Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch.

This auxiliary verb ma-l- occurs only in the imperative, propositive and gerund forms.

A young boy chanted the Koran while our hodja sat by the low table swaying himself to its rhythm.

There was a nervousness under that quick Canadianly-accented talk of his, as if he were working himself up to something.