360 PHILOLOGY. 



plural, matou we (exc.) 



tatou we (inc.) 



2d pers. sing., Koe, 'oe, ko koe thou 



dual, kolua or 'duo, ye two 



plural, koutou or 'outou ye 



3d pers. sing., la he 



POSSESSIVE. 



1st pers. sing., aku, taku, toku, maku my 



plural, to matou our 



2d pers. sing., ow, tou thy 



plural, o owtow, to outou your 



ATa/fcw means probably for me, as we heard feyJ/ow ma&w, property (or merchandise) 

 for me. 



INTERROGATIVE. 



Ko ai or 'o ai who ? 



i ai whom ? 



Ko te d,se a (he a) what 1 



Pe se a (pe he a) how, like what 1 



Ko ai is used of persons, and also in asking the name of any thing ; as, ko ai o outou 

 fanua, what is (the name of) your country ? 



DEMONSTRATIVE. 

 Tenei, this. Tena, that. 



As, ko ai tenei, who is this? e klei te tama nei, good is this man ; e wlivili tena mea, 

 that thing is a drill. 



No relative pronoun was heard, the construction of the sentence apparently rendering 

 it unnecessary, as, te vaka a Pihaya, te vaka alu, the canoe of Pihapa, the canoe 

 [which is] going. 



THE VERB. 



The variations of time, mood, &c., in the verb, are denoted by particles. The follow- 

 ing are those which we heard. 



E is used as an affirmative sign, and generally in the present or future tense, as, e 

 fold matou, we return, or we shall return. It is also employed to express the substantive 

 verb, as e sa outou, ye are sacred ; e iko te malae, yonder is the temple. 



Se (or he) was used in a similar manner, as, se tufuya, he is a priest ; he atua sa koe, 

 thou art a sacred god. It may, however, in these instances, be merely the indefinite 

 article. 



Ke is a sign of the present or future, as, au ke alu ki via, I am going on shore. 



Kua (or Vz), is an affirmative particle, as, 'uapo, it is night ; kua mate, it is dead ; 

 ua klei te tama, the man is good. It was sometimes pronounced tua. 



