Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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them, _fonosi taa_ to meet what? for what purpose? Certain verbs are
used as prepositions: _maasi_ to await, _garangi_ to be near. CONJUNCTIONS. Copulative, _ma_. Adversative, _ta_, _ma ta_ Connective, _ta_. Disjunctive, _langi_, _langi fa_, _ma langi_, _ma ka langi_. Conditional, _ana_, _ma ana_, _saea_. Illative, _fi fe_. A mark of quotation is _saea_, _uri_. Neither, nor, is expressed by a negative followed by _ma_. Until is _dao ana_, _lea dao ana_. NUMERALS. The numerical system is decimal. All numbers over the tens are expressed in tens. 1. Cardinals. 1. _eta_, _ta_, _te_. 2. _e rua_, _ro_. 3. _e olu_. 4. _e fai_. 5. _e lima_. 6. _e ono_. |
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