Notes on Dependent Clauses.
1. A final proposition with the future is expressed in four ways.
a. By the infinitive preceding the verb which it governs: na nul’ em’ arim’ an gatsi, I will go to see thy village, lit, I thy village to-see will-go.
b. By the simple future preceded by the verb: na songe, Tsekari aritsi, I go, I shall see Tseka.
c. By the future preceding the verb: ake Mambutsi itatsi m’ ando, the men remain to sleep at Mambo.
d. By the suffix -du(le]: Pe’ Egidi yol’ itadul andemai, puatsitatsi, If Père Egidi stays to sleep up there, he will fire a gun; ake Baidane (gatsi) ame boladu, the men will go to Baidane to leave the girl; muto yetadu, Labao gatsi; I will go to Yule Is to take the sheep, (muto, Fr. mouton). The use of the verb “to go” is not certain.
2. A dependent sentence with the past is expressed in two ways.
a. By the simple past: na so, fang’ an, I went to see the trap.
b. By the suffix -ua, with the omission of the verb: Tsekan’ alilua, I went to see Tseka, which might also be translated: na sova, Tsekan’ ari.
3. Causative sentences appear to be governed by the same rules as the preceding.
Ex. ame nu arim’ undede, the girl is afraid to see you; andal’ un’ arim’ ete, what has he seen to talk about.
4. Conditional sentences precede the principal and have their verb in the subjunctive with the conjunction -mai or -tamai. (See p. 330, III.).
5. A dependent sentence expressing time also precedes the principal sentence. It has its verb in the subjunctive or indicative, followed by the conjunction -ta or sometimes -tamai. (See p. 330, III.).