First Lessons in Maori

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [titlepage]
  • [section]
  • Preface
  • Contents
• First Lessons in Maori
  • Part I
    • I. On Reading
      • § 1. The Alphabet consists of the following fifteen letters:—
      • § 2. Note
      • § 3. Pronunciation
    • II. Nouns and Personal Pronouns
      • § 4
      • § 5
      • § 6
      • § 7
      • § 8. Local nouns
      • § 9. Nominal prefix
      • § 10. Ma
      • § 11
      • § 12
      • § 13
      • § 14. Common Nouns as Adjectives
    • III. Prepositions
      • § 15. Simple Prepositions
      • § 16. Complex Prepositions
    • IV. Definitives
      • § 17. Definitives
      • § 18. The Definitives in Maori comprise:—
      • § 19. Peculiarities of the articles
      • § 20. Possessive Prepositions following Definitives
      • § 21
      • § 22
    • V. Adjectives
      • § 23. Position
      • § 24
      • § 25. Degrees of Comparison
      • § 26
      • § 27. Abstract Quality
    • VI. Numerals
      • § 28. Table of Cardinal Numbers
      • § 29
      • § 30. With Nouns
      • § 31
      • § 32
      • § 33
    • VII. Sentences without Verbs
      • § 34. Subject and Predicate
      • § 35. Substantive Verb
      • § 36
      • § 37
      • § 38
      • § 39
      • § 40. Negative Sentences
      • § 41
      • § 42
    • VIII. Verbs
      • § 43. Inflexions
      • § 44
      • § 45
      • § 46. Active Voice
      • § 47
      • § 48
      • § 49
      • § 50. Uses of Subjunctive and Infinitive
      • § 51. Passive Voice
      • § 51·1
      • § 52
      • § 53. Transitive Prepositions, etc
      • § 54. Uses of Active and Passive
      • § 55. Agent Emphatic
      • § 56. Imperative Future
      • § 57
      • § 58. Derivative Nouns are formed—
      • § 59
      • § 60. Interrogative Verbs
      • § 61. Verbal clauses
      • § 62
      • § 63
      • § 64. The Verb ai, “there is,” “it is,” etc
      • § 65
    • IX. Neuter Verbs
      • § 66
      • § 67. The tenses of the Indicative are as follows:—
      • § 68
      • § 69
      • § 70. Explanatory Verb
    • X. Relative Clauses
      • § 71
      • § 72. Who, Which
      • § 73. Whom, or which
      • § 74
      • § 75. Inverted Construction
      • § 76. Whose, for whom, etc
      • § 77: Whosoever
      • § 78
    • XI. Miscellaneous
      • § 79. Position of adverbs
      • § 80. Added Termination
      • § 81. Adverbs indicating direction
      • § 82
      • § 83
      • § 84
      • § 85
      • § 86
      • § 87
  • Part II
    • Progressive Exercises
      • [untitled]
      • Exercises. — I. — §§ 4, 5, 6, 17, 18
      • II. — §§ 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16
      • III. — §§ 10 to 13, 19 to 22
      • IV. — §§ 23 to 27
      • V. — §§ 28 to 33
      • VI. — §§ 34 to 39
      • VII. — § 40
      • VIII. — §§ 41, 42
      • IX. — § 42
      • X
      • XI. — §§ 43 to 45
      • XII. — §§ 46 to 50
      • XIII. — §§ 51, 52, 53
      • XIV. — §§ 54 to 63
      • XV. — §§ 64, 65
      • XVI. — §§ 66 to 70
      • XVII. — §§ 71, 72
      • XVIII. — §§ 73, 74, 75
      • XIX. — §§ 76, 77, 78
      • XX. — §§ 79, 80
      • XXI. — § 81
      • XXII. — §§ 82, 83
      • XXIII. — §§ 84, 85
    • Key to the Exercises
      • I
      • II
      • III
      • IV
      • V
      • VI
      • VII
      • VIII
      • IX
      • X
      • XI
      • XII
      • XIII
      • XIV
      • XV
      • XVI
      • XVII
      • XVIII
      • XIX
      • XX
      • XXI
      • XXII
      • XXIII
  • Part III. — Conversations
    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
    • V
    • VI
    • VII
    • VIII
  • Part IV. — Vocabulary
    • I. English—Maori
    • II. Maori—English
• [index]
  • Index of Subjects
  • [annotations]

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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

Keywords: Language

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