A grammar of the Tahitian dialect of the Polynesian language.

A grammar of the Tahitian dialect of the Polynesian language

Creator: Davies, John, 1772-1855

Call Number: SR 499 DAV

Created/Published: Burder's Point, Tahiti : Mission Press, 1823

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GRAMMAR OF THE TAHITIAN DIALECT OF THE POLYNESIAN LANGUAGE.	5
INTRODUCTORY	7
TAHITIAN ALPHABET.	10
OF THE VOWELS.	11
OF SYLLABLES.	12
OF THE ARTICLE.	12
OF THE DIPHTHONGS.	12
OF WORDS.	12
OF THE NOUN SUBSTANTIVE.	14
OF CASE.	15
OF GENDER.	15
OF THE NOUN ADJECTIVE.	17
OF THE PRONOUNS.	18
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.	19
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.	21
RELATIVE PRONOUNS.	21
OF VERBS.	23
OF ADVERBS.	38
OF PREPOSITIONS.	40
OF CONJUNCTIONS.	41
OF INTERJECTIONS.	41
SYNTAX	42
PRAXIS. ON,	43
EXAMPLES, OF REDUPLICATIVE VERBS: WITH FURTHER REMARKS ON THEIR USE; SEE PAGES 33 AND 34.	45

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