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A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand.

Relative Pronouns

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Relative Pronouns.

I have not been able to discover any words in the New-Zealand Language corresponding to the Relative Pronouns in other languages. The few Examples following will shew that these Pronouns are generally understood.

1. Ko te tángata náku i koréro átu,
The man I spoke of.
2. Ko te rákau náu i waka kíte mai,
The tree you shewed me.
3. Ko te íwi kóa mádu i *'au,
The tribe vanquished by me.
4. Ko to táua nei tángata,
The man we are (speaking) of.

Note.—In the foregoing examples of Possessive, Demonstrative, and Relative Pronouns, the Particles te, ta, and to are evidently used in the Singular Number only; and e, a, and o, in the Plural.

* This is an abbreviation of ahau, I or Me.