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also ; chemmo, because ; mai, yes ; no, mu, no ; 

 ina-cai, moreover ; deuma, after that ; ula, to 

 the end that. It contains also many expletory 

 particles, as chi, ga, maga, pichita, Cachia, &c. 



The syntax differs not materially from the con- 

 struction of the European languages. The sub- 

 ject, whether active or passive, may be placed 

 either before or after the verb. Mi pent aculei, 

 your brother has not come, or aculei mi peni, are 

 used indifferent!}', as are pevin apo, I have seen 

 the governor, or apo pevin. The genetive, or at 

 least its article, is commonly placed before the 

 noun that governs it. The adjective is always 

 placed before its substantive. The articles are 

 sometimes omitted for the sake of brevity or ele- 

 gance, as millalonco, head of gold ; at other 

 times they are used instead of the substantive, as 

 Culumilla agai, the vassals of Columilla. 



The verb is frequently placed in the singular, 

 although its proper number is the dual, or plural^ 

 as is also common in the Greek in cases of neutral 

 nouns, as pu cona cupai, the soldiers have come. 

 The auxiliary added to the infinitive of other 

 verbs forms the gerund, as gumangei, he is 

 weeping. The same infinitive, by being placed 

 before the noun that governs it, makes a gerund 

 of the genetive ; as pin-aniu, it is the time of 

 speaking : but whenever it indicates motion it 

 admits the articles ni, men, or mo, as ni pagitum 



