st common. It will be seen in this part of speech that t

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other person near

call, O, (in a

tion to statement

ara! ira!

! (Tar

nene! re!

(Nga

attention, ra

He! hi! ha! aeha! ār

, you see! yes, to be sure, &c.) Na ra nei? Ar?r?! haka! (Waikato,) aheiha (Ngapuhi,) ae ra

re mai, haere mai! Tauti mai,

other, Tena ra ko koe! or, T

alutation, Ko k

stop! Haere, go! E noh

(Waikato) Taukiri e!

hrases which are often us

avo, my father, &c., corre

i mau! what hea

it. stranger to John

a Hone

the student who desires to be a good speaker should pay them

etter food than I!" we have heard thus translated, E hia ranei nga poaka a Hone he pai ke ta ratou kai i taku, &c.? The translation here obviously diffe

regard to the meaning; and that, in these idiomatic phrases, it would be best, unless we wish to establish the maxim of the French statesman,[31] "that language was merely int

; but it cannot be expressed by our present alphabet. It is formed by a sharp smack of the tongue against the palate, and na pronounced after it. The be

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