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By the infinitive preceding the verb which it governs: na nul’ em’ arim’ an gatsi, I will go to see thy village, lit, I thy village to-see will-go.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood

Ex. naga kuku nu inde, I tobacco to thee gave; Baiv’ u mega nembe u fod’ al’ ema, Baiva’s child bird his bow-with killed; nuni ake mu letsi gatsi, thou men their village-to will-go.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood