aur

and

Where it comes from

Hindi/Urdu aur

Group

Grammar particles

First taught

Lesson 14

How often it is used

104 times in running Amadunia — 1.6% of every word written, the 13th commonest root. Counted upstream over the lessons, texts and phrasebook; the whole curve.

In the published corpus

84 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. That is a narrower measure than the one above — only sentences carrying an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.

Looked up in English as

and

More than one

aur-aur — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.

Sentences that use it.

Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.

• Sol aur luma.The sun and the light.lessons/lesson-14-not-and
• Aur sukut lai.And silence comes.texts/story-2-safari-por-pahar
• Angin aur yuki lai.Wind and snow come.lessons/lesson-14-not-and
• Funga libro aur otur.Close the book and sit.lessons/lesson-16-school-and-time
• Arte aur musik sundar.Art and music are beautiful.lessons/lesson-21-things-and-ideas
• Namak aur sukar putih.Salt and sugar are white.lessons/lesson-24-the-table-and-the-city
• Lai sini aur otur.Come here and sit.lessons/lesson-26-telling-and-answering
• Ta kotor aur barid.She is dirty and cold.texts/text-14-yamur-aur-ca
• Rafiki genc aur hayai.The friend is young and quick.texts/text-21-uan-umur
• Leta libro aur kertas.Bring a book and paper.texts/text-27-kalima-por-anak-anak
• Mi kupi pan aur ca.I buy bread and tea.lessons/lesson-14-not-and
• Dom mi keci aur sundar.My house is small and beautiful.lessons/lesson-14-not-and

You can also put English in and get Amadunia out, or take the whole corpus as a file.

The rest of the shelf.

• agarif
• esis, am, are — before a noun predicate only; see grammar/copula.md
• oor
• saufafuture marker (before the verb)
• sudapast marker (before the verb)

All 300 roots, or the source table.