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APPENDIX 
Declension of Hawaiian Pronouns exemplified. 
Nom. 
Owau 
Wau 
Au 
Na’u 
O’u 
Poss. 
Na’u 
No’u 
Ka’u 
Ko’u 
A’u 
O’u 
Ia’u 
Ia’u 
Ia’u 
E au 
M&au 
Mine 
my 
or 
of 
me 
Me 
Me 
To me 
By me 
By me 
With me 
First Person Singular, 
Ozcau. ke kumu 
I aku la xcau 
E hele au 
Na'u e hanu 
Na’u i'a e hana 
A ore o'u ike 
('Na'u ka ia 
I No'u ka rore 
) No'u oukou i ike ai 
Ka'u palapala 
Ko'u hale 
Ka pene a'u 
vKa kamaa o'u 
N ana wau i hana 
Mai pepehi mai ia'u 
I mia ia'u 
Roaa iu a 
Aoia e au 
N oho me au 
I (am) the teacher 
I saicl 
I (will) go 
I (will) work 
I will do it, or make it. 
I (do) not know 
Mine the fish 
Mine the cloth 
Of me ye know 
My paper 
My house 
The pen of me 
The shoes of xne 
He me made or did make 
(Do) not kill me 
Speak to me 
Obtained by me 
Instructed by me 
Dwell with me 
Nom. 
O oe^ 
Oe 1 
Nau V- 
Ou f 
Kau J 
Second Person Singular. 
fOoeVe kahuna You (are) the preachei 
Thou ( E pule oe Pray thou 
or J Nau no makou i hana Thou alone us (didst) make 
You ] Aohe ou rohe ? (Did) not you hear ? 
vHe aha kau noho wale nei ? Why (do) you remain idle ? 
Poss. 
Nau ''n 
(~Nau ka ai 
N ou 
Non ka kanaka 
Nou l 
Thine 
J Nou rakou i hele ai 
Kau > 
Thy or 
"S Kau keiki 
Kou 
of thee 
Kou wahi 
Au J 
! Ka orero au 
Ke aroha ou 
Ou J 
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 
Ia oe 
la oe 
E oe 
Me oe 
Thee 
You 
.To you 
By you 
By you 
With you 
r 
u 
Nana oe i hoora 
E hoouna wau ia oe 
Orero aku ia oe 
Roaa ia oe 
Palapalaia e oe 
Hele pu me oe 
irie inee savea 
I send you 
Speak to you 
Obtained by you 
Written by you 
Go zvi'th you 
Nom. 
Oia, or 
Oiala 
Ia 
Kela 
Nana 
Naia 
Na kela 
Third Person Singular . 
w 
Oia ka Haku 
He J E era ia 
‘She y I aroha kela 
or Nana i orero 
It Naia i hai mai 
<Na kela i makana 
He (is) the Lord, or pro¬ 
prietor 
Live (will) it 
Loved he 
fie spake 
He declared 
He gave 
