The impersonal expression—There—To be.
Duna
INDICATIVE MOOD—PRESENT TENSE.
| Is there a man in the street? | ¿Duna bay usá 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 town, but there was not money. | Cahapon dunay bugás sa longsod, apan ualay salapi. |
| The last month there was rice. | Sa bulan nga miagui, dunay bugás. |
| If there were rice, there would be not hunger at the province. | Cun dunay bugás unta, uala unta 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.