40316. Frequently at has subordinative coloring, the second of the members joined expressing:
cause: Hintày ka múna t hindí pa akò nakapápahiŋà. Make a halt first, for I am not yet rested. Íbig mo bà ŋ kumáin sa ámin?—Salámat, áyaw ko t kakàkáin ko pa lámaŋ. Do you want to eat with us?—Thank you, no, for I have only just eaten. Buksan 5mò aŋ pintòʾ at íbig ko ŋ pumások. Open the door, for I want to go in.
result: Ano t dí ka lumákad naŋ matúlin? Why don’t you walk fast? Ano aŋ íbig mo t nàrìrito kà? What do you want that you have come here? i. e. What have you come here for? So 10especially: anò aŋ dáhil at...? what is the reason that...?
purpose: Umalìs sya t makìkipútol naŋ damò. He has gone to help cut grass.
temporal succession: Hindí sya nakaratìŋ naŋ ápat na pu ŋ taòn sa gúlaŋ at sya y namatày. She had not reached forty years 15in her age, when she died.
a subordinate quasi-subject: Sinábi naŋ maŋhuhúla sa iyò t hindi maláyo ríto aŋ kawàwalan naŋ iyo ŋ siŋsìŋ. The fortune-teller told you that the place where you would lose your ring is not far from here. Sinábi ko nà sa iyò at hwag kà ŋ maíŋay. I 20have told you already not to make any noise.[6]
317. The subordinating value of at appears especially in certain expressions which it forms with other particles:
(1) at bakàʾ lest (cf. § [235]): Hwag kà ŋ magpatihúlog diyàn sa kátre at baká ka masaktàn. Don’t throw yourself from 25that bed, for you might hurt yourself.
(2) at naŋ so that (cf. § [192] f.): Magiinùm ka naŋ gátas at naŋ ikàw ay tumabàʾ. Drink milk so that you may grow stout.
(3) bagà màn at although (cf. § [290]): Baga màn at umúulàn ay nagsísipaglarò silà. Although it is raining they are at 30play.