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Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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_sae_, _saea_, that (of quotation); _uri_, _urina_, thus; _e uta_
how? _gele_ somewhat; _asia_ completely, too much; _saumala_
granted that; _falaete, mamaloni_, only; _ooni_ merely; _talai_ for
no reason; _tefou_ together; _afui_ altogether (precedes verb);
_boro_, _oto_, _otomone_, _tamone_, _bota ana_, perhaps; _mone_
gives life, _ba_ gives force, to the narrative; _ba_ also explains
and makes the diction less abrupt; _tasa_, _tasaana_, too much;
_faoroa_ often.


PREPOSITIONS.

1. Simple prepositions.

Locative, _i_.
Motion to, _fua_, _isuli_, _suli_.
Motion from, _fasi_, _ita_.
Causation, _fafi_.
Position, _fonosi_.

Dative, _fua_.
Instrumental, _ana_, _ani_.
Relation, _ana_, _ani_, _fai_, _sai_, _usi_.
Gentive, _ni_, _i_.

The locative _i_ is seen in _ifai_ where; it is also largely used
with adverbs of place and time and it precedes every name of place.
With the exception of the locative, the instrumental, the genitive,
and also _ana_, _ita_, _usi_, all the foregoing prepositions are
used with a suffixed pronoun; _ita_ is used with the possessive.
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