First Lessons in Maori

§ 8. Local nouns

§ 8. Local nouns.

—There are certain nouns which are invariably used without a definitive, ( § 18), though the force of a definitive must be expressed in translation. The majority of these have a place signification, hence the designation, local nouns; but there are others also with a time signification, which belong to the same grammatical category, and are subject to the same rules.

The following is a list of the most important of these:—