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 (b) Possessive pronouns are formed by the addition of the adjective ending “a;” thus mi, me–mia, mine; vi, you–via, yours; li, he–lia, his.

All pronouns are declined like snbstantives; thus, mi, I–min, me; li, he–lin, him, etc.

6. The verb remains unchangenble in person and number, only changing for tense; thus, mi far-as, I do; ni far-as, we do; la patr-o far-as, the father does.

The verb takes the following forms: (1) The Present ends in as: mi far-as, I do. (2) The Past ends in is: mi far-tis, I did or have done. (3) The Future ends in os: mi far-os. I shall do. (4) The Conditional ends in us: li far-us, he should do. (5) The Imperative ends in u: far-u, do; ni far-u, let us do. (6) The Infinitive ends in i: far-i, to do. Participles are as follows:

(a) Active form. (7) Present ends in ante: far-ante, doing. (8) Past ends in int: far-int-a, having done. (9) Future ends in ont: far-ont-a, he who shall do. (b) Passive form. (10) Present ends in at-a: far-at-a, that which is done. (11) Past ends in it-a: far-it-a, that which has been done. (12) Future ends in ot-a: far-ot-a, that which shall be done. The passive forms of the verb are composed of the verb “to be” (“est”) and the present passive participle, followed by the preposition “de;” thus, li est-as am-at-a de chiu-j, he is loved by all.

7. Adverbs terminate in “e” and are compared with “pli” and “plej,” the same as adjectives. For example, mi-a frat-o kant-as pli bon-e ol mi, my brother sings better than I.

8. All prepositions govern the nominative case.