- te tangata, the man.
- nga tangata, the men.
(b.) The indefinite articles he, tetahi, and its plural etahi; e. g.
- Sing. he maripi, a knife.
- Plur. he maripi ena? are those knives?
- te tahi maripi, a knife.
- e tahi maripi, knives.
(c.) The arthritic particles a and ko; e. g.
- a Hone, John.
- ko koe, you.
§ 2. Te is not so uniformly definite as the English the; being sometimes used;
(a.) Where no article would be employed in English, i. e., in cases where the noun is taken in its widest sense; e. g.
- I ma te kaipuke, went by ship.
- He kino te tutu, disobedience is sinful.
- Ko te rangi me te wenua e pahemo, Heaven and earth shall pass away.
(b.) Sometimes it is employed instead of the English a; e. g.