llonxe/lloñe - far - lejos
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:23 am
llonxe: pronounced yohn-SHAY (in the Western counties, pronounced tson-SHAY). lloñe: pronounced yohn-YAY in Central Asturian. alverbiu (adverb). Far; to, from or at a considerable distance; remote.
Usage: Tamos l.lonxe de Pradiel.la, inda faltan 13 kilómetros pa chegar. (We’re far from Pradiel.la; there are still 13 kilometers to go.)
A lo lloñe ya afumen los fogares d’embaxo la cordal. (In the distance, you can see plumes of smoke rising from the houses flanking the mountains.)
Idiomatic use: Al.lonxeime muitos anos ya agora nun me conoz la xente de Cangas. (I was far away for many years and now people in Cangas don’t recognize me.) al.lonxase: pronounced a-tson-SHA-say. To stray far afield.
Nel mapa pon que nun tamos mui alloñaos de la cuova. (The map says we’re not too far from the cave. alloñau: pronounced a-yohn-YOW. To be a distance away from something or somewhere.
Usage: Tamos l.lonxe de Pradiel.la, inda faltan 13 kilómetros pa chegar. (We’re far from Pradiel.la; there are still 13 kilometers to go.)
A lo lloñe ya afumen los fogares d’embaxo la cordal. (In the distance, you can see plumes of smoke rising from the houses flanking the mountains.)
Idiomatic use: Al.lonxeime muitos anos ya agora nun me conoz la xente de Cangas. (I was far away for many years and now people in Cangas don’t recognize me.) al.lonxase: pronounced a-tson-SHA-say. To stray far afield.
Nel mapa pon que nun tamos mui alloñaos de la cuova. (The map says we’re not too far from the cave. alloñau: pronounced a-yohn-YOW. To be a distance away from something or somewhere.