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, and is rarely absent in the positive form of the verb. But it may be used also with the present and future. With the present it seems to indicate reference to a preceding action in the sense of "being on the point of," "ready to." With the future it has almost the sense of "go." Ex. _Ake ga nembe na,_ the men have eaten the bird; _amu g'anga_ the women are gone; _naga bulitsi gatsi,_ I am going to go away to the garden; _naga sue,_ I am going away. Note (1). _Ga_ always immediately follows the subject, except with the past of the verb _ange(ge),_ to go, which always has _g'anga._ (2). When the subject is not a pronoun, the pronoun of the 3rd pers. sing. is often expressed. (3). _Ga_ never appears to be used in a negative expression. Ex. _Naga ipitsial' uruv' ema,_ I have killed with the gun a toucan; _mel ul' etsi g'anga,_ the child to his village has gone; _Okom' ug' nemb' ema,_ Okome has killed a bird; _ake kupa me na,_ the men have not eaten the potatoes. III. Person and Number. These are not expressed by the verb in Fuyuge. IV. Tense and Mode. 1. There are three principal tenses, present, past and future. The present is found in the indicative and imperative modes, the past in the indicative only, and the future in the indicative and subjunctive. Besides these, there is a method of expressing the infinitive, a passive participle, and two forms of verbal adjectives. 2. _Paradigm of tenses and modes._ ememe, umbubi, isiei, pierce wash follow Indicative present ememe umbubi isiei Indicative past (1) ema(me) umbubi(ne) isia Indicative past (2) emo(ne) Indicative future ematsi(me) umbubitsi(me) isiatsi Imperative (1) ema umbubi isia Imperative (2) emau umbubu Subjunctive (1) emo(le) umbubi(ne) isio(me) Subjunctive (2) emo(me) Infinitive ema(me) umbubi(me) isie(me) Past participle emam(ane) umbubim(ane) Verbal adjective (1) emabul(ane) umbubibul(ane) Verbal adjective (2) ememond(ana) If the Imperative be regarded as the stem, there appear to be three Conjugations, but Dr. Strong gives four based on past tense, thus: i. Verbs with monosyllabic roots, 2. Verbs with roots in _a_, 3. Verbs with roots in _i_, 4. Verbs with roots in _e_.
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