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, mod.if [with neutral implications].
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Synonyms: , , , ,
Examples:
> If the tide is good, (then) they'll go fishing.
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
> If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.
> If you don't like it, then don't tell me to do it.
More Examples:
> We got punished for fighting at school.
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, pro.that object far from speaker and far from listener.
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se elconj.when (in the future); whenever.
se el sekumconj.if (used in negative sentences).
selcont.se el
er se er aexpr.when (in the past).
er se er a Sebadongexpr.last Saturday.
er se er a taem er a mekemadexpr.during the war.
er seiexpr.over there; in that place.
mekera iseiexpr.[used to refer to a method of doing something that the speaker has forgotten.]
ngera iseiexpr.thingamajig; thingamabob; whatchamacallit. [used to refer to something whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
se di kauexpr.it's up to you.
se el soamexpr.whatever you want; it's up to you.
se el tebelexpr.that table (over there).
se er aexpr.conj. when (in the past).
techa iseiexpr.what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.]
tela iseiexpr.[used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.]
Examples:
> The bicycle was over there.
> I can dive and pick up something in the bottom of the blue deep ocean.
> That family is well-known to have resources in betel nut.
> I was eating those bananas and that apple.
> Satsko fled when she saw the ghost.
Proverbs:
> When my eyes are closed.
When one dies the eyes are "closed"; hence, to be dead. The term for "death" is mad as is the term for "eye," (mad; madak: "my eye"). Some sources suggest that the term for death refers to the closed eyes of a dead person.
More Examples:
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> Be careful descaling the fish so that you don't get hurt from its spikes.
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> Be careful when walking on the streets.

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