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( 58 ) ( o8 ) SYNTAX.

THE NOMINATIVE CASE AND THE VERB.

The Nominative Case agrecs with and follows the Verb; as, E tbene ra éki te ra, The sunproceeds forward. E rére 4na te mdnu, The bird flies. E aréha dna nga matda, The parents love. E aire 4na maua, ko Tdka, I and Tidka move. E e ki mai 4na te tdua, The army is coming back.

Nore.—In the last four sentences, the ra cki is omitted by the ellipse,

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SUBSTANTIVE AND ADJECTIVE.

The Adjective follows the Substantive; as, E tingata pai, A good man. E ngékau kino, A bad heart. Adjectives sometimes precede the substantive; as, Ka réa (ra 64) te po, Long is the night. E nii te pai o ténei méa, Very good is this thing. Pai riwa tou dnga, Exceeding good is thy work.

Sometimes the Adjective denoting the parti- cular properties of a Substantive is expressed alone; the Substantive to which it refers being understood ; as,

E kiere, Anignorant, unskilfulman;—the word tdngata being understood.