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Title: First Lessons in Maori

Author: W. L. Williams

Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1930, Wellington

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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

Keywords: Language

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First Lessons in Maori

Contents

- [covers]
- [title page]
- [section]
- Preface
- Contents
First Lessons in Maori
- Part I
  - I. On Reading p. 5
  - II. Nouns and Personal Pronouns p. 7
    - § 4 p. 7
    - § 5 p. 8
    - § 6
    - § 7 p. 9
    - § 8. Local nouns
    - § 9. Nominal prefix p. 10
    - § 10. Ma p. 11
    - § 11 p. 12
    - § 12
    - § 13 p. 13
    - § 14. Common Nouns as Adjectives
  - III. Prepositions.*
    - § 15. Simple Prepositions
    - § 16. Complex Prepositions p. 15
  - IV. Definitives p. 16
    - § 17. Definitives p. 16
    - § 18. The Definitives in Maori comprise:—
    - § 19. Peculiarities of the articles p. 17
    - § 20. Possessive Prepositions following Definitives p. 18
    - § 21 p. 19
    - § 22 p. 20
  - V. Adjectives p. 22
    - § 23. Position p. 22
    - § 24
    - § 25. Degrees of Comparison
    - § 26 p. 23
    - § 27. Abstract Quality
  - VI. Numerals
    - § 28. Table of Cardinal Numbers
    - § 29 p. 24
    - § 30. With Nouns
    - § 31
    - § 32 p. 25
    - § 33
  - VII. Sentences without Verbs
    - § 34. Subject and Predicate
    - § 35. Substantive Verb p. 26
    - § 36
    - § 37
    - § 38
    - § 39 p. 27
    - § 40. Negative Sentences
    - § 41 p. 29
    - § 42 p. 30
  - VIII. Verbs
    - § 43. Inflexions
    - § 44 p. 31
    - § 45
    - § 46. Active Voice p. 32
    - § 47 p. 33
    - § 48 p. 34
    - § 49
    - § 50. Uses of Subjunctive and Infinitive
    - § 51. Passive Voice p. 35
    - § 51·1 p. 36
    - § 52 p. 37
    - § 53. Transitive Prepositions, etc
    - § 54. Uses of Active and Passive p. 38
    - § 55. Agent Emphatic
    - § 56. Imperative Future p. 39
    - § 57
    - § 58. Derivative Nouns are formed— p. 40
    - § 59 p. 41
    - § 60. Interrogative Verbs
    - § 61. Verbal clauses p. 42
    - § 62
    - § 63 p. 43
    - § 64. The Verb ai, “there is,” “it is,” etc
    - § 65
  - IX. Neuter Verbs p. 44
    - § 66 p. 44
    - § 67. The tenses of the Indicative are as follows:— p. 45
    - § 68 p. 46
    - § 69
    - § 70. Explanatory Verb
  - X. Relative Clauses p. 47
    - § 71 p. 47
    - § 72. Who, Which
    - § 73. Whom, or which p. 48
    - § 74 p. 49
    - § 75. Inverted Construction
    - § 76. Whose, for whom, etc
    - § 77: Whosoever p. 50
    - § 78
  - XI. Miscellaneous
    - § 79. Position of adverbs
    - § 80. Added Termination p. 51
    - § 81. Adverbs indicating direction
    - § 82 p. 52
    - § 83 p. 53
    - § 84
    - § 85 p. 54
    - § 86
    - § 87
- Part II p. 56
  - Progressive Exercises p. 56
    - [untitled] p. 56
    - Exercises. — I. — §§ 4, 5, 6, 17, 18
    - II. — §§ 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 p. 57
    - III. — §§ 10 to 13, 19 to 22
    - IV. — §§ 23 to 27 p. 58
    - V. — §§ 28 to 33
    - VI. — §§ 34 to 39 p. 59
    - VII. — § 40
    - VIII. — §§ 41, 42 p. 60
    - IX. — § 42 p. 61
    - X
    - XI. — §§ 43 to 45 p. 62
    - XII. — §§ 46 to 50 p. 63
    - XIII. — §§ 51, 52, 53
    - XIV. — §§ 54 to 63 p. 64
    - XV. — §§ 64, 65 p. 65
    - XVI. — §§ 66 to 70
    - XVII. — §§ 71, 72 p. 66
    - XVIII. — §§ 73, 74, 75 p. 67
    - XIX. — §§ 76, 77, 78
    - XX. — §§ 79, 80 p. 68
    - XXI. — § 81
    - XXII. — §§ 82, 83 p. 69
    - XXIII. — §§ 84, 85 p. 70
  - Key to the Exercises p. 71
    - I p. 71
    - II
    - III p. 72
    - IV
    - V p. 73
    - VI
    - VII p. 74
    - VIII
    - IX p. 75
    - X p. 76
    - XI
    - XII p. 77
    - XIII
    - XIV p. 78
    - XV p. 79
    - XVI
    - XVII p. 80
    - XVIII p. 81
    - XIX
    - XX p. 82
    - XXI p. 83
    - XXII
    - XXIII p. 84
- Part III. — Conversations p. 85
  - I p. 85
  - II
  - III p. 86
  - IV p. 88
  - V
  - VI p. 89
  - VII p. 90
  - VIII p. 91
- Part IV. — Vocabulary
  - I. English—Maori p. 94
  - II. Maori—English p. 119
[index]
- Index of Subjects p. 141
- [annotations]