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3. ' Oq ' is equivalent to ' ati ' in all respects, only it is sometimes preferable to 

 connect nouns ; as, mo ri Dadd og Ade^ina, I saw Dada and Adeslmm. 



4. Kpelu, wiih^ is frequently employed in tlie sense of and to connept nouns 

 and occasionally pronouns ; as, 6biri kpelu omo li o de, the woman amd the child 

 came. 



5. ' Si ' (si ehiq, to hac\ go hachwa/)-ds) is employed to connect verbs only ; as, 

 dide si 16h, a/rise and go. 



Very often a nominative pronoun, agreeing in number and person with the 

 nominative of the first verb, is employed pleonastically before the conjunction ; as, 

 emi dide, mo si loh, I arose and went; iwo ati emi ri d si m5, thou atid I see and 

 Tcnow. 



§234. 1. Because^ for., is represented by 'nitori' (ni itori), in or ly reason.^ 

 or ' nitori ti,' hy reason of^ either of which may be employed at the option of the 

 speaker ; as, d ni 16h nitori oba mb5, we must go for the Tcing is coining. 



2. Before ' ati,' and^ the initial ' n ' (or preposition ' ni ') is dropped ; as, nitori mo 

 beru re, ati itori ti iwo qSe oqroro 6nia, hecatise I feared thee, atid hecause thou art 

 an austere nian. 



§ 235. But., 6ugb6q, biko^e, bio^e; as, mo kp^ e,^ugb6q k6 die wdh, / called 

 Mm, but he wovM not come ; ki i^e asiwere bikose ologboq, he is not a fool but a 

 wise man. 



§ 236. If bi, kosekpe, iba; as, bi 6 ba; -mS, if he knew or Tcnows ; kosekpe 

 eqyir) loh, if you go ; iba m5 eyi, yi 6 kpada, if he Tcnew this, he would return. 



§ 237. Lest, ki...mdh, sometimes with 'nitori' immediately preceding 'ki'; 

 as, d ^ise ki d mdh 6agbe (or nitori ki mdh, &c.), we ^oorli lest we should beg. 



§ 238. Neither . . . nor, ko or ki . . .behe ; as, ko 16h behe ni k6 dioko, lie neither 

 goes nor stays. Sometimes ko . . . k6 ; as, ko ni babd ko ni lya nd, he has neitJier 

 father nor mother. 



§ 239. Or, tabi, mbi : iwo tabi emi, tliou or I ; ako mbi dbo ? a male or a 

 female ? 



§ 240. Whether ...or, iba... iba: iba 6e 6koqri iba 6e 6biri ni, yi 6 kpa W9q, 

 whether they be men or women, he will hill tliem. 



§ 241. Since, nigbati; nigbati eqyir) ti de, d gbo 8ro Olorug, since you hawe 

 come, tve hear the word of God. 



§ 242. Tluit, is represented by several particles : 



1. By ki, ki . . . ki 6 ; as, mo ni ki 6 16h, I say tliat he must go ; or if the nomi- 

 native following ' ki ' has two or more letters, ' ki 6' follows it ; as, mo ni ki oq 

 ki 6 16h, I say that he must go. 



2. By ti ; as, ki li emi 6 ^e ti . emi 6 dioguq iye ? what shall I do tJiat I may 

 inherit life ? 



3. By kpe ; as, 6 ri i kpe 6 dara, he saw tliat it was good; kpe is used pleo- 

 nastically after verbs of saying, writing, perceiving, &c. ; as, d ti kowe r^ kpe, saw6 ! 

 6 mb6, it is written, behold ! he cometh ; emi vah kpe iwo 6euq, Ihnow tluni art good ; 

 6 bi wor) lere kpe, li oruko ta ni nwoq s5ro, he asked them in whose name they 

 spoke; nwoq be e kpe ki 6 16h, they begged him to go. 



§ 243. Then, ndie ; as, nd^e d 6 suq li odaq, then we must sleep inihe prairie. 

 § 244. Though, bi, frequently followed by tile, even; as, bi d tile ^ote si i, 

 dltltmigh we have rd)elled against him. 



