rm of an adverb, and precede; e. g., homai katoa mai nga mea, give (me) all the things. Sometimes, also, they will take the fo

, tenei, &c., and taua will al

onnected; i. e., if the noun be of the verbal form, so also will be the adject

ermine when such forms are admissible. As a general rule, it would perhaps be correct to say that when the verbal noun is of very familiar use, so as almost to have its verbal character forgotten, or when some thing or single a

of the same kind, is intended. Thus, oku nohoanga katoa will mean all my settlements; aku nohoanga katoatanga, all the tim

toki tua, is an axe to fell with; he toki tuakanga, an axe which has been used in felling; he mea whakakakuranga mai no tawahi, (clothes) worn abroad and s

h adjective; e. g., a great and good man, would be thus rendered: he tangata nui, he tangata pai; or the adjectives will be converted into substantives, by taking the article he before them. Thus, the above sentence might be rendered: he nui, he pa

a kau, pork and flour (they are both) sweet, or (a sweetness); he mea reka te poaka, he me reka te paraoa, idem. Tena koa etahi ha

e ra, it will take three days. Sometimes adverbs are used as adjectives; e. g., he tohunga rawa, a great artist, &c., te tino tangata, the very individual. The following form in which the verb supplies the place

i (from) after the adjective; e. g., e kaha ana a Hone i a Pita, John is stronger than Peter. (b) Sometimes there is joined to the adjective some adverb of intensity; e. g., e kaha rawa an

tive into the affirmative; e. g., e ngari ano te patu i a au; aua e tangohia oratia taku kainga, it is better to kill me, do not take away my settlement while I live; i. e., I should rather die than have my possessions taken from me. E nui ana taku hara, e kore e taea

omparative consequent; e. g., me patu ano au ka riro ai t

ahi i ou whare i nga ra ko tahi mano, one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Ma tenei e whak

s sometimes heard, but it is a weak mode of comparison: rere ke ana

ociate two contrary qualities: e. g., pai kino, indifferently good; roa pot

s comparison is implied by reduplication of one or more syllables: e. g., pouriuri, darkish (as in twilight). All adjectives which, in English, are preced

f intensity: e. g., Ko au te kaumatua, I am the eldest son; ko te tino nohinohi rawa tena, that is the least; ko te nui tenei o nga rakau katoa, this is the largest (lit. the large one)

ne e mohio ana; a, waiho ano i a Wiremu te tino mohio, John is better, he understand

petition of the adjective, with a peculiarly prolonged s