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Lesson 27

asar = behind / following


          aHmed  Haqo  meS'a     ana  et asaru      meSa'ko
          Ahmed  after he came     I  behind him   (I) came

         wehtu   kem  mota      asaru      weldu    meHamed        egl
         and he  when he died   after him  his son  Mohammed       to
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         lshaymo 	Hazaw
         appoint 	they wanted.
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         asar ela   =  after this
         asar Hd    =  one after the other.
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         asar Hd             et lsU
         one after the other while running
         [ While running one after the other]
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         asar when used with pronouns it should agree with the pronoun

         asar-yie     	after me             	asar-na    after us
         asar-ki      	after you (f)        	asar-kn    after you(p,f)
         asar-ka      	after you (m)        	asar-kum   after you(p,m)
         asar-a 	after her 		asar-n     after them (p,f)
         asar-u 	after him 		asar-om    after them (p.m)
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          asaryie htu meS'a he came after me  asarna htu meS'a
          asarki   "                          asarkn "    "
          asarka  "   "                       asarkum "   "
          asara   "   "                       asaran  "   "
          asaru   "   "                       asarom  "   "


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End of Lesson 27

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