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THE VLACH LANGUAGE
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Prepositions In Vlach the prepositions
may
be either simple or com-
The commonest simple prepositions
pound.
a at, a kasa, at
home
are
:
;
ira for, atseic easte trd not, that is for us
;
di of, kasd di save, a house of salt la to, at, si duse la haiii,
at the inn
he went to the inn
;
easte la hani,
he
is
;
ku with, steaua ku koadd, the in in, in kasa, in the house
star with a tail
;
pri on, pri measa, on the table
;
sum under, kddzu sum
fell
kinu, he
under a pine tree
;
kdtrd towards, kdtrd seard, towards evening
fdrd without, fdrd minte, without sense ; pdnd as far as, pdnd muntile, as far as the hill
dupd behind, after, vine diipd mine, he came after me ningd near, u bdgd ningd mine, he put it near me.
Compound
prepositions in ordinary use are
;
:
wedding guests from the bridegroom di pri out of, u arkd di pri pdldlhiri, he threw it out of window di iu out of, noi vinim di tu Anglie, we came from England. di la from, kiiskvi di la ghamhvolu,
;
Conjunctions
The commonest
are
:
and, but,
shi, di
ma i
.
i
.
,
either
...
nekd
or,
nekd neither kd because, as, since, that, kdndu, kara when,
ni
.
.
.
ni,
.
.
.
dupd tse after ku tute kd or molonoti (Greek) ka
si,
makd
taha as
.
.
.
nor,
for all that,
if,
if,
td si or trd si in order that,
ka,
kanda
as, like
;
and where Greek influence is strong omos however, Upon well and similar words will be used, and we have heard the Persian hem (also) used as meaning and. 16