HINUUN

hinúun short form: núun {1} instead, however, rather.
Ug ímu siyang patrabahúun magdúlà núun, If you put him to work, he just plays instead.
Hinúun, ug magtuun ka, makapasar pa ka, However, if you study, you still can pass.
Dílì akuy nagkúhà.
Ikaw núun, I didnt take it.
Rather it was you.
{2} but [so-and-so] is good anyway.
Dì ni mau ang ímung giingun, bulubaratu núun ning klasíha adtung usa, This isnt what you asked for, but its a bit cheaper.
{2a} [so-and-so] may or may not be right, good, etc.
, but this definitely is.
Wà tay láin gawas áring puwa.
Maáyu núun.
Mas gwápu núun ni, We dont have any ex-cept this red one.
Oh, thats fine.
Thats even better (than what I had asked for).
Wà ku kaila níla.
Prid núun, I dont know them.
But Fred, I do.
{2b} to be sure [so-and-so] is the case, but .
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