Harlow R. Maori: A Linguistic Introduction

Commissioners of Public Archives of the Territory of Hawaii, 1922. - 3189+730 p. In 1836 "A Vocabulary of Words in the Hawaiian Language" was published by Lorrin Andrews. The evident usefulness of this list of about 6000 words led its author to prepare "A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language" which was issued in 1865. Andrews' dictionary had long been out of print and increasing interest in Polynesian linguistic studies, the need of an authoritat...

Paraparaumu: Viking Sevenseas Limited, 1994. - 60 pp. ISBN: 0854670106 Maori Phrase Book - Basic Grammar - Maori-English, English-Maori Word List - Conversational Phrases - Proverbs - Place Names and Their Meanings - Kiwi English

Routledge, 1993. - 640 p. ISBN-10: 0415022541 ISBN-13: 978-0415022545 This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori. Today the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past. This book provides a uniquely comprehensive linguistic description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Tod...

Oxford University Press, 1953. - 305 p. Introduction Abbreviations Consonants Vowels Parts of speech Articles Signs of number Words with special plural forms Signs of tense Conjunctions and conjunctional equivalents Negatives and negative equivalents Verbs, suvjects, and objects More about verbs Still more about verbs Possessives as subjective ob objective Classification of nouns Verbal nouss, subjects, and objects Рrepositions Prepositional equ...

(Автор неизвестен) Wellington: New Zealand Government, Ministry of Education, 2009. - 393 p. (+ Teachers' Guidelines) M?l? e lelei! Welcome to the Learning Languages Series resource Faufaua! An Introduction to Tongan. This communicative language resource provides an integrated package of materials designed to offer flexible, progressive, entry-level lessons for teachers and students who are new learners of the Tongan language. The design of th...

Honolulu:, University of Hawaii Press, 2009. - 200 p. Gagana Samoa" is a modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday social situations; an introduction to the wider culture of fa'asamoa through photographs; more than 950 exercises to...

Hippocrene Books, 1997. - 121 p. ISBN-10: 0781806054 ISBN-13: 978-0781806053 The Beginner's Series is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist, and student. These language lessons cover such common situations as: passing through customs, checking into a hotel, placing phone calls, going to the post office, and extending and accepting invitations. First learn about the country's history and culture, acquaint...

Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd, 2001. - 142 p. ISBN-10: 0790003252 ISBN-13: 978-0790003252 A thorough guide to the Maori language, this introduction for the general reader assumes no prior knowledge and offers a comprehensive course of lessons and exercises, together with pronunciation advice and an extensive vocabulary, for successful study.

M?nchen-Newcastle: Lincom Europa, 1996. - 52 p. Maori, a member of the Eastern Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family, is the indigenous language of New Zealand. It is spoken by some 30,000 people, though a much greater number of people, perhaps as many as 200,000 have some knowledge of the language. Recently, Maori has been the subject of intense efforts to ensure its survival and development. In its phonology, morphology and s...

(Автор неизвестен) Auckland: Ministry of Education, 2009. - 379 p. (+ Teachers' Guidelines) T?lofa lava! Welcome to the Learning Languages Series, Mua ?! An Introduction to Gagana S?moa. This resource provides an integrated package of flexible entry-level resources for teachers, and for students who are new learners of gagana S?moa (the Samoan language). For many teachers this resource may be their first encounter with gagana S?moa. It is desi...