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They and I only 
Washing (are) zee 
We, i. e. our party, will 
take away 
The other cases and persons of the plural are as nume¬ 
rous and precise as in the singular and dual. The adjec¬ 
tive pronouns are possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, 
and relative. 
Adjectives. —The adjective follows the noun to which it 
belongs. There are several degrees of comparison, though 
the form of the adjective undergoes no change: the degrees 
are expressed by distinct words. There is, properly speak¬ 
ing, no superlative ; it is, however, expressed by prefixing 
the definite article, as ke kiekie , ke nui , the high, the 
great. 
Verbs.— The verbs are active, passive, and neuter. The 
regular active verb, in the Hawaiian dialect, admits of four 
conjugations, as robe , to hear, hoo-rohe , to cause to hear, 
robe-id , heard, and hoo-rohe-id, to cause to be heard. Some 
of the verbs admit the second and fourth, but reject the 
third, as noho , to sit, hoo-noho , to cause to sit, and lioo - 
noho-ia , to cause to be seated. Others again allow the 
third and fourth, but not the second, as pepehi , to beat, 
pepehi-ia , beaten, and hoo-pepehi-ia , to cause to be beaten. 
The verbs usually precede the nouns and pronouns, as 
here au, go I, and e noho marie oe , sit still you, instead of, 
I go, and you sit still. 
The adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjec¬ 
tions, are numerous; but a description of them, and their 
relative situation in the construction of their sentences, 
would take up too much room. 
Their numerals resemble the Malayan more than any 
other part of their language. 
NUMERALS. 
Akahione. arima five. avaru eight, 
arua two. aono six. aiva nine, 
atom three.—ahaaiour. ahitu seven. Umi ten. 
Norn. 
O maJcou wale no 
Ke horoi nei makau 
Na makou e ave aku 
