( duela aspaldi)

iz. while; \aspaldian ez ditut ikusi I haven' t seen them for a while; \aspaldi honetan ez ditut ikusi I haven' t seen them {all this while || lately || recently}; \aspaldian ez dira etorri they haven' t come for a while; nire sorterritik urruti nabil \aspaldian I' ve been away from my land of birth for a while; horrela ibili da \aspaldi handian that' s how he' s been doing for a long time; horixe da nik \aspaldi guztian egin behar nuen lana that' s the work I should have been doing {all the while || the whole time}; \aspaldiz gero for a long time |for a while adb. ( duela asko) \aspaldi gabe not long algo; \aspaldi esana dago it was said a long time ago; ez du \aspaldi not long ago; \aspaldi da horrekin ateratzen dela she' s been going out with him for quite a while

post. ( aurrean) in front of; Jainkoaren eta gizonaren \aitzinean before God and me; mundu guztiaren \aitzinean {in front of || before} everybody adb.

1. ( duela aspaldi) in ancient times, before, a long time ago

2. \aitzinean esan nuen bezala as I just said | as I said a little while back