Ana also denotes at, in, place where, among: luma ana foaa (luma ni foaa) a house of prayer, kakao ana ano an earthen vessel, nia liu ana ta maaedangi he went on a certain day, tani ai ana aigi some of the people, nia saea ana satana he called him by his name, o ngalia ana ati from whom did you get it? lea ana fera to go into the country. Ani is used as meaning in, e langi ani nau there is nothing in me, gera ote gera ani nau they will have nothing to do with me.
Fai means with: faioe with thee, qaimani fai to help, oko gaimani fainau you help me. The genitive ni may be added, lea fainia go with him; fainia moreover, and.
Sia means at, at home, and always has the suffixed pronoun. By the ordinary Melanesian idiom place at comes to be used of motion to: siagamelu chez nous, siena ere beside the fire, lea mai siegu come here to me. Usi means over, on behalf of, for: gera ngisu usia they spat on him, na captain usia na too a captain over the people, na taba olisia usia na aigi a redemption for the people.
The genitives have been dealt with under nouns: i is in most general use, both are used to express purpose, and ni also denotes for, belonging to: fasia muka manata ni bae uri think not to say thus, gera mou ni oli they feared to return, ka ote nia ni rosuli he is tired of obeying.
2. Compound prepositions.
Some of these are nouns used with the locative; the pronoun is suffixed as the actual object or as the anticipatory object when a noun follows: i fafo above, i fara beneath, i lao within. The locative need not be used with lao: lao rodo in the night, lao tala in the path, lao salo in the sky. Some are constructed from verbal nouns to which the suffixed pronoun is always added: fonosia in front of him, nia initoo fonosi gera he ruled over them, fonosi taa to meet what? for what purpose? Certain verbs are used as prepositions: maasi to await, garangi to be near.
CONJUNCTIONS.
Copulative, ma.
Adversative, ta, ma ta
Connective, ta.
Disjunctive, langi, langi fa, ma langi, ma ka langi.
Conditional, ana, ma ana, saea.
Illative, fi fe.
A mark of quotation is saea, uri. Neither, nor, is expressed by a negative followed by ma. Until is dao ana, lea dao ana.