English-Bisaya Grammar Part 13

The impersonal expression--There--To be.

Duna

INDICATIVE MOOD--PRESENT TENSE.

Is there a man in the street? Duna bay usa ca taoo sa dalan?

There are twenty. Duna man caluha-an.

There is no body in the street. Ualay taoo sa dalan.

There was rice yesterday at the Cahapon dunay bugas sa longsod, town, but there was not money. apan ualay salapi.

The last month there was rice. Sa bulan nga miagui, dunay bugas.

If there were rice, there would be Cun dunay bugas unta, uala unta not hunger at the province. ug gutum sa provincia.

Exercise IX.

When does your father intend to depart?--He intends to depart to day--At what o'clock?--At four o'clock--Where is he going?--He goes to Madrid--Does the butcher kill oxen?--He kills sheep instead of killing oxen--Do you always take off your hat, when you speak to my father?--I always take it off--What do you take in the morning, tea or coffee?--I take coffee--Do you take coffee every morning?--I take coffee every morning and every evening--What does your father take?--He drinks chocolate--How far did the children go this morning?--As far as their cousin's--Has any one stolen any thing from you?--Some one has stolen a fine horse from me.

TENTH LESSON

THE ADJECTIVE VERBS.

The verbs, as we have said, are formed by means of roots and particles equivalents to the four tenses, Present, Past, Future and Imperative of the Bisaya conjugation. The other tenses are formed with the particles of the four primitives, as we shall see in the conjugation.

The particles we refer to, are Naga and its compounds: Nagaca, Nagapa, Nagapaca, Naca, mi, and many others we shall use at their place.

In order to aid the scholars in the knowledge and formation of the tenses, we shall conjugate here a verb in active voice, by means of the particle Naga, which is the most common.

The pupils shall not lose of sight, that, in this dialect all the last syllables are like, being only changed the persons.

To Choose--PAGPILI.

Infinitive. To choose. Pagpili.

Gerund. Choosing. Sa pagpili.

Past participle. Chosen. Pinili.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

PRESENT TENSE.

I choose. Aco nagapili.

Thou choosest. Icao nagapili.

He (she) chooses. Sia nagapili.

We choose. Came (or quita) nagapili.

You choose. Camo nagapili.

They choose. Sila nagapili.

IMPERFECT PRETERIT.

I chose. (when) Nagapili aco, (sa) Thou chosest, &. Nagapili ca, (sa)

PAST PERFECT.

I have chosen. Nagpili aco.

Thou hast chosen. Nagpili ca

PLUPERFECT.

I had chosen. Nagpili na aco.

Thou hadst chosen. Human na icao nagpili.

He had chosen. Ubus na sia nagpili.

IMPERFECT FUTURE.

I shall or will choose. Aco magapili.

Thou shalt or wilt choose. Icao magapili.

PERFECT FUTURE.

I shall have chosen. Nagpili na caha aco.

Thou shalt have chosen. Nagpili ca na caha