5. Sometimes it is used in the sense of like:
- Kei te ahi e toro, like fire that burns.
- Koia ano kei te kowhatu, exactly as if it were a stone.
NO, of, (the sign of the possessive case.) In this signification he is the only article that it will admit before it; e. g.,
- He wanaunga no Hone, a relation of John's.
The following construction, however, is an exception:
- Katahi ano te potae pai no Hone, for the first time the good hat of John's, i. e., what an excellent hat is that of John's!
Note.—We may here observe that, in denoting the possessive case, no follows he, and o follows te, or nga. The following sentence is incorrect:
- Ano he tamariki o te Atua, as children of God.
The he here requires no after it. We shall have occasion hereafter (vid. verbs Syntax) to mention an exception to this rule which is sometimes heard among the tribes to the southward of Waikato.
2. From, (that time),