eu > en 
1 adb. almost, nearly; not quite, not completely
ia trena galdu zuen: she almost missed the train
duela ia hogei urte: nearly twenty years ago
ia bukatu dut: I've nearly finished
2 adb. (ezezko testuinguruetan) hardly, scarcely, barely
ez zuen ia ezer jan: she hardly ate anything
musika ez zen ia entzuten: the music was barely audible
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