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GRAMMAR COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS. adres, across, beyond. adro dho, drodho, about, concer- ning, govern second state. abarth, abarh, beside, on the side of. aberth, aberh, within, inside of. adheller dho, dheller dho (origi- nally a dhellergh), behind, governs second state. a dhirag, dhirag, before, in the presence of. adheworth, dheworth, dhort, from. ajy, 'jy, within (a + chy, house), generally followed by dhd, governing the second state. a eugh, above, over. a mes, a ves, mes, en mes, out of. a mesk, mesk, en mesk, among. a wos, because of, for the sake of. entre, among. erbidn or erbyn, warbidn, against. herwedh, according to. mamas, except, but. rag carenja, for the sake of. warlergh, after. ogasti dho, near to (ogasti = ogas, near, ti = tew, side). Of these abarth, a mesk or en mesk, erbidn, rag carenja, and warlergh, are separable when they govern pronouns. Thus : a 'gan parth, beside us. en agas mesk, among you. er ow fyn, against me. rag dha garenja, for thy sake. war e lergh, after him. 2. CONJUNCTIONS. ha, and. Before a vowel, hag, except when followed by the article an, or by a pronoun beginning with a vowel, in which case the vowel of the second word is elided. bes, mes, but. saw, but, except. ma, may, that, in order that. dre, dro, that. erna, until. bis pan, until. treba, tereba, until. ken, though, although. awos, although, notwithstand- ing. pan, pa, pur, or per ( =pa-er), when, govern second state. hedre, whilst. spas, whilst. perag, prag , fraga, why, where- fore. po, or. po -po = either - or