- Kati te tahae i aku merene, cease stealing my melons, i. e., do not, &c.
- E tae koe, ka tono mai i a Hone, when you arrive there, send John here.
- Tatou ki te to, we to drag, i. e., let us go to drag (the canoe.)
- Ko te tangata kua tukua mai, (before you send the pigs) let the messenger be sent here.
The attention of the reader is also requested to the following paradigm of the tenses as classified according to our arrangement.
He will observe that, as number and person make no difference in the form, one example of a kind will be sufficient.
Most of the sentences here inserted are simple. We shall reserve the consideration of the compound sentences for the Syntax.
PRESENT SINGULAR.
- E patu ana ahau, I am striking or strike.
- E patu ana koe, you are striking, &c.
- E patu ana koe, you are striking, &c.
DUAL AND PLURAL.