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| difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns? |
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| interrogative = question; who, what, when, where.. |
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| is, are, seems/ connect subject and verb |
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| basic form.. large, wise, noble |
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| answers where, when, how, and what extent |
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| indicate locations, like verb phrase in over on between |
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| a special kind of stone which forms the link between an ogbanje and the spirit world. Only if the iyi-uwa were discovered and destroyed would the child not die. |
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| a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn, it is almost impossible to bring up any ogbanje child without it dying, unless its iyi-uwa is ifrst found and destroyed |
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| court messenger; the world is not ob Ibo origin but is a corruption of "court messenger" |
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| the name of one of the titles or ranks |
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| an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree |
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| outcast. having been dedicated to a god, the osu was taboo and was not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way |
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| part of the betrothal ceremony when the dowry is paid |
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| the large living quarters of the head of the family |
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| a dusty wind from the sahara that blows toward the W. Coast of Africa during the winter |
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| highly polished colorful shells used as currency |
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| musical instruments; drum of wood; drum of pottery; gong |
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