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not clear. It often appears with adverbs. -Oo</o, doffoaitni, doguawii,. 

 yet, still, continually ; sopuimi, short ; taga/ra, taga/raimi, old ; tuturu, 

 tutiiruimi, all ; natura, naturaimi, another ; soho, small ; soptiimi, 

 short, low. 



5. There is a kind of adjectival suffix, ia, which gives the meaning 

 of "real, true, or very," when added to a noun. Oraduluia, real 

 or true God. 



§ V. — Verhs. 



1 . Most verbal roots commence with a vowel. When they do not 

 so commence, it is probable that a prefix is present or that the word is 

 a compound. 



2. Verbal Forms : 



(a) Causative. There is one example in the hymns of a causative 

 formed like the Miriam by means of the dative suffix. This is the 

 word erapo-ato, to make strong, from erapo, strong. 



(b) Negative. The JS'egative is indicated by the adverb pua, pai,. 

 or puai not, preceding the verb. Sai puai emereuti, sun does not 

 shine ; puai oroto, not cry ; pai ha/ramarago^ not scold ; nimo pai Tcorio, 

 we do not play. 



{c) Interrogative. This is shown only by the use of the Interroga- 

 tive pronouns or adverbs. 



{d) Quotations. The word gebo is the equivalent of the Miriam 

 hega, Saibai, Iceda. Nougido a/rago, gelo, mora diriuo, ro dodiai, said to 

 him, thus, my wish, thou (art) clean. 



((?) There is no substantive verb. 



3. There is very little data for the study of the moods and tenses 

 of the Daudai verb. MacGregor gives some forms for the Kiwai with 

 the remark that "the inflection of verbs is apparently complicated, and 

 is not mastered." A few notes are found in Savage's Vocabulary. 

 Others may be gathered from the text. All these show that the 

 verbal root is modified by prefixes and suffixes to express variations of 

 mood, time, and number. 



4. Mood : 



{a) Imperative. This does not appear to differ from the indicative. 

 Uaito dama/ri ! carefully consider ! Oguitogu ! go ! So also the prhiobi- 

 tive : Puai arago ata didiri ! don't tell any man ! Toretato ! fear not ! 



{h) Infinitive. The infinitive is shown by the word no preceding 

 the verb. Nou nimogido uarabai no geso tanar auagati^ he teaches us 



