We hear 
Let sing us 
Ye and I (will) take 
heed 
They and I only 
Washing (are) we 
We , i. e. our party 
will take away 
The other cases and persons of the plural are as numerous and precise as 
in the singular and dual. The adjective pronouns are possessive, demon¬ 
strative, 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 speaking, 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 regu¬ 
lar active verb in the Hawaiian dialect admits of four conjugations, 
as rohe, to hear, hoo-rohe , to cause to hear, rohe-id, heard, and 
koo-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 hoo-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 interjections, 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. 
A kahi one. arima five avaru eight, 
arua two. aono six. aiva nine, 
atom three.—ahaafour. ahitu seven. Umi ten. 
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APPENDIX. 
Nom. 
O kakou 
Kakou 
Na kakou 
O makou 
Makou 
Na makou 
First Person Plural. 
0 kakou ke rohe 
•E himeni kakou 
Na kakou e malana 
makou wale no 
Ke horoi nei makou 
Na makou e ave aku 
