The Verb. 25 



but in Fa. the e is put immediately after the sign of the 

 preterite, ka (= ua, Hawaiian), and future, ga (= e, 

 Hawaiian), thus a ha e ban, I had gone, a ga e ban, I shall 

 have gone. For a pluperfect and future perfect formed by 

 the same verb substantive, § 4, /., put after a preterite and 

 future : see Uhlem. Syr. Gr., § G5, D.A., cf Mod. Syr., 

 Stoddart, p. 40. 



c. Future. 

 Mg. My. Fa. Sam. 



h akaii ga bo e, te 



de, di ga uo 



go Rarat. ka 



ka fo Fotuna ) 7 



ba mo Aniwa J 



Florida ^e Tah. e 



Fi. no, 



Mota te, Tan. te 



San Christ oval i 



1. na, see b. 1. 



2. te, see b. 2. 



3. h (for k), ka, ke, see b. 3. 



4. de, di, see b. 4. 



5. e, i, see b. 5. The Syr. verb substantive (§ 4 /.) before 

 the participle expressed the future. 



6. ka, ga, Fa., see § 3. 



7. Tno, bo, fo, see a. above. 



8. ba, mba (Mg. fa, miba) = ga, in 6. Compare Arb. fa, 

 which sometimes ''plays the role of a final conjunction." 



§ 7. The Moods. 

 The Imperative, or Permissive, Conjunctive and Infinitive. 



Mg. My. Fa. Sam. 



cf. ho and hi de ba ia e, ina e 



aoka (ior as, §4!,f.) ko, ki ia (for kia) 



bafo, kofo Rarat. ka 



Fi. me kia 



Mota si 

 Gaudalcanar ti 



1. ko, ki, ia, ka, kia, see a. 2. 



2. ba, me, see a. 3. 



3. ia e, ko fo, ba fo (contracted to bo), see for e and fo, 

 § 6, c. 



