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CHAPTER 6

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TO THE STUDENT:

The final consonant of /met/ is often omitted in informal speech.

Common alternates to /met/, /men/, and /mwo/ are, respectively, /iet/, /ien/, and /io/.

In this cycle, the noun suffix /-(e)n/$2$ as in /nen/ indicates a location in the direction and near proximity of the person being spoken to. Thus, it may be translated 'that (your way).'

You have now encountered the entire set of noun suffixes of location. In summary, they are /-(e)t/ 'this (my way),' /—(e)n/$2$ 'that (your way),' and /-o—/ 'that (away from both of us).' As you will learn later in this book, an analogous set of directional suffixes exists for verbs.

The indeperdent form of the question word 'where' is /iawasa/-literally, 'what place.'