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! | ! Conjunction | ||
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! and | ! and | ||
| suttu/sut, =s + [NP]=suttu | | suttu/sut, =s + [NP]=suttu | ||
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! but | ! but | ||
| kan | | kan | ||
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! or | ! or | ||
| xan, xandaš | | xan, xandaš | ||
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A note about the conjunction ''suttu'': if one of the NPs being referred to is the ABS argument of a preceding nominalized clause, ''suttu'' or one of its allomorphs surfaces between the nominalization and the second NP argument before the Associative verb may be elided, as in the phrase ''Gāl Kuranaft suttu intasilapikmenesaš'' ("May he ride hard with the Black Horse!", i.e. "Rest in peace"). | A note about the conjunction ''suttu'': if one of the NPs being referred to is the ABS argument of a preceding nominalized clause, ''suttu'' or one of its allomorphs surfaces between the nominalization and the second NP argument before the Associative verb may be elided, as in the phrase ''Gāl Kuranaft suttu intasilapikmenesaš'' ("May he ride hard with the Black Horse!", i.e. "Rest in peace"). | ||
The conjunction ''kan'' occurs only in the Salmonic dialects and Classical Minhast; it also is encountered in the Horse Speaker dialect, albeit rarely. | |||
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