CHAP. VII.] 



THE GRAMMAR. 



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CHAPTER VII. 



SINGULAR. 



Ahau, or au . 

 Koe . . . . 

 la 



OF PRONOUNS. 



Personal Pronouns. 



FIRST DUAL. 



I Taua ... we (two only), 



thou Korua , . you 



he Raua . . . they 



SECOND DUAL. 



Maua ... we (we two on our side). 

 FIRST PLURAL (more than two). SECOND PLURAL. 



Tatou . . we (all together). Matou . . we (we all on 

 Koutou . you (all together). our side) 



Ratou . . they (all together). 



1. The nominative of the first person of the personal pro- 

 noun is generally preceded by the prefix ko : 



Ko ahau te kai tiaki . . I am the guardian. 

 In this case it begins the phrase : in the conjugation of verbs 

 it follows the verb, thus : 



E aroha ana ahau ... I love. 



2. The use of two duals and two plurals in the first per- 

 son is common to all the Polynesian languages, and is found 

 also in some of the American dialects. 



a. The first is used if one speaks for himself and an-^ 

 other with him, no one else being present; for instance : 



Kia haere taua . . . let us go (you and I). 



6. The second is used, when, in the presence of others, 

 one addresses himself to another ; for instance : 



Kia haere maua ... let us go (you and I), and 



the others stay behind. 



