There are five particles which make an utterance (_oratio_) conditional; _naraba_, _ni voite va_, _raba_, _va_, and _ba_. When the first two are placed after any verb, affirmative or negative, present, preterit, or future, the result is that the verb becomes conditional. For example; _niguru naraba_ 'if you flee,' _iôda ni voite va_ 'if you had read,' _naravó naraba_ 'if you will learn,' _cuvazu ni voite va_[100] 'if you do not eat.' Sometimes _voi_ [_voite_] is removed from _ni voite va_; _agueô ni va_ 'if you would offer,' _aguetaró ni va_ 'if you would have offered.' Sometimes _voite_ [_voite va_] is removed, leaving only _ni_; e.g., _mairó ni coso, nen goro ni mǒsǒzure_ (19) 'if I go, or if I shall have gone, I will tell him so in a friendly way,' _xitaró ni coso, saisocu tçuqu maji qere_ (19) 'if I (34 had done it, it would not have been done with diligence and persuasion.' The particle _raba_ is placed after the preterit;[101] e.g., _naróta raba_ 'if I would have learned,' _naravananda raba_ 'if I would not have learned.' The particle _va_ is added to the negative roots of all three conjugations; e.g., _aguezu va_ 'if I not offer,' _iomazu va_ 'if I not read,' _naravazu va_ 'if I not learn,' _naqu va_ 'if it not be,' _fucacarazu va_ 'if it be not deep.' The particle _ba_ has the same effect and is, like _va_, joined to the root; _aguezũba_, _iomazũba_, _naravazũba_.[102] If the particle _ba_ replaces the negative _zu_, an affirmative conditional is formed; e.g., _agueba_, 'if I offer,' _iomaba_ 'if I read,' _naravaba_ 'if I learn,' and _iocaraba_ 'if it be good.' The particle _va_ is not only added to the negative roots of adjectives, but also to the affirmative; e.g., _fucaqu va_ 'if it be deep,' _vonajiqu va_ 'if it be the same.' Sometimes they use this expression to give the idea 'if it be not {140} too troublesome, will you do it.' They also say _aguemajiqu va_ 'if you would not offer.' The particle _ni voite va_ is joined to nouns in such a way as to substitute for the substantive verb; e.g., _jójó ni voite va uqe toró_ (121v)[103] 'I shall get it, if it be very good, or the best,' _curuxicarazaru gui ni voite va_ 'if it would not have been unpleasant, or if it had not been an unpleasant thing.' If the particle _saie_ is placed in a clause (_oratio_) in which there is already a conditional particle, it adds strength to the meaning; e.g., _fune saie mairu naraba_ 'if only a ship were to come,' _sonata saie vocutabire naku va_ (118) 'if he be not tired,' or it might be said 'as for me, or as far as it depends upon me, I am not tired.'