The particle _saie_ alone sometimes forms a conditional; e.g., _Niffon no xôcocu ni saie caióna coto gozaru fodo ni_ [_Nifon_ ...] (118) 'if in the small kingdom of Japan things of this kind be found, or exist,' that is to say 'how much more there will be in a large one,' _coco moto no tocai ni saie meivacu itasu ióni gozaru fodoni, etc._ (118) 'on the voyage here I suffered very much, and so ...,' _fito saie côquai suru mono vo iurusu ni ivan ia, Deus ni voite voia?_ [... _va?_] (118v) 'if one forgives one who repents, how much more will God,' _core fodo xei vo iruru saie coto naricanuru ni; ucato xite va, incadeca banji canavǒzo?_ [... _icadeca_ ...] (119) 'if gathering all one's strength this can be done only with difficulty, how could it be done if it were done without any strength?,' _core saie xinicui ni_ 'if this be difficult to do,' _fune de saie ioio tçuita_ (35 _ni, cachi va nananaca naru mai_ [... _nacanaca naru mai_] (119v) 'if I arrived by ship with such difficulties, without doubt I could not have done it on foot.' _The Potential Verb_[104] The placing of the particle rǒ[105] after the present or future tense makes a potential; e.g., _aguru rǒ_ 'he perhaps offers,' _nigueozurǒ_ [_nigueôzurǒ_] 'he will perhaps escape.' The preterit is made by changing _ta_ to _tçu_ and adding rǒ; e.g., {141} _aguetçurǒ_ 'he perhaps offered.' But if it is added to the negative preterit, the _da_ must be changed to _zzu_; e.g., _aguenanzzurǒ_ 'it has perhaps not been offered, etc.' The present potential is also formed by adding _arǒzu_ [_mo arǒzu_] or other future verbs to the infinitive; e.g., _aguru coto mo arǒzu_ or _ague mo xôzu_ 'he will perhaps offer.' The preterit is formed by adding this same future to the preterit infinitive; e.g., _agueta coto mo arǒzu_ 'he perhaps offered.' The future is _agueô coto mo arǒzu_ 'he will perhaps offer.' The negative is formed in the same way; e.g., _aguenu_, _aguenanda_, or _aguru mai coto mo arǒzu_ 'he perhaps does not offer, he perhaps did not offer, or he will perhaps not offer.' When we wish to say that something is perhaps the case we use _mono_ instead of _coto_; e.g., _noxenanda mono de arózu_ 'they perhaps did not place it aboard ship,' _iqi chigǒta mono de arǒzu_ 'they seem not to have met along the way,' _moreqicoieta mono de gozarǒ ca to zonzuru_ 'I believe it is perhaps as it has been said.' To express the meaning 'become' the verb _nari,u_ is added to the adjective and then conjugated according to the requirements of the adjective taken adverbally; e.g., _fucǒ naru_ 'it becomes deep,' _varǔ natta_ 'it became bad.' Also they say _fucǒ aru_ 'it is deep,' and sometimes _fucǒ nai_ 'it is not deep.' They obtain this same meaning by conjugating _nai_ according to the tense required by the sentence. They also use _fucǒ nai coto mo arǒzu_ 'perhaps it will be that this is not deep.' (36 _The Conjugation of Irregular Verbs_[106]