Grammar Notes 30
              
  1.  Note the use of da&G na@n fja'oAoClick to Listen      'therefore, so' and bO&O da&G na@n [+fja'oAoClick to Listen        'otherwise'. tha^a or kha#n 4hk Click to Listen      F 7aoClick to Listen        'if' may be used with bO&O da&G na@n [+fja'oAo.Click to Listen
  
  [+,ug'yo faj'oAowx[+wfhClick to Listen bO&O mi#i GA#n da&G na@n pay bO&O day
There's no money so we cant't go.
    
  8hv',ug'yo [+fja'oAowx[+wfhClick to Listen tO@OG mi#i GA#n bO&O da&G na@n pay bO&O day

We have to have money, otherwise we can't go.

  1. na& otClick to Listen    is a final particle which can be translated in different ways depending on the context.  It often occurs with dA@A gfu .Click to Listen     lE@Ew c]h;Click to Listen    sometimes becomes la&  ]tClick to Listen    when it precedes na& ot. Click to Listen
  wxotClick to Listen
pay na&
I am going, O.K.?
    
 [+,uotClick to Listen
bO&O mi#i na&
There isn't any, I am afraid.
    
  ]qflyvvd]totClick to Listen
lo&t si O^Ok la& na&
Hey, the bus is about to leave.

 

  1. wa@y w;h Click to Listen  is a secondary verb.   It means to 'do somthing for furture use or reference.'
  
  9njw;hgfuClick to Listen
cy&y wa@y dA@A
Please remember it.
    
 gvqkg7njv'w;h16jouhClick to Listen
aw khy&aG wa@y ju&u ni&i
Put the things away here.
    
  gvqkw;h,nhVhkClick to Listen
aw wa@y my@y na^a
Let's make it (a date) another time.
    
  [vd]k;w;hClick to Listen
bO^Ok la#aw wa@y
Tell him in advance.
  gda[xuhw;hClick to Listen
ke#p pi@i wa@y
Keep the ticket.
  1. khy%n  0bhoFClick to Listen    lo#G  ]q'Click to Listen   are used with vehicles, boats and planes meaning 'to get in, get on' and 'to get out of, get off.'
  
  g-uo0bho]qfClick to Listen sA#An khy^n lo&t Please get in the car. 
  0bhomjkwfhClick to Listen khy^n tha&a da@y You can get off the boat now.
  ]q'gInv16jmk'mjkClick to Listen lo#G hy#a ju&u tha#aG tha&a Getting in a boat at a dock.
  
  1. thelefo@n gmg]32oClick to Listen 'telephone' is borrowed from Frence and English.  There is another word for 'telephone ' which you will learn later.  tii sa%ay 8ulkp Click to Listenand tii thelefo@n 8ugmg]32oClick to Listen   are often used for 'to telephone, or call'.   tii sa%ay 8ulkpClick to Listen   also means 'to telegraph'. 
          
   
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