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 42 AN AUSTEA-LIAK LAyOTJAGE.

SuBJUNCTiTE Mood.

T. 10.

Tetti bulli-ko, ' to die.'

Tetti ba-uwil-koa noa, 'in order that he mii^ht die.'

Tetti bea-kiiu-koa noa, 'lest he should die.'

Tetti 1 a-niiu noa ba, 'when he dies,' 'if he should die.

Tetti bai-ga noa, ' he had almost died.'

Tetti ba-pa noa, 'had he died,' 'if he had died.'

Imperative Mood.

Tetti ba-uwa, 'proceed to die' (optatively). Tetti buLi-billa bon, ' permitjiim to die.' Tetti bea-ka, ' die again.'

��PARTICLES used instead of the VERB *T0 BE.'

1. The verb, with a substantive attribute : t a, 'i t is' ; t a r a r a n,
 * it is not.'

2. The verb, ivith an adjective attribute: lag, 'it is'; kora lag, 'it is not.'

8. The verb, ivith a personal attribute: (1) bo, is 'self; (2) g a I i, ' this ' is the agent who.

JElxampl.es of 1,2, and 3 : —

Unnibo bag, 'this is I' (the subject of the verb); gatoa bo unni, 'this is I myself (the personal agent), who'. . ; nnni ta, 'this is' (the subject); unnibo t a, ' this is itself ' (the subject) ; gali noa w i y a, ' this is he who spoke.'

P u 1 1 i, ' salt ' (a subsf.) ; p u 1 1 i t a, ' it is salt ' (a subsf.) ; p u 1 1 i lag. ' it is salt ' (an adj.) ; pulli kora lag, ' it is not salt ' (an adj.) ;tarar an* pulli korien, ' it is not salt ' (a subsf.)

omitted.
 * There are two negatives here, as usual, but the former of them may be

4. The verb, icith an attribute of manner : yanti, 'it is so'; yantibo ta, ' it is so itself ; imperative: yanoa, 'let be as it is' ; y a-ai (used negatively), 'let it not be so.'

Example : —

T a a i, b u n k i y i k o r a, ' let it not be so, strike not.'

5. The verb, expressing tendency: wal, 'is,' 'shall,' 'will* (denoting tendency of the mind or thing); imperative : wiya,
 * say,' ' declare what you wish.'

Examples : —

Tiir wal unni, 'this is broken'; wiya, unni mur- r a r ag, ^ say, is this good ? '

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