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APPENDIX 
Declension of Hawaiian Pronouns exemplified. 
First Person Singular . 
I (am) the teacher 
I said 
I (will) go 
I (will) work 
I will do it, or make it. 
I (do) not know 
Na'u ka ia Mine the fish 
No'u ka rore Mine the cloth 
No'u oukou i ike ai Of me ye know 
Ka'u palapala 
Ko'u hale 
Ka pene a'u 
Ka kamaa o'u 
N ana wau i hana 
Mai pepehf mai ia'u 
I mia iau 
Roaa in a 
Aoia e au 
N oho me au 
Second Person Singular . 
My 1 
The pen of me 
The shoes of me 
He me made or did make 
(Do) not kill me 
Speak to me 
Obtained by me 
Instructed by me 
Dwell with me 
you (are) the preacher 
Pray thou 
Thou alone us (didst) make* 
L - Aohe ou rohe ? (Did) not you hear ? 
He aha kau noho wale nei ? Why (do) you remain idle ? 
r O oe ke kahuna 
I E pule oe 
Nau no makou i hana 
Thine 
Thy or 
of thee 
CNau ka ai 
Non ka kanaka 
J Nou rakou i hele ai 
Kau keiki 
Kou wahi 
l Ka orero au 
Ke aroha ou 
Thine the food 
Thine the man 
Of thee they went 
Thy son 
Thy place 
The speech of you 
The love of you 
A peculiar break in the first person singular possessive, 
(which makes the pronouns resemble two syllables, while 
in the second person they are sounded as one long syllable,) 
is the only distinction between them. 
Obj. 
Oe 
la oe 
la oe 
la oe 
E oe 
Thee 
You 
To you 
By you 
By you 
Me oe J With you vHele pu me oe 
r Nana oe i hoora 
E hoouna wau ia oe 
J Orero aku ia oe 
j Roaa ia oe 
Palapalaia e o 
Lh * 
He thee savea 
I send you 
Speak to you 
Obtained by you 
W ritten by you 
Go with you 
Third Person Singular . 
Oia ka IIaku 
E era ia 
I aroha kela 
Nana i orero 
Naia i hai mai 
Na kela i makana 
He (is) the Lord, or pro¬ 
prietor 
Live (will) it 
Loved he 
He spake 
He declared 
He gave 
