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Eie and aua differ from teia and tmui mucli as the class of possessive pronouns be- 

 ginning with a and o differ from the others ; that is, they are used with numerals, or with 

 the plural particles puke and pa, and after the negative knre; as tettti nun puke iniintn 

 ra, one of those two men. E rita eicnci puke /coke, here are two swords (or two are 

 these swords). 



In Mangarevan, a nei, this, and a nn or a ara, that ; as a mea nei, this thing ; 

 a mea na, that thing; atamufiki. urn, that child. Tenei and tena and tera are also 

 used, as ko rinjn tend ko avaiki tena, this is above, that is below ; ma te atariki tera 

 t<>/,-ut>, celte parole merit dc l<i part du rot. 



In Tahitian, trie or eie, teicnei or eienei, mean this or these. Tcie, according to the 

 missionary grammar, " seems to answer exactly to the French ceci, this, and teienei to 

 o'/iii-cl, celle-ci, this here, close at hand." 



Taua ra and aua ra, that or those ; the difference between these two, and between 

 teie and eie is the same as in Rarotongan. 



Tvitn and tera both mean that, as in New Zealand ; tena means " that thing near 

 you," or near the person addressed, but at a distance from the speaker ; tera means " that 

 yonder," at a distance from both. Tei reira, that there, is also used. 



la is often used as a demonstrative, but with rather an indefinite sense, aia ia, that 

 is it. It is frequently introduced by the natives where no similar word would be used in 

 English. 



In Hawaiian the demonstratives are teia or eia and neia, this ; tela, ia, that ; ua 

 nei, this, and ua la, that. The last two are used in referring to objects which have 

 formed the subject of conversation, as ua luoi atu ua tanata la, that man (before-men- 

 tioned) has returned. Eia is synonymous with teia, but is most commonly employed at 

 the beginning of a sentence, to express " this is," or " these are." 



The Nukuhivan has tenei or teienei, this, tena, that (near or by you), and tea or teia, 

 that (yonder or beyond you). The nei and na are frequently postfixed to the noun, as 

 te hue nei, this calabash ; te moi na, that girl ; na moe na, those girls. Hua is used 

 like -ua in Hawaiian, as hua va?a nei, this very canoe, hua kanata na, that very man. 



INTERROG ATIVES. 



42. The interrogative pronouns are seen in the simplest form in 

 the Samoan ; but they are nearly the same in all the dialects. 



In Fakaafo, those which were heard were ai, who ? as ko ai koe, who art thou ? i ai, 

 whom ? and a, what ? which took the article before it, as se a, ko te a, what ? Pe se a, 

 like what, or how ? Ai, who, is used in this, as in all the dialects, in asking the name 

 of any person or thing ; as koai tou vgoa, what is thy name ? Ko ai to outoujamta, 

 what is (the name of) thy country ? 



In Samoan, ai, who? as 'o ai, who ? (nom.); o ai, a ai, of whom ? 'ia te ai, to whom ? 

 A, what ? as e a, se a, V le a, ni a, what ? Ace., i se a, i ni a, as e va'ava'ai i ni a, to 

 see what ? Fea, which ? as 'o lefea, which ? (of two or several) pofea ? pofea 1 which, 

 this or that? Pia, how many? as efiafale, how many houses ? TVafia ni tayata, how 

 many are the men ? 



