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to do good actions ; 7iimo nauoputo no erudomoti, we assemble to pray ; 

 nitnoihina girop omiei no uha tanar eberiti^ abide in our hearts to take 

 away bad deeds. 



(c) Besiderative. A wish is expressed by diriuo. Mo diriuo 

 emopuU roro gem tusi, I wish to read your good book ; nimo diriuo 

 higiro, we wish to live. 



The negative is diriuotato, or pai diriuo. lesu pai diriuo nimo no 

 oriai, Jesus does not wish us to die. 



{d) Potential. A kind of potential is expressed as in Miriam by 

 the word umoro, to know how ; in the negative, timorotato. lesu 

 umorotato tamai airogu goina dirimorogaut, Jesus could not openly walk 

 about that country ; 7no umorotato, I cannot. 



{e) Subjunctive and Conditional. These are indicated only by the 

 conjunctions. 



5. Time: 



In Savage's MS., and in the text, the verbs undergo no change to 

 indicate Tense. MacGregof gives the verbs go, give, eat, and preach, 

 in Present, Past, and Future. An analysis of his examples shows as 

 follows : — 



(«) The Present is the simplest form of the verb. Oosa, give ; ogu, 

 go ; iriso, eat ; totomo auera, preach. 



(J) The Past has the prefix n-, in all persons and numbers : — 

 Mou duduata nogu, Nimo duduata nogu, I, we went. 



Rou duduata nogu, Nigo duduata nogu, Thou, you went. 



Nou duduata nogu, JVei duduata yiogu, He, they went. 



Moro gido suhuba tao noosa, I gave you tobacco. 



Roro nori tao niriso, Thou atest sweet potatoes. 



Moro totoma tao nauera, I preached. 



In these examples duduata is a noun " yesterday," and tao a verb 

 '' finish." 



(c) The Perfect is shown by the verb tao. Savage uses tau to 

 form a past, and also as a separate verb, " to finish." HacGrregor has 

 tao with all the examples of oosa, 7ioosa, in the past. Hou gido sukuba 

 tao noosa, he gave you tobacco, etc., and also with the verbs " to eat, 

 preach." See examples above. 



The text has : Nou tau ogu, he has come ; goi7ia tau iporigai, that 

 is finished ; nou tau edea nouna numabu, he has put down his things. 



{d) The Future is shown in MacGrregor's examples by the suflix -ri. 



