arai
adverb
(note: lem is followed by subjunctive ‘kadum’)
• lem I wish she/he/it could; if only…(In wishes after arai, means only ‘would that’
arai lem kotep da: if only it rained: I wish it could rain) would; I wish that; I may that
• lem eong kadum egaali da, ti ejok
I wish I could get a bicycle, it could be better
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