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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