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The Chilian contains a variety of intcijections : 

 the principal of wliich are liue^ ah ! ///, an exprès- 

 sion of joy ; ema., of affection ; veicii^ of admira- 

 tion ; ( ?<;, of affliction ; ahlthi^ of pain ; iiija^ of in- 

 dignation ; tutu'i^ of contempt ; chioqiiiy of ridicule ; 

 sum, of affirmation, &c. Among the conjunctions 

 are cat, notwithstanding ; chei, cambe, or ; tute, 

 fume, if ; cam, am, perhaps ; rume, although ; ca, 

 so that; iielu, but; ^é-í?/, also ; c/iemmo, because; 

 mai, yes ; 710, mu, no ; ina-cai, moreover ; deumUy 

 after that ; tila, to the end that. It contains also 

 many expletory particles, as chi, ga, maga, pichita, 

 cQchia, &c. 



The syntax differs not materially from the con- 

 struction of the European languages. The subject 

 whether active or passive may be placed either be- 

 fore or after the verb. Mi peni aculei, your brother 

 has not q.oví\q, or aculei mi peni are used indifferentl}^ 

 as are pevin apo, I have seen the governor, or apo 

 peviu. The genitive, or at least its article, is com- 

 monly placed before the noun that governs it. The 

 adjective is always placed before its substantive. 

 The articles are sometimes omitted for the sake of 

 brevity or elegance, as millalonco, head of gold ; at 

 other times they are used instead of the Substantive 

 as Colurnilla agen, the vassals of Columilla. 



The verb is frequently placed in the singular, al- 

 though its proper number is the dual or plural, as is 

 also common in the Greek in cases of neutral nouns, 

 ^^ pu cona cupai, the soldiers have come. The aux- 

 iliary added to the infinitive of other verbs forms the 

 gerur.d, as gumangei, he is weeping. The same 



