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Conjunctions
Sheni,
and, also;
he1nez,
therefore, then;
deccn,
too, also;
keloi,
but;
ce,
or.
Sheni
is after the word which it connects
wi.thone preceding:
A ln gcwcenslwm,
roen anrl women.
Ooje calel shein,
heaveu a.ncl eartlJ.
Ge'tttci Icono shein,
Ja.ndand sea.
Jlia yci shem,
thou aml
J.
H emez
occupies the sa,me posit ion in a sentence as t iten i11
englisl1:
De mef!yie?lf,IJCper got, heniez yi mci oershc,
i. e.
If
you give me
meat, then
I
like you .
De
e
haiigenc, heinez ushe kcite esh,qot,
when the hunters come
(then) we sball eat.
De nwt yi hanegot y shome, hemez paiken yi 11ui e:shgot,
if yon
finish (making) my bolas, (then)
1
shall give yon a knife.
Decen : Wwu ?1ui
1ca:n.~lmw
yenoilcen
r
are you goin galone to
fetch
wood~
Goni, deccn ·1v·in 1ocmshc,
no, this person is going too.
K elo·i: Yiwa?ishc daice ycinco, lceloi amvi yi eshcegot m'éshmcii–
cen,
I go to roy fatber, but
1
come again to you.
Yi mesh mirnoshc, yeno, lceloi gelmvi yi mesh lcoimeneshgot,
I
le.ave you, my friends, but T shall always rernember you.
Prepositions
Ga,sh
or
ha"sh,
in, at, into, to, wi th;
ca.,
of, for.
Oai,
in;
ceu.
or
heii,
without;
cecil
or
hecil,
wi th.
H ai
or
ccii,
over, about, during;
ccmr
or
hattr,
on, upon, above.
GccJc,
after, about, for;
yak,
after
mP;
1na.k,
after thee;
dak,
after
11im.