Grammar Notes 26
              
  1. dA@A gfuClick to Listenw is a final particle which emphasizes a preceding statement.  It is not customarily used when speaking to persons of higher social status than oneself.
  
  0v[.9gfuClick to Listenw khO&Op cay dA@A Thank you.
  ]t;a'gfuClick to Listenw lawa#G dA@A Look out.

 

  1. ja&a 1jkClick to Listenw 'don't' may be used alone or with fa@aw 2hk;Click to Listenw or su&u -j6Click to Listenw
  
  1jk[vd]k;Click to Listenw ja&a bO^Ok la@aw Don't tell him.
  1jk2hk;[vd]k;Click to Listenw ja&a fa@aw bO^Ok la@aw Don't hurry to tell him.
   1jk-6j[vd]k;Click to Listenw ja&a su&u bO^Ok la@aw Be sure not to tell him.
  1. sa# ltClick to Listenw is a final particle meaning 'and be done with it', 'let it be'.  Followed by the particle nO& goktClick to Listenwit is often used to express the idia 'Let's be done with it.' 
  
  16jltClick to Listenw ju&u sa# (Don't go) please stay.
  ]n,ltClick to Listenw ly#ym sa# Forget it.
  ]n,ltgoktClick to Listenw ly#ym sa# nO& Let's forget it.
  gvqkIhvpdu[ltgoktClick to Listenw aw hO@Oy ki^ip sa# nO& Take 100 kip (and let's be done with it.)
  1. ha^y .sh Click to Listenwalso means 'to let, allow, permit'
  7aog9qhkwxF 0hvply.sh]k;wxClick to Listenw kha#n ca@w pay, khO^y si ha^y la#aw pay

If you go, I'll let him go.

The previous sentence could also be translated:

If you go I'll have him go.

  1. tha#G mA'Click to Listenw 'all' also means 'both.........and.....'
  
  mA'oeh8ko mA'oq,Click to Listenw tha#G na@m taan tha@G no#m Both sugar and cream

         

  1. khy^n  0bhoClick to Listenw 'to rise' and lo#G ]q'Click to Listenw 'to descend' also mean 'to increase' and 'to decrease'.
  
    ]k;85hp0bhoClick to Listenw la#aw tu@y khy^y He is getting fatter.
    ]k;g8p]q'Click to Listenw ]a#aw ti@a lo#G He has gotten shorter.

 

  1. ka#p da[Click to Listenw 'and' often occurs in comparisons.  Note the word order. 
  
  vhkpda[gvnhvpF z6h.fl6'd;jkdaoClick to Listenw a@ay ka#p ya@y, phu&u day su%uG ku&a dan
  1. thy&a gmnjvClick to Listenw 'time, instance, occasion' is combined with ni@i ouhFw na^a VhkFClick to Listenw   lE@Ew ni@i     c]h;ouhClick to Listenw
  
 gmnjvouh[+wxClick to Listenw thy&a ni@i bO&O pay He didn't go this time.

 

   
   
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