A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand.

Dialogue II

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T. Aire mai ra; aire mai, aire mai. Té na ra ko koe.—Come cheerly, or well; come, come. Be thou revived and well; or, Health to thee.

P. E'mara má! nohéa ténei kai?—O my friends! from whence is this food?

T. No té Wai Máte.—From te Wai Máte.

P. Na e O'ngi I'ka óki i ó mai ki a kodúa?—Did Ongi I'ka give it to you?

Aire mai, ‘Come;’ (imperative mood.)
Ra, ‘A healthful body.’
Té na ra, Be quickened, revived, & c.
Ko koe, Thou.
E'mara! address to a person, whereby his attention is arrested.
Má, signifies that more persons are intended in the address than the person spoken to.
Nohéa, adv. ‘From whence.’
Ténei, demonstrative pronoun this.
Kai, Food.	No, prep. from.
Té, definite article.
Wai Máte, the proper name of a place.
Na, used here to distinguish the giver in the gift.
O'ngi I'ka, proper name.	I, sign of past tense.
O', ‘To produce.’
O' mai, ‘To produce here;’ often used for the word give.
Ki, To.
A kodúa, ‘You who are now in a body.’

Note.—Although kodúa signifies, for the most part, ye two, it is sometimes used in expressing a company, or party belonging to a man.