Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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These two words are used as signifying, any, some, other.
The noun _sai_ place, thing, has an indefinite use: _sai ai_ that which, what, _sai na_ that which, _ta sai ai_, one, another (of things), _sai oe_ your place, your duty, _tani oto ni sai ai_ some people. (The Rev. A. I. Hopkins states in a note that _sai_ in Lau is used of food only). RELATIVE PRONOUNS. There are no relative pronouns. Their place is supplied by various locutions. 1. By the suffixed pronoun: _inia nane gu bae kekerofana fasi uri_ this is he of whom I spoke. The addition of the demonstrative _ne, nena_, serves to make the meaning clearer: _inia nena ai garni mi maasia_ he is the person for whom we are waiting. 2. By making use of a coordinate clause: _igami ne too gera ada fuada na_ we are the people whom they have chosen. POSSESSIVES. Singular: (1) _agu_. (2) _amu_. (3) _ana_. Plural: Inclusive: (1) _aga_, _agolu_. Exclusive: (1) _agami_, _agamelu_. (2) _agamu_, _agamolu_. |
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