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3. na is sufixed to nouns and pronouns and to certain adverks to 
give point and directness, its use is more common in Sa’a than in Ulawa: 
mwalana the people; a mwaend that person, mo ola ‘oko qao‘1 ne the 
things that thou doest; ta‘aune over there, urine, urinena thus, in that 
manner. 
Nais also used after the negatives ha‘ike, ga‘ike, ha‘ike na, ha‘ike ena 
no, not that; and after ‘oto, inge‘i ‘oto na that is it. 
E. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS. 
The words used are tez who; taa S., taha U., what. The personal 
article a makes atez who (singular) irate plural. Both of these words 
are nouns. 
I. atei is used for whose, ola atei whose thing, atei ola ‘ie to whom does 
this belong? Tei stands for the name of the person and atei means, 
what is the name? atei moro lae ma1 who came with you? ‘The demon- 
strative ni may be added: atei ni satamu what (who) 1s your name? 
In Sa‘a atez has an indefinite use, atei e manata‘inie who knows! 
2. With taa, taha, the definite article nga is used; nga taa, nga ola 
taa, nga taha what? ‘The demonstrative ni may be added; nga taa ni 
e ‘unue what said he? Taa, taha, may mean of what sort? hoz i‘a 
tahani what sort of fish? With the adverb uri thus taa, taha, make 
uritaa, uritaha of what sort? how? in what way? In Ulawa assent is 
shown by taha with ‘oto, a particle denoting completed action; inge‘ia 
tahato ‘o ‘unuent it is as you have said. 
3. In Ulawa the interrogative adverb ihei is used as a pronoun: 
nga mwane thei ni what man! ngaihei niweu whoisthatthere? When 
the question is which or where of two things Sa‘a uses itez and Ulawa 
thei: ‘oko sare ngdu ite1 what (where) will you eat? In Sa’a nge is 
prefixed to tte1: ngeitei mwane what man? ngeitei l1‘oa what spirit! 
F, INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. 
The uses of 211, ‘eta S., ile, ite U., one, have been dealt with under 
nouns. With the exception of i/e these words prefixed by nga, nga mu, 
nga mwa, are used as signifying some, other, different. 
1. Halu means some. In Sa‘a the genitive 1 is suffixed: nga mu 
helui “inont S., nga mwa hdlu ‘inoni U., some men. ‘The pronoun na 
may be sufhixed: hdluna ngaini, haluna ngaile one here and there. 
2. Iteitanais used in Sa‘a with the negative particle ka‘a as meaning 
no one: ¢ ka‘a iteitana ngaint there is no one. 
3. Ta‘ena, ta‘eta‘ena S., ta‘ana, ta‘ata‘ana U., mean every: ta‘ena’ 
ngaint every person. Ola thing and le‘u S. lehu U. are used in the 
sense of any: nou ka‘a to‘oana nga le‘u I have not anything, ¢ ta nga 
Jehu ana he took some of it. 
4. MwamwangaS. manganga U. are used with in1, ile, to express the 
sense of a few: mwamwangaini e saaie only a few know it. 
