First Lessons in Maori

§ 11

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§ 11.

When a number of persons or things are enumerated severally, the particle or preposition that is used with the first should be repeated with each of those that follow.

Example.
Nga rangatira o Rotorua, o Rotoiti, o Tarawera; the chiefs of Rotorua, Rotoiti, and Tarawera.

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Title: First Lessons in Maori

Author: W. L. Williams

Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1930

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

This text is the subject of: Victoria University of Wellington Library Catalogue

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