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indeed be rendered by an awkward periphrasis, in several ways ; as, mate 6'\x} he 

 wa^te ka wani kii) he 6i6a, for me to die is good, and to live is bad ; wani kiq he 

 wa^te esta mate 6iq he iyotaq wa^te, although it is good for me to live, it is more 

 good for me to die ; or, mate kte 6iq he waste ^a wani kte 6iq he ^ica, that I shoidd 

 die is good, and that I should live is had. 



§ 1!}2. The conjunction or is represented by 'Ika is ;' but the sentences in which 

 it is introduced have not the same brevity as in EngHsh ; as, J do not know whether he 

 is there or not, hen uq ^a is hen uq sni, uqma tukte iye6etu sdonwaye sni, (there is or 

 there is not, which of the two I know not ;) Is that a horse or an ox ? he suktaqka ka 

 i^ tataqka uqma tukte hecetu he, {that horse or ox, which of the two ?) 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INTERJECTIONS. , 



§ 193. Some interjections have no connexion with other words, while others are 

 used only as a part of a sentence. When connected with other words, interjections 

 usually stand at the beginning of the phrase. Considerable knowledge of their 

 use is necessary to enable one to understand the language well, as the interjections 

 not only serve to indicate the feelings of the speaker, but often materially modify 

 the meaning of a sentence ; as, hehehe, didita oq mate kta, oh ! I shall die of 

 heat ; " Wi6oni kiq iho bee; wi6oni kiq he wi6asta iyoiiaq^aq kiq iho hee," {Life 

 the lo ! that is ; life the that man light the lo ! that is) John i. 4. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 INTERLINEAR TRANSLATIONS. 



PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON — Luke xv. 11-32. 

 Wida^ta waq 6iqhiqtku noqpa : uqkaq hakakata kiq he atkuku kiq 



Man a son-Ids two : and youngest the that father-Ms the 



hediya : Ate, woyuha mitawa kte 6iq he midu-wo, cya. Uqkag 



said-to-him : Father, goods mine will-he the that me-mine-give, he-said. And 



woyuha kiq yuakipam wi6a^u. Uqkaq iyohakam aqpetu tonana, diqhiqtku 



goods the dividing them-he gave. And after day few, son-Ms 



hakakta \ox) he owasiq witaya tpahi, ka itehaqyaq makode waq ekta 



youngest that-was that all together Ms-gathered, and a-far-off country a to 



idimani ya ; l^a hen sihaq ohaqyaqpi kiq oq, taku yuhe diq owasiq hdutakunisni. 



travelling went ; and thei-e bad doings the by, what he-liad the all he-destroyed. 



Uqkaq owasiq waqna hdusote (Jehaq, makode kiq he en widaakihaq liiqda ; 



And all now he-had-spent when, country the that in famine very ; 



uqkaq hiqnakaha widakiia. Uqkaq makode kiq hen uqpi kiq waq^i ti kiq ekta 



and consequently he-was-in want. And country the there dwelt the one house the to 



