TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Robert Maunsell
CHAP. I.
ORTHEOPY.
The letters of Maori
1
Of the sound of the Vowels
1-4
Of the Diphthongs
4-7
Homogeneous sounds, when they meet in a sentence
7
Of the Consonants
7-9
A table of peculiarities of pronunciation in the principal dialects
9
CHAP. II.
OF THE ARTICLE.
The Articles
10
Of the definite article
te
10-12
Of its plural
nga
12
Of the indefinite article
he
12
Of
te tahi
when used as an article
12
Of the particle
a
13
CHAP. III.
OF THE NOUNS.
Nouns primitive and derivative
16
Compound words
17
Verbal nouns
17-18
Proper names
18-19
Gender of nouns
19-20
Number of nouns
21
Of the postfix
ma
21
Reduplication of nouns
21
Cases of nouns
22
CHAP. IV.
OF THE ADJECTIVES.
Their gender, number, and case
23
Reduplication of
23
CHAP. V.
OF THE NUMERALS.
Of the cardinals
24
Their prefixes
24
Their manner of combination, &c.
25
Prefixes
for denoting
——persons
26
——distribution
26
——fractions of length
26
Ordinals.
Three ways for denoting them
26
CHAP. VI.
OF THE PRONOUNS.
Of the personal pronouns
27-29
Of the possessive pronouns
29
Of the relative pronouns
29-30
Of the demonstrative pronouns
30-31
Of
nei
,
na
, and
ra
30
Of the interrogative pronouns
31
Mode of supplying the defect of distributive pronouns
32
Of the indefinite pronouns
32-33
CHAP. VII.
OF THE VERBS.
Verbs
primitive, derivative, and compound
34-35
Mood
35-36
Tense
36-38
Imperative mood
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