_fioli_, flute, _fioliete_, to play the flute. _yuve_, water, _yuv' elele_, to bathe. _ule_, thunder, _ulonete_, to thunder. _ivule_, dye, _ivul' elele_, to paint one's self. _andavale_, crying, _andav' ete_, to weep. _bule_, earth, _bul' elele_, to cultivate.
3. The Tenses, etc., of these verbs are found as follows:
Pres. indic. ete or tede. elele. Imperative. ta. elau, ele, e. Past indic. te(ne). elame. Subjunctive. to(me), to(le). elo(me), elo(le). Past indic. ta(me). elene. Infinitive. ta(me). ela(me). Future indic. tatsi(me). elatsi(me). Verbal adj. tond(ana). ?
4. The negative is formed regularly by _mi_.
Ex. _nani yu mi elatsi_, I shall not bathe; _degu mi e_, don't get dirty.
Pres. or past, _tena?_ or _tama? elena?_ or _elama?_ Fut. _toma?_ and _tola? eloma?_ and _elola?_
6. The auxiliaries _ete, tede, elele_, should be distinguished from the regular verb, _tede_ or _ta_, to make. The latter is a distinct verb used when the result of the action is to produce a new thing.
Ex. _Sambari tatsi_, will make a wall; _ombo tatsi_, will make a sieve.
7. The verbs _elele_ and _angege_, both meaning "to become," may be regarded as auxiliary verbs when they are used with adjectives, often taking the place of a substantive verb. In this use _elele_ is never, and _angege_ very rarely used in the past tense, the particle _ga_ taking their place.
Both are regular except in the imperative, which has respectively _ela_ and _elau_, _ange_ and _angau_.
Ex. _Ifan' eloma?_ will he become handsome? _ifa mi elatsi?_ he will not be handsome? _indi g' ifa_, the knife is good; _yuv' uan angatsi_, the water will cease (become nothing); _mel g' us' anga_, or _me g' use_, the child is dead.
1. The suffix _-i_, added to a noun stem, forms generally a neuter verb.
Ex. _abe_, work, _abi_, to work; _iso_(_ne_), smoke, _isoni_, to give forth smoke; _kese_, a clean vegetable, _kesi_, to clean vegetables.
2. The suffix _-tede_, added to a noun stem, forms usually an active verb.
Ex. _foye_, ashes, _foitede_, to cook in ashes; _gurube_, neck, _gurutede_, to hang at the neck.
3. The suffix of manner defining the verb, is formed by adding the adjective with the final syllable changed to _-i_.
Note (1). The suffix of manner is always added to the infinitive form of the preceding verb.