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 An equivalent expression, sometimes used, is Vat&uuml;kob obi.

Vat&uuml;komok or vat&uuml;kom oki, he washes himself. (Vat&uuml;kom omi would mean he washes him, two different persons.)

In the plural the s usually follows the ok, but may be made to precede it, if that form is thought more euphonious. Vat&uuml;koboks, or vat&uuml;kobsok, we wash ourselvs. Vat&uuml;komoks, they wash themselvs. If the object is exprest by a separate pronoun in the plural it is translated "each other." L&ouml;fomoks, they love themselvs; L&ouml;foms okis, they love each other. L&ouml;fobsok, we love ourselvs; L&ouml;fobs obis, we love each other. = EXERCISE 25 =

'''Logobok in lok at. Pladolok&ouml;s in stul et. Aikel''' l&ouml;fomok gudikumo ka nileli okik, no binom krit velatik; ab krits '''velatik l&ouml;foms okis. Aivat&uuml;kobok v&auml;m&ouml;delo.'''

I have struck myself with this walking stick. I permit myself to address this letter to you. You will kill yourself. Please seat yourself and make yourself contented.

(Formerly dal&ouml;n -d&auml;l&ouml;n, mut&ouml;n -m&uuml;t&ouml;n, had converse meanings.) = PREPOSITIONS AND THE KIMIFAL =

In English we make a distinction between in and into.

Into expresses motion from the outside to the interior, while in relates wholly to the interior.

This distinction is exprest in Volap&uuml;k either by putting the noun into the kimifal or by adding -i to the preposition.