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o is the long o-sound
o as in habò 'canoe' is the short o-sound, as in French modérer.

Jaman 'father'; vocative: man. But when I call Lai's father I say: Lai jaman. Reinan 'mother'; vocative: nan. But when I call Watjaar's mother I say: Watjaar reinan. The adjective always follows the noun. A noun which qualifies another sometimes precedes it; sometimes it can either precede or follow it.

Verb conjugation:

oeba
oembwa
anba
erba
taba

I go, we go
you (sg. pl.) go
he goes
they go
let us go

oan
maan
naän

I eat

raäng en raäng en raän en

I love

oefla
moefla
nofla

I flee

The most frequently found regular form: oe leľkI see

oemleľk

enleľk

erleľk (3rd person plural)

Note: The last syllable in all Keiese words carries the stress, like in French.

2. KEI LIST

1. oelien
2. oeoen
3. wahan
4. rean ratan
5. oeoen loerien
6. moeroet
8. oeoen ratan
9. aroen
11. matan
15. matan minan
17. loeoen
18. niroen

21. adoofar
22. ngòin
25. ngòin wiwier
27. komeǐs
28. djangoet
29. kakean
30. kakean woeoen
31. ear
32. naran
34. nifan
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35. adiran