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

 from the olyect to the subject ; e. g. 6 w^ lodo mi, it is below me; 16h sodo mi, go 

 below me.; 6 mb6 t6do 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, the fromTiess. For obvious reasons this noun 

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

 lati il6 de oko, from the house to the farm. 



. Construction of Prepositions. 



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

 the verb precedes both ; as, 6 mbe nin6 ile, he is in the lunise. But to this rule 

 we note two exceptions : 



1. A finite verb employed as a preposition (§ 227. <?.) precedes the verb; as, 

 6 ba mi r&, he bought from me. 



2. The relative ' ti' precedes the preposition by which it is governed in the object 

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

 pla<;e tohich lie 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, thou and I sato 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, thou, or 6q, he ; as, emi ti r^ d, o 16h, I and 

 thou will go ; emi ti r^ ^e e, I and lie did it. 



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

 ' si,' and, also ; as, d ri i, ti d si mu u. (we saw him, and we also caught hirn), we 

 saw him and caught him ; bi 6 ba de, ti 6 si kpfe mi (if he shoidd come, and he 

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



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



a. 'Ati' is employed to connect nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and prepositions ; as, 

 6biri ati omo loh, the woman and the child toent ; 6 kpe iwo ati emi, Jie called thee 

 and me ; d ri wog leba ati nin6 6do, we saw them by and in the river ; 6 s5ro 

 l^saq ati lailogboq, he spoTce vainly and foolishly. 



b. ' Ati ' 6annot be employed to connect verbs, because it would make the verb 

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

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

 6 dide atil6h, he arose to go. 



* This form is little used. 



