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-nu  317
           The difference between -nu and -zu is straightforward. The latter can be
           used as a continuative form or before ni to mean  'without -.' The for-
           mer can be used at the end of a sentence or before a noun, auxiliary or
           a conjunction.
                                 /
                               {f
                    8~*&%&4 *@I  h:&g% LlL
                    (I worked without eating my lunch.)
                                  2%~:
                    5    d.tr
                                            {T
                                               /
                    +e WXS~R~S~T, ~WP *a}, ~T&-cL>J;,
                    (I felt a cold coming on today, so I stayed in bed at home,
                    without going to work.)
                         $4 B
                    Qi caEb (a *TI,
                                /
                    (I don't  think so.)
                    gab  {@/*TI Z~B%~-CL>~ ~S~TWC~~L~,
                    (You shouldn't say you know what you don't know.)
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