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12 Direct and indirect objects, the latter a single pronoun.

Interrogative with noun for subject.

Interrogative with j pronoun for subject. (

Interrogative word as a subject. i

Negative.

Negative

interrogative.

Subordinate clause, without "das."

Subordinate clause, with "das."

Noun in possessive

case governed by

another noun.

Egivom obe bukis.

He has given {to) me [some) books.

Fat gudik li-givom ofen bukis gletik sone omik?

{the^ Father good {does) he give often books large {to) son his ?

Li-ols ed ob givobs ome bukis gletik.?

Yott and I {do) we give {to) him books large ?

Kiiip fat gudik givom bukis sone?

When {the) father good {does) he give books {to the)

son ?

Fat no givom ome bukis.

{the) Father not gives {to) me books.

Fat no li-givom bukis sone.?

{the) Father not {does) he give books {to the) son ?

Ven olabob moni, ogivob bukis sone, or Ogivob bukis sone, ven olabob moni. / shall give the so7i books when I have money,

Bometob das ogivob bukis sone ven olabob moni.

I promise that I will give books {to the) son when I have money.

Buks lonoms mote cilas.

{the) books belong {to the) mother {of the) children.

If (if) except following the conditional imperfect or pluperfect, and ven (when), are followed by the future or future-perfect indicative; thus—

If he comes {shall come), I shall tell him, if ok6mom, osagob ome.

If he comes {shall have come) before / f If ukomom biifo omogolob, leave {shall leave), I shall tell him, 1 osagob ome.

When I meet {shall meet) her, I shall i ^^^ okokSmob ofi okidob ofi. ktss her, (