Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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(3) _agera_, _ada_, _adalu_.
Dual: Inclusive: (1) _agoro_. Exclusive: (1) _agamere_. (2) _agamoro_. (3) _adaro_. The possessive is used: 1. Of things to eat and drink: _si fangala agu_ something for me to eat, _o ngalia amu_ take it for your eating, _si doo ana gera priest tafiligera_ food for the priests only. When the sense relates to food in general and not to a particular meal the ordinary personal pronouns are employed as possessives: _si doo ni gwou inau_ a drink for me. 2. As meaning, for me, for my part, etc., belonging to, at, with: _geni agu_ a wife for me, _nia lea ana_ he went his way, _gu ka gele dau go agu_ if I but touch, _fuana ngalia fera nia agolu_ to get his land for ourselves, _si mamana nia ana_ power in himself, his power, _si doo oro agu_ I have many things, _e langi ana_ not in it, lost, _nia soe agera_ he questioned them, _soea satana ana a doo bago_ ask so-and-so his name, _nia ledia tasi doo agu_ he asked me about something, _ooganga agera_ their debt. 3. As the object of a neuter verb (i. e., a verb which does not take a transitive suffix): _gera da qele ana_ they marvelled at him, _gu ingo amu_ I beseech thee, _dau agu_ touch me, _bota ana_ blessed is he. |
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