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3. ‘Unkan’ never connects single nouns or adjectives, ‘ka’ and ‘ko’ 
being used for that purpose; as, waste ka ksapa, good and wise; Gay mini 
ko, wood and water. 
For the use of the conjunctions kinhan, uykays, and tuka, see § 133. 
§ 191. The words ‘eéin’ and ‘nakaes,’ although more properly adverbs, 
often supply the place of conjunctions; as, he waku, eGiy makida, 7 gave 
that to him because he asked me for it; he tewalinda, nakaes heéeday mduha, 
T refused that because it was the only one I had. 
§ 192. The idea conveyed by the conjunction than can not be expressed 
in Dakota directly. Such a phrase as, ‘It is better for me to die than to 
live,” may indeed be rendered by an awkward periphrasis in several ways; 
as, mate Gin he waste ka wani kin he siéa, for me to die is good, and to live is 
bad; wani kin he waste esta mate Gin he iyotay waste, although it is good for 
me to live, it is more good for me to die; or, mate kte ¢in he waste ka wani 
kte Gin he siéa, that I should die is good, and that I should live is bad. 
§ 193. The conjunction or is represented by ‘ka is;’ but the sentences 
in which it is introduced have not the same brevity as in English; as, 7 do 
not know whether he is there or not, hen wy is ka ig hen uy sni, ujyma tukte 
iveéetu sdonwaye Sni (there is or there is not, which of the two I know not’; 
Ts that a horse or an ox? he suktayka ka is tatanka uyma tukte heéetu he 
(that horse or ox, which of the two)? 
INTERJECTIONS. 
§ 194. 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. Consid- 
erable 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 oy mate kta, oh! I shall die of heat; ‘‘Wiéoni kin iho hee; 
wi¢oni kin he wiéasta iyozayzay kin iho hee” (Life the lo! that is; life the 
that man light the lo! that is), John 4, 4. 
