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Na is the sign of the future. Tia na u'fia, I will sew it. 



Km/it, is used where in English we should employ the words " going to," or " about to.'' 

 Tin kmiii iri in, I am going to sew it. Kana uti te auti, the Pleiades will soon rise. 



]\<iiti, !iiiiini, bam-ganat, if, are prefixed to verbs to form the conditional mood, in 

 which case they t;ike the place of the preceding particles, as, kanai ko poai, tia kaind- 

 tego, if thou strike me, I will kill thee; bain-ganai ko poai r/kdn, ko mate, if thou hadst 

 struck me then, thou wert dead. 



Ina, that, in order to, designates the subjunctive or infinitive mood, as, -gkam kamd- 

 niijini iiin, Lu/iKiteai, ye are deceiving me that ye may kill me (or in order to kill). 

 Nayinoko ot. inn, kabirago, I am coming to oil thee. After ko this particle becomes na, 

 as, mai, ko na mo, come that thou inayest drink. Ina, is used in asking permission, as, 

 inn ilium, may 1 drink? 



Ka, prefixed to a verb, gives it a causative sense, as, mate, to die ; hamate, to cause 

 to die, to kill ; baka, to fall, kabaka, to cause to fall, to throw down. 



The reflective and reciprocal forms are made by simply affixing to the verb the 

 objective pronouns of the same person with the nominative, as, tia kamateai, I kill 

 myself; ko kapfgo, thou tiest thyself. Flkam iakaigami erumi, ye love one another 

 among yourselves (the preposition ru being necessary to distinguish the reciprocal from 

 the reflective). 



The imperative is the verb in its simplest form, as, noko, go ! weia, sew it ! 



The passive participle is formed by suffixing ak or '& (perhaps aki) to the verb, as, 

 karupa, to hide ; karapdk (or karapaak), hidden ; po, to strike, poak, struck. 



The following paradigm will show the manner in which these particles, and the pro- 

 nominal affixes, are united to the verb. 



Baka, to fall. 



tia baka yai, I fall 

 ko baka, thou fallest 

 e baka teua, he falls 

 tia baka yaira, we fall 

 ykam baka, ye fall 

 e baka wdkaki, they fall 



ia tian baka, I have fallen 



ko tian baka, thou hast fallen 



e tian baka teua, he has fallen 



ia tian baka yaira, we have fallen 



ykam tian baka, ye have fallen 



e tian baka wakaki, they have fallen 



tia na baka, I shall fall 



ko na baka, thou wilt fall 



e na baka teua, he will fall, &c. 



tia kana baka, I am about to fall 



ko kana baka, thou art about to fall 



e kana baka teua, he is going to fall, &c. 



kanai tia baka, if I fall 

 kanai ko baka, if thou fall, &c. 



ina baka -gai, that I may fall 



i?ia baka u-gs.de, or ) 



> that thou mayest fall 

 ko na baka, 



ina baka teua, that he may fall. 

 Kabaka, to cause to fall, to throw down. 



tia kabdkaai (or kabdkdi) I cause myself 



to fall 



tia kabdkago, I cause thee to fall 

 tia kabdkaia, I cause him to fall 

 tia kabdkaara, I cause us to fall 

 tia kabdkagami, I cause you to fall 

 tia kabakaia wakaki, I cause them to fall 

 ko ka/>akaai, thou causest me to fall 

 ko kabakago, thou causest thyself, &c. 

 e kabakaai teua, he causes me to fall 

 e kabakago teua, he causes thee to fall 

 tia kabakaai yaira, we cause me to fall 

 tia kabakako yaira, we cause thee to fall 



