The infinitiv, being a kind of verb-noun, may be declined, tho' this seldom occurs.
Löf studöna, the love of studying.
It is permitted to insert the personal pronouns before the ending -ön in order to indicate the subject.
Binobön u ne binobön ! [for me] to be or not to be !
The infinitiv in the passiv voice is formed in the same way, and is subject to the same rules.
Pamilagön, to be admired. Pevunön, to have been wounded. Pomatön, to be about to be married, to be going to be married.
EXERCISE 19
Löfob fidön fluki. No vilob liladön bukis mödik, sod gudikis. Eseilön binos ofen gudikum ka epükön. Men nonik kanom nolön valikosi. Kim okanom numön stelis sila u tofis mela ? Binob in jul al studön, no al pledön. Olemob bukis al lenadön volapüki. Sötol studön volapüki al kanön pükön ko nets valik.
I like to read good books. I wish to see the stars. To read is better than to play. We ought to buy a house if we can buy it cheap. This man can read six languages and speak three; he likes to study and he has time to study. It is better to have loved and lost than not to have loved.
THE PARTICIPLE
The participle is a verb-adjectiv. Its ending is -öl, corresponding to -ing, -ed. It may be in the activ or passiv voice, and in any tense, tho' the patüp, petüp and potüp are the most common.
Logöl, seeing. Elogöl, having seen. Ologöl, about to see, being about to see. Palogöl, seen, being seen. Pelogöl, seen, having been seen. Pologöl, about to be seen.
