before before

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Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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Reduplication of before.

Adverb

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before before

  1. a long time ago
    • (Can we date this quote?), Tessa Welch, “Nozibele an three hairs”, in Storybooks African Languages[1]:
      Before before, three girls go pack wood.
      A long time ago, three girls went out to collect wood.