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forms w' and ato (or of), suffixed to the verb. Thus loo or la, which signifies to go, or 

 move, becomes laa.tr>, to go away, lium, to come ; from nao or na, to give, we have, 

 nam, give here or give me, naato or naaf, to give away. 



ADVERBS. 



The negative adverbs are kat (or kal) and ra, the first of which usually precedes the 

 verb, and the second follows. They are used together, very much as ne pas in French ; 

 as, -yo kat mos ra e puyda, I did not sleep last night ; -go kal liwm ra e kaat, I will not 

 come to-morrow. 



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