THE INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.
Some other and any, are most frequently denoted by te tahi, and its plural e tahi; sometimes also by the preposition i; (vid. prepositions.)
- Kua kite ahau i e tahi, I saw some (of them).
- Ko e tahi kihai i kitea e ahau, some I did not see.
- Kahore kau ahau i kite i te tahi, I did not see any at all.
Whatever, whatsoever, &c., are expressed in various ways; as may be seen in the following examples:
| Ko nga mea katoa e mea ai koutou, or | } | whatever ye do, Col. 3, 17. |
| Ko nga aha noa &c. &c. |
- Ko ta koutou e inoi ai i toku ingoa, whatever ye ask in my name.
- Kia ho atu ki a ia tana mea e inoi ai ia, to give her whatsoever she would ask, Mat. 14, 7.
- Ka kai koutou, ka inu, ka aha ranei, whether ye eat or drink or whatever ye do. 1 Cor. 10, 31.
CHAPTER VII.
OF THE VERBS.[11]
§ 1. Classification.—They may be distributed in
(a) Primitive, i. e., underived from other words; e. g.,