21. Because 2-1

-(e)lako (because)

• as with the present tense to say something was because of something, you add -(e)lako to the verb, following the rules of spelling
• When adding suffixes, A+E = E, and E+E=E
• so for egon verbs, we would have
• pozik nengoelako: because I was happy
• pozik zeundelako: because you were happy
• pozik zegoelako: because he/she was happy
• pozik geundelako: because we were happy
• pozik zeundetelako: because you (pural)
• pozik zeudelako: because they were happy

Vocabulary 1

• nengoelako: because I was (egon)
• zeundelako: because you were (egon)
• zegoelako: because he/she was (egon)
• geundelako: because we were (egon)
• zeundetelako: because you (pural) were (egon)
• zeudelako: because they were (egon)

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