FAKAAFO AND VAITUPU. 



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Faka is a causative prefix, &s,faka-tau, to make exchange, to trade. This particle 

 is also employed to form adjectives. 



la (or a) seems in one instance to be used as the passive suffix, as, mataku i te mea 

 puhi-a, afraid of the thing blown (a cigar). 



Imperative : tatou 6, let us go ; e soyi tana, let us two salute ; he aumai kolva, do 

 you two come. 



ADVERBS. 



Mai, hither, towards me, as, sau mat, come here ; e pili mai Oatafu, Oatafu is 

 near here. 



Atu, away, from me, as, taki atu, take away. 



Aki (?), away, as, sale aki, go away, or go out. 



Nei, here : e se ai ni ufi ki nei, there are no yams here. 



Kb, yonder ; e i ko te malae, yonder is the malae. 



Ki luya, above, up ; ki lalo, below, down. 



Mamao, far ; mamao lava Samoa, very far is Samoa. PUi, near. 



E se, e se ai, ai-ala, tai-ala, ikai, kele, no, none, not. 



lo, e, yes. 



Pe-se a, how ? Pe-nei, thus, like this ; pena, like that. Tei-fea, where 1 mai-fea, 

 whence ? 



Na and la were frequently used at the end of a sentence, but with no distinct meaning 

 that could be perceived. They are probably locative particles, as, sele atu la, go away ; 

 e aliki koe nal art thou a chief? Tepa, o toku tamd na, Tepa, my father there. 



PREPOSITIONS. 



Ki or 'i, to. 



/, in, at, among. 



O, a, to, ta, of, belonging to. 



No, of, from. 



Mai, from, as vaka mai Ttmgatabu, ship from Tongatabu. 



Ma, for, as maku, for me (also probably with). 



CONJUNCTIONS. 



Ma, and (or with), as, Oatafu ma Nukunono, Oatafu and Nukunono. 

 Ka, and, or but, as, e tayata au, ka e se aliki, I am a man and not a chief. 



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