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so convenient, it is quite the place for reading men like us.

. It is nice enough, no doubt; the misfortune is that I have no friend to study with, and studying all alone is tame work.

. Well, there needn’t be much difficulty on that score. I’ll be your fellow-student, provided that I don’t bother you; what say you?

. Bore, indeed! It will be a real blessing if you will. I never asked you


 * absi
 * so


 * icangga
 * fit, convenient


 * tob
 * true


 * seme
 * Ger. (3) of sembi to say


 * musei
 * we, with genitive affix i


 * bithe
 * book


 * hulacihūlaci [sic]
 * Cond. (6) of hūlambi to read


 * acara
 * Fut. Part. (5) of acambi to suit


 * ba
 * place


 * damu
 * but


 * korsorongge
 * Verbal Noun (21) of Korsombi to be discontented


 * minde
 * dat. of I


 * asuru
 * many


 * gucu
 * friend


 * gargan
 * associate


 * akū
 * not


 * emhun
 * alone


 * bithe
 * book


 * tacici
 * Cond. (6) of tacimbi to learn


 * dembei
 * extremely


 * simeli
 * lonesome


 * ede
 * this


 * ai
 * what?


 * mangga
 * difficult?


 * si
 * thou


 * aika
 * perhaps


 * eimerakū
 * Fut. Pat. (5) of eimembi to be bored, with akū not


 * oci
 * if


 * bi
 * I


 * sinde
 * dat. of si thou


 * gucu
 * friend


 * arame
 * Inf. (3) of arambi to represent


 * jici
 * Cond. (6) of jimbi to come


 * antaka
 * how


 * tuttu
 * thus


 * oci
 * Cond. (6) of ombi to be


 * minde
 * dat. of bi I


 * tusa
 * profit


 * oho
 * Pret. (4) of ombi to be, to have


 * solinaci
 * Cond. (6) of solinambi to go to invite