The particle _coso_ is of great importance among the Japanese for they use it first in an adversative sense (_in sensu adversativo_); _core coso ió gozare_ [... _iô_ ...] 'he is truly good.'[128] If the sentence in which this particle is found ends in a verb, that verb ends in _e_, as in the example above. If the verb is in the preterit it ends in _re_; e.g., _yô coso gazattare!_ (117) 'you are welcome! (_bene veneris!_).' The exceptions to this rule are when the sentence does not end in a verb or an adjective; e.g., _core coso xixó yô_ [... _io_] (116) 'he is a true teacher,' when after the particle _coso_ there is in the sentence a gerund in _e_, a permissive in _tomo_, or a {151} potential preterit in _tçuró_ or _zzuró_;[129] e.g., _vare coso iro iro xinro tçucamatçutte cutatireba toxiiórini nari maraxita_ [... _cutabireba toxiiorini_ ...] (117) 'suffering many and various hardships, I became an old man,' _vare coso corosaruru tomo_ 'if I be killed,' _fara coso tattçurǒ_ (117) 'he was perchance quite angry,' _sato chicaqereba coso fi ga miiure_ (116) 'the fire is already seen because the village is so near.' This [last] sentence ends in _e_ because it does not contain an exception to the rule. _Vóxerareta coto domo vo go côquai de coso gozarózure_ (97) 'without doubt you will do penance for what you have said,' _catajiqe nǒ coso gozare_ (97) 'I congratulate you very much and thank you.' If someone says, 'Who did that?' the answer is _Patre coso_ [_Padre coso_] 'the Priest did.' If someone asks, 'is there anyone who did that?' and if he does not hear, or does not understand the answer, and asks again, the person who answered will say _Juan coso_ 'I have already said it was John.' When someone is careless about what was said, or when he has not heard something and asks again, the answer is; e.g., _tovoru na to iieba_ 'I have already told you not to pass through,' _iome to iieba_ 'I have already told you to read,' _Padre coso to iieba_ 'I have already told you that it is the Priest.' Adding the particles _maieni_ and _saqini_ to the negative present tense makes the construction affirmative; e.g., _iglesia ie mairanu maieni_ (141v) 'before he goes to church.' They are also added to the affirmative future tense; e.g., _mairǒzuru tote no saqini_ 'a little before (45 I come.'