- Lesson IX. Servicing words
These are the words:
ыпэ
– before first
дэжь
(ди) - to, beside
чIэгъ
- under
кIыб
–behind for
These words execute the
function corresponding to prepositions of English, but are usually
posited after defined object.
Ыпэ
узытеплъэрэм
машинэ
дэгъу - At first you thought the car
was good.
Ар
ыпэ къэчIэжьыгъэп
- I did not remember him at first.
Заирэ
дэжь къэкIуагъ
– he came to Zaira.
Чэтыур
стол чIэгъым
чIэс – The cat sits under the table.
If
the object is denominated the personal pronoun, these words can
unite with it and form the independent structure:
Садэжь
- To me,
beside me.
Тадэжь
- To
us,beside us
Садэжь
укъакIощта
непэ? – Will You come to me today? [Me-to
you-come-will today ]
Тадэжь
къакIоба! – Come to us!
Conjunction:
ыкIы,
ыджы
– and, else
áу ,
шъхьáем
- but
e
- or.
Щыд
ыджы къыпIотэщт?
- What else will You say?
Ащ
бэрэ
лъэхъугъ,
ау
къыгъотыжьыгъэп
– I was looking for him for a long time, but I did not find.
E улIэн,
e улIын – Die or be the man! (Circassian
proverb).
The Particles affirmative
and negative:
ЗэхэушыкIа?
– Do You understand?
Ары.
ЗэхэсэшыкIы.
- Yes. I understand.
Хьау.
ЗэхэсэшыкIэп.
- - No. I don’t understand. |