A grammar of the Malayan language, with an introduction and praxis..

MALAYAN LANGUAGE. 83
lec-tus (for leg-tus), fac-tus, audi-tus." Though usually applied to the
simple form of the verb, it is sometimes found united, in the same
derivative word with ^ per (which will presently be ex2-)lained) and the
intensitive A lah. When preceding^ /;£/•, the^ r of the former of the
ti^'o particles is dropped, euphoniae gratia, as jjLy; te-per-sayung com-
passionated, ^\ i^\p ^U «_> (_^U dJ pada masa lang mana tc-per-anak-
lah iya at the time when he %vas born.
Wlien the passive participle is followed by the directive ^^ ulih by
or through, the sense becomes active, as ^^^1 ci-^y CX* maka ter-Uat
aiih-yiia now there was seen by him, or, he saw.
J per is prefixed to verbs transitive, and when employed in the forma-
tion of verbal nouns, denotes an active sense. In the former situation it
appears to express a continuity of the action, and sometimes an intensity,
but its specific use is not very obvious, and it seems to be rather con-
ducive to the elegance than essential to the meaning of the words, as in
the following examples : ^y^js^^^J >^ {j^^ hfjr^ mantri sakali-an de
per-jamn-jai7iu-nia he feasted all the ministers of state ; jJ,o ^.•.'X;\:ij^ j
^1; M^ cy^j-j de per-ganti-gantt-nia deri-pada stiatu ka-pada lain handed
it back and forward from the one to the other ; ^'p> ^_/J,lJ/ i^lj ^j-^ J JJ^ andak de pe-serta-kan dmfgaji nlat (the
action) ought to be accompanied with intention ; ^a,1jwo ,>jii^/ J ij'