Foreword xi
Preface 1
Introduction 1
PART I 3
THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE KEIYO LANGUAGE 3
THE ALPHABET 3
SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS[1] 3
QUANTITY 8
HOW TO READ KEIYO 8
PART II 11
WORDS AND FORMS 11
LESSON I 11
FIRST PRINCIPLES 11
LESSON II 12
FORMATION OF TENSES. 27
SIMPLE VERBS. Active Voice. Indicative Tenses. 27
Present. 27
IMPERATIVE. 33
THE NEGATIVE CONJUGATION. 34
PART III:SENTENCES, PROVERBS, RIDDLES AND RULES OF GRAMMAR 38
CONSTRUCTIONS 38
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 38
PARTICIPLES. 40
INFINITIVE. 40
INTRODUCTORY SUGGESTIONS 50
APPENDICES 61
APPENDIX 1: LEGEND OF KAP-KUUGO. 62
APPENDIX 2: DIVISIONS OF TIME. 64
APPENDIX 3: OF KINDRED. 69
APPENDIX 4: BUGS AND ANIMALS 80
APPENDIX 5: COWS, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE 85
Notes 87
English - Kalenjin Dictionary 91
