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or towards the object ; todo* (ti 6do), doion^ employed after verbs expressing motion 

 from the object to the subject ; e. g. 6 w^ 16do mi, it is below me; loh sodo mi, go 

 below me ; 6 mbo todo mi, it is coming below me, i. e. it is approaching from below 

 towards me. 



§ 230. Of the three fundamental prepositions, 'ti' only takes the substantive form 

 by receiving the prefix ' a ' ; as, ati, tlie fromness. For obvious reasons this nouu 

 does not take the prefixes ' si ' and ' ti,' but it is often compounded with ' li ' ; as, 

 lati il(3 de oko, from the Jiouse to the farm. 



Construction of Prejpositions. 



§ 231. Usually the jDreposition is placed immediately before the objective, and 

 the verb precedes both ; as, 6 mbe uino ile, he is in the house. But to this rule 

 we note two exceptions : 



1. A finite verb employed as a preposition (§ 22*7. c.) precedes the verb; as, 

 6 ba mi r;Y, he bought from me. 



2. The relative ' ti' precedes the preposition by which it is g'overned in the objec- 

 tive, as is sometimes the case in English ; as, emi ri ibi ti 6 dioko si, / sav) the 

 place tvhich he sat in ; ' si ' in this construction being substituted for ' ni.' 



CONJUNCTIONS. 



§ 232. We will here state the peculiarities of the principal conjunctions, arrang- 

 ing them under the English words to which they correspond. 

 § 233. And is represented by various particles. 



1. By 'ti' in two cases only: 



a. To connect personal pronouns; as, iwo ti emi ri i, tliou and I saio it; yi 6 

 kpa emi ti iwo, he will Mil me and thee. The pronouns, whether singular or plural, 

 which are connected by ' ti,' must be of the primary forms, except that 're' may 

 be employed after 'ti' instead of iwo, tliou, or 6i), he ; as, emi ti re d 8 loh, I and 

 tJiou tvill go ; emi ti re se e, I and he did it. 



b. In connecting verbs or clauses of sentences, ' ti ' is frequently employed with 

 ' si,' and, also ; as, li ri i, ti d si mu u (tve saw him, and toe also caught him), we 

 saw him and caught him ; bi 6 ba de, ti 6 si kpe mi (^if he should come, and he 

 also call me), if he should come and call one. 



2. By ' ati,' the substantive form of ' ti.' 



a. ' Ati ' is employed to connect nouns, j)ronouns, adverbs, and prepositions ; as, 

 6bii'i ati omo loh, the woman and the child went ; 6 kj^e iwo ati emi, lie called thee 

 and me / d ri woq leba ati nino odo, we saw them by and in the river / o soro 

 Msaq ati lailogboq, he spoke vainly and foolishly. 



h. 'Ati' cannot be employed to connect verbs,, because it would make the verb 

 which might follow it equivalent in sound to a verbal noun with the jirefix ' ati.' 

 Thus, 6 dide ati loh, he arose and ivent, would always be taken by the hearer for 

 6 dide atiloh, he arose to go. 



* This form is little used. 



