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in the Polynesian dialects. The selection between those six forms by each 
separate dialect takes place on the same principles which regulate the for- 
mation of the genitive ; the pronouns formed by the prepositions ta and to 
being placed before the substantive, and taking the case sign o; those 
formed by na, no, a, or o, following the substantive. M. Buschmann adds, 
that, in his Marquesan texts, he finds tou (for my) and to (they), the latter 
also occurring in Tahitian. 
The Demonstrative Pronouns are preserved most completely in Maori, as, 
Singular. Plural. 
tenet this. enei these. 
tena that. ena these. 
tera that (further off). era those. 
tana that. those. 
(referring rather to objects.) 
Rarotongan is nearly the same— 
tela or cie teianet reienet, 
and modified forms, such as te reira, taua nei, aua nei, taua ra, aua ra. 
Dr. Maunsell points out that tenei (and its branches) are derived from te 
and net, and are resoluble, as, 
ho mai te mea na 
or Loin me that thing. 
ho mat tena mea 
and, that ia is also sometimes used demonstratively, as, tona wenua kat ha 
ia, this is the very land of food. 
The Samoan has— 
lenet this. net these. 
lena that. na those. 
lela) that. ta ) those. 
lea } lae) 
The Tongan is more defective, and has only, heni, this or these; hena, 
that or those, wanting, therefore, the adverb and pronoun of the third per- 
son, with the usual prefix of ko or a; but Mr. Mariner observes that there 
is very little distinction between koheni aheni and kohena ahena, here, as in 
Maori, and, elsewhere, the particles may be separated, as, hé tangata na, 
that man there. 
M. Buschmann observes that the Tahitian téi, téte, éié, correspond, in 
meaning, with the French ceci, or celui-ci, that is, the person nearest the 
speaker ; while tena agrees with celui-la, the person or thing furthest off. 
He states, too, that, besides tera, there is also a form vera, used only in the 
