350 NEW ZEALAND LANGUAGE. [PART III. 



Mo wai tenei pikau . . Whose or for whom is this load ? 



(who has to carry it ?) 

 Na, or no wai tenei pikau . To whom does this load belong 



as property ? 



Kowai to ingoa . . . What is thy name ? 

 Kotehea tangata o koutou . Who or what man of you ? 

 Kotehca is also used for things. 



Demonstrative Pronouns. 



SINGULAR. 



This or that . . tenei, if very near. 



. . tena, if in sight. 



. tera, if at a distance. 



PLURAL. 



Those . . enei, if very near. 



. . ena, if in sight. 



. . era, if at a distance. 



That . . taua. 

 For instance: 



i taua ra . . . at that day. 

 Those . . ana. 



Relative Pronouns. 



These are wanting in the New Zealand, and must be 

 expressed by the use of the participle of the passive, for 

 instance : 



The word which you have heard. 



Te kupu i rongona e koutou. 



The word heard by you. 



Or by the perfect tense of the active : 



Te kupu kua rongo koutou. 

 The word you have heard. 



Or by the genitive case of the personal pronoun nana : 

 The man who showed us. 

 Te tangata nana i wakakite mai ki a matou. 

 The man of him has shown to us. 



