Exercise VII.
You speak as much as I—They have not so many toys as books—Have you as many books as I?—I have fewer than you—Has our friend as many birds as chickens?—He has more of the former than of the latter—Are we right in speaking?—You are not wrong in speaking, but you are wrong in cutting my trees—Have you time to work?—1 have time, but not mind to work—Have you still a mind to buy any thing?—Yes, I have a mind to buy one more horse—Have you as much good as bad paper?—I have as much of the one as of the other—Have our neighbours as much honey as sugar?—They have more honey than sugar—Have your sons as many slippers as shirts?—They have more of the latter than of the former—I have a favour to beg of you.
Eighth Lesson
The verb.
The verb is the most important part of all languages, and also the most difficult. By this reason, to speak with somewhat perfection the Bisaya dialect, it is necessary a perfect acquaintance with it. The Bisaya dialect has not verbs, and they must be formed by adding to the roots particles, which shall be placed either before of after, as we shall explain.
In Bisaya the verbs is divided into substantive, adjective, passive, neuter, reciprocal and reflexive.
Of the substantive verb TO BE—MAO, MAN.
The verb TO BE and its like TO HAVE, are irregulars in their conjugation, and to form their sentences, it is necessary to use a very new form. They are expressed by means of particles, adverbs, conjunctions, and sometimes by means of the employment of both nominative and genitive cases.
Conjugation of the verb TO BE—Mao, Man.
Indicative mood—Present Tense.
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | ||
| I am. | Acó mao, man. | We are. | Camé, quitá mao,man. |
| Thou art. | Icao mao, man. | You are. | Camó mao,man. |
| He is. | Sia mao, man. | They are. | Sila mao,man. |
Rem. The particle man, is euphonic, when the sentences are not of the verb TO BE, ex;
| Did you go to Spain? | Nacaadto ca ba sa España? |
| I did not. | Uala man acó umadto. |
PAST TENSE.
| I was good when I was younger. | Maayo man acó sa bata pa acó. |
| I was rich the last year. | Salapian man acó sa tuig nga miagui. |
FUTURE
| I shall or will be serious. | Buutan man acó. |
IMPERATIVE.
| Be serious. | Magbuutan ca. |
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
| It is necessary you be saint. | Quinahanglan nga masantos ca. |
CONDITIONAL FUTURE.
| If I were humble, I should be saint. | Cun mapaubsanon acó unta, masantos unta. |
INDEFINITE FUTURE.
| I would be saint, if I fulfilled God's law. | Santos man acó unta cun macatuman unta acó sa mga sugo sa Dios. |
Rem. l.a It will be observed by the preceding conjugation, that the particle Mao—To be, is used but in the present tense of indicative mood.
2.a The particle Man—To be, does not point out by itself the tense, but it does the determining, may it be a noun or a whole sentence.
3.a To point out the subjunctive mood is used unta, when the sentences are obtative, in another cases are employed cun, ug, or pa.
4.a As auxiliaries of the verb Man, are employed the article ang before or after the noun, or the particle Y after the subjective case.
5.a The same must be said of the particle Nay. Are formed also sentences of the verb Man, by placing the attribute, before the subject it refers to.
6.a With pagca or mag, before the adjective are formed also these kind of sentences.
A few examples may elucidate these remarks:
| The priest is God's succeeder, and also the Father of the souls. | Ang Pare mao ang ilis sa Dios, ug mao man usab, ang amahan sa mga calág. |
| The flowers are pretty. | Manindut man ang mga bulac. |
| I will make it. | Acoy magabuhat. |
| Who will be my comforter? | ¿Quinsa nay macalipay canaco? |
| What a beautiful effigy! | ¡Pagca maanindut nga laraoan! |
| What does concern you, about my good or bad behaviour? | ¿Onsay labut mo, cun maayo ba acó, cun dili ba? |
| Behave well at teacher's house. | Magbuutan ca bayá sa balay sa magtoto-on. |
| How? is ill my behave? | Diay? ¿dautan ba acó? |
| God is the Almighty. | Ang Dios maoy macagagahum sa ngatanan. |
| I am who shall go. | Acoy moadto didto. |
| Good should be. | Maayo unta. |
| A moment. | Cariot da. |
| Are you a chattering fellow? | ¿Hinultihon ca ba? |
| What countryman is he? | ¿Tagadi-in ba sia? |
| God is every where. | Ang Dios ana-a sa bisan di-in. |