34 KTTMOLOGY AND SYNTAX. 



Negative. 



emi 6 (or ko) ri, I do or did not see. 

 emi ki ii-i, I do not see. 



Interrogative. 



emi li bi ? ] 



emi ni ri bi ? \do or did I see ? 



emi \\ o ri bi ? ) 



Negative Interrogative. 



emi ko ri or 6 (ri) bi? ) , ,.77- « 



emirik6? \ do ov did I m)t see ? 



emi ki iri bi, do I not see? 



PASSIVK. 



Affirmative. 



ii ri mi, ) ^ ^ 



emi li ii ri I V *^^ *^^' ^''''^ ^'^ — ^'"' *^''' '^'^'^^ ^^^'^^" 



emi ^e riri, ] ^ 



ririliemi, | ^ ^^ or «;a.9 ^^m. 



Negative. 



A kd (or 6) ri mi, they do or c?2'(^ not see me — I am or xoas not seen. 

 emi ko (or 6) se riri, I am or ?i;a* ?w^ ^e^.. 



Interrogative. 



k ri mi bi ? 



-am or wa^s I seen? 



emi li A ri bi ? 

 emi ^e riri bi ? 

 riri li emi bi? 



Negative Interrogative. 



d ko (or 6) ri mi bi ? ] 



emi ko (or 6) ^e riri bi ? >• am or wa,9 / not seen ? 



riri ko li emi bi ? ) 



Eemarks. 



§ 153. On the various forms of the aorist perfect we may observe : 



1. That the simple form, as, emi ri, I see or sa/w, is wholly ambiguous as regards 

 time, it being used either in a present or past sense. 



2. The form with ' ni ' may be used with a past signification ; but it naturally 

 suggests the idea of present time, and will probably become a definite present 

 tense. 



3. The form with ' li o ' seems to have more of the past signification ; but it can- 



