2. By making use of a coordinate clause: igami ne too gera ada fuada na we are the people whom they have chosen.
POSSESSIVES.
Singular: (1) agu. (2) amu. (3) ana.
Plural:
Inclusive: (1) aga, agolu.
Exclusive: (1) agami, agamelu. (2) agamu, agamolu.
(3) agera, ada, adalu.
Dual:
Inclusive: (1) agoro.
Exclusive: (1) agamere. (2) agamoro. (3) adaro.
The possessive is used:
1. Of things to eat and drink: si fangala agu something for me to eat, o ngalia amu take it for your eating, si doo ana gera priest tafiligera food for the priests only.
When the sense relates to food in general and not to a particular meal the ordinary personal pronouns are employed as possessives: si doo ni gwou inau a drink for me.
2. As meaning, for me, for my part, etc., belonging to, at, with: geni agu a wife for me, nia lea ana he went his way, gu ka gele dau go agu if I but touch, fuana ngalia fera nia agolu to get his land for ourselves, si mamana nia ana power in himself, his power, si doo oro agu I have many things, e langi ana not in it, lost, nia soe agera he questioned them, soea satana ana a doo bago ask so-and-so his name, nia ledia tasi doo agu he asked me about something, ooganga agera their debt.
3. As the object of a neuter verb (i. e., a verb which does not take a transitive suffix): gera da qele ana they marvelled at him, gu ingo amu I beseech thee, dau agu touch me, bota ana blessed is he.