Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition)

by Robert Maunsell

CHAP. I. ORTHEOPY.
The letters of Maori	[1]
Of the sound of the Vowels	[1-4]
Of the Diphthongs	[4-7]
Homogeneous sounds, when they meet in a sentence	[7]
Of the Consonants	[7-9]
A table of peculiarities of pronunciation in the principal dialects	[9]
CHAP. II. OF THE ARTICLE.
The Articles	[10]
Of the definite article te	[10-12]
Of its plural nga	[12]
Of the indefinite article he	[12]
Of te tahi when used as an article	[12]
Of the particle a	[13]
CHAP. III. OF THE NOUNS.
Nouns primitive and derivative	[16]
Compound words	[17]
Verbal nouns	[17-18]
Proper names	[18-19]
Gender of nouns	[19-20]
Number of nouns	[21]
Of the postfix ma	[21]
Reduplication of nouns	[21]
Cases of nouns	[22]
CHAP. IV. OF THE ADJECTIVES.
Their gender, number, and case	[23]
Reduplication of	[23]
CHAP. V. OF THE NUMERALS.
Of the cardinals	[24]
Their prefixes	[24]
Their manner of combination, &c.	[25]
Prefixes for denoting
——persons	[26]
——distribution	[26]
——fractions of length	[26]
Ordinals.
Three ways for denoting them	[26]
CHAP. VI. OF THE PRONOUNS.
Of the personal pronouns	[27-29]
Of the possessive pronouns	[29]
Of the relative pronouns	[29-30]
Of the demonstrative pronouns	[30-31]
Of nei, na, and ra	[30]
Of the interrogative pronouns	[31]
Mode of supplying the defect of distributive pronouns	[32]
Of the indefinite pronouns	[32-33]
CHAP. VII. OF THE VERBS.
Verbs primitive, derivative, and compound	[34-35]
Mood	[35-36]
Tense	[36-38]
Imperative mood	[39-42]
Paradigm of tense in simple sentences	[42-52]
Passive voice (table of examples)	[48]
——remarks on	[49]
Verbal nouns (their formation)	[51-52]
Neuter verbs	[52]
Participial adjectives	[53]
CHAP. VIII. OF THE PREPOSITIONS.
List of prepositions	[55-56]
Remarks on them	[56-64]
Proper meaning of na, ma, &c.	[64-72]
CHAP. IX. OF THE ADVERBS.
Primitive and derivative adverbs	[73-74]
Classification and list of adverbs and adverbial expressions	[74-86]
CHAP. X. OF THE PARTICLES.
Atu, mai, ake, iho, ai, ano, ra, koa, u, hoki, kau	[87-94]
CHAP. XI.
Of the conjunctions	[95-98]
CHAP. XII.
Of the interjections	[99-101]
CHAP. XIII. OF THE SYNTAX. Preliminary Remarks.
Terms explained	[102]
Complex and incomplex propositions	[103]
Remarks on the general features of Maori	[103-104]
Epanorthosis	[104-105]
CHAP. XIV. SYNTAX OF THE ARTICLE.
Ko an article	[106]
Its peculiar features	[106-109]
The omission of the article	[109]
He and te tahi	[109-110]
The particle a	[110-111]
CHAP. XV. SYNTAX OF THE NOUN.
Nouns in apposition	[112]
Article prefixed to them	[112]
Preposition	[113]
Exceptions	[113-114]
Clauses in epanorthosis, irregularity of	[114]
The answer to a question, construction of	[114-115]
Possessive Case denotes
——Intensity	[115]
——Date of an act	[115]
——Useful in predication	[115]
——Used instead of other cases	[116]
——Position of, when the governing word is twice repeated	[116]
——Governing word often omitted	[116]
Material, or quality, of a thing how denoted by a substantive	[116-117]
The form of the substantive often used for that of the adjective	[117]
Objective Case.
——position of	[117-118]
How compound words govern others	[118]
Kai prefixed to a verb	[118]
Te prefixed to proper names	[118]
Ngati and rangi	[118]
O and A, distinction between	[118-120]
CHAP. XVI. SYNTAX OF THE ADJECTIVES.
Position of adjectives	[121]
Verbal adjectives	[121]
Exceptions	[121-122]
Many adjectives to one substantive	[122]
One adjective to two or more substantives	[122-123]
Of the forms occasionally assumed by the adjective	[123]
Comparison of adjectives	[123-125]
CHAP. XVII. SYNTAX OF NUMERALS.
Particles prefixed to numerals	[126-127]
Case following	[127]
Position of numeral	[127]
Repetition of numeral	[127-128]
Tua and whaka as numeral prefixes	[128-129]
CHAP. XVIII. SYNTAX OF PRONOUNS.
Position of pronouns	[130]
Often omitted	[130-131]
Singular and dual often denote a tribe	[131]
——Other uses of	[131]
A Pronoun in the singular will refer to a noun in the plural	[131]
——in the third person will refer to the first or second person	[131-132]
——used for the conjunction and	[132]
The noun belonging to the pronoun often omitted	[132]
Relative Pronouns, the substitutes for them	[132-133]
Demonstrative Pronouns.
——useful as auxiliaries	[133]
——other peculiarities of	[133-134]
Nei, na, and ra	[134]
Interrogative Pronouns (strange use of)	[134-135]
CHAP. XIX. SYNTAX OF THE VERB. The Verbal Particles.
E	[136-137]
Ana	[137]
E—ana	[138]
Ka	[138-139]
I	[139]
Kua	[139-142]
Kia	[143-144]
Kia and ki te, distinction between	[144]
Sometimes no verbal particle prefixed	[144-145]
Ai, as used in connexion with the verb	[145-147]
Whaka, uses of	[147-149]
Adverbs as auxiliaries	[149]
Defect of substantive verb, how supplied	[149-150]
Prepositions as auxiliaries	[150]
Tendency of Maori verb to assume the form of a substantive	[150-152]
The finite verb may follow the oblique case	[152]
Predication performed by the possessive case	[152-155]
Compound tenses	[155]
Other circumstances which affect the time or voice of a verb	[155-159]
Verbs associated to qualify each other	[159]
Repetition of verbs	[159]
——of other words	[159-160]
Passive verbs, use of	[160]
Sometimes supplanted by the active	[160-162]
Neuter verbs which assume the passive form	[162]
CHAP. XX. OF THE PREPOSITIONS, ADVERBS, AND CONJUNCTIONS.
[163-167]

CHAPTER I.
OF THE
PRONUNCIATION OF MAORI.

THE LETTERS OF MAORI ARE AS FOLLOWS

		NAME.
A.		a as in fall fat.
E.		e as a in acorn.
H.		ha.
I.		i as i in French or ee in sleep.
K.		ka.
M.		ma.
N.		na.
O.		o.
P.		pa.
R.		ra.
T.		ta.
U.		u.
W.		wa.
NG.		nga.

OF THE SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS.

A.

Has three sounds; the slender, somewhat broader, and the full broad sound.

1. The slender, as in hat, pat.

2. The somewhat broader; as in mar, far, father.