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With, in company with, ko with, as an instrument, me.

But, except, pl&auml;, sesum&uuml; but, only, te.

Till, until; j&uuml; al, j&uuml; in, j&uuml; su, j&uuml; len, etc.

Without, deprived of, nen without, outside of, pl&ouml;, mof&uuml;.

About, surrounding, zi about, concerning, d&ouml; about, approximately, za. = DERIVED PREPOSITIONS =

Prepositions derived from nouns end in &uuml;. (They are generally translated by three English words: a preposition, a noun, another preposition.

Some prepositions are used both with and without the ending &uuml;, as dem or dem&uuml;. = FORMATIONS OF INTERJECTIONS =

The ending for interjections is &ouml;, Therefore verbs in the imperativ simply drop d, and omit personal ending.

Spid&ouml;! Make haste !

Stop&ouml;! Halt !

Baf&ouml;! Bravo ! = THE USE OF CONJUNCTIONS AND ADVERBS =

Since many English words are used both as conjunctions and as adverbs, we group together the principal difficulties of both these parts of speech.

But, as a preposition, has been explained. But, as a conjunction, is ab or sod. Sod is only used after a negativ ; it is not this, but (on the contrary) that. Even in this case ab may be used. "Not only --- but also ---," is expressed by ,,noe --- soi."