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a new subject with its copula takes its place. This conjunction may 

 be translated by any of the personal pronouns in the third person. 



§ 3. The conjunction in the nominative case connects two or more sub- 

 jects to one verb; as, Acts II. 8 — 11, where niikmvt and micha connect 

 the names of several nations with eho haiyak loshke. 



When there is one subject and two or more predicates, the subject is 

 connected with all the predicates; as, Luke XV. 13, where the connective 

 is suffixed to the predicates as a copula. 



But when another subject and predicate following the first are connected 

 with it, the conjunction is in the oblique case. This change of case gives 

 notice of the succeeding subject and predicate; as. Mat. I. 2: Eblaham vt 

 Aisak g, tobachi tok; atulco Aisak vt Chekob a tobachi tok; here, atukp is 

 in the oblique case, and connects the two prepositions, and shows two dif- 

 ferent subjects. If it were atuk osh instead of atuko it would make Abra- 

 ham a subject of the second preposition. The genealogy of the Saviour in 

 Luke III., illustrates the same usage. The conjunction mihma is there 

 vised, "and he," the subject of the next verb. This change in the con- 

 junction does not change the subject to the object. It gives notice of 

 another subject, and connects them both by mihma. The coTpula is solved, 

 and the way opened for another subject to take it. Thus, in Luke Xyil. 

 10: achvfa kok osh Falisi okma, achvfa kvto publikan a tok ; okma is in 

 the oblique case. These instances exhibit the difference between a con- 

 junction in the nominative and oblique cases, 



§ 4. Conjunctions are divided into the following classes: 



1. Copulatives ; definite subjective, and, then, t, cha, micha, mihmvt, 



mikmvt, yohmi cha, yumohmi cha, yohmi mvt, 



yumohmi mvt. 

 definite objective, na, mina, mihma, mikma. 

 distinctive, milihp, mih hosh. 



2. Distinctives ; or, if not, unless, except, but, keyukmvt, keyu hokmvt, 



amba, ikshokmvt, keyiikma. 

 8. Concessives ; although, nevertheless, be it so, admit it. They con- 

 cede something whicli has been said. They are kia 

 and amba. The distinctive article-pronouns osh, o, 

 and oh, often precede kia, as akohkia, okako kia. 



4. Adversatives ; but, yet, notwithstanding, amba, kia; atuk ak p, but, 



Luke XIX. 14. 



5. Causals ; therefore, for, because, as, so as, okvt, yohmi hosh, yohmi 



kokvt, yomohmi hosh, yomohmih hph, yomohmi hokah. 



6. Illatives ; therefore, wherefore, on account of, yomohmi hokvt, yo- 



mohmi hokah. 



7. Finals ; because, for, hokvt, hokah, yohmi hokvt, yohmi hokah. 



8. Conditionals; if, lest, when, then, provided, kmvt, kma (def.), okmvt, 



okma, (dis), 



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