E 
Тномзох.— Whence of the Maori. 
asi, 
Faha roa—the m 
Faha dimy—th 
Faha zato—the nad if: 
The possessive pronouns are Lo, nao, ту 
—my, thy, his or her ; and nay, ntsikia, or 
tsikia, nareo, ny, or njareo or jareo---our, 
your, ‘thei 
demonstrative 
the primary 
The adjectives have 
various forms, ch 
ones of whi 
PLURAL. 
piia ioe 
—thos 
They Бреза ае об слават thus, 
ity € o cloth ; ireo zaza ireo 
—these childre 
_ Participial “deste are derived from 
erbs: mividy—bu nividy—bought ; 
viene —abou 5 to buy t y S Hat —bou fes 
Com adjectives are formed of two 
simple — or more with hy ne gi sare re 
: fotsi-volo—white hair 2:4 
ова зали are formed by 
adding koa т s: tsara koa raha isara 
—better if shere be any one good. 
The superlative fenes is used when the 
ашу of one thing exceeds that of two ог 
Tear. Tsara noho. Tsara indrindra. 
Good. tter. 
Ratsy. dl е поћо. Ratsy indrindra 
Bad. Wors Worst. 
The pee affixes ko, nao, ny—sin 
gular; nay, ntsikia, nareo, ny, o janis 
plural, have the same power and significa- 
on, When joine verbs in the passive 
voice, with that of the personal m in 
the nominative case with verbs in the 
active $ ite; 
as: manoratra aho— I wr 
sor Nuno nv by me, i.e., e 
amples of — pessum are 
: tzaho tena h own self 
ne ; izaho tena мой аник I my own 
know 
VERBS 
erbs in their various phases are so 
The 
a borita that salient poin 
des 
ve, 
about, ihe green verb being eha 
miteny—t o talk; miteniteny—to be talk- 
tive. 
In their moods there are peculiar inflec 
tions, according to the terminal consonants, 
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alay. 
Ka dua—the Uu 
Ka lima th 
Kar Ee pP 
After nouns, possessives are ku, kau, and 
nia— my, thy, his or her ; and kami, kame, 
and d jorang- ours, yours, E Before 
nouns, so Й, s interplaced, as : aku-punia 
The hicks are as follow: 
SINGULAR. PLURAL. 
езеп s edie nant 
The p ры = Я gen by? baniak i (many) 
"o the wo kain—this cloth ; 
ni anak ba. Mond piece ildren. 
Membil rae, T sd bili—bought ; na 
bili—about to buy. 
Bulu (feather) putih (white)—white feathers 
or down. 
Here ч adding kalau ada, as: libih baik 
kalau baik—better if there be any 
good. 
Here the form 
-Baik— good. Li танын Ter libih 
baik or baik sakali—best 
Korang — bad. Libih korang — worse. 
Ter libih korang or korang sakali— 
worst. 
The same forms are used, according to 
contexts, as : aku meniurat or na aku 
write ; — ku or surat ulih ku— 
written b ym 
d 
The relative SS are itu—that ; 
eiya itu —that w a etc., as: limbu itu 
iang de buno ulih orang 
Here: aku sorong kindiri—I alone, my- 
self; aku kindiri mengatau-i—my own self 
know. 
, Redupliestion also takes place, thus: 
walk ; ber POE уе alan—to 
vi C e continuou usly ; hakup—to 
ek. “Ter-chabnpehakap—to ‘hold con- 
versati 
There are properly no inflections, but 
incipient indications may be noted in the 
Nors.— and À final are not sounded in Malay. 
