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1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Contents |
The phrase -- The articles -- The positional particles nei, na, ra, and the definitives teenei, teenaa, teeraa -- Nominal sentences -- Active and stative verbal sentences -- Comments introduced by i and ki -- Passives -- Verbal particles -- Personal pronouns -- Use of the personal pronouns -- Locative particles ki, kei, i, hei -- Locative bases -- Dominant and subordinate possession : the particles a and o -- The possessive particles ta and to, and the T-class possessives -- The definitives -- Parts of speech : the base classes -- Prepositions -- The possessive prepositions na, no, ma, mo -- The imperative with universals -- Negative transforms of verbal sentences -- The directional particles mai, atu, iho, ake -- The manner particles rawa, tonu, kee, noa, pea, koa -- The verbal phrase -- The actor emphatic -- Negative transforms of nominal sentences -- Time -- Derived nouns -- The causative prefix whaka- and derived universals -- Kei meaning "lest" or "don't" -- The pseudo-verbal continuous with i te and kei te -- Complex phrases -- The uses and meanings of i and ki in non-initial phrases -- The imperative with statives -- Subordinate clauses with kia -- The proper article a -- The continuative particle ana -- Interjections and interjectory phrases -- The structure of the simple verbal sentence -- No te and its various meanings -- Reduplication -- The biposed particle anoo -- Numerals -- Taua and teetahi -- The locatives koo, konei, konaa, koraa, reira -- Agreement of qualifying bases and manner particles with passives and derived nouns -- Hoomai, hoatu and hoake -- The postposed particle hoki -- The structure of the Maori phrases -- Subordinate constituents of complex sentences -- Explanatory predicates to stative sentences -- Reflexive-intensive pronouns and possessive pronouns -- Days, weeks, months and years -- More about conditional constituents : "if" and "when" -- A brief guide to pronunciation |
| Summary |
Let's Learn Maori comprises a textbook and self-help guide to the study of the Maori language. It is also a complete grammar reference, covering parts of speech, the structure of each type of phrase and the combinations of phrases that form simple sentences. Each aspect of the grammar is discussed in a numbered section or subsection of the book and a combined vocabulary and index provides a reference system |
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Text in English and Maori |
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Print version record |
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Māori language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
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Māori language -- Self-instruction
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
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Māori language
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Matareo.
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Reo Māori.
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Māori language materials
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Textbooks
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Self-instruction
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Textbooks
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Textbooks.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781869406424 |
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1869406427 |
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