two to
make one.
Conjunctions are of two sorts, the Copulative and the Disjunctive.
The following are some of the Conjunctions:
_Cop._ Kiya, and; Kespin, if; Owh, that; nahyanze, both; dushween, then;
ahpe, since; mesah, therefore; ahnesh, wherefore.
_Dis._ Atah, but; ahzheh, as; dush, than; koone, though; mahmesahwahwah,
unless; kespuge, except; pooch, yet.
OF INTERJECTIONS.
An Interjection is a word used to express the sudden emotions of the
speaker; as, Tahwah! pemahdezewin nelojegootoge! Alas! I fear for life!
O neboowin! Ahneshekewesahgandahmoowin? O death! Where is thy sting?
List of Interjections:
_Earnestness_ or _Grief_; O! ah! tahwah, alas!
_Joy_; Yahhahne! yahhahne! &c.
_Wonder_; Mahmahkahdahkahmig, strange! hahe, hah!
_Aversion_; Saih! ahwas, away!
_Attention_; Nah, hark! Nahbin, behold!
_Surprise_ or _Fear_; Ingee! Tauneyohne! yohe!
_Laughter_; Ha! ha! ha!
_Requesting silence_; Easta, hist! pezahnahbin, silence!
_Calling_; ahneene, halloo!
_Salutation_; Mequaich, welcome!
A FABLE--[Translated from the English.]
OWH WAHGOOSH KIYA EWH MASK.
Kegahweendahmoonin kache dahkooahyod ahdesookaun, kecheoneshesheh
dushweengooh.
Wahgoosh ingooding keezhahgoobun haberdashero dahdahwawegahmig. Emah
metahskahkahmig ahyahtanegoobun kache gwahnahjewong mask, keoonje
ozhechegahdagoobun ahwegah cheahyood mamahjenood ahpe herongh azhe
obahkahmegezhejin. Ewh mask egewh mawezhah, meowh ahpe owh ahdesookaun
tebaindahgowk, ahgwahnahung kahkenah ewh ostegwan dahgooh helmiting,
kiya kahwekah mamahjenood ezheoobahkahmegezhese ayahsenenegoon.
Mahmahdah wechegawenebun, owhdush ezhechegang kahweendush
kedahwahbahdah zhenon ewh odangowh owh wabahkahmegezid, kiya koonemah
anahnookewenegwain nahchebahpid or mahwid, ewh mask ahpun ewh nahsob
azhenahgowk.
Owh wahgoosh kahgezheyaindum, wahjapezeh. Oge quakenon ewh mask
menahwah kiya menahwah. Oge gahnahwahbahdaun emah ahgwahjeeye-ee,
kiya gahnahwahbahdaun emah peenjahye-ee.
Ewh ahgwahjeeye-ee keche shooshoo ahyahgoobun kiya
kegezhechegahdagoobun! Ewh peenjahye-ee webahgoobun. Kagate onesheshin
oostegwan ayaug omah, ekedoo owh wahgoosh; kagate mejenahwa yahdahkahmig
kahwenaindib ahyahsenoog!
Nahnind quahnoj quewesansug ahyahwug kiya equasansug kemahzheh
ekoogenedwah oowh enaindahmoowod kahween kagoo ohbahbah mahndahsenahwah,
ewh atah oobeshegadahgoosewenewah, ahgoonwatahtesuwod kagoo
chekekadahmoowod medush azhe quakeskahwod
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