English-Bisaya Grammar Part 14

IMPERATIVE.

Choose. Magpili ca.

Let him choose. Magpili sia.

Choose. Magpili camo.

Let them choose. Magpili sila.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD--PRESENT.

That I may choose or not. Magpili aco unta, ug dili.

That thou mayest choose. Nga magpili ca.

That he may choose. Apat sia magpili.

That we may choose. Nga quita magpili.

That you may choose. Nga camo unta magpili.

That they may choose. Nga sila unta magpili.

IMPERFECT PRETERIT,

That I might choose. Ug aco pay magapili.

That thou mightest choose. Ug icao unta magapili.

That he might choose. Ug magapili pa lamang sia.

That we might choose. Ug magpili pa quita.

That you might choose. Ug camo untay magapili.

That they might choose. Ug sila pa lamang magpili.

PERFECT PRETERIT.

That I may have chosen, or not Nga nagpili aco unta, cun uala.

That thou mayest have chosen. Nga nagpili ca na unta.

That he may have chosen. Nga siay nagpili.

That we may have chosen. Nagpili quita (or came) unta.

That you may have chosen. Nga nagpili camo.

That they may have chosen. Nga nagpili sila.

PLUPERFECT.

If I might have chosen. Cun aco pay nacagpili.

If thou mightest have chosen. Cun icao diay nacagpili.

If he might have chosen. Cun nacagpili pa unta sia.

If we might have chosen. Cun nacagpili unta quita.

If you might hare chosen. Cun nacagpili unta camo.

If they might have chosen. Cun sila diay nacagpili.

IMPERFECT FUTURE.

If I shall or will choose. Ug dao aco ang magapili.

If thou shalt choose. Ug dao magapili ca.

If he shall choose. Ug dao sia magapili.

If we shall choose. Ug dao magapili quita.

If you shall choose. Ug dao camo magapili.

If they shall choose. Ug dao sila ang magapili.

PERFECT FUTURE.

If I shall or will have chosen. Cun dao nagpili aco ogaling.

If thou shalt &. Cun icao ogaling nagpili na.

If he shall &. Cun sia ogaling nagpili na.

If we shall &. Cun came ogaling nagpili na.

If you shall &. Cun camo na ogaling nagpili.

If they shall & have chosen. Cun dao sila na ogaling nagpili.

Rem. It must be observed that the adverbs and conjunctions we have made use of in subjunctive mood, are not characteristic signs of this mood, and very often we speak in subjunctive without them.

Although the pa.s.sive voice is the most usual in the Bisaya Dialect, the active sentences have however a very important place at the conversation, and therefore it is necessary to know, that when the speech begins by a nominative agent, express or tacite, the sentence is active. The same must be said when the sentence is about an indeterminate thing, when exclamatory, interrogative or emphatical, and when points out a part of a whole, Ex:

You shall hear ma.s.s now. Icao musingba caron.

Who does observe G.o.d's Ang macatuman sa mga sugo sa Dios, commandments, will obtain the macadangat sa paghimaya nga dayon everlasting life. sa Langit.

Which of you will accompany me? Quinsa ba canino ang muuban canaco?

Will you sew the s.h.i.+rt? Magatahi ca ba sa sinina?

I will not sew it, but my sister. Dili aco magatahi, cun dili ang igso-on co nga babaye.

Who will read this letter? Quinsa ba ang magabasa niining sulat?

Look for a child from the school. Mangita ca ug usa ca bata sa escuelahan.

If I know how to read or not what Cun mahibalo aco magbasa cun dili does it concern you? ba onsay labut mo niana?

Exercise X.

Can you walk, and do you not can go to Church?--I am not able to go the Church, because I am sick--Will you can endure it?--Do not pretend to be a learned man, because your own wit avails but little--Do you wish to work?--I wish to work and they let me not--Where is your wife?--I do not know--When did you see her?--I saw her at seven o'clock in the morning--Whom are you speaking to? I am speaking to my sister--Do you speak to her every day?--What does this man spend his time in?--He is a good for nothing fellow; he spends his time in drinking and playing--Who are the men that have just arrived?--They are Russians--Is your father arrived at last?--Every body says that he is arrived but I have not seen him yet--Has the Physician hurt your son?--He has hurt him. for he has cut his finger.