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 = EXERCISE 21 =

Give four dollars to this poor boy. Please excuse the liberty which I take. Please visit us in our new house. Please answer this letter soon. Kill that snake! Remain in the house. Please mail me three copies of your new book. Accept my cordial salutations. Let each boy take his book and read.

Givol&ouml;d bodi mane p&ouml;fik. K&ouml;mols&ouml;s al visit&ouml;n obis in dom obas nulik. Sekusadol&ouml;s obe no egep&uuml;k&ouml;n penede olik sunumo. Golol&ouml;z se dom! Potol&ouml;s obe samadis fol v&ouml;dasbuka nelijik. Pul alik sumom&ouml;d peni okik e penom&ouml;d. Blibol&ouml;s in gad. = Conditional, Conjunctiv, and Potential =

THE CONDITIONAL AND CONJUNCTIV
The conditional mood expresses something not as actually occurring, but as what would be, under a certain supposition. The conjunctiv is the mood, which expresses this supposition, preceded by if, if.

These two moods are formed by adding to the p&auml;t&uuml;p or pit&uuml;p the endings -&ouml;v and -la. The latter is written with a hyphen and the accent remains on the preceding syllable.

If &auml;binob-la liegik, &auml;binob&ouml;v givik, if I were rich I would be generous.

Ibinom&ouml;v givik, if ibinom-la liegik, he would have been generous if he had been rich.

THE POTENTIAL
A form seldom used, but mentioned by Schleyer, has the ending -&ouml;x, and the meaning might possibly.

Pelom&ouml;x, he might possibly pay.