Grammar Notes 25
              
  1. ha%a-kO&O skd=j Click to Listenw means 'just' in the sense of 'to have just (done something)'.
  
  skd=jg9af3,'Click to Listenw ha%a-kO&O ce#t mo#og It's ust past 7 o'clock.
  0hvpskdj=,kClick to Listenw ha%a-kO&O ma#a I have just arrived.
  0hvpskdj=I6hClick to Listenw khO^y ha%a-kO&O hu@u I just found out.

 

  1. ma#n ,aoClick to Listenw 'it', it has other meanings, as you will learn later.
  
  ,aoIhvoClick to Listenw ma#n hO@On  It is hot.  (e.g. weather, food, etc.)
  1. Note the use of mo#t |qfClick to Listenw in the following sentenses:
  
  0hvp,ad|qfmah'lk,Click to Listenw khO^y ma&k mo#t tha#G sa%am I like all three.
  0hvpIPo|qf,nhClick to Listenw khO^y hi#an mo#t my@y I studied all day.
  oeh,ao|qfc]h;Click to Listenw na@m-ma#n mo#t lE@Ew The gas is all gone.
  1. In lesson 1 you learned that mu&u |6jClick to Listenw meant 'friend'. 
  z6h.fc,jo|6jg9qhkClick to Listenw phu&u day mE&En mu&u ca@w

Which one is your friend?

mu&u |6jClick to Listenw can also be used in comparative sentences to refer to any group of objects. 

 ]qf7ao.fgdqjkd;jk|6jClick to Listenw
lo&t kha#n day ka&w ku&a mu&u
Which car is the oldest (of the group)?

The implication is that there are several cars and one of them is older than the rest.  If there were only two cars and one was older thatn the other, the word  mu&u |6j Click to Listenw would not be used.  In this case the word kan daoClick to Listenw is used.

  ]qf7ao.fgdqjkd;jkdaoClick to Listenw lo&t kha#n day ka&w ku&a kan

Which car is the older (of the two)?

  1. tha#G maj'Click to Listenw combines with numbers to mean 'both', 
  
  maj'lv'Click to Listenw tha#G-sO%OG both

         

or 'all',

  
    maj'lk,Click to Listenw tha#G-sa%am all three
   maj'shkClick to Listenw tha#G-ha^a all five

 

It also combines with other words, giving the idea of 'all' or 'all together'. 

  
  maj'|qfClick to Listenw tha#G-mo#t all of it; all of them; all together
  maj's^kpClick to Listenw tha#G-la%ay everyone; all together

In the negative sentence, compounds with tha#G maj' Click to Listenwmust be translate differently.  

  
  0hvp[+gsaomaj'lv'Click to Listenw khO^y bO&O he%n tha#G-sO%OG I didn't see either one.
  ]k;[+,ad|qfmaj'lujClick to Listenw la#aw bO&O ma&k mo#t tha#G si&i He doesn't like any of the four.
 
  1. de#e gfClick to Listenw has been used as a question word 'how about ........?'  
  
  g9qhkgfClick to Listenw ca@w de#e How about you?

It has other meanings depending on the context. 

Compare the following:

  
A   oeh,aopa'[+|qfs;kClick to Listen na@m-ma#n Na@G bO&O mo#t wa#a Oh, the gas isn't all gone yet.
 B   |qfc]h;gfClick to Listen mo#t lE@Ew de#e But it is all gone.
A   gryjoly,k9ad3,'Click to Listenw phA&n si ma#a ca#k mo#oG What time is he coming?
B   gryjo[+,kgfClick to Listenw phA&n bO&O ma#a de#e (I'm afraid) he is not coming.
A   [+'k,goktClick to Listenw bO&O Ga#am nO& It's not pretty, is it?
B   'k,gfClick to Listenw Ga#am de#e Sure it is.

Notice how B uses de#e gfClick to Listenw to modify an idea which is contrary to the one expressed by A.

  1. Note the meaning of the following sentences.
  
  2a'wfhpyo[=?Click to Listenw fa#G da@y Ni#n bOO (Listening) can you hear?
  2a'[+wfhpyoClick to Listenw fa#G bO&O da@y Ni#n (Listening) I can't hear.

O^Ok vvd Click to Listenwmay be used as a secondary verb meaning 'to understand'.

  
  vjkovvd[=?Click to Listenw a&an O^Ok bOO (Reading) can you understand it?
  2a'vvd[=?Click to Listenw fa#G O^Ok bOO (Reading) do you understand it?

Note the difference between answer A and B below.

  
  sk]k;r=h[=?Click to Listenw
ha%a la#aw phO@O bOO
Did you find him? (Looking for him)
   
  a [+wfhr=h]k;Click to Listenw
bO&O day phO@O la#aw
I didn't find him.
    
  b [+wfhwxsk]k;Click to Listenw
bO&O day pay ha%a la#aw
I wasn't looking for him.
   
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