Verbs.
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Table of the chief characters of the subject of a Relative Verb.
1. (As in English) the nominative case of an active verb is its agent, and that of a passive verb its direct object.
2. The Nominative may have any of the following degrees of relation:—
(a) Direct object considered partitively.
(b) Indirect object (i.e. one which would be preceded by the preposition amy if it followed a verb, whether active or passive).
| (c) | An adjunct of | time (point, duration, or repetition). |
| ...... | place (in, towards, or from). | |
| ...... | mode (manner, or measure). | |
| ...... | cause (cause, or occasion; reason; means, or instrument; price). |
Tenses of Verbs.
The indicative mood alone has any tenses; these tenses are the three simple tenses—present, past, and future. As with Malagasy adjectives, so with the tenses of Malagasy verbs, n is the sign of the past, and h of the future.
