If the root of the verb ends in _te_ this syllable is changed to _teô_ or _chô_ to form the future; e.g., _tate,uru_ will become _tateô_ or _tachô_ 'I shall build.'[77] If the root ends in _ji_ the future is formed by changing _ji_ to _jô_; e.g., _xenji_ becomes _xenjô_ 'I shall prepare, or brew, the medicine.' If the root ends in _xe_ [_xi_] it changes to _xô_; e.g., _xi_ becomes _xô_, and _maraxi_ becomes _maraxô_ 'I shall do.' If it ends in _ie_ it is changed to _io_ [_iô_]; e.g., _voxiie_ becomes _voxiio_ [_vaxiiô_] 'I shall teach.' The remaining roots ending in _e_ suffix the particles _ô_, _ôzu_, or _ôzuru_; e.g., _agueô_, _agueôzu_, or _agueôzuru_ 'I shall offer.' These endings are used for the first conjugation[78] even when the roots end in _i_; e.g., _deqiôzu_ 'I shall be finished.' The future is also formed by taking the syllable _nu_ from the negative present (see below) and putting in its place the particle _baia_. Thus, by taking _nu_ away from _aguenu_ and putting in its place _baia_, we obtain _aguebaia_ 'I will offer.' For _minu_ if you take away the _nu_ and put in its place _baia_ it will become _mibaia_ 'I will see, or behold.' The future perfect is formed by suffixing the particles _te arózu_ or _tarózu_ to the root; e.g., _aguete arózu_ or _aguetarózu_ 'I shall already have offered.' The same results are obtained if _faia_ is placed before the simple future; e.g., _faia agueôzu_. (21 _The Imperative of the First Conjugation_ The imperative of the first conjugation is formed with the root of the verb alone, or with the addition of the particle _io_; e.g., _ague_ or _ague io_ 'offer!'[79] The future of the imperative is the future absolute _agueô_ or _agueôzu_. This is a more elegant and polite way of speaking than giving a command with the regular imperative. The imperative is also formed by taking the _nu_ from the negative present (see below) and {126} putting in its place the particle _sai_. Thus, if one takes the _nu_ from _aguenu_ and replaces it with _sai_ it becomes _ague sai_ which means 'offer!' If the particle _tai_ is placed after the root there is formed a kind of future or optative by which the wish of the speaker is expressed. It is therefore an elegant imperative; thus _mizzu fitotçu nomitai_ 'I would like to have a drink of water' is the same as 'give me some water to drink.' When a relative [clause] concerns a precept, rule, admonition, or prohibition the imperative is expressed word for word in whatever the conjugation, affirmative or negative; e.g., _Christiani naru na to no xógun no fatto ga aru_ [_Christian ni_ ...] 'it is the law of the Shōgan (_imperator_) that no one should become a Christian,' _Padre core vo coxiraie io to voxerareta niiotte_ [... _vôxerareta_ ...] 'because the Priest told me to do it.' _The Optative of the First Conjugation_