Function words (from College Yiddish) Flashcards

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here (adv)

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do

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there (adv)

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dort

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where? (adv)

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vu

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from/through/up to here

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fun/durkh/biz danen

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from/through/uo to there

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fun/durkh/biz dortn

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from/through/up to where?

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vuhin

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to here

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tsu aher

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to there

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tsu ahin

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to where

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vuhin

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such (sing. attributive adj)

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aza

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such (pl. attributive adj)

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azelkhe

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each (attributive adj)

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ieder (not inflected when attributive)

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each one, everyone, everybody (pronoun)

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ieder (masc: -er, -n, -n, -ns; fem -e, -er, e, es. No neuter, no plural)

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somebody/someone (pronoun)

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emetser, -n, -n, -ns (masc only, no plural)

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nobody/no one (pronoun)

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keiner (-er, -m, -m, -ms) nit (masc only, no plural)

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16
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something (pronoun)

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epes

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everything (pronoun)

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altz

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18
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nothing (pronoun)

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gornit; kein zakh nit

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19
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somewhere (adv)

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ergetz vu; in ergets

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everywhere (adv)

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umetum

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nowhere (adv)

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in ergetz nit

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22
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sometimes (adv)

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a mol

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always (adv)

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ale mol; tomid

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never (adv)

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kein mol nit

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25
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who (pronoun)

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ver; vemen; vemen; vemens (masc gender only, no plural)

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an other (attributive adj)

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ander (sing. uninflected in preceded by ‘an’ or ‘kein;’ plural takes -e ending (eg. andere mentchn)

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27
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the other (attributive adj)

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ander (masc -er, -n, -n; fem -e, -e, -er; pl -e, -e, -n; plural -e)

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anyway (adv)

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sai vi sai

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29
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once, twice … (adv)

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ain mol, tsvey mol …

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30
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differently (adv)

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andersh

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31
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you know, obviously

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dokh

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32
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then, at that time (adv)

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demolt

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33
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‘then’ used in a question, to connote doubt

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den

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34
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so, in that case (conj)

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to

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35
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on time (adv)

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bai tsaitns

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36
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yesterday

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nekhtn

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37
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tomorrow

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morgn

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38
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day before yesterday

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eirnekhtn

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39
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day after tomorrow

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ibermorgn

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40
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come on, now; you’re kidding

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gei, gei!

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41
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I’m cold (I feel cold)

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es is mir kalt; mir is kalt

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42
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every day / week

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ale tog / vokh

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43
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how are you doing?

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vos makht ir / makhtsu?

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44
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how’s it going?

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vi get es?

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45
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you know what?

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veist vos?

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46
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not yet

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nokh nit

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47
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once

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a mol

48
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nokh alts

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still

49
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he / she is cold

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im / ir is kalt

50
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we are cold

A

undz is kalt

51
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according to

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loit

52
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afterwards

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nokh dem

53
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again

A

nokh a mol; vider

54
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all right, OK

A

gut

55
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approximately, about

A

an erekh

56
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because of, on account of

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tsulib

57
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besides

A

akhuts (dem)

58
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both … and

A

sai … sai

59
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certainly

A

zikher, avade

60
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different/ly

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andersh

61
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this will do

A

es vet klekn

62
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good evening

A

gutn ovent

63
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good morning

A

gut morgn

64
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good night

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a gute nakht

65
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goodbye

A

a gutn tog

66
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hardly

A

kimat … nit

67
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hello

A

gut morgn, gutn ovent, sholem aleikhem

68
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here (in pointing)

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ot

69
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however, but

A

ober

70
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if not for

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ven nit

71
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indeed, really

A

take

72
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that is (i.e.)

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dos heist

73
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although; at least

A

khotch

74
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mainly

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der iker

75
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it doesn’t matter to me

A

es makht mir nit ois

76
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meanwhile

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dervail

77
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more

A

nokh

78
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no more

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mer nit

79
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necessarily

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davke

80
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neither

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oikh nit

81
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it occurs to me

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es falt mir ain

82
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once again

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nokh a mol

83
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only

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nor

84
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in order to

A

k’dey tsu

85
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otherwise

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anit

86
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(one’s) own (adj)

A

eign

87
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perhaps, maybe

A

efsher

88
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please (polite request)

A

ikh bet dikh/aykh; zai(t) azoi gut

89
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rarely

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zeltn

90
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right (direction)

A

rekht

91
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right (correct)

A

rikhtik

92
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right (person)

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gerekht

93
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the same (attributive adj)

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zelbik (inflected)

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it seems to me

A

dakht zikh mir

95
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so

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to

96
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some

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teil; andere

97
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as soon as

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bald vi

98
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still

A

nokh (alts)

99
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then, at that time

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demolt

100
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then, in that case

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to

101
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therefore

A

derfar

102
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these

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(ot) di

103
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this

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(ot) der, di, dos

104
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those

A

yene

105
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until, up to (prep)

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biz

106
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up, upstairs

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aroif

107
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what a …

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sara

108
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what kind of

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voser

109
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whether

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tsi

110
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which

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velkher

111
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while

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beys

112
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who

A

ver; (acc/dat) vemen; rel pronoun vos

113
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whose

A

vemens

114
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yet

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nokh

115
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yet/nevertheless

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dokh