ä¹ preverbal particle giving permission (thus 'may') but also used [...]

1. • preverbal particle giving permission (thus 'may') but also used for suggestions and immediate future actions

   • • Example 20:
       

       Kanam ä ygmm.

       The two of us will kill the snake.

     • Example 21:
       

       Bä Nen Zi ä nerete?

       Can she understand Nen?

     • Example 22:
       

       Ynd ä nngelautan?

       Can I come in? (said by someone to the house-owner as one stands on the doorway giving notice of coming in)

     • Example 23:
       

       Ogyabs ä ym! Ogyabs geym niparnda.

       Time to work! The work is already here for us to do.

2. • preverbal particle used when coming upon something new

   • • Example 24:
       

       G̅ayag ä ym.

       (As we came upon a garden), here's a garden.

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