CHAP. II.] 



SPECIMENS. 



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Speak on, and so that I can 



understand you. 

 I went to Mokau, and there I 



saw some people from Kapiti. 



Show me the road to Taupo. 

 Look for the holes in the road. 

 Must I go the right road, or 



the one to the left ? 

 Mind you don't lose anything. 



You are a covetous man, and 

 do not deserve anything. 



Has the chief of this place no 

 liberality to his visitors ? 



I have seen many great chiefs 

 in their villages, and they 

 have been ashamed to show 

 any stinginess to me. 



Show me a chief that is born of 

 a great father, and tell me 

 who are slaves, that I may 

 not speak angry to the chiefs. 



My things are gone, and how 

 can I give you any ? I have 

 paid them away to people on 

 the road I came. 



Korero tonu, kia mohio ai ahau 



ki ou kupu. 

 I haere an ki Mokau, kite ana 



ahau e telahi tangata no 



Kapiti. 



Tohungiamai te arahi ki Taupo. 

 Tiroia ki nga rua i te ara. 

 Me haere ra nei ahau, ki tera 



ara ? 

 Ki a mahara kia mahue tetahi 



mea. 

 E tangata apo koe, e kore e pai 



ki oatu tetahi mea ki a koe. 

 Kahore ra nei e atamai o tenei 



rangatira ki ona manuwiri ? 

 Ka tini nga rangatira o era pa 



kua kite ahau e wakama ana 



ratou ki te kai pune ki ahau. 



Tou tohungia mai tetahi ranga- 

 tira tona popa e rangatira nui 

 tohu tohu mai ina taureka 

 reka, kaua korero wakatuka 

 riri au ki nga rangatira. 



Kua riro oku mea, a me pehea 

 toku hoatu ki akoe ku au utua 

 e ahau ki nga tangata i te 

 ara i haere mai ai. 



