Te rua tekau ma toru o nga whare, the twenty third of the houses, or the twenty third house.
[VI. SENTENCES WITHOUT VERBS.]
§ 29. Subject and Prædicate. The Subject in a sentence is that of which anything is said.
The Prædicate is that which is said of the Subject.
Examples.
John is a boy. John runs. In both these "John" is the Subject: "a boy", and "runs" are Prædicates.
The Subject and Prædicate do not always occupy the same relative positions in English, for though the Subject is generally placed first, it is sometimes placed last, especially in poetry. It will be sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this chapter to consider the Prædicate identical with the most emphatic member of the sentence.
§ 30. Substantive Verb. In English, when the prædicate is not a verb, the verb "to be", commonly called the substantive verb, is used to connect the prædicate with its subject. This verb has no equivalent in Maori, but its place is supplied by the relative position of the different words in the sentence.