A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand.
Dialogue IV
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Dialogue IV.
| T. E'aha kóia tóu méa e óko? | What hast thou to sell? |
| P. E kapána ra óki | Potatoes. |
| T.. E'aha te útu? | What is the exchange, or price? |
| P. E pu ra óki | A musket. |
| T. E hía kéte? | How many baskets? |
| P. E díma te kau ra óki. | Fifty. |
| T. Ter'hía mai, (for tére hía mai). | Bring them here. |
| P. Na wai kóia enei pórka? | Whose are these hogs? |
| T. Na ténei tángata | They are this man's. |
| P. Máku óki e e óko ki á ía. | I will purchase them from him. |
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| T. E'aha táu méa e óko? | What hast thou to exchange? |
| P. E tóki, e kahédu, epúka, e kóta, me téra átu. | Axes, hogs, spades, plane irons, and other things. |
| T. E hía óu tóki mo áku porka? | How many axes for my hogs? |
| P. Ka wá | Four. |
| T. Té na; ó mai | Deliver them to me. |
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