Interjections.
mamu(la)! admiration.
ile! sadness.
fanimo(le), commiseration.
fanikoe! commiseration.
-e (suffix), commiseration.
segoa! joy at another’s misfortune.
biu! contempt.
alaila! a command for silence.
faiamela! expresses the recognition of an error.
Notes on Dependent Clauses.
1. A final proposition with the future is expressed in four ways.
a. By the infinitive preceding the verb which it governs: na nul’ em’ arim’ an gatsi, I will go to see thy village, lit, I thy village to-see will-go.
b. By the simple future preceded by the verb: na songe, Tsekari aritsi, I go, I shall see Tseka.
c. By the future preceding the verb: ake Mambutsi itatsi m’ ando, the men remain to sleep at Mambo.
d. By the suffix -du(le]: Pe’ Egidi yol’ itadul andemai, puatsitatsi, If Père Egidi stays to sleep up there, he will fire a gun; ake Baidane (gatsi) ame boladu, the men will go to Baidane to leave the girl; muto yetadu, Labao gatsi; I will go to Yule Is to take the sheep, (muto, Fr. mouton). The use of the verb “to go” is not certain.
2. A dependent sentence with the past is expressed in two ways.
a. By the simple past: na so, fang’ an, I went to see the trap.