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  force; as, nìtondràny ràno àho, 'I was the person (in respect) to whom he brought water'.
 * 4. Many Malagasy verbs govern two accusatives, which in English would require a preposition before one of them; as, manòsotra sòlika àzy, 'to smear it with oil'.
 * 5. "By" before the agent of a passive or relative verb, and "Of" before a possessive case.—For the different ways of expressing these two prepositions, see "Indications of Cases".





The chief conjunctions, divided into classes, are as follows:—
 * 1. Copulative: àry, sỳ, àmana, àmin', and; sàdy, kòa, also; sàdy—nò, both—and; dìa, even; mbàmy (mbà, àmy), together with, including; ambàny, and, including.
 * 2. Disjunctive: nà, or; nà—nà, whether—or, either—or; sà, fà, or? Àry is used at the beginning of sentences, or for the sake of variety in enumerations with sỳ. Àmana couples nouns which usually go in pairs; as, rày àman-drèny, 'father and mother'; vòlana àman-kìntana, 'moon and stars'; sàdy adds a supplementary adjective, verb, or even sentence containing an additional statement. Sà and fà