_Eùrigri_, _eòrat_, and _miekaenegen_, mean why, for what reason. _Miéka énegen nkaué, nauichi enà?_ What was the reason that you came? _Men_ is a particle of interrogation, having the same signification as the Latin _an_. _Men leerà?_ Is it true? _Klerà_, it is certain. _Chigera_, it is not true. Or if they doubt of the truth of the thing, they will reply, _Eùriñigi_. Sometimes, when they suspect another of relating what is not true, they join the past with the future, and ironically say, _Kánigra leeràm_, formerly, that will be true. _Kánigra_ is the past, and _leeràm_ the future. The letter _M_ prefixed to a word denotes interrogation, thus: _M'ayte nauachieka?_ Are there many soldiers? _M'oachiñi_, Art thou sick? If the first letter following M be a consonant or an H, it is dropped, _M'anekam ena?_ Will he come hither? The H is entirely omitted in the verb _hanekám_, will he come, and it is pronounced _manekám_. _Mauichi kenà?_ Hast thou come hither? The letter _N_ is dropped in the verb _nauichi_, and _M_ substituted, so that it is called _mauichi_. _Mik_ alone, or _mik mich_, are forms of interrogation; as _Mik mich grihochi?_ Art thou in good health? Sometimes an interrogation is expressed by the accent alone, and by the raising of the voice. _Layàm nauichi?_ Art thou come at length? _Origeenu_ and _morigi_ are words of interrogation, expressing, at the same time, doubt: _Morigi npágàk oenèk?_ Perhaps the youth is ashamed? _Hegmi hínnerkam?_ What is it after all? _Orkeénum_, I do not know what it can be. _Latàm_ means almost. _Latàm riýgerañi_: He was very near being drowned. _Latàm riahámat ỳúihàk_: the ox had almost killed me. _Yt_, or _ych_, means only, alone. _Tachkaûe yt lenechiavàlk_: Give me only a little of any thing. _Mat_, or _gramachka_, means lastly. They use this word, in affirming any thing with serious asseveration, or with boasting. _Gramachka Abipon yapochì_; lastly the Abipones are brave. _Eneha mat yoale_: this, lastly, is the man. _Chik_, _chit_, and _chichi_, are words of prohibition, as _ne_ with the Latins. _Chik grakalakitřani_: Thou shouldst not doubt. _Chichi noaharegřani_: Thou shouldst not lie. _Klatùm keèn_ means although, and _oagan_, yet, however. _Eneha klatùm keèn èúének, oagan netackaik_: Though this man is beautiful, yet he is cowardly. _Tán_ means _because_, and _máoge_, therefore. _Tán aỳte apatáye ken nepark, máoge chik ààtèkan_: Because there are many gnats in the plain, therefore I have not slept. _Men_, _men_, mean as, so. _Men netà, men naetařat_, As the father, so the son.