A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand
A
Grammar
and
Vocabulary
of the
Language of New Zealand.
Published by the
Church Missionary Society.
London:
Printed by R. Watts,
and Sold by L. B. Seeley, Fleet Street; and
John Hatchard & Son, Piccadilly.
1820.
Advertisement.
The Committee of the Church Missionary Society have availed themselves of the visit to this country of Mr. Thomas Kendall, one of the Society's Settlers at the Bay of Islands in New Zealand, to prepare the present work. Mr. Professor Lee, who has very kindly directed the whole, explains, in the Preface which he has prefixed to it, the objects of this publication.
Josiah Pratt,
Secretary.
Church Missionary House,
November 20, 1830.
| Preface | Page |
|---|---|
| The Alphabet | 1 |
| Syllabarium | 2 |
| The Parts of Speech | 8 |
| The Article | 8 |
| The Nouns Substantive | 9 |
| The Adjective | 15 |
| Degrees of Comparison | 16 |
| Numerals | 17 |
| Other forms of Numerals | 19 |
| Ordinals | 20 |
| Pronouns | 22 |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | 27 |
| Interrogative Pronouns | 28 |
| Verbs | 29 |
| Neuter Verbs | 35 |
| Passive Verbs | 49 |
| Causative Verbs | 50 |
| Adverbs | 53 |
| Prepositions | 55 |
| Conjunctions | 56 |
| Interjections | 57 |
| The Syntax | 58 |
| A Praxis | 61 |
| Phrases, Sentences, &c. | 67 |
| Dialogues | 95 |
| Songs | 107 |
| Religious Dialogues | 114 |
| Prayers, the Creed, &c. | 125 |
| Vocabulary | 131 |