First Lessons in the Maori Language: With a Short VocabularyTrübner & Company, 1862 - 73 pages The object of the following pages is not to give anything like a complete treatise on the Maori language, nor even a complete outline of Maori Grammar; but rather to furnish, in as small a compass as possible, some practical hints on the ordinary modes of using the different parts of speech; and to clear away some of the difficulties which are most likely to occur to one who is making his first acquaintance with the language; and, I should add, to do this to the satisfaction, in some degree at least, of those who are willing to avail themselves of my guidance. How far I have succeeded such persons must decide. |
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First Lessons in the Maori Language: With a Short Vocabulary William Leonard Williams Affichage du livre entier - 1862 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
adjective adverbs ahau e pupuri ana ahau common noun conj Ehara EXAMPLES followed by prep future haere hanga Hei runga Hemi Hoani hoatu hoiho hold hopu horse INDICATIVE MOOD ingoa interrogative Kahore ahau Kaua kona konei kore ahau korero Koutou language Maori Maori language matau matua MOOD muri naku neuter verbs Nga tangata noho nouns of locality oneone OPTATIVE MOOD Paora Papuan Languages participles pass passive verbs past patu person spoken PERSONAL PRONOUNS phatic plural possession prefix preposition present pron puare pukapuka pupuri ahau puritia rakau raro reira relative clause Rewi rongo roto rua tekau sentence SIR GEORGE GREY stand SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD taku tamaiti tana tatou taua Tekau ma rua tena tenei tense tera tetahi toki toku whare tona toru Tuakana tupuna verb waewae waho whai words