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GRAMMAR
OF

THE HAWAIIAN LANGUA

B7

L\

AWDHEWS.

ho:nolulu:

PRINTED AT THE

AII8SION PRESS.

1854

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CONTENTS.

Gfammarj

Definitioiit

n
Of Nouns,

contents;

NOUNS.
Sec.
76'

Nouns Proper and Common,

Abstract and Concrete,
Syllables forming a Class,
-

11I'd79

80

PERSON.
Of
Person,
Definition., three Persons,

82

NUMBER.
Of Number, Nouns have three numbers,
.

83

8385-

Signs of Dual and Plural,

8694
95 96 97

GENDER.
Of Gender,

No

Neuter Gender,

Specific

Words

for

Genders,

DECLENSION OF NOUNS.
Of
the Declension of Nouns,

Case

Definition of Case,

... ...
. .

Number

of Cases,

Paradigm of Common Nouns, Paradigm of a Name of a Place, Nouns made Plural by Mau and Poe, Pctradigm of a Name of a Person, Remafks on the Paradigms,

98 98 99 100
101

102103
104 105

ADJECTIVES.
Of
Adjectives,
.

Adjective Definition, Qualify Nouns variously Place of Adjectives in the sentence, . Division of Adjectives, Observations on Adjectives, Of He and Ua before Adjectives, Nouns turned into Adjectives, Adjectives used as Nouns,

106 106 107 108 109 110

111

112 113

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.
Three Degrees of Comparison, Comparative Sub-divided,

...
-

'

'

Numeral

Adjectives,

'

Observation on Numeral Adjectives,

'

114 114 115 116


CONTENTS.
jn

PRONOUNS.
Pronoun
Classes

Definition and Use, Person and Number,

Personal Pronouns, Orthogrophy of the First Person, Paradigm of First Person, JlemariiS on the Paradigm,
-

...
-

Sec.

Uemarks on the Dual, of First Person, Remarks on the First Person Plural, Second Person SinguJar,
Declension of Second Person, Examples, . Third Person Singular,
-

Two

different

Words,

Orthogi'aphy of Third Person, Paradigm Third Person Singular, Remarks on Third Person Singular, Third Person Dual, Third Person Plural,

...
'

The Pronoun Mai,

Pronouns Modifying Verbs, Pronouns with the Idea of Verbs, Prefix Pronouns,

Two

Second Examples Remarks,

classes

....
,

First Class,
.

Class,

Relative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns,

Interrogatives

Ezamples and Paradigm, Aha and Hea,

COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS.
Declinable

Examples,
ADVERBS.
-

. Adverbs of Three Classes Second Class Declined Examples,

CONJUNCTIONS.
Definitions

and Use,

INTERJECTIONS.
Definition

Examples,

...
VERBS.
to

Definition.

Not Necessary No Verb of Existence,

an Idea,

ft

CO'NTEN-tS.
are Ejfpressed,
.
-

How Existence, Possessing, fitc., . No Auxiliary Verbs, No Variation of Verb itself,

Person

Sec

Number,

Double

First Persons,

Dual and

Plural,

MOOD.
Definition

and Number of Moods,

TENSE.
Definifion,
.

Root of a Verb,

INDICATIVE MODE, PRETERITE

. Five Forms, Examples, Present Tense, Examples, Future Tense, Two Forms, Remarks, ,

'

IMPERATIVE MOOD.
Definition, Use,

Remarks,

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
Definition, Use, Preterite

Four Forms,

Present Subjunctive, Examples, Future Subjunctive, Examples,

INFINITIVE MOOD.
Infinitive

Forms, Examples,

'*

203
204 207

PARTICIPLES.
present, Preterite, Gerund, Synopsis of the F rst Conjunction,

"
<'

206 208

Definition,

Remarks,

Examples,

--.,<(
etc.,
-

OF CONJUGATION.
-

2Qg

qh
230

2}q 228
231

COMPOUND VERBS,
Definition, Examples,
.

,
.

Anomalous Verb Loaa,

"23'
u a
u u

VERBAL DIRECTIVES.
Explanation,

What

--..<
-

the Directives are,

,
.
,

Paradigm with Directives, The Syllable La, Further Remarks, The Syllable Ai, Examples,

233 234
23.5

,
.

238

239240
241

. . .

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INTRODUCTION.

Language, in all parts of the earth, is ttie princiof communication between men. It is employed only by rational beings, or such as have the faculty oi speech; that is, of uttering articulate sounds. Language is the medium of communicating ideas , 2, in two ways 1st, by the use of the voice in the utterance of articulate sounds termed words 2nd, by characters representing articulate sounds. The former is addressed

1.

pal

medium

to the ear, the latter to the eye. 3. Languages, like the people of the earth, are divided into great families. These again, owing to some local or other circumstances, are divided into Dialects.. dialect is a branch of some more general lang 4. Uge. A dialect is formed by leaving off from the forms of the general language, or by adding something new to them. The pronunciation may to some extent be altered etc* These changes may be produced by time, accident, culture or neglect. Most if not all the dialects of Polynesia appear to 5. have had the same origin, which, in all probability, was tlie Malayan. As the Islands of the great Pacific Ocean, constituting Polynesia, are many and far separated, it is reasonable to suppose that their languages must vary from each other ; and this is found to be a fact. Every language has certain great fundamental 6. These principles principles upon which it is constructed. differing from each other, constitute their peculiarity. Hence, every language in its etymology and syntax must be regulated by its own laws though some general principles may run through the whole.


II

INTRODUCTION.
7.

of a language reduced to a system, or the principles of its construction drawn out it the eye, constitute its grammar. Grammars may be general or particular as they 8. i:reat of the principles of some one of the family of languages, or of the language of a particular country in a general manner or they may take up some particular dialecat of a language and may elucidate its principles more minutely than could be done in a general grammar. 9. The object of the following work is merely to draw out with some particularity the leading principles of the Hawaiian dialect. By Hawaiian dialect is meant the genjeral language of the collective group of islands so named by the natives themselves from the name of their largest

The laws and usages

island.

A general grammar of all the Polynesian lang 10. uages is a disideratum. But probably such a grammar is for it is not known that such a work yet to be written lias yet been seriously attempted. If however such a work is meditated, it should 11. not be delayed, for some of the more important materials are passing away, viz the present race, who only can be familiar with the pure language of the natives of Polynesia. The language of the present generation is already mixing -with foreign idioms and introducing foreign words. The Hawaiian Dialect was reduced to writing 12. t)y the Missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M., and the first Ibook was printed in January, 1822. Since that time the works printed for the use of Hawaiians in their own language amounted -to about 6,415 continuous pages, of duotdecimo size, besides the Bible, Hymn books, etc., etc.^* which amount was printed previous to 1843, since when 'ihere has been no accurate estimate made. See Dibble's
; :

.History of Hawaiian Islands. It was the object of those who first reduced the 13. language to writing first, to ascertain what sounds there
:

the language and secondly, to express these .sounds by th^ fewest characters. The characters used :are the Roman and the sound given to the vowels are ithose of the languages of Southern continental Europe trather than those of the English.
in
; ;

were

rNTRODUCTlON.

HI

14. The materials for the following grammar have been taken almost entirely from native manuscripts or from documents printed from native manuscripts. That is, every example cited to illustrate any principle has been copied from a manuscript written by a native or from a printed page originally written by a native. It is possible that some of the works written by the missionabut as so much has ries might be of equal authority been written by the natives themselves, it was thought best to appeal to them for authority in every case. If anything shall be inserted contrary to the above statement, It was, therefore, impossible to it will be mentioned. that is, the names of the writers, quote the authorities
; ;

>

general way. 15. After all, there will probably appear principles in the language which have been entirely overlooked, or mistaken in the developement. If so, future editions or future laborers must be looked to for corrections or for the supply of deficiencies.

except

in this

CiRAMMAR
OF THE

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

1.

Gratnhiar

Used

in writing or

is a Written account of the principles speaking a language.

Hawaiian Grammar is an explanation of the 2. fules and principles used by Hawaiians in speaking and writing their language.
3. Grammatical Treatises are usually divided into several parts, viz. Orthography, Etymology, Syntax and Prosody. Orthography treats of letters and their formation into words. Etymology treats of words and their changes in relation to each other. Syntax teaches the rules whereby words are formed into sentences. Prosody will hardly be included in this Grammar.
NoTE.'=^rt
is

taken for granted, in

this

work, that the reader undefini-

de^tands the principles of general Grammar; hence many

tions are omitted.

Part

4.

I.

OP

ORTHOGRAPHY.

The

first

These

s<Junds

principles of a language are its sounds. are i^presented by arbitrary characters

called Letters.

5. The letters of pure Hawaiian words are twelve; but as other sounds have been admitted from foreign languages, other letters have ;been admitted to represent them.

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OF ORTHOGRAPHY.

6. The arrangement of these letters in the Alphabet as they now stand in primary school books and vocabularies is as follows:

Pronounced as

a in art, a long in

after, &.c.

hate,

mate, &.c.

Vowels

ee in see or i in fatigue.

long as in note. 00 in boot.

Aspirate as in English

He
Ke

vowel sound as above,

La
>

Consonants

Mu
Nu
Pi

We
Bi

Di Fa

Ga
Foreign Letters,
Je

mostly hard. but little used.

Ro
Sa
Ti

Z
classes, viz.
1.

8. The letters of the Hawaiian Alphabet, as they stand above, and appear to the eye, are divided into three

Vowels.
Consonants, used
in

2. 5.

pure Hawaiian words.

Foreign Consonants.

These

last

are

introduced

along with foreign words.

9. It is of importance both to write and pronounce the foreign consonants as they are written and pronounc?d in English, not only for the sake of adding variety to the sounds of the language, but for identifying the words so introduced. Thus Ruta (Ruth) the name of a woman, in pure Hawaiian letters would be Luka (Luke) a man's name. Sara (Sarah) would be Kala; Rama (rum) would be lama a torch. The natives greatly prefer that we should pronounce our words when we use them as we pro-

OF THE VOWELS.

11

nounce them, especially

acquire English.
10.

as so

many

are

now

anxious to

In printed books, the letters of the alphabet

have been used as in the English and other European languages, in numbering the chapters of the Bible ^the chapters and sections of law books, &c.; but awkwardly, as it was necessary to introduce two letters more, viz. C and X, which are not wanted for any other purpose.

OF THE VOWELS.
11. The sounds of the Vowels, as given in the alphabet are almost uniform. Thus a has the sound of a in Slight exceptions may be found; Ex-; alms, father, Slc. ception Istjin such words aswAo, mawaho, Oahu, molowa, &c. where the sounds resemble those of the Scotch a, but not so broad.

Ex. 2. In some words where a is succeeded hy k or p accented, the a has a sound similar to a short English thus make is pronounced something like mukky, perhaps not so short. Malimali lik-e mullymully; napenape like napynipy.
Ex.
3.

The

o is

sometimes shortened beyond what

it

vyould appear from the alphabet. Thus, Hawaiians mostly say mahope, a few mahope as if written mahoppy, &c. The Vowel sounds, however, as given in the alphabet are almost universal.

The sounds of the vowels as pronounced in Engwould not answer the purpose of pronunciation in Hawaiian without a great sacrifice of simplicity. Thus, /in Hawaiian has the sound of ee in English; but 1st. the class of words is very numerous where two ^^'s come together; thus, pii to ascend, in an English dress would be peeee; Mi, to hold in the arms, would be heeee; liilii, small, would be leeeeleeee. 2nd. The letter in Hawaiian sounds like oo in x:oo in Hence ku to stand, would be koo; and kuu to English. let go, would be koooo; uku to pay, would be ookoo; and nuku little, would heooookoo, &c. Much of this has been avoided by the orthography of the vowels which wa
12.
lish

adopted.

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OF THE CONSONANTS.

13. in English.
1st.

OF THE HAWAIIAN CONSONANTS. The consonants are sounded mostly as

Thus,
letter h
is

they are

The

srmple breathing or aspirate as

hah, hemo.
2nd. The letter k has some variety in its pronunciation. The people of the Island of Hawaii formerly had a sound now represented by the letter k which sound was a guttural, or rather perhaps, the sound was formed at the root The people of Kauai, on the other hand, of the tongue. had a sound of the same signification, but pronounced it near the tip of the tongue resemblina: the sound of t Since the conquest by Kamehameha I., and t' e c nsi quent mixing up of the people of the different islands; this letter has all the intermediate sounds from a gutteral to a dental; that is, from the distinct k sound to that of the i. And the people appear to perceive no difference. It is an anomoly that a people so nice in distinguishing vowel sounds as the Hawaiians are, should be so inapt in perceiving the difference of consonant sounds. It should be observed, that the A sound greatly predominates over that of the t.
3rd. The letter Z is a liquid, and is often interchangable with r; not the rolling French r, but the smooth r of the Americans. A few persons assimilate it sometimes with 71, as lanaku, nanahu, Lanai, Nanai; this, however, is rare. The word Hllo, name of a district on Hawaii, is sometimes pronounced as if written Hilo, Hiro or Hido; and as before remarked, the natives seem not to perceive any difference.
4th.

M has but one sound,

is

moku, moo;

it

is

a liquid.

5th. iV
as
it

a liquid also,

may bo

and has but one sound, except occasionally heard for [See under /
,'.

6th. 7th.

is a

labial,

and has but one sound, as

jfjoe,

pio.

as a consonant, has but one sound, as iva, webut is frequently represented by the diphthong ue; as, naueue is often written natvewe; and so of most of the diphthongs formed by u and another vowel.
la, &-C.,

W,

Note.

The

letter

w,

in

mnny

cases could be spared, as o an.

is

OF THE CONSONANTS.
pironodnced
oietit

>

like

owau. Some Hawaiians write o Akea one of the an-^

gods same.

others write o

Wakea

the pronunciation being the

OF FOREIGN CONSONANTS.
it

B is a labial, and Hawaiians are inclined to give 14 the soft sound o[p, as baku, paka.

has the same sound as in English, but Hawaiians often run it into the k or t sounds. [See 13, 3rd and 5th.}
F. this letter

was not introduced,

as at the Society Isa

lands for a
al

Digamma
it

or aspirate; but to represent the reas fiku,

fig.

Ens:lish semi-vowel sounds;

into the

The na-

tives often run

p sound.

has but one hard sound, as gola, gold; Hawaiians earun it into the k or t sounds. In pronouncing the proper name of tne country Belgium. Haw. Belegiuma, the
sily

is soft.

/ has

lately

been introduced

to spell the foreign

word

jure, jury.

has the smooth soft sound and hence easily assimilaThe strong rolling r cannot be pronounced ted with I.

R
S

by

a Hawaiian.

has been introduced as a sibilant, for the Hawaiians Hawaiians begin to use the sound In such words as Sabati, Sabbath; sopa, soap, &,c., but frequently run it into the k sound.
naturally have none.

T is
by
it

easily to
It

others.

be pronounced by some, more has but one sound.

difficult

Fis not
into the

often clearly sounded by Hawaiians, they run

sound of w.

in a few words introduced from the Hebrew, as, Ziona, Zion; Zizania, cockle. Greek or Note The foregoing foreign letters are never used except in
is

used only

writing words introduced from foreign languages.

OF DIPHTHONGS.
15.

Diphthong

is

the

compound sound of two vow-

els united in one.

16. It is doubtful whether in a Hawaiian's ear two vowels are ever so united as to form what, in European

14
languages,
is

OT THE DIPTHONGS.

termed a diphthong; that is, the coalition of two vowels into one sound. Still, in a grammatical treatise the

theory
It is

may be
clear,

safely adopted.

however, that the language has no improper diphthongs; as both vowels, as pronounced by Hawaiians, are always heard.
17.
as diph 18. The following, considered in theory, same the with other words of thongs, are set in contrast and syllables consist of separate which orthography, but other. from the significations different constitute words of
a-a roots of a plant or tree,
a-e, to assent,
a-i,

a-a a dwarf.
a-e,
a-i,

to

go on board a canoe.

food, V. to eat,

a-o, a cloud,

the neck. a-o, to teach, reprove.

a-u, pron. of
e-a,

a-u, to
e-a,
e-e,

swim,

me, mine.

to rise up, to enter as a canoe,

e-i, eia,

offering to another,

e-o,

becoming anothers,
pron. sign of accusative,

dust raised by the wind. e-e, the armpit. e-i, to speak. e-o, answering to a call.
e-u,
i-a,
i-e,
i-i,

e-u, to rise up,

i-a, i-e,
i-i,

one
a

in grief.

fish.

a kind of kapa or cloth,

to be in difficulty,

an angry man. mouldy food.

there, at a distance.

i-o,

muscle, lean flesh,

disagreeable,

i-o,

i-u,

i-u, in

hiu

ia,

the

tail

of a

fish.

o-a, a split board, o-e, long, as the neck,

o-i,

o-a, rafter of

a house.

o-e, to prick, probe.

o-i,

eatable kalo,

a lame person.

o-o, ripe, mature, as food, o-u, pron. of thee, thine

u-a, a kind of kapa,

o-o,

o-u, pron. of
u-a, rain.

an instrument to dig with. me, mine.

u-e, to shake,
u-i,

move,

u-e, angry, provoked.

u-i,

to question, ask,

a youth,

u-o, to spread, as vines,

u-o, the

u-u, elastic,

u-u, to

young man. sound of a bell. stammer.

Protracted investigations, in company with intelligent Note. Hawaiians, would doubtless, modify some of these remark^

OF SYLLABLES.
19. A syllable, in Hawaiian, may consist of a single vowel, or a consonant united with a vowel, or at most of a consonant and two vowels; never of more than one consonant in a syllable.

OF StLLABLfiS.

15

20. In Hawaiian, every syllable ends with a vowel sound; and no syllable can have more than three letters; generally, not more than two; and a vast many syllables
consist of single letters-

vowels.

21. No adult Hawaiian uneducated can easily pronounce, and never without special effort, will attempt to pronounce, two consonants together in tho same syllable. The only word that has been printed in Hawaiian books with two consonants standing together, \sKristo, Christ.

appear obvious, from the foregoing secthe names of the letters, as they stand in the alphabet are somewhat varied from the English names. The names of the letters must terminate with a vowel.
22.
It will

tions,

why

As every syllable must end with a vowel sound, two consonants cannot be sounded together without a vowel, and as whole words and even sentences may be made up of vowels, it is clear that the vowel sounds must greatly predominate over the consonant
23.
as

and

sounds; thus, oiaio, truth; aoao, side; e i ae oeia ia, speak thou to him there; e ae au ia oe, I will consent to you; and many phrases, if not sentences, may be made up entirely The language, therefore, must appear of vowel sounds. monotonous to one unacquainted with its force.

OF WORDS.
24. A word is an articulate sound, or union of sounds that expresses some idea. A word may be simple, that is, expressing but one idea, or it may be a union of what was-originally two or more words and convey more ideas than one. 25.
or
is

In Hawaiian, each of the vowels constitutes one

more distinct words. Still, a greater number of words formed by the union of a conronant and a single vowel;
li,

as, ha, ka,

me, no, pu, wa.

26. Any word that cannot be reduced to any simpler word, and is one upon which other syllables may be added to modify the sense, is termed a Root. great majority of radical words, or those from which others are formed, consist of two syllables. In 27.

16

OF WORDS.

this Respect the Hawaiian resembles several of th& ancient languages as the Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, &c., thus

pO'im, good.
i-no, badv
lo-Or,

long.

ha-na, work, hu-a, fruit. ka-pa, clotli.

i-a,
fish.

ho-nu, deep. ke-mo, to loosen". ho-pu, to catch.

h-le, to fly,

po-ko, short.

&c.

28. There are also many words formed by doubling the This generally gives frequency first syllable of the root. or strength to the idea contained in the root; thus,
a,

to burn,

u-mi, to choke)
po-i, to cover,

ni-ni, to pour)

to burn hotly u-u-mi, to choke. po-po-i, to cover up. ni-ni-ni, to pour into.
a'-a,

ku-Ui to kneei,
no-i^ to ask,

ku-ktt-li, lo kneel.

no-no-i, to ask, beg.

lo-lo-ki, to

kvni, to report)
lo-hi, to lingeJ",
2>e-Ai)

ku-ku-i, to spread a report. be slow.

kill,

to pelt,

pe-pe-hi, to

&c.

29. Others are formed by doubling the second syllable of the root; thus,
norki, to bind,
na-ki-ki, to bind tightly.

ma-kai, to look,
na-ue, to tremble, fta-ha, to break, ha-ma, to open,

ma-kai-kai, to examine a thing. na-ue-ue, to shake. na-ha-ha, to break to pieces. ha-ma-^na, to, open wide, &c.

30. Others by prefixing force or intensity; thus,

ke-a, to call,

some other

syllable to

add

hu-K, to turn,
ne-e,
to shove,

ka-he-d, to call. ka-hu^li, to overturn.

ha-e, to break,
pi-li, to
fit,

pa-ne^e, to push along, na-ha-e, to break.

ka'-pi-li, to fit

[ten timbers as a carpen-

ni-ni, lo pour,
tt-ioe,

a burden,

lu-ku, to slaughter, oK, to sing,

Aee,

ha-ni^ni to pour out. ha-a-we, a burden. hai-lu-ku, to slaughter.

hau-o-li, to rejoice. nu-he-e, to flee.

to flee,

M)i-K, to twist,

ka-wi-li, to twist,
ki-pe-hi, to

mix up.

hi-nu, ointment,
pe-hi, to pelt,
ni'Ai, to tui^ sideways, ho-lo, to run,
fte-Uffl,

ka-hi-nu, to anoint.

throw stones at. ku-ni-hi, to stand sideways. na-ho-lo, to run along.

pa-ke-la, to go beyond, &,c.

to exoeed,

OF WORDS.

17

Note. All these prefixes have a meaning of their own when they stand as separate words, but those meanings seem to have no effect on the compound word, and yet the original meaning of the root is undoubtedly modified by them,, and so of the doubled syllables of the foregoing section.
31. Another and very numerous class of words is formed by repeating both syllables or the whole word;
thus,
pa-la, to paint, daub, ha-mo, ointment, la-we, to
carry.,

pa-la-pa-la, to write.
to rub with ointment. la-we-la-we, to carry frequently, he-lu-he-lu, to read.

ha-mo-ha-mo,

he-lu, to count,

he-ma, the
pU'lu, wet,

left

hand,

he-ma-ke-ma

awkwardly.

o-lu, to please,

o-lu-o-lu, pleasant, agreeable.

pu~lu-pu-lu, very wet, &c.

32. Again, these words with the root, or both syllables doubled may have those same prefixes or others as those in 30; thus,
hu-a, to grow, increase, i-no, bad, evil, la-ma, a torch, light,

ma- hu-a-hu-a, to grow large. ma-i-no-i-no, affliction, suflering.

ma-la-ma-la-ma, a light. pa-Ae-mo-Ae-ma, awkward in speech. na-wa-U-wa-li, want of strength.
to

he-ma-he-ma, awkward, wa-li-wa-U, wea-k,

33.

Other words, from one syllable

any number

may be
thus,

prefixed by hoo which has a causative meaning;

hoo-e-mi, to cause to diminish.
hoo-li-kc-li-ke, to cause to resemble.

t-mi, to diminish,
li-ke-li-ke, just alike,

pa-i, to strike,

hoo-pa-i, to cause to strike, punisli.

light,

ima-la-ma-la-ma,
po-ko-le, short,

hoo-ma-la-ma-la-ma,
hoo-po-ko-le,
to

to give fight.

make

short,

&c.

Other words are formed by suffixing the syllable na a contraction of the word ana equivalent to the English participial termination ing; thus,
34.
mo-e-na, a mat,
hi-ki-na, the east,
for mo-e-a-na, for

a lying down. hi-M-a-na, the coming [of the

w.ai-ho-a-na, a laying aside.

stin.

for wai-ho-na, a treasury, for hu-i-na, an angle, sum, ha-ki-na, a broken piece,, for mo-ku-na, a dividing line, for for haa-wi-na, a gift,

hu-i-a-na, a uniting. ha-ki-a-na, a breaking.

mo-ku'-a-na, a breaking
haa-ivi-a-na, a giving,
is

off.

&c.
sufR.xin,2"

35.

Another class of words

formed hy

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01-

WORDS.

These words are the passive termination of verbs ia. mostly, if not always, the preter participle of some verb, though often used as nouns or adjectives. Thus,
ni-nau-ia, the thing asked
i-ke-ia,
for,

which is known, hoo-ko-ia, that which is brought

that

pa-i-ia, printed,

from ni-nau to ask. from i-ke, to know. from hoo-ko, to cause. to pass, from pa-i, to print, &c.

it 36. Respecting many words that are compounded, should fully in practice whether they is not yet settled be written and printed as one word or separately. Both in printing and writing among the natives we have the following among many others.

kuhiheiva, to think erroneously lapuwale, foolish, kupaa, to stand fast, hapawalu, the name of IQicents,
,

or kuhi heiva.
or lapu ivale.

or
or

ku paa.
hapa
i

ivalu.

hoomanaioanui,
alaloa,

to persevere,

or or or or or or or

hoomanawa
uka.

nui.

iuka, towards the mountain,

main road,
of a ship,
gatlierer,

or ala loa.

kahumoku, mate
lunaauhau, a tax
manaoio,

kahu moku.
luna auhau.

alihikaua, a general,
belief, faith,

or alihi kaua.

manao
aha

io.

ahaolelo, a council,

olelo.
ai.

makiai, to till the ground, paipalapala, printer,

mahi

or pai palapala.

written and printed by naBut there is an increasing disposition to write and print this class of words in one word rather It was at first a difficult thing for Hawaiians than separate them. that is, to separate the words in to learn to divide words properly a sentence from each other. It was very common for them to unite the article with the noun as one word, and so the adjective
tives

Note. and

The above words have been

foreigners in both

forms.

with the substantive.

37. It is a peculiar trait of the Hawaiian language that a majority of words can be used as the writer or

speaker needs either as nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs; not so much by altering their forms as by changing their place in the sentence and connecting them with their adjuncts. Thus, take the common word aloha, As a verb, ke aloha aku nei au kuu hoalauna, I love my friend.
i

OF WORDS.

19
lie

As a
friend.

noun, he aloha kona

he
alii

kona hoalauna,
ia
i

had love
is

for his

As an adjective,
a loving chief to

aloha no

kona hoalauna, he

indeed

his friend. la kela ia ia,

As an adverb, hana aloha ae him w\thf7-iendsMp.

oioai

that person treated

Even the personal pronoun au I, may be used as a verb; thus, ka mea papale ie o oukou 1 who has a straw hat among you?
Ans.

Owau aku
I said to

la
I

that

is,

him,

no hoi au, otoau; had.

literally, I

led to

him

I;

38. From the fewness of the letters and syllables in the language, it must necessarily be that many words of the same letters must have different significations; and so it is, but it is greatly remedied in Hawaiian as in other languages, by different tones, accents, or pronunciation, some of which were shown in 18, making in fact a differThe enunent word to the ear, though not to the eye. ciation of some of these tones and accents are exceedingly difficult for an adult foreigner ever to obtain.

As might be expected, where the letters are so 39. few, and their combinations into syllables and words so regular, the language, to foreign ears is very monotonThe guttural sounds are frequent, for many vowel ous. sounds come together which do not form diphthongs.
40. In Hawaiian there is a great want of generic terms, as is the case with all uncultivated languages. No people have use for generic terms until they begin to reason; and the language shows that the Hawaiians have never been a reasoning people. They have been better warriors and poets, than philosophers and statesmen. Their language, however, richly abounds in specific names

and epithets.

OF ACCENTS.
41. The general law of the language is, that the accent should fall upon the penult, that is, the last syllable The exceptions to this rule are somebut one in a word. what numerous, but will occasion no great difficulty to the learner, a few remarks only will be made on accent.

iO
iVoTE.
lows,

OK ACCEXT&.

In counting

two

closely

written foolscap"

ivere found

117 different words of more than one

syllable;

pages, there as fol^

-=

Of words

Of

of two syllables a:ccented On the penult, of two syllables accented on the ultima, of three syllables accented on the penult, of three syllables accented on the ante penult, words of three syllables accented on the ultima, -^ four syllables accented on the penult, two syllables accented equally on both syllables, [i. e. spondees,]
-

49 9 40
4 2

&
4

42. Many persons, on arriving at the Islands, treat the language as though the words were accented on the last syllable, which is a great mistake; comparafively few of the words are so accented. Capt. Cook very naturally

used English orthography in spelling the names of places and of persons at the islands, and this favors the appearance of the accent on the last syllable; thus Woahoo, Owhyhee, for Oihu, Hawaii.
43. Some words of the same letters and syllables by ehange of accent, change the meaning of the word; thus.

ma-la-ma, a month.
ka-nd-ka, a man.
d-ka, a shadow.

m'l-la-ma, take heed, take care. kl-na-ka, men in general, people. u-ki, but, a conjunction.

44. Accent is frequently thrown forward the insertion of the euphonic syllable la.
1st.

mostly by

verbal directive cku; as, I aku an if the particle la follow ukw the accent is thrown on to the last syllable and it becoms akw; thus I aku la au ia ia. The theory is that la when used, is united with aku and thus to keep the pronunciation on the penult, the accent must be thrown forward.
ja ia, I

After the

said to him;

2nd.

The same

observations

apply

to

the

verbal

directive iho; thus, waiho ?ho oia i ka ukana, he laiddown the load; if the Ju be used, the accent is thus, waiho iho la oia i ka ukana.

3rd.

The same
makes

where

la

pronotin, ua

la;

applies to nouns and pronouns, part of the demonstrative adjective thus, ke pae mai nei ka moku, the ship

OF ACCENTS.
Ccjines to anchor.

21

Ke pae mai

nei ua mok/) la, that shii>

comes

to anchor.

4th. The particle he before a word with la after it, has the same effect; thus, he la', me he hulu h/pa, like wool; with la the accent is thrown forward, as me he hulu hipa la.

5th. When an adjective follows a noun having the demonstrative adjective pronoun [see 3rd] ua la, the

last syllable of the adjective before la

takes the accent; thus, no ka uuku o ka poe kanaka k/u, for the fewness of the spies; no ka uuku o ua poe kanaka kiw la.

It may be observed that some writers and some speakers use the particle la much more than others, and hence the accent is varied more by some than others.

45. As the Hawaiian books have been printed almost entirely for the use of Hawaiians; it has not been thought necessary to use any marks for accents, but if

Ihey should be used by those who wish to acquire the language, it would be very convenient for such to have eertain classes of words accented.

OF LETTERS DROPPED.
Hawaiians are fond of abbreviations, particularproper names. Many, however, do not Understand the meaning of Mr. in English. They ofters write it Mi, sometimes Mik; if the proper name begin
.

46.

ly the initials of

with

A;

or a vowel.

They

proper name; as Mikelaka,

not unfrequently prefix it to the for Mr. Clark, Mikanalu, for

Mr. Andrews.
47. In writing, a vowel is frequently dropped from the beginning of a word when he {)rec0eding one terminated with the same letter; thus, for na alii. the chiefs, na'lii,
i

kona

hele ana^kii,
i

on

hisi
is

going

forth, for i

kona hele ana aku,

oia

kana

hanaH,

that

what he

did, for oi&

kana

hana

ai.

In pronouncing, one of the vowels; very nearly coalesces with the othef.
prefix pronouns", and indeed all the pronouns of the person dfop a letter in the same way. Thus o*u, a'u, But all of me, mine; ko'u, ka'u, my; no'u, na'u, for me.

The

first

22

OF LETTERS INSERTED.
should be by an aphostrophe

these Cases are marked or as in the above examples.

OF LETTERS INSERTED.
Letters are somewhat frequently inserted in the middle of a word; most, if not all, apparently for the sake of euphony; thus, pauhia, for pauia; fnakaulia, for makauia; auhulihia, for auhuliia.
48.

Some

of these no doubt are mere vulgarisms; as, lokihi for loihi.

49; It will appear from the foregoing that spelling the language and pronouncing it (except the nice shades peculiar to native intonation) are not difficult. Having become familiar with the vowel sounds, and with the general rule of accent as stated in 6, and 41 the whole Can easily be learned.

50.
if

There are no unsounded or useless

the letter

letters,

we except

in a

few cases.

See 13, 7th,

and Note.

51. The use of Capitals and pauses in writing so generally follows the custom of English rules, that a detail is not thought necessary.

Part 52.
of

n. of ETYMOLOGV.
is

Etymology

that part of

relations to each other and the external changes they undergo, if any, in order to fit them into sentences so as to express dearly the ideas of the speaker or writer. These words, divided into different classes, will be considered separately as they arise. The different classes of words

words, their

diflferent classes

grammar which
their use

treats

their

used

in a language, are termed Parts of Speech. The parts of speech will be found to differ from those of the cultivated languages of Europe, and some will be found for which there are no names. To these, names must be

given according to their words.

office,

or

relation

to

other

OF ETYMOLOGY.

23

OF THE O EMPHATIC.
emphatic is used before nouns proper 53. The and comon and pronouns, in all the numbers, singular, dual and plural. There is no part of speech corresponding to it in the European languages. It is a distinct part of speech from the as a noun or verb or conjunction or any other part of speech. In translating, it has no word into which it can be translated. It is, however, of greatuse in Hawaiinn for the two purposes of emjoAflsis and
<;

euphony.
case.

It

generally

stands

immediately

before

the

word denoting the

To

subject, or in English, the Nominative this there are sonie exceptions.

few examples will be given of the manner in which it is used; but neither the emphasis nor euphony can appear in detached sentences.
Note.

For

the Rule respecting

its

use see Syntax.

54. 1st. The o emphatic is prefixed to proper names of persons, places or individual things; thus, Holo aku la o Lono, Lono sailed away,
Aikake was saved, and when Papa saw him, o Mokuohai ka inoa o ia kaua, Mokuohai was the name of that Kahekili died at Oahu. make o Kahekili ma Oahu, then, Maui will be in peace. alalia, malu o Maui,
ola ae la o Aikake,
la o

a ike ae

Papa

ia ia,

battle,

2nd.

The
thus,

Here the
noun;

article stands

empathic stands before common nouns. between the o emphatic and the

aka, o ka nui o ka auwaa, o ka hiku keia o ka holo ana,

o o o o o

but the great part of the canoe fleet, this was the seventh time of his sailthe peace [state of peace.] ka malu, [ing. ka haipule ka mea ku i ka moku, piety is what establishes a land. ungodly chiefs are poor, na'lii aia, he ilihune, the land really mine. na aina ia'u ponoi, certain foreigners. kekahi poe haole,

3rd. The o emphatic stands before personal pronouns. Generally there is no word between the o emphatic and the pronoun. I am your chief. o wau no kou alii, you are the person I came for. o oc no ka'u kii mai nei,
i

a pcla no

ia

hana

'i,

and

so also he did.

24
(O

OF TH32 ARTICLES,

nlua ke hele, o wau ke noho, you two go, I stay. they two were the principle persona, laua no na mea iiui, we are strangers, <o makou ka poe malihini, we also are a part. o kakou pu kckahi, who of the two was wrong? o wai ko laua mea i hewa?

Note.

The o of

of the interrogative the in theory are separate.

the third person singular ia of the pronoun, and wai are in printing generally united, but

4th. The o emphatic is separated from its noun, has a prefix [adjective] pronoun before it; thus, my younger brotlier, o kuu kaikaina, (O ko'u make kamajii no keia, this is my dying in youth.
it
(0

when

kou aina ia, o kona lele no iai ka pale, o ko makou hale ke hiolo,

that

is

thy land.

that
it

was his leaping the precipice. was otjr house that fell.

The
article.

prefix pronouns

The

in general take the place of the belongs to kaikaina, make, aina, lele and

hale.

5th. Other qualifying

words may somtimes come

it

in

and

separate the o emphatic from the noun to which

thus,

belongs;

o ko Hawaii enemi nui la, o ko lajla poe alii, o keia mau mea ka'u e imi, Note. -^ The o emphatic
is

that
tlie

is

Hawaii's great enemy.

I

chiefs of that place.

these are the things

is

seek.
it

not always used.

is

used where neither emphasis nor euphony

In many cases very apparent.

OF THE ARTICLES.
55. The Hawaiian language has seven words which gtand before common nouns to express some modification, or have some influence on their meaning: and hence may be termed Articles. Proper names, as such, do not take articles; unless they become amalgamated with them, and then they lose their distinctive meaning as, ^wahumanu, lit, the bird mantle, Zamehameha, the desolate, ^amanawa the time, Z'aauwai, the water course, Xtkapa. the cloth,
for the true God, was formerly not a proper name, but a common one. The word Lord meaning Jehovah in English still takes the article, because formerly it wan
it

56, The proper retains the article as

name Akua, used

not a proper name.

OF
57.
It

THE

i^RT.ICI.LS.

25

must not be understood that article must cortranslating from one language to another. Articles are often used in Hawaiian where they must be left out in translating into English or other languages, and vice versa; the idiom of the' two languages must be taken into the account.

respond

to article in

58. The words used fs Articles are ka, ke, he, ivahi, kahi, kekahi and na. They may be divided into three
classes, viz.
1st.

Definite,

as ka, ke.

Semi- definite, that is, definite as to a class of subjects, but indefinite as to individuals; as wahi, kahi, kekahi, and perhaps hookahi.
2d.

3d.

Indefinite,

as he.

Na

is

used as

a plural

article,

and more or

less as a plural article for all the others.

OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLES ka 59. Ka and ke are the same Article

is

and
as

ke.

far

as the

concerned, and answer to the English Definite Article the, where the idioms of the two languages will allow. They take the different forms ka and ke in order to adapt themselves to the first letter of the following noun or word that comes between them and the noun; as ka hale, ^Ae house; ke kino, the body. To say ka kino, ka koko. &c., creates a hiatus not pleasant to the ear of a Hawaiian; hence the change of into e.
60. The following rules and examples will show where the two articles ka and ke are to be used. Nouns whose first letter is a have both ka and ke 1st. for articles; that is, some nouns beginning with a, take ka and some take ke. This can be learned only by practice. Very few nouns take both; unless the- word has a radically different meaning, in which case it is really a differ ent word'; thus, ka aho, the name of sticks used in thatching;
ke aho, the breath, fcc.

meaning

ginning with a take ka ka awa, the plant awa.

ke awa, the harbor. ka apu, tJie cup.

for their article

Probably more nouns bethan take ke; as,

fire.

ke ahi, the

ka
fire.

aina, the land.

ke ano, the form.

ka

aa, the

burning

ka

ale,

the debtor-

26
ke
ala,
ai,

OF THE ARTICLES.
the road. the food.
f/ie

ka ka

ae,

consent.

ke ao, the dawn. ka aahu, fAe garment. fca aoao. the side. letter
e

2d.
article;

Nouns beginning with the

as,

have ka

for the

ka eha, fA,e pain. Aa elele, the messenger. ka eke, the bag.

Exceptions
;

ke ea the life, iAe ke ea o ka aina ka pono, the breath of the land is Emi, a settling down, has both forms continued by righteousness. ka emi and ke emi. The latter form is seldom found.
eon, ua

ka elelu, the cockroach. ka elemakule, the old man. ka eho, the stone idol. breath; as on the national escutch-

mau

3d.
article;

Nouns beginning with the

as,
the skin.
thi

letter

have ka

for their

ka ka ka ka

ill,

ike,

knowledge.

ino, the evil.

inoa, the

name.

ka ilio, the dog. ka ilo, the worm. ka ipu, the cup. ka imu, the oven.

4th.

ke for their article.

Some nouns beginning with o take ka, others The same remarks apply to o
the fog.

take
that

applied to a; as,
ka ohu, ka opu,
fta olelo,

ke

/Ae belly.

the word.
^/le

ka
cle;

olioli,

joy.

f^e life, escape, one, the sand. fte oho, <Ae hair. ke o, the sharp instrument.
ola,
/ce

5th.
as,

Nouns whose

first letter is

u take ka for their arti-

ka uku, the reward, ka uwe, ^Ae crying, ka ua, ^Ae rain, ka umu, the oven,

ka uila, the lightning. ka uhane, the soul.

frffl

fea

ukana, the baggage. upena, Ae fish net.

6th. Nouns beginning with any of the Hawaiian Consonants, except k, as a general rule take ka for the article;
as,

ka hale, the house. ka la, the sun, //le day. ka maka, the face.
Exceptions
;

ka niho, the tooth. Aa papa, the board. Aa wai, ^Ae water.

these refer mostly to the letter

thus,

ke pio, the prisoner. ke pihe, the button. Ae poo, the head.

ke poi, the cover. ke pa, the plate. Ae pai, /Ae striking, punishment.

OF

THE ARTICLES.
ke pela, ke puhi, the fsmoking. ke pao, the arch, cavern.

27

fee pohne, ke pioloke, the exoitement. ke palaie,

There are a few Words beginFiing with which taite ke ; thus, ke mele, the song. The word noi, a request, has both ka and ke as ka noi, the request; ke noi, the request.
;

7th.
article.

All nouns whose first letter is k, take ke for their To this no exception is known; thus,
ke koko, the blood. ke kumu, the foundation. ke kai, i^e sea. fce kulu, the drop.

ke ke ke ke

kahu, the nurse. keko, the dwarf. kino, the body, person.
kaa,
f/ie

wheel.

61. 1st. Nouns whose first letter is a foreign consonant, (such nouns, of course are foreign words,) take^a or ke or both, as the natives succeed in assimilating the pronunciation to the k sound, or to that of some of the other Hawaiian consonants; thus to the words berena, bread, buke, b'jok, a native would prefix the article ka not ke; because, even if he should pronounce it as if wr'iUea p'lrena, puke, still, the article would naturally be ka. See 14, B. Nouns beginning with b therefore take ka.
2d. Nouns beginning with d, generally take ke, because they pronounce it more like k, as in dia, dala.

See 14,
3d.

X>.

Nouns beginning with /take Nouns beginning with

it

ka, as ka fiku, the

fig.

4th cause

is

g, generally take ke, beeasily assimilated with k, as ke gula, the gold.

See 14, G.
5th.

Nouns commencing with

the thread;

r, take ka, as ka ropi, the sound easily runs into the / sound. See

14, R.
6th.

Nouns commencing with

the letter

s,

take

ke, as

ke sopa, the soap;

pa, the sibilant 7th. that it

8.

pronounced by common natives ke koturned into a guttural. See 14, S.

/,

Nouns commencing with

is

easily run into the k ound.

take ke, for the reason See 14, T.

it

Nouns commencing

with
?y,

v,

take ka, because

is

easily run into the

sound of

as ka vinega, the vinegar.


2b
9th.
(iV

tilE

ARTICLE^.
:,

Nouns beginning with

the k sound.

take

ke,

bediuse fhey

give

it

It should be "kept in mind that all these princiThose natives who ples are not fully settled in practice. have been taught to pronounce the foreign consonants in a good degree as foreigners do, would instinctively give the article ka to almost all the foreign words; but as they are generally pronounced, they change the article to suit

62

the sound of the first letter of the noun; that is, as their [They are not nice about consonants.] It ears c;itch it. is to be hoped that the organs of bearing and of speech among the Hawaiians may improve, and efforts should be made to that effect. To introduce foreign letters and still pronounce them like those they already have^ will

add nothing

to the ear, while

it

perplexes the eye.

OF THE SEM[ DEFINITE ARTICLES.

These articles are wahi, kahi, Icekahi and hookahi; use, they are generally definite as they relate to classes of subjects but indefinite as to individuals. In Eng 63.
in their

lish

we have but few words which correspond with them.

The

PFflAi signifies some; as, loafii mea, some thing. 64. radical idea of lua/ii seems to be some, as applied to quantity; a little, in opposition to a great quantity; thu,-',

Eia ko'u wahi manao, two, a few expressions.

(Vahia'\
iki,

lit.

Here

is

my some
food.

thought, an idea or

some

little

food, or

little

fVahi laaU, some timber.

jfiTiiu

watii hale,
i

my something

of a hou-^e.
little

E kuai

vJafii ai iki

na kakou, buy some

food for us

Wahi is frequently preceeded by he the indefinite article; making a kind of compound article, as, ke wahi manao ko'u,
I

have some thought, or

have

moku,

lietoahi kia kahi, a ship,

a some thing of

thought. Hr one mast;

or a ship, a one masted thing.

Mdhi is sometimes [)receeded by kau; as, ua hoopauia kau u-ahi o ke kanawai, some part of the law is abolished; ka loaa ana o kav^ icuhi dala, on receivina; some moneyThis again is now and then preceeded by the definite article ke, and we have the form ke kau wahi, a three fold ari

OF THE ARTICLES.
tide
or*

29
is

articles before a

difficult to s ly,

noun, but for what purpose it have we nothing equivalent in English.

f^ahi
(irticle

is

sometimes, not often, preceeded by the plural

no; as, na ivahi kanaka, some people.

Wahi, it will be seen, has no corresponding word in English; hence, in many places, though good in Hawaiian it has no meaning in English.
65.
fies one,

Kaiii,

kekahi and hookahi. 1st.

It

Kahi
is

signi-

similar to the English article an.

the root

of the other two; as kekahi is only kahi with the article ke\ and hookahi is also kahi with the verbid causative prefix. These articles iiave all the same idea of oneness or individuality.

Of

the use oi kahi,

-

IIolo wale lakou a loaa kahi aina.

They

.sailed

without object and found a certain land.

i

E inoe kahi papa ka po. Let one division sleep at night.

E ala kahi papa e kiai. Let one division be awake to watch.
Malaila

me

kahi

moku

kia kahi Unkii.

niciwie
1

There with a small one

Eia na inoa o kahi

ship.

mau

mcii o lakou.

Here are the names of certain persons of thrm, Kahi kunui, a reason, one reason, some reason.

Kahi knmu, a teacher one teac'ier. Eia kahi hewa hou o keia wa, Here is a new evil of this age, Kahi, kekahi, and hookahi arc here spoken of as artiNoTK. cles and as such are prefixed to nouns, but they are fotmd in other positions and used as other parts of speech.

2nd.
uality.

Of keivxhi. This As
an article,
it

article

is

used more frequentit

ly than kahi, the article ke prefixed gives

more

individ-

signifies a, an, one, another, some

a certain one, &c.; it stands before the dual or pluthe nouns to which it belongs being rendered dual or plural by prefixing mau ov poe; thus,
one of
ral;
,

I kekahi wa, upon a certain tune. Kekahi wahine, a certain woman, a woman.

kekahi poe noonoo.

1
Ill

Of

those thinking persons.

ke kaua ana o kekalii aina me kekahi aina. the fi:.?hLing of one land with another land.

30
Pae wale
al<u

OF THE ARTICLES.
kekahi aina,

Went
lilo.

ashore on a certain land.

Ua

ikeia

A
Ka

vessel
ili

kekahi moku makai was seen far ofi"al sea.

kekahi

ana o kekahi moku,

na'lii
i

Kena ae la The chiefs

The stranding mau kanaka.

men.

of a certain ship.

sent for certain

followed by anotlier kekahi has the meaning of one kekahi, one another, as, oleic ae la kekahi the other or one But in such cases it is used ratiier as an adjecspake to the other.

Kekahi

wlieii

tive

pronoun.

8rd.

Of hookahi. This
meaning

is

having the causative prefix hoo,

ally equivalent in
thus,

same word with kahi, causing one, and is generthe

to one, one only, one single one;

Hookahi kupuna, one only ancestor, i. e. the same ancestor. Hookahi lahuikanaka niamua, one iiadon before, i. e. only one. Hookahi puaa, hookahi pauku kakaki.

One hog
No'io
alii

for

one

bit of iron

hoop.
i

hookahi makahiki. o Kaniehameha ma Oahu Karnehameha reigned one year at Oahu.

i

These
yet
is

Huipuia keia pae aina e Karnehameha hookahi aupuni. islands were united by Karnehameha into one kingdom.

Though hookahi appeftrs to have the ex'clnsive idea of oneness, Hookahi it may often be rendered by a or an, as well as one.
an adjective, or an adjective pronoun and then
is

also used as

its
<-

place in the sentence

altered.

4th.

Of kau. The word kau

class;

prefixed to
as,

some words

resembles an article of this kau toahi kaumaha, kau wahi mea nuku, kau kanaka ole, kau [)a\e. Note. The meaning of this

some little Weight. some very small thing.

a place of no people. a dam, partition.

word

is

not very apparent.

is

66.

Of the indefinite article he. 1st. He

Indefinite article,

the

Hawaiian

English article a or un in language will admit of it. one thing, and is not used before the plural unless m.an or poe. comes between it and the noun; but the indefiniteness
still

and in general, answers to the meaning, where the idiom of (he As an article, it refers to only

continues; thus.

or THE ARTICLES.
he olclo, a speech. he alii, a chief. he keiki, a child. he jaau, a tree.
/le ia,

3[

he wa, a season. he waa, a canoe.

fish.

he haku, a lord. he apu, a cup. Ae ahi, a fire.

and then

ITeisused before the Z>m/ and P/wra/ numbers, it loses its quality of oneness. See 66, 1st. Before man. He mau makahiki, years, a few years. he mau hinai, baskets, some baskets, a few, he mau laau, some trees, pieces of timber. he mau punaheie, bosom friends.
Before poe.
children, a

2nd.

he poe keiki, he poe kiu, he poe kauwa, he poe haumana,

company of children.
of spies.

company

servants.
scholars.

Note. In most cases of this kind, poe may be rendered as a noun signifying company; as, he poe keiki a company of children. See more respecting mau and poe hereafter.
3rd. Mau and poe are sometimes [very seldom] used together; as,

Keeaumoku ka i hoouka aku ko Kiwalao mau poe kaua. was Keeaumoku that made an attack upon Kiwalao's several companies [bands of soldiers.]
i

O
It

ten and

is used before numerals in all eases between hundred; as, He umi, he iwakalua, he kanakolu kumamalima kanaka.

4th.

He
a

Ten, twenty,

thirty five

men.

5th Be is used before adjectives and then fhey have the idea of verbals;, as,
Eia ae na malihini he riui loa.

Here come strangers a great many.

6th.

He

is

also used for affirming

any quality

as be-

longing to a substance; as,

He lepo
67.
it is

ka wai, the water

is

muddy.
na.

Of the plural article

more than

This
When

article

is

used both definitely and indefinately.

little

indefinite,

a sign of the plural number; or perthus; na answers the double purpose of a haps better

Ol

OF THE ARTICLES.

plural article generally, and also as a sign of the plural nunnber; thus,

na

la,

/^edays.

na xwoka, the islands. na maiiawa, the times. na aina, the lands.

na hoku, </tc stars. na manii, the birds. na wahi, ihe places. na lupe, the kites
rules
)

The
1st.

following are

some of the

showing where na
two

is definite

Na
in

is

definite

when

it

.stands before the first of

last

nouns
case;

regimen, or when the

one

is

in

some oblique

thus,

Ua

kauia na hae o ka ulu moku, the flags q/'the fleet were hoisted. Na mea oLoiio, the things o/'Lono. A me na mea Q ka moku, and Ihe things of the ship. Ua uhiia na mauna o Hawaii i ka hau.

The mountains of Hawaii were covered with snow.

2nd.
Aole

Na

is

definite

when followed by an
mentioned;

adjective lim-

iting the sense to the tnings

as,

i kakauia na mea kahiko. The ancient events were not recorded. I paiia'i ma na palapaia haole, written in the books of ''oreijTners. na aina e, he moku wale no, the other lands were only islands.

3d. Na is definite when followed by a numeral marking a particular number; as,

1

na

la ekolu,

Lawe mai

oia

within the three days na dala elua, he brought ihe tivo dollars.
fol-

4th. Na is rendered definite by an adverb of place lowing and limiting the sense; as, Ike ae la na kanakci mauka, the people inland saw. O ka moku a me na mea maluna o ke kia. The ship and the things on the mast. Makau na kanaka oloko, the people tvithin were afraid.
5th.

Na

is

definite
as,

sometimes when followed by an ex-

planatory clause;

No na laau hau t pai mun mai. On account of the timbers full of iron which
ashore.

before

had floated
open wide.

A me na puka e hamama
Kena

mai ana. and

the doors being

ae la i na kanaka, he mau aihue. Hte sent for the num, they loere thieves.

OP THE PREPOSITIONS.
6th.

33
is

When

an address

is

made

to a

number, na

used

definitely; as,

E 7ia kanaka a me na Mil, E na haumana o ke kuiaiiu), E na kumu o Hawaii,

ye msn and ye chiefs. ye scho'ais of the seminary. ye teachers of Hawaii.

7th. The sense of the passage often requires na to be >-endered as a definite article; as,

Ae mai la na alii, the chiefs consented. Manao ae la na Icanaka ua iavveia oia.

7Vie peoj:)!e thoug.ht that he

was taken awnv.

pt-inei,

Hookaui
8th.

akti la

na kanaka,
article

the people cried out,

tliiis.

Na

as an

is

very often
It

simply to mark the plural number. of the signs of the plural; which see
9th.

used i'adefinitely or then becomes one

after 87.

Na
'

is

as, lele ae la

sometimes [but seldom] used before ivahi; na wahi kanaka iuka, the few people jumped

ashore.

rOth. Several nouns in the language of common use never take any article; as, kinohi, wahi, unless ^aw be its article and others, as kahi, a place, &c. 11th. The articles are often omitted in practice, for the reason of vi^hich, see Syntax. Note. Some of the foregoing distinctions are of no great practical value. The structure of the sentence must determine.

OF THE SIMPLE PREPOSITIONS. 68. The following syllablef^; viz. a, o, ka, ko, na, no, i, ma, me, e and mai may be called simple prepositions. They are used in declining nouns, pronouns, compound
prepositions and adverbs of place. They have all the uses' that prepositions have in ancient or modern lan-

guages, i. e. to show a connection and relation between other words. They may be termed Simple Prepositions in distinction from the same syllables when connected either by orthography or sense with other words; and hence de-

nominated Compound Prepositions. specimens of their use, the office Ka oihana a ke kahuna,

The

following

are

Ka leo o ke alii, Ka ke alii kauoha, Ko Hawaii poe kanaka,

of the priest. the voice of the chief. the king's charge.

Hawaii's people.

OF THE PREPOSITIONS.
ke

Na

kumu

ka olelo,

it is

for the teacher

to speak.

JVo ke

molowa d kanaka.
the indolence of nien.
Kol.ala,

For [on accoiiiit ofj Jkona iioho Mna ma

on

his

hving at Kohnla.

ke aupuni, lo t:a sfer the Kii t.dc m. he sailed 6,?/ [means of] cano^. Holo aku ia ma ka waa, they worked together with liim. Hana pii lakou me ia; he was forced away by the. chiefs. Kipaknia'e la e na'lii, Hoi liiEli la ia mai Kawaihae mai, he returned/rom Kawaihae.

O'ili pf

no aku

these prepositions wil! be more particularly spoken of connection with the declension of nouns and pronouns, the following general remarks only will be inserted here. 1st. The simple prepositions serve to connect 69. words or phrases with each other and show the relations o{ possession, duty, obligation, cause, manner, instrutnent and

As

in

place.

2nd.
lish

jiarticularly

also serve the purposeof declining nouns, and pronouns; many of the ideas of which in Engare expressed by the verb to he, and other ausiiiarj
"~~

Th6y

verbs.

na and no bear a close reThat is, all that class of relations that Avould require a to be used, would also require ka and na, (provided the sense required their use,) and not ko and no. So also that class of relations expressed by 0, would also take ko and no, and not ka and na; thus, ka hale o ke alti, the house of the chief; to say, ka hale a ke alii, would be ungrammatical. So also in throning the phrase into a possessive form, it must be ko ke alii
ko;

3rd. A and o; ka and Semblance to each other.

hale, the chief's house, not ka ke

no ke

alii,

The Ka palapala a ke kumit, Ka ke kumu palapala, Ka palapala na ke kumu,

alii hale. Again, ka hale the house/of the chief; not na ke alii, &,c. same aj3plies to the relations expressed by a; thusj

the writing of the teacher, ihe teacher^s writing,

not o. not ko. the writing/or the teacher, not no.

Otherwise, in some cases, it Would not only be ungrammatical, but the meaning would be changed;" thus the following forms are all correct,
wahine a ke kane, the wife of the husband. ke kane wahine, the husband's wife. wahine na ke kane, a wife /or the husband. feut the 0, ko and no must not be used in this sense

Ka Ka He

for

OF THE PREPOSITIONS.

35

the meaning will be different; thus, ka wahine o ke kane, would mean a maid servant, or a.concubine, and not a wife. So in the prefix pronouns /coda keiki, means Us or her own child; /cona keiki, a foster child, a servant boy, &c. Note. rThis o preposilioo must not be ponfounded with the o

emphatic, spoken of before.

jErally

Its position in the

sentence

will

gen^

serve to distinguish

it,

/as a preposition (before a pronoun and name 70. of a person, ia) expresses, 1st. The relations of a^, to, for, in, by, on, in respect of, on account of; as,
Jkeia mau la, in these days, at this time. Hole oia i ke kilo uala, he went to the potatoe prophet. Halawai lakou i ka hale kula, they met in [at]Hhe school house, / ka poe aia, hy the company of the wicked, Irja i ko kaua Waena, if on our ground. No ka pilikia i ka ua, for the difficulty on account of the rain.

^nd, /stands between an active verb and the word governed by the verb. It seems to be the medium througlj. which the action of the verb passes to the object. In this sense it has no meaning in English; that is, we have no word that corresponds with it; thus,
Kalai oia i ka waa, he hewed out the canoe. Alako ae la i ka pauku wahie. He dragged the piece of fire wood. Kuku ae la ka wahirje i ke kapa; the woman beat

the kapa.

serves to express the agenf intransitive verb; as.

3d.
It

after

neuter or

Make
They

lakou i ka pololi. died through [by mean^s of J hunger.

Holo ka moku i ka raakani, tjie ship sails by the wind. lla pau ka hale i ke ahi, the house was destroyed hy fire.
71.
fffter.

Ma
The

signifies at, in, by, through, to, as a

its

means

of,

following are specimens of

kona

use.

He noho ana
He had

ma

Kaawaloa^

E Ke hoouna aku nei au ma kou aina, I send to yoqr land. Ua oleloia ? na kaao, it was said according to th.e legends^ ,Ua hele na'hi ma ko lakou aoao. The chiefs walked after their own ways.
3Ja eha loa kekahi poe ma ia lealea. Sfjine yyere badly wounded by means of this sport.

a residence at Kaawaioa. noho oia nia keia ao, whiie he lived in this world. hoolaha ae ma keia pae aina, to spread through these islands.

36
Note.

OF THE PREPOSlTiiNOS.

Ma
as, as,

in

sometimes synonymous with

as in tlie last

example.

Ua eha loa Some were

"72.

kekahi poe i keia kaua. badly wounded by means o/this war [fight].
signifies with,
it is

Me
so;

sides,

accompanying, in company, beused mostly before nouns and pro-

nouns;

Halawai

Ua Me

ia me kekahi kanaka, he m^^t with a certain man. pu ke kahuna me ke alii, like the priest so the king. ia noho ai, pela ia make ai, as he lived, so he died. Hele pu me ia ka halawai, he went ivith him to the meeting.

like
i

73.
nifies by;

E marks
thus,
i

the agent after a passive verb and sig-

Nui na moku

aieia e Liholiho.

Many vessels luere run ia debt for hy Liholiho. Ua alohaia oia e na kanaka, he was loved by the
Owai

people.

Kamehameha? 'Whoivas slainby Kamehameha?

la
i

pepehiia

is also used in calling attention or calling up 74. It is generally equivalent on one, in making an address.

to

in English; as, Auiiea oukou e na'lii, where are yon, the heavesis, -E ka lani, e ka honua,

O i/e chiefs! O the earth!

.E ko

Maui mau

alii,

ye Maui's chiefs.

Mai impl'es motion either tmvards the speaker or from some given point towf;rds another. It signifies /rom,
75.
out of, (fee;
i

thus,
lie lay.

Mai kahi moe ai. Jrom the place where Mai Hawaii aku, from Hawaii outward. Mai Oahu a Kauai, from Oahu to Kauai Mai ka lani mai, from heaven.
Note.

When motion toward one

is

erally followed

is expressed by mat it by another mai whicii cannot be translated.

is

gen-

All the relations e.xpressed by the foregoing prepositions cannot be expressed

glish;
it

by corresponding words

in

En-

only by practice and considering the words

in relation to

their various

each other, that full satisfaction concerning meanings and the different shades of idea

can be obtained. The reader will see further illustrations of these prepositions under sections entitled Remarks on the Paradigms of Nouns and Pronouns

(IF

>.uux.s.

37

OF NOUNrf.
76,
pons,

Nouns

in

quali'ies

and

Haw;iiiaa express the names of perthings. Taey mny be divided into

Proper and Comnion.

proper noun is the name of an individual, eith 77. er person or thing, where there is supposed to he but one of the kind; as, Hawaii, Ainerika, Ferani, LihoUho, Kauai,

Proper nouns, ordinarily, have no article. But many proper names, particuhiriy of persons, are formed in Hawaiian by prefixing the articles kn, ke or ?iu, but in such cases the articles unite and become component p^rts of the noun and thus lose their signification of articles; as,
Xapiolani, the heavenly prisoncc.
A'ekipi,

the rebel.

hand, Kekai, the sea. JVaiwi, the bones.

-Sifliiema, the left

Aapuahau,

the hau blossoms.

Common nouns are such as express the names 78. of classes of objects; hence the same name applies lo many individuals in a body; thus,
Aina, land, ia, fish, lau, leaf. Laau, tree, 7nnnu, bird, iwi, bone. Moa, fowl, keiki, child, hoku, stur.

Every common noun, with a kw exceptions, is supposto have some kind of an article or some equivalent; unless some grammatical reason exists why it should be
ed

The reasons may be, the structuie of the sendropped. tence a change in the ordinary meaning of the words provera change in their location or some idiomatic or bial expressions. For these, see Syntax,

79, nouns.

The Hawaiians have also abstract and The rt^s^rac/ express the pure name of a
as,
truth,

concrete

quality

without reference to any particular thing;

Ka oiaio, the Ke kaumaha,

ka pono, the

justice, goodness.
iiio,

the Weight, sorrow, ka

the badness,
in

The
word;

concrete
as,

includes the quality

and substance

one

Jiouse, oopa, a

Elemakule, an old man, luwahine, an old woman, halau, a long lame person, &c.

33

OF PEKSON.

either in the concrete or abstract sen^ sense according as they are needed; or as the structure o, the forpn. or termination tcnce requires but without any pecuhar

NoTK.^-M:iny nouns are used

by prefo 80. A good number of nouns are formed thus, jng some syllable to the radical form;
Ino, bad,
Miiil-:ai,

^Joino,

ill

fated, unfortunate.

good, poaiaikai, blessed, fortunate. Malu, a shade, maiird\u, an umbrella.

such as ma, na, po, ka, o, and perto do in making haps others. are necessary investigations further but nouns; abstract 32. See determine. to

These syllables

arfi

They may have something

81.

Hawaiian Nouns have Person, Number, Gender

and Case.

OF PERSON.
t2.
})lurr.]
l,st.

Person

iilfirmation.

in grammar is Each agent must

either

the agent in an action or be /, thou, he; or

we, you, Ihey or their

substitutes;

hence, there are

considered three persons.

2nd.

The
nei ke

^rs/ person speaks of himself or something

living hore.

he

is

doing;

as,

kahuna e noho nei, Janj the pfiest Oioau nei ko oukou wahi kaikaina. I who am your younger brother. These forms often occur, but only when the noun tion with some pronoun of the 1st. person.
3rd.
.son

Owau

in

apposi-

T^Q second person denotes

to

spoken
not

and

is
i

supposed

to

the hearer, or is the perbe present; as,

Mai hee

oe, e

Do

swir.i,

Umi, ko'u papa. Umi. on my surf-board.

Aloha oe, e ka milihini, salutation to you. the stranger or love stranger. to you, the stranger, or love to you

4th.

The
of,

third person
is

spoken
.sent;

and

mueh

represents the person or thing more frequently absent than pre-

thus,

Halawai mai ja na^lii, the chiefs assembled.. Holo oia i ka aina kahiki, he sailed to a foreign country.

Note.
,as

The use of

the first person of nouns

is

not

so frequent
thej))=r

the second or third; for speakers

do not often speak of

.sp)ycs

bv name-

OF NliAltER.

B9

83. Number, in Hawaiian nouns rcfci's to bnp. object only, or to hvo only, or to any number, iiU'ger ihim two spoken of together. Hence, like most of the oriental languiiges, the

Hawaiian

h-AHlliree

numbers: the singular, the dual

and plural.

Ka

singular refers to one object oniy; a?, ka nene, tlie goose, ka jiOnanona, the and 2nd. The fl'Mft/ speaks of teo 0n//y; as, Mslu keiki e!ili, tico children, na kao elua, twti goats.
1st.

The

laau,

Ifie tree,

NoTE.-^The dual nuinber

the pror;Diins.
Jiectibn with
Vvith

In the nouns

Some

not so inarkcd in the rmuns as n1 often used but generally in con- pronoun of the dual number, or in connection
is
it

is

some

nlimerdl adjective to

make

it

clear.

3rd.
two,

'th& plural

number speaks

of any

number

abovd

however

large; aS,
so.nne Esli.

hbloholona, the beasts, he mau ia, jVa manii, the birds, na moa, the fowls.

Ka poe

Hawalians often use the singular ntlmber where 84. hiore than one is intended; Ihey attach a collective idea to words in the singular form in many cases; thus.

The Word kanaka (vvith the acdCiit on the first syllable) is often used for a plural or synonymous with na kanaka; ovpoe kanaka; ni ihe na'lii a mc kanaka with the Chiefs and the people f'^A'i.) Pa\nni ka apa o kahi, lit. ten each ihe piece of cloth apiccc=ten pircc s I luhi na'lii a me ka makaainana. tliat the chiefs of cloth for each. might be burdened and the common man. Nd na'lii a ine kanaka
a ine

ka wahin6 kekahi, fcir the chiefs and tht; men and the woO kd ivahine. ka h-ila, ilie woman Was the offence; tiiis Was said respecting a large class of pfersons. These fbrnis are

man

alsci.

found, but are exceptions to thb rule.

85. Nouns have no change in their terminations or other forms by which the singular, dual, or plural numSome words bers are distinguished from each other. termed signs at'e therefore set before the nouns for this These are eithel- the particular signs used in purpose. such cases, or a pronoun or a nuilieral adjective.
In theory, nouns are considered singular, unless renderor plural by, a syllable coming before the noun, which dual ed syllable may be termed the sign of the dual or plural numbers.

Note.

86. The signs of the dual and/j/w7-/are na, mau, poe^ pae, and puu; thus,

40
,\'a

O!'

NT':\lIlKn3.

niinu

ehiii,

the tiro doves.

!\a i>oe luiria, tlip sailors

Icomp.Diy of

sailors.]

Mtiu keiki elua, twn chWdwn. He poe koa, soldiers [cornpari)' of

soldiers.]

He mail, waa, Ka pae moku,

.iVl,'

soiTvi Cn<io(.'S.

ao,

the cloads',

the ships [colir>ction of ships.] he pint pohaku, a heap of stones.

Vv'hen 7m is usecU it excludes the article^ and 87 Perhaps it hence may be considered a plural article. hiH} have ihe double ofKce of an article and a sign of the dual and [dural number, both definite and indefinite. See 67, 8.
N'i ^ 83. large; as,
is

used as

ssgn of the plural indefinitely

i\fl manu X) ka iev.-a, the folds of the air. AVf hoku o ka lani, the sfars of heaven.

stands sometimes also before a dual, is such that it is ma.u; as, na hua ekia, two eggs.
struction of the sentence

Na

when

.difficult to

the conuse

When the other signs of the dual and plural are 89. used; as, ?raa,/;og,p(L',and/iM, the articles /fe, Ae, v:a}iif kahi, and kekahi, may be prefixed; except that /fa.and ke
/i,Y<',

never come before imply plurality.

90.

r/iau, as

they imply unity, but the signs

or plural.

Mau

is

sign either of the dual

As

a sign of the plural, it does not apply generally to a great number. As originally used by the Hawaiians themselves, it rarely exceeded a dozBn. Lately foreigners
and even natives apply
it

to a greater ftUmber';

as.

He

mail aina naauao, enlightened lands. H-e walii mau mea, some things.

fekahi

mau

moo, those

lizards.

No*E.-^The
"O ki^na
hft.na

original idea of

mau

seems to be that of repetition;

ia.

nna
is

pela,

he

mea mau
i.

His doing so,

a constant thing;

e.

cons\antiy repeated.

of the plural applies to any numbut it restricts the noun to" the set orcomprny of pfefSons or things spoken of to the exclusion of all others. Thus, ka poe keiki may mean, according to the sentence, tlii children before spoken of, or the

91.

I^oe as a sign

ber

indefiti-itGly laro-t-;

children in distinction from adults;

as,

Ka poe kauwa,

Ka He

the servants, ka poe liev/a, the wicked. poe kunui, the teachers, ka poe aihiie, the thieves.
kiu, spies,

poe

ka poe

hiiui,

the overseers.

Poe is used more in connection with persons and animate objects than with inanimate. It refers mostly to the various offices and conditions of men, together with classes or companies of animals; but in English must often be rendered merely as designating a plural. Poe may often be rendered, as it often is, as a noun; thus,

Ka poe keiki the company of cliildren, comes a noun and keiki an adjective.

in

which case poe be'

92. Pae and puu Vike poe signifies a cluster or colThey are used very much lection of individual things.
alike, but not so often, and apply

more generally
Hawaii.

to inan-

imate things;

as,

Ka pae aina o Hawaii, tlie ii^lwids of He aina peie keia pae moku.
Volcanic land is this cluster of islands. He puu pohaku, a pile of stones. He puu wahie, a heap of fire wood.

He puu

haole.
haole.

A number of foreigners, in the next line it ]s poe Kena ae la ke alii e laian ua poe haole la. The chief sent to seize those foreigners-, &,c.
i
.

93.

The

expresses the

ma following the name of a person person's name and those with him; as,
syllable
staid.

Noho iho o Hoapili ma, Hoapili and his company Holo ae la o Nahienaena ma. Nahienaena and her company sailed. Pae mua mai o Lono ma. Capt. Cooke and his company arrived previously.

94. The word kanaka without an article and with a long full accent on the first syllable, denotes a plural of an indefinite number; as, Oia ka laha ana o kanaka ma Hawaii nei. That was the spreading; of vien on ihe PTawaiian inlands, e. the
i.

peopling of th islands.

OF GENDER.
95.
In general, there
6
is

nothing

in

Hawaiian

to

mark

the genders of nouns, except

the words kane

[male] and

42
ivahine

uy
[female].

(.'E.vuKR.

But

this

designation {kane and lOaUne)

is

When it extends to tjnimals as well as men. ;ire added. words these to mark the gender

neciissary

gender oi" 96. They have no word to express neuter to give the idea of gender to any nouns that are neither male ov female.

The

following

is

specimen of the use of genders.

Makua. parent, makuakane, father, makuawaliine, mother. Keiki, child, keikikane, son, "kaikamahiiie, daughter, Kupuna, grandparent, kupunakane, grandfather,
Kupiinawahine, grandmother. Kaikoeke, rela. by mar., kaikoekekane, brother in taw. Kaikoekewahine, sister in law. Bipij, COW' or bull, bipikane, ox or bull, bipiwsliine, a cow. Kao, goat, kaokaiie, he goat, kaov'aiiine, she-goat. Moa, fowl, moakane, cock, moavvahine, hen, &.C.
97.
is

There

is

a class of

words

in

the language which

as,

used specifically

for diflerent

genders;

Elemakule, an old man. Luvvahine, an old woman. Kumulau, a breeder [female] Maiau, an expert, ingenious man. Loia, an expert, ingenious woman, ttc. This phrase was once found, o makou hoij a nn deraahieJe kane, a me na elentakule lOtihine, which literally means, we also, the old men males and the old men females!

OF THE DECLENSION OF NOUNS.

Case is a change of termination of words to ex 98. press a difference of relation between th;;t word and others.

Nouns

are not declined in Hawaiian

of their terminations as in

by any variations European languages. They are

declined by prefixing the simple prepositions, (-9^ 2, and thus modifying the idea expressed by the simple noun, These modifications (called cases) are boaiewhat numerous.

99. The cases are ten in number, made by prefixing the simple prepositions. They apply to proper and com*-

nouns. proper to state that the names of the cases are Hawaiian terms because the names were not sufficiently
It is

mon


DECLENSION OF NOUNS.
43

/-change,
"i

in any foreign lantjuage. Aui a removal, a used for case. Aui kumu, foundation case, i. e. nominative. Aui pili, adhering case. Aui iki, so cnUed with reference to the aui pili, i. e. aui pili adhering, auiiki adhering a little [more] than aui piii from iki little. Aui paewn, uneven case. Aui alo, the front crise frotn its relation to the verb. Auimoe, lying down case, it often reis

numerous

or al a place., A^iihea, the calling case. Aui /v.i hui, union ia passive case; This case implies the id is the suffix of passive verbs. agent after a passive verb.
fers to rest in
hele,

moving case, as mai implies motioi!. case, -AS me signifies with, in company. Aui

The following Paradigms will show the fore 100. mention-ed relations with the prepositions and the names of the cases. The names, of Latin cases are inserted "{-^JZ; -> y ' ? where they corresppnd. T"<:,..

B^NGULAK.

Aai kumu, Aui pili, } Aui Jkij 5 Aui paewa, Aui alo, Aui moe, Aui hea,
Aui Aui
hele,
huii
ia.

Nom.
Geil.

lia ViaSe,'

the house,
(t

Dat. Ace.

ka hale, of the house. Iw\a. hale, ka ka Ijale, the houses'.. n(y Ivii hale, na ka hale, for the house.
ka- hale,
i

ka

hale,

the house.
at or to the house.

ma ka
Vec.
Abl.
e

bale,

Aui

ka hale, mai ka hale, me ka bale,e ka hale,

O
'^^^

the house.
the house.

fyom
-^

wiih the house.

by

the house.

PluHA'L.

Aui kumu,
Aui kni Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui
pili,

Nom. na
Gn.
Dat.

hale,

the houses.

iki,

paeWa,
alo,

o na hale, a na hale, ko na hale, ka na hale, no na hale, na na hale,

of the houses.
the houses',

for the houses,

the houses.
at or to the houses.

Ace.

moe,
hea,
hdle,
hui,
ia,

Voc.
Abl.

Aui

na hale, ma na hale, e na hale, m,ai na hale., TOC na hale, e na hale,

i

O the

houses.

f7'om the houses. with the houses.

by the houses.

Only

101. Declension of a Proper in the Singular.

name

of a place, Haioaii.

DECLENSION OF NOUNS.
Aui paewa, Dat. Aui alo, Ace. Aui moe, Aui hea, Voc. Aui hele, Aui hui, Abl. Aui ia,

45
the cliildteii.
tiie

no ka pou
i

keiki,

na ka poe keiki,/or
the childieii, to
by, throngli

is used, it may be rendered simply as a plural, as above, or it i(\-\y be translated the company of, according to the sense of the passage. Poe often stands for the plural and the noun too; as, Penei ka minao o kekRhi poe, This is the orpinion o? some [people.]

Note.

ka poe keiki, ma ka poe keiki, e ka poe keiki, mai ka poe keiki, me ka poe keiki, e ka poe keiki,
cases where poe

children.

die children.

children.

from the children. with the children.

by the children.

Tn

many

104. Example of the Proper name of Aui kumu, Nonf). Paki, Aui pili, o Paki a Paki, }q ^"' Aui iki, ko Paki, ka Paki, 5 Aui paewa, Dat. no Paki, 7ia Paki, Aui alo. Ace. ia Paki, Aui moe, ma Paki, mn o Paki la, Aui hea, Voc. e Paki, Aui hele, mai Paki, Aui hui, Abl. me Paki Aui ia, e Paki,

Person
Faki.

o/Paki.
Paki's.

for Paki.
Paki.
at,

by Paki.
Paki. Paki.

O
by

from

with Paki.
Paki.

Note.
m,u.

Nouns

are not declined with

the article

with the indefinite article he.

They

are used only

in the

hookahi, nor A^ii ku-

RcQiarks on the foregoing paradigms.

case] has frequentnot a preposition, but the o emphatic. It is generally easy to distinguish between the two. See 53, 54. The Aui kumu is always the subject of an -affirmation or proposition, either through a verb or affirmative particle.
ly an-o before
if

105. 1st.

The ^MiA:2OTiz^ [Nominative

which
is

2nd. In the Aui pili [Genitive Case] there is a nice shade of distinction between the meanings of the relations expressed by a and o; but there is no preposition in EnThey must glish that will give the shade of difference. preposition both be expressed in English by the of; and rarely to as yet they are so distinct in a Hawaiian's mind many the other. in The a be exchanged the one for cases seems to express a little nearer relation than 05 as.,

46 Ke
Ke

DECLENSION OF NOUNSaupuili o Hawaii.

The kimlgoiTi of Hawaii; o Ka paia o ka liale, the side

lainiu o ko'u

not
q/'

-a in this

case.

the house;

o not a.

noonoo, the reason of my opinion, o not a. Ka pale a ka [)08 hai[)ule, the prayer of the pious, a not o Ka hanaa ke kiiinu, the labor 0/ the teacher, a not o Ke kauoha a ke alii, the charge of the chief, a nolo, &c.

Only the aiost general rules can be given respecifing the useof the a and 0. Thus, whatever relates to instruction, learning, to work and to food, requires a. Whatever relates to one's person, his residence, his clothing But practice will soon renand his passions, requires 0.
3rd.

der them

f;imili;ir.

Sornetiraes a double

noun;
of

is used, particularly with a pronei, the desire na kanaka ka makemake the people toho belong here, or the people of hereabouts.

as,

4th. The Aui iki [Genitive case] ko ka hale, &,c. is, equivalent to the English Possessivecase; thus", A'okahale, the house''s, that which is (/or belongs to the house. ^0 ke kino, the body'sthat which is o/or belongs to the body 'or person. Ko ke alii hale the chief's house, equivalent in meaning to ka hale ke alii, the house of the chief. The :sanie words that would require in the Aui pili would reqaite ko in the Aui iki and not ka; as, ka ke kumu hana, the teacher's work; ka ke keiki wahine, the young man's Avife; ka ke alii kauoha, the chief's charge. The ka and apply ko to Proper names and to names of places and countries to express the people of those places or counarieS; as, Aole i like na pohakti maanei me ko na Ainapuniok, the stones 'here are not like those of the Continents'V'a I'ike ua helehel-ena ko Havxiii nei me ko na moku e ae ma keia moana, the features of Ilaivaiians are like tile people of other islands in this ocean. A ike aku la ko Kailua na wabine haole, and when the people of Kailua saw the foreign wotoen, lit. when Kailua's saw, &:,c. Hoolike ia -me ka na hCiole hana ana, he imitated Me foreigners' doings..
'\

5th. The Aui iki is frequently found together with most of the other simple prepositions to express possession in connection with them. This constitutes a kind of double genitive, or putting most of the other eases in re-

gimen with the genitive;

.as,

DECLENSIONS OF NOUNS.

47

Ke ab
An\
Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui
tuirau,
kti

iT'/i,

tho

world

here, tbis woi-IJ.

Atii iki,
pili,

paewa,
alo,

moe,
hen,
hele,
hui,
ia,

no nci, this worM. ko ke ao nei, ka &c. this world's [goods, evils, &,c.] o ko ke ao nei, a ka &c. of this world's. no ko ke ao nei, na &.<:. for this wocld's. i ko ke ao nei, this world's. ma ko ke ao nei, through by means of thi.s world's. e ko ke ao nei, O tliis world's.
-

me ko
e

ke ao nei, ko ke ao nei, by

tvith this world's.

this

world's [goods, pleasures, &.]

as,

So also.with a name of a place or country;

Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui

Maui.

Mapi, ko Maui, the people, inhabitants of M;wi. tsninu, Maui, Mnui. iki, ko Mani, ka &.c. Ivlaiii's [people, ch.ic^fs, &,c.] pili, ko Maui, a &c. q/'Miiiii's [ptojile, i!'ic.] paewa, no ko Maui, na &LC.for Maui's. lo Maui's alo, i ko Maui, moe, by Tnedns 0/ Maui's. ma o ko Maui, e ko Mani, hea, O Maui's, O ye people, &c. q/'Mani. fiiVn Maui's. Tnai ko Maui, hele, ti'i'A Maui's. hui, ?ne ko Maui, by Maui's. ia, e ko Maui,

It will

place.s to

which
6th.

is

be noticed thnt the Aui pili and Aui iki change adapt themselves to this double genitive foi'm, very common.
'

The Aid paewa

the

[Diit'we
in

case]''

resembles
It
is

in its

meaning the Dative case

(a.)

Greek and Latin

used

At

commencement

of captions of chapters or sec-

tions; as, no ka mooolelo, of or concerning history; no ka -make ana b Lono, of or concerning the death of Lono; no ka naaupo a me ka wahahee, about ignorance and falsehood,

concerning a person or place; as na mea no Pele, 'the things which he heard concerning Make kekahi kanaka no Wailuku, there was killed Pele. a certain man of or from Wailukn.
(b.)
i

Of or
ai

ana

lohe

(c.)

Of or

belonging to as property, or as a relation; as

he
to

hoahanau no ke alii, some brethren of or pertaining ka air^a no na'lii wale no, the land was the chief.
triau

for or belonged to the chiefs only.

(d.)

No-

mai or aku implies

that the thing or person

belonged somewhere

else but has

removed from one place

48
to another;
ns,

l^KCf.KNSlON OF A'OtiNS.

no Amerika mai ka nui o na tnoku, from The same of way] the most of the ships. course applies to na; as, na ke akua mai keia oihatia, /rom the god was this institution. No ka lewa mai na kanaka, from the skies were men. Sometimes the mai may be dropped; as, ua hanau mai na Wakea laua o Papa, [mai] they were born [men] from Wakea and Papa.

America

[tliis

(e
hi
i

) No implies/(;r in the sense of the use of as, e kukumau heiau no na'kua, build some temples/or e. for
i.

the use of the

gods.
a

general rule expresses more excluimperious duty or obligation and more undisputed posse.'^sion than either no or ko; as, na keia kanaka e hoakaka, it belongs to this man, i.e. it is the office, the duty of this man to explain. Na ka luna kanawai e hoomaopopo aku, it is for 1. e. it is the office of the judge to entpiire into. E haawi mua ia aku na keakua, let it fii'st be given to the god.i. e. let it first be devoted to him as his. Na ke kahuna wale no ka olelo, it is the biisiTiess i. e. it is for the priest only to speak.
(f)
sive

Na

right

more

as

ative

Note:.The no of flie j!4ui pcietoa is distinct from the no affirmand commonly tised in a different part of the sentence.
particular nieaiiiiigs of these

The
ti)er in

prepositions will

appear

fur-

connection with the pronouns.

is

6th. The ? of the Aid alo [Accu'sitive case] several purposes and in several ways; as,
(a.)

used

for

preposition of time

m, upon,

at a

certain time, &,c.

/ka wa

l<ahiko, in ancient time.

A A

i
i

kekahi ia e ae, and upon a certain other day. ke ahiahi o ka la eina, and in the evening of the second day.
i

Ehta kanaka make i na kaua Two men were killed ct lliat

(b.)

la,

battle,

i.

e. in

the time of the battle,

preposition

to,

towards or at a place.

Hoi akii o Liholiho i Kona, Liholiho returned to Kona. Halawai lakou i Mahiki, they met at Mahiki.
(c.)

As

an agent or means after a neuter verb.

thing to make drunk. ka pololi, thoy died with hunger, [by means of]

Ona ae la i ka mea e ona ai. He was drunk by or upon the

M.ike lakou
/

DiitLENSIONS OF MOi\S.

4^

Ka
I

iiioi he ykiia i Ife aJohilolii o maka. thouglu he was a god by the brightness of
rii;i

his cyi's.

(d) /is u^ed as a mediunj of tr;inr.fer of apposition, mostly afterpassive or neuterverbs; also wj<h lilo,,Si..c.
iha.t is,

the

jthe first is,

of in

implies that the second noun beeomes what some way immediatisly conne-cted Avith it.
article

In this c ise

the

before
is

ih\ng

is

changed or becomes

the noun, into omitted; as,

which

I ole e

Ttiat they

hanaia [na iwi] i mea e pana iole. ir/ig!il not bs n,iade [tljc bonsJ ^ thing to shopt mice
rsjakaii 'lawaifi.

with.

A
A
(e

hanaia i
it

And

\v7is

made

a fish
i

hook,

i.

e.

into, &,c.
ia

Kukdiwia
cjrtfiiu

kekalii hale

niea e honliloai

ia i

akuaaumakua.

house was

bailt,

a thing

to

cause him to

becomes

4nisty goiS.
) is

/'is

the

medinm by

vvhich the action of an active

*erb
jiis

ftrarigfered to -the

oibject.

In ihis .sense

it

has no

flieaning in English.

Some sentences

are so eonstnicted

not

.to

need such

a n-vedinm but these will

be

no,ted else

\whe:e.

Hoouna aku Law? iho ia

Puhi lakou
i

oia i ka.poe
i-pi

Iciu,

he sent louward
he took
ihc- axe.
fire

thespie^.
the house.

ke koi

lipj,

ka hale,

thev set on

(f)

There are several Qther senses

j(sh:ides of the foregoingi)

in which i is used and perhaps -there should be

another ,ase. The accusative or Qhje^tive in ancient or rmodern languages presupposes an active v^rb or prepopreposition i of the Hawaiian does not _.sition; but :ihe has correspond wi^hihe acf;usa.tive of those languages; a fVir more extensive agency. It was Judged best, however, Ao make but ope case, and explain iis different uses.
i-t

.<&(

Note.r-The iof the aui alo becomes ia before the proper name a person and before a pronoun, and is iiubject to .all the va-rieties rf)f meaning thati is; as, nlolia ae la na kanakaia Kamehameha, the Nimu o Vanekouva ia Kalaniopuu, people Joved Kamehameha.
'Vancouver enquired after Kalaniopuu.
7th.

The
{ia

aui moe most frequently

ui (he
'

,u-s,

mi

bale, 7

signifies at a place; houre, ini|>!ying rest al or in

'

,;,!

50
place.
;!

nr:ci,ENS)oxs of noi:.\s.

It is ;ilsi> u.^ed in coiinectiun with motion towards place and thus i'; synonymous wuh i, Hb, holo oia m'l Hilo he sailed to Hilo; but holo oia i Hilo, is the more

common I'ji-m; Ma Oaliu nei

^U
Fii

thus,
i

kiikiila nsaa ia'i

ka

liale pule.
vvorsliij).

O.iliu Iiok;

was

first biiilt

the housi; of

He
Ho

aku la a kaiia wont lip and

a pae
sailed

i,ut

Waimea.
VVaiLin-'a.

i'()u;iht ((/

]Ii)lo oia

ma

Kawailini'.

Mi
3'la

and landecl al Kawaifiac. kn aio o tloapili ma, in iVont of Bla kc kaiilna o K(?opiii>!;uii. O.i the double canoe of Kefipnolani
ke
kii

lioaiiili

and

his

company.

makamaka,

btj

means

of going; on fi-iendly terms.

Ma
nouns

also

signifies by, through, by

whom

takes by, through the means

8th.

sometimes before nouns, and often before pro-' means of, or as an agent by It then generally or which something is done. with it and la or nei after; as, ma a la or nei,
of,

&c.

[Vocative case] is used in calling upon or addressing another or others. The letter e marks this case. It is used before nouns and pronouns, persons, and things; as,
aui hea

The

E N^aoka, auliea oe, O Naoka, S ka mea liikiv\awe ka hai.

i

where are yon.

,oi.

E
O

E
E
O

thou [\w person Cjuick to speak. na kanaka o Hawaii a puni. ye m.'ii of Hawaii every where. na makamaka e. IViends. ka lani, e ka honua, e ka manna,

ka moana,

kahu, aloha

o(d\oii.

thou heaven, thou earth,

thou mountain,

thou ocean,
ke

thou
chief.

protector, farewell.

Note.
9th.

This
The

case often takes another

liele

e;

as, e

alii e,

aui

one person or place

er mai.

The

implies motion or a proceeding from It is followed, by anothpreposition sometimes takes the place
to another.
r.?;,

ofmai, but in that case mni, uku, or ae must follow; as, mai Hawaii mni, from Hawaii here; thus, Helc mai ia mai kona hale mai. He came from his house [thi.s way.] Hoi mai oia mai ke kaua mai, he rettn-ncil />o/(j the ijatlle. holo mai nei. A'o Mani rnai oia From Maui he came here, this implirs that he bdoiincd to iMau:
i

DECLENSIONS OF NoiJXS.
Sora"times an a mai a Wakea a
the |iresent.
is

51

put
<i

between the mai and

ia a
i

{IS,

liiki iu iiei,

til

Mai

(be noun; from the time of VVakea unhiki keia manawa, from him
A.'ai

[his time] to the ju'esent

ia

li^l;e.

Kumuhoiiua

a hiki

Wakoa,/r.(j?:^ [the

time

ofj

Kuiuuhoiuia until [the time

of]

Wakea.

10th.
rjv

The ani hui [Ablative Case] refers to some person thing accornjianving, I'itherjit.i-est oi- in a .state of Uio-

tion; as, Nolio |)ii ke alii ntc koaa [)<)e kanaki), The cliitf dwelt iciih |ainoii;jj his |)eo|)!'. iiele iimi oia. me kaiia ivuhinc h<' cunii- ivith Olelo pu fnaaa nvc Maiioao. conversed together ivith Maiiono. Halaw i oia me kana keiki )ne ka waiai^'ka. She met with her son with tears.

his wiiV-,

We

Me has often the meaning Me he mea la ku pono, like a

Ale ke ano o ke
alii,

o( as,

likt,

&c.

thus,.
^.

thipfg upright.

pe{a na

kanaka

As

the character of the chief. 50 the people.

The aid ia is designated by (he letter e, wifh or implying the agent of an action after a pa.ssive verb. It %, 3s not used in any other position or for any other purpose;
11th.
as,

Ua kitkuluia ka hale eke aiii. The house was built by the cliief. Na da!a hoopohoia e ka poe f)iihi baka. The money sank by those smoking tobacco. Ua iioapoiioii oiikou e ka poe poiio. Ye are, approved of by the good. Ka palapala paiM e ke kahuna, ihe liook printed by Ua hoohiolosa e ke akua mana.
i
i

the priest.

tl

was overthrown by the powerful god.

i

Ni keiki kuulalaia e ka poe The children who wei'e made

naaupo.
foois of

by

t]i<^

ignorant,

OF ADJECTIVES.
Adjectives, in Hawaiian, are words used in some way to qualify nouns. They have nothing however Halike gender, number or case connected with them. waiians say; thiJS,
106.

'r'l

up ADjrxfn'E.s.
lie

kane maiki:i,
hale mafkaij lio m'likai,

Ho

wahiiie vuiikiji, a
,

He He

gccd IcoMr.g mm-, a gccd n fin. good looking vvodkhi, a good uonian.limise; &.c. good a s j'lie looking liors", ic.
n

JOT. Adjectives fcoiins by expressing,

1st.

tend

to

qualify

the

nuynii.g

of

Quantity;
n

as,

He

manavv.-i loihi. a

long tune.

H.e \\a pokole,

bhoii space [of limo:} tie papa makolukolu, a iliick l;)oard.

2ncl.
Cjuality.;

as,
a

tie

makani oluolu,
!h

pleasant breeze;

Ka

ino, the aiorai}! disy.

orti.

Number;

ati,
tl'.o

Lehulehu iia kanaka, numerous Na kanaka Mjjti, tlie teii j/ze",'!.

4th.

peoj;it,

Order;

as,

Ka mua o ka hale, the Jli si house. Ka hiku o ka la, llie seventh day. There are raanv more divisions of
need not be
mer.tioried.

adjectives,

hhitfi

No rdjectives in Flawaiian, exceit numei-al?. lite. tand immediately icfarc thennim tu^^vhich'hey belong and It' an adjettive [)recedfS.a noun, nuwhich they qlialilV merals excepted, some other -weirds, as articles ol- pronouns, generally intervenfe.
Adjectives may be divided into three classeSj 109. the divisions being based on their position in relation Id
the noun.
1st.

Such
as,

as staiid

immediately

after

the

iiouns they

qualify;

He

laau kickle, a tall tree.

ffe kiimu kulu, a school teacler.

Ka leo ikaika, llie strt.ng voice. Ka huhu inaiiia loa, the J-crccsi anger.

Ke Na

kuwi jiinepine, the

J)c./:iciit \vai-.

wahiiic liuole, ihe foreign woitieii;

Note.
2iid.

The
Such

lar{^e.-^t

elass of adjiiclives are used as above.

as

stand before the nouns they

qualify;

as,

01-'

Af).);;cT.v|.:s,

"),'$

/t:f

liifja

liuli,
l<ii

four

scliool liouses.
beiK'Tiis.
(if tlie

Manoniano
Eliraa
lu

maikni, inuUitudinous the

A'((;u' kii liaiiD.hano

pn!iii

o kc'lii, j^lorious the miiicsty

kintJ^.

ka

ol.'lo

ana,

i''iyfi (l,!}'t)

[jerliaps the discussion lasted.

i\hte.^It

may

bt;

qm^iion

vrhollicl-

the plifiiscs wjifi vnanrmr/-

ho and
V(;rl)s

najii

should

coiiu;

or vt'rbiils rather
the; noiii:,

Stand after
ridinit

whetinT ihiy are not than arljetltives. Many niinieral adjv.clivis provided the sentence is fo eoiisirucifd as to
into this
cIhus;

of

it.

It is i^roper to

Say &ha h:ih k;da., or he tnua hale ku-

la eha.

Srd.

Such

03 stand

bf^forc. t'le

noun, but with an article

dr

some
Tliey

qualiiVin.u;

word;

as,

tie ii-ni lak' u, elnna kane, eliinn Wiihi;;:'.

vv(Jre ten.
nh,

Ave men, and

i

live

winin

i1.

He Ua

'rttrt

kanalia
i

lih).

niiinij \vete ihe

Vi

mfii hst.
ild'Siu tabu.

nui

na'lii

ainoa, riianij ("lieft ate

015SERVATIONS ON A DJl'lCTiVES.
1^

110. IsL /Adjectives of Ort/eroftcr, stand

/.'('/'(^/f'tlif'

n(')iin,

siiid

then
th^e

tween
I

an article adjective

anti

pre[H)sitinii.2;ener;dly
iis,

Come

be-

a;ul tile nouii;

ke kolu o ka inakaliiki.

lit. in l!ie t'lircl of ili.A x'^Af. ka hiku o ka hu O'l the seventh day, lit. on the seventh of l.h% i\;\y. Ka mua o ka ha!a. ^The/i*'.S'f honse, lit. Ihofinl tf the house-. O ka hiku keia o ke kei.ki. This the $ev8at!i Oliild, lit. the seventh tif, &.c.

In the third year,

I

iii

NofB.- This
hion.

is

a peculiarity

in

Hawaiian jihraseology, very comtheir

2nd.
tiS'ticile

Some
or

adjectives. /b/low

hnnns

bi:t

with
'

an

some word prefixed

make

to the adjective;

as,

la maiiawa,

na kanaka he nui wale. At that time, there die4 people a .gre'dt mdny.. Kii ae li\ nst Wahine h(5 al palia lakou.
perliaps.

There stood up women 24

The Construction of some sentences requires 3rd. theseXhanges of the adjectives as to their ph^ceis; thus;
Hele mai na kanaka he nui loa. There car.ic men a great many. If 7iui Iba, were placed next to kanaka and he left ont, the meaning would be, hele mai na kanaka nui loa, there came men of veny great size, (tc.

G'f'

or

A^jr:t:"riVKS.

wol'Js he and iia before words othpr\vise adjecliirmatic n, or" lives, very frequently- have the |)ower of of giving the nujfctive or word bi fore which they stand,

111. The

tlie

power of

a vei-b,

the
/''C

or of poiiiti!!g oi'.t Condiliod <:f tiie thin.n' or circiin;statiCe mentioned; as,

veib to be or other aflirmatioii; absohitely the quality, character ur

iiio, it is b:icl.

Ua
U((

iiio

i(

i.v

bud.
is !;'n(.d.

I'd iHriikai, it
(/l.u

/!"

iiiiiikai
fila

i! is

aoorl.
is li\ing.

he

)',s

liviiiij,

ht
liK

Ca
Jle
L'a

pokolC)
Ioilii

it is .short,

knnn. he pulokt. it [<

!'

slioft.

Lit. ioilii

ke alii, kc a\h,
!;u

/n.'.-.'?,'

the rond.
the
i^'iid.

long

!s

akeu //e akea

piU'n, pajia,
ia,

hrcc-d

fho
Vw:.

bnir.;,

k;i

hrcyjd is

b.'Aud.

Lit pulaiiaielo

he
in.

i.

r-izy.

i/e pcpclii
tnt hulni

kfiiuikii
lie is

ke

is a iiiijiilrrer.

i,i,

angr'',

he

iiuh.u korin.,

/;-'

is nuc;j\,

These aiv iis stro?-,c: nsKTtinns of as,-:evf lafioiiS as tli laa." NcTK piiago (:!>,]!(tb!e of, and indeed Ps s'.ioiig as llity cfxild be in anv
i-^

'

luni^uagc.

Nouns are often turned into adjectives by be. 112. ing placed irnmedi iii'ly after other nouns, in whiciicase, the 1 ist liouti i{l!al!lie^ th.e first as an adjective; as,
Hekiiriiu kiifj,
a schoC'. teaci;cr.
!iio .40110

Ka
ile

hale noiiaku.
kiOiiilia il'uiiin.ii.

house.

7"it'';

num.

IJe nianao kuiuiku. a riKin's ouinion.

li3

\'a!iy ndJL'Ciives are .used as

nouns by

t'tking

articles bi-f re them; as, Ilia e a'l aku ka iiauuiio ka poe naaupo. It tlic 1.^ iorant man teaches ike f;iu:i\iiit men.
i

lie lohe ole

kt?

kuli.

the iltj/

in sa

hears

not,.

CO.Ml'ARfsON or A0.IECT1VE^.
c

Adjeclives have three deijrees of compnrison in Viz. tht^ Positive, Comjxvativc and ^'^iipedaThe V(nn]i(!rativi\ however, h, s thiee smniler detivi ,l}Te(\-; within itself veiy distinct. These degrees are formed by ttie addition of other woi'ds; as,

!4.

n\i)Uiii

u8e,.

I'ft.'iitive,

Poko, r Piiko iki,

?

?!hoit.

a
ae,

little

short,

Canipitrative,

.Poko ae,

shoi'ter.

Riipedalivp,

Poko Poko

iki

.shorter

still.

loa,

.sliorle.st,

vrrv simrl.

OP Ap.n;cTi\
Note.

Es.

55
for

Soirietiiiics

Pokoilio.

\ir,\y

he used

I'oUo

ue..-

Other forms of expressing such as these;

Oi akii kein manui'i, d kvh. Thi goet forward before tliat,
ter
tliaii
i.

i;icruase or

dimiiuition

;ire

e. tliis

exceeds

tliiUiJii.- iw te/-

that.

Cfui kelii, imkii kcia.

T.itiL
is

great,

tliifi

is

littl,-:,

i.

e. ihiit is gre'i'cr llinii tins.

OF NUMERAL AD.!ECTiVES.

il5.
cl;i<sos;
1st.

Niiiiieral Adjfictiv'^s rti ly be diviJed into tlirce the CardinuJ., Ordiiiul and DisfiUjulive.

The

ing,

as, akahi,

Cardinal ivimhers are r!iiinbi;i-.s used in cjuntdua, ekolu, &c. one, two, three.
are nuiubers used in expressas,

2nd.
ing' the
'

The Ordinal numbers

order of succession;,

ka man, hi hiu, ke kulu.

definite

Slc. firsl, second, Uiird.

3rd.
article

The
ka or

Ordinals are formed by prefixing

ke to the simple (Jardirjai.

tlie

4th.
Kaiii,

The

Cardinal Nunsbers.
one",

The

Ordinal Numbers.
the
tiie
ftist.

akiihi,

kn mua,

Liia, alua, e!uR,

Kolu, akoh.i, ekolu, Ha, aha, eha,

two, ka lua, thi-ce, kc ko!n, four, ka iia,

five,

secontl.

^
i,
'

the third. the foiirlh.

the

Lima, aiinia, ciima, Ono, aono, eoiio,

Hiki), aliikii, ehikn,

ka lima,
oiio,
hil;u,

ke seven, ka
six,
t'it^iit,

>

fiftfi.

the
the

.si.xth.

the scvenlii.
eigfitli.

Walii, awalu, ewalii,

ka walu,

Twa, aiwa, eiiva,

nine,
ten,

Umi,
UmikumajTiakahi,
Umikiiinarnaiua,

ka iwa, ka mi,
\

the nint'). the tenth, the

lltli.

eleven, ka umikjLijnarna'kahi, twelve,

thirteen,

Umikumamakolu, Umikumamaha,
Umikumainalima,

fourteen,
fif;een,

Umikumamaono,
Umikuinainahiku,

sixteen,

ka imiikumamalun, ka umikumfluiakolu, ka nini ha, lima, ka mi)i ono, ka umi

the 12th.
tiie

l;jtl\

the 14th,
the
l.'ith.

the I6fh.

seventeen, ka umi eighteen, ka umi ;niiieteen, ka iimi Umikumamaiwa, twenty, ka iwakalua, Iwakalua, Iwakaluakiimamakahi, twenty one, ka iwakalua ivvakal'.iaku'daiitalua, tvveiitv two, ka ivvakuhia

hiku,

the 17(h. the IFth.

tlie

Umikuinamawalu,

walu,
iwa,

]9tli.

kahi,
lua,

the 20tli. the 2lKf,

(lie 2;2))d_

o6
KMiiakoln.

OF ADJECTIVES.
thirly,

t!ie 30tlt, ke kanakoJii. :-i..l,st.kaiiakoJiikuiriaiiiHkalii.ilie KiiiKikoliikiiin'iiiiakrilii, thiily one, ke liia, the :V<^iu}, Kmiakolukiiirminiilua, " lliirti' two, ke kanakoJ*i the 40th. Kaiialia, flirty, ke kanaba,

KaiiahakiiinaiiiakKhi,
Kaiiahakuiiia.iialiia.

f'lriy

forty t\V",

one, ke kaiiaiiakiimaniRkahi, the 4i.si, ke kanaha ina, the 42n(:),

the 50th. ke kaiiiiliina, !<ahi, th.e .51st. Kaiisjiiiiakumamakahi, fifty one, ke kanajima ke Kanaliina ^Jua, the ,5:2nd. Kanaiiinakuinauiahia, fifty two, liie 60th, ke kana^no, Kanaono, sijifiy, KaiiaoMokuina'nakahi, sixty one, ke kaniionokiimarnakahi, theftlst. sixty twf), ke kanaono iwx, the i-5-^nd. Kaiiaonokmiiaiiiahia, the 70th, Katiatiikn, seventy, ke kaiialiikii,

Kaiiahma,

fifty,

Jvaiiahikukiiniafriakahi, seyenly one,

kei<anahiku
-

Kanaliiknkiimamai!Hfi, seventy tjvo, ke kvuiahjku

kahi, th7lst,
)tia,

the

7'-2iid,

Kanawahs,
J\anawa,1i:(kiiiTi;ima5ira,

ei^'hty,

SVanawahiikitjinaiTiakahi, eii^hty one,

eighty ts'o, ke

Kanaiwa., ninety, ke kanaiw-a, Kanaiwakwinamaka'lii, ninety one, kalii., KanaiwakuiiiamaSiia, ninety two, ke hja, llaneri, hiindr<efl, ka lianeri, FJua haiien., two imndred, ka f na o ka haneri, I'lkohi lianeri,, -three hundred, ke koiu o ka haneji,

ke kanaiwa kanaiwa
ke kanau&in
J<ai")a\yala
taiisaiii^

ke kanawahi,

kijhi,
lua..

the ,SOth.. the 8lst..

the 82nd.
tb.e

90th.

the 91st,

the ^2nd.
tike

l00th.

the 200th, the SGOth,

l^OOOtli.

Tausani.
J'^ina

thousand,

ke

tlie

tausani,

two

thotisand,
niil'lion,

3Iiliona,

ka Ina o ka tausani, tlse 2, OOOth, the ,000,000th.. ka rniliona,

J

5th.
!ji

The

Diislribiilive are those

umber

to an individna'l.

whieh apportion out a<i'e They formed by prefix'r.g

ii

jlhe syllable
'j)akahi,

pa to the siiwple

cardiiial ntsmbers:
paniiii

thus,

one by oie, one apiece, !])aliia, by two*, tv^o each, fjakolu. by threcis, three eac1)., ipaha, by fours, pa lima, by fivea.

by tens, ten each^ pakanaha, by fortys. pahaneri, by hundreds, patansani, by tha-usaiids.

firefi.xed to
fdd.''

NoTK' The syHablc ko many: how many fyldl as,

ithree fold,
,fen
<jsk,

iir

.sometimes
is

expi^ss hoio
ans. koholii,

koliial

how many
used

"^'he livord

amjnilu

to e.<j>ress

jX'riod af

days

OBSERV.ATIOMS ON THE NUMETl.^.L ADJECTIVES.

numbers are kafii^ prelixed according- lo the .-slrualure of the sen;lence or the kind of interrogulivc used
.

116.

1st.

ina, kolu,

cVc.

The The

original

cardinal

a or

is

oi'

PRON0i:i\S.
If the interrogative

57
be ahia,

jn

asking (he question.

if

how

many? the answer

but

will generally begin alua, akolu, ahikii;

swer

will

the question be asked by ehia, how many? the angenerally begin with, clua, ekolu, ehiku, &.c.
prefixed to

2nd. The Ordiqal has the definite article the simple cardinal numbers.

3rd. Formerly, in counting, the Hawaiians, when thf v reached the number fort//, turned back a^ain and commenced at one and counted another forty, and no on till

they laid aside ten forties; these ten forties they called a lau, 400. It is a n^odern improvement that the word kuna has been prefixed to livm, ono, hiku, f(r io e\[ress fifty, sixty, seventy, etc.
,

4th.

The words

/iree^/,

hundred, laimuni, thousand,

mz'/?'-

ona, million, have been introduced from the English as con-

venient for arithmetical purposes. At the j)resent time they numerate by units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.
5th,

The

ancient numeration
4
ten
units,

table written out

would

be as follows;

Aha kahi, Umi kauna, Umi kanaha, Umi Iau, Umi mano, Umi kini,
117.
in
is

fours,
.

ten ten ten

fortys,

400s, 4,000s,

ten 40,000s,

are

kauna,
kauaua,
iau.'

4.

40.

1
]

400.
4,000. 40.000, 100,000.

riiaiio,
kirii,

lehii,

OF PRONOUNS.
Pronoun is a word that stands, in general, the place of a noun; but in Hawaiian, besides that, it
It ofteri

used for various other specific purposes.

1st.

supplies, the place of the verb to be -ind mine.

of possessioti; No wai keia

as.

papale? whose
ko'ii,

is

this hat'?

No'ii,

it

is

He

mai maoli
It

I am

really sick.

iif.

real sickne.-s is niine.

2nd.

maernac ko'ii. I have a clean garment,

It is

Nau e He kapa

stands for olher auxiliary verbs, as, ao niai ia riiakou, d belong-^ to you to rCiOrovc
lit.

us.

a clean,

&c.

is

of me.

used for expressing many shades of meaning 3rd. in other languages are expressed by pa, fides O!' which speech. .Other parts of


58
i

OF PRONOUNS.

la ia e kilo ana ka uala. While he was acting the sorcerer with potatoes.

Ekolu a'u olelo pu ana me ia. Three times have I spoken with him.

Much of the strength, definiteness and precisthe depends on the right use of the proof language ion nouns. And on account of the various uses of the pronoun and its degree of flexibility, the verb to be, and other
118.
auxiliaries, can be
it

much

easier dispensed with than though

were otherwise.
119. There are three classes of Pronouns, viz. There Personal, the Prefix, and the Interrogative.

The

are no Relative Pronouns, though in translating from Hawaiian into English there are several words which we are obliged to translate as though they were Relatives.
120.
third.

Pronouns have
three

three

^per sons, first, second

and

They have

numbers;

viz.

Singular, Dual

and Plural. Pronouns have no distinction of gender; nor do they scarcely admit of a neuter gender at all. Pronouns have all the cases that nouns have.

OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
121.

Personal Pronouns, relate to persons or person-

ified objects.

The Singular number refers to but one object. The Dual, to two and only two. to any number above two. The Plural,
122.

The Pronouns

are,

Singular.
Au, wau,
Oe,
Ia>
-

or with the o emphatic o au, o loau,

.

....

I.

thou.
he, she,
it.

DUAL.
Majia,

K^ua,
Olua,

we we

two, speaking to a third person of myself and another, two, including myself and the person addressed.

you two.

Lakou, they two.


DP PRONOUNS,

59

PLURAL. Makou, we, meiining myself and "party, and excluding

the per-

sons addressed. Kakou, we, including myself and the persons addressed. Oukou,. ye or you.

Lakou, they.
Hai,
another.
i

used

123. The orthography of the first person as it is now in writing and printing, looks unnecessarily heavy.

with the emphatic o, oau is all^that properly belongs to it. Besides, the o emphatic noed not be joined with au any more than other words or any of the other pronouns. The insertion of the w seems entirely unnecessary. The sound wau is occasioned by the quick succession of o and an constituting a triphthong. But it being admitted that a w belongs to the word, the o emphatic being prefixed it becomes what it appears o'ivau\ whereas, o au is all that need be written even with the o emphatic. In declining au there will appear no place for the w in any of ^the oblique cases. See 7, note.
124.
ist.

The simple form au

First Person Singular.

^ I.

Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui

kumii,
pili,

au, wau,
o'u, a'u,

iki,

ko'u, ka'u^

of me. mine.
for me, belonging to me. me, to me. by me, by means of me.

paewa,
alo,

no'u, na'u,
ia'u,

*a
la.

moe,
hea,
hele,
hui,
ia,

ma
me

o'u

mai o'u
au,

la,

from

me-.

e au,

with me, like me, as I. by me, [as an agent.]

.

First form. First Person Dual persons addressed. the Maua, we two, excluding we two. maua, Aui kumu,

2nd.

Aui pili) Aui iki, Aui paewa, Aui alo, Aui moe, Aui hea, Aui hele, Aui hui, Aui ia,

o maua, a maua, ko m^a, ka maua, no maua, na maua, ia maua, ma o maua la, mai maua, me maua, e maua.

of us two, our two's.

for us two.

us two, to us two.

by us two, by means of us two.

from us two. with us two.

by us two

[as agents.]

liO

(If

PRONouiNS.

3rd.

First Person Dal. Second form. Kaua, we two, including the person addressed-

Aui kumw,

oF

PKONOUNS.

Gl
for

Cases are not put down; hut they will be ;iccoi)nted among other parts of speech.

2nd. All the definitions are not a (fixed to the different cases that might be. The more general ones are inserted. The others may be learned from the examples that

may be
3rd.
i.

inserted.

Some of the cases are exchanged for each other, take each others place; viz. the mii iki for the aui pili; the auijmeu'ci for the aui alo; the mii (do for the am "
e.
'~'

hui, etc.

'

4th.
hele are

It will

be noticed that the aui moe and the aui

their

compounded sometimes with

own

preposi-

tion and that of the aui pili.

126. 1st. There is nothing different in the definition oi the Aui knmu [Nominative Case] from the nominative tase in any language, except that many a nomiuiitive Case in Hawaiian has no verb expressed or implied; but the declaration or affirmation is made by some emphatic or affirmative particle, or has the affirmation in itself; as,
diii mana no o Kamehameha. Kamehameha was indeed a powerful chief. Ua nianaoia he mea make ka palapala. It was thought instruction was a deadly thing.

He

2nd. AvA pili o'u and a'u are boih frequently used, but not in relation to the same thing. The Hawaiians say, he aina o'??, he kapa o'w, land of mine, kapa of thine:, but keiki a'M, ka palapala a'ii, a child of mine, a writing of mine. iThe meaning is the same as hat of the prefixed pronouns x)fthe aui iki; viz. /to'i^ aina, y^o'w kapa, ka' v, ke'iki, ku'u palapala.

Ka
Lit.

hana

a'ti

ike

ai.

The work of 'n^R td know, the work E hai oe keia kumu manao o'u.
1

ivhiCh I knew.

Do you

declare this opinion of 'mine.

Hookahi a'u ninau ana.

the -asking, i. e. once 1 asked. Hookahi o'm kamailio ana me na haumana. Once the conversation of me with the scholars, ^ conversation, &c.

Once of Wie

i.

e.

once I had

There

Aole he haneri lio o'm. is not of me a hundred horses,

i.

e.

T have not, vie.

62
Aole O'u ike
i

01^

PRONOUNS.

Ua

la

wain.

There is not of me knowledge of the fisherman, that is, I do not know, &c. Aole loa a'u mea ono, nothing at all of mine is sWeet.
3rd. Aui iki, ko'u, ka'u, this has greatef variety of tneaning and strength of expression than the aui pili; aa,
Lit. here is

Eia no ka'u e hoike aku ia oe. mine to fell youj here is what I have to

tell

you.

kapa maemae ko'u. Lit. a clean kapa is mine, 1 have a clean kapa. O ko'u wale no koe. Lit. of me only the remainder, the remainder is mine. He mea hoakaka ko'u ia oe. Lit. a thing to eJiplain is mine to you, I have an explanation

He

to

make

to yoa.

Lit.

oe no ka'u i kii mai nei. you indeed are mine to fetch, vou are the person I came to

fetch.

Aole he hele kolohe ka'u. Lit. not a. mischievous going

chief,

is

mine,

lam

not going for mis-

&C.
na'u.,
it

4th. Aui paewa, no'u, two above; but besides,

this is often used like the implies also, dutiji office, obli'-'>
*

gation.

Aole na'u e malama

Lit.
it

ka aina.

i. e. not my office, duty, die. Nui ko'u heWa, aole no hai, na'u no. Great is my fault, not of another il is my oton. Nau no ia palapaln, aole na'u. Thine is that writing, it is not mine. Aole na'u, na ke kanawai. It is not of my doing, the law has done it. He mea hilaliila ia no'u, it was a shameful thing/or me, il made, etc. Heaha koU maiiao no'u^ what is your opinion of me}

is

not /or nie to take care of the land,

5th. It might be asked here, if all these cases may serve, as they sometimes appear to do for nominatives to verbs as well as the nominative itself? It must be answered that in certain respects they do, and that too in conformity with the laws of other languages. But for an ex-

planation, see Syntax.

6th.

Aui

alo.

This case

is

used after an active verb or

OF PRONOUNS.
preposition; it is frequently used where the aui iki might be used; ns,
<iui pili

63
ov

Eia ke kaiioha a ke kupapau ia'u. Here is the charge of tlie deceased to me. Ua hoopunipuni mai oluaia'w, you two have deceivtd me. No keaha,'aole ou hai imia mai ia'ul Why did you not tell me before? Kii koke iho la oia ia'u, he came quickly /or me. Ua loaa ia'u keia mau mea, I have received thf;^ things. O na aina ia'u ponoi, o kou aina ia. The lands belonging to myself, they shall be yours.

The
after a

za of this case

verb of motion;
here.

sometimes becomes io, especially' as, heie mai oia lo'u nei, he
i

ua kupu, ua \au, forme inhas sprouted, the leaf has appeared. The ia stands before pronouns and names of persons as i does before common nouns. See 105, 6. It stands as the sign of the Objective or Accusative Case even after an active, verb, in which case it has no meaning. But it is also used after neuter or intransitive verbs, and then ia signifies the agent, time, place, manner, instrument, etc.

came io me
deed
it

Aia

ia'u

la,

7th. Aui moe; thi^s case is known by the syllable ma. Before nouns ma generally signifies rest at or in a place, Sometimes it signifies through, or motion towards a place. Before pronouns this last meaning is a by means of, ect. common one. It is often folloAved by nei or la; as, ma o'u nei, by me, through my agency or means; so in all the persons, where it is formed by ma being prefixed to tha

Aui

pili;

as.

Ma

Ma

o'u la ua maluhia ke kulanakauhale. Through me the city was in peace. o'u nei e iioho luna ana oia.

Through me

is

his office of luna.

Ma
By
No

hoomalu ai oia i kanaka. me he governed the people. ka mea, ma o'u nei kou waiwai,
o'u la
i

for

by me

is

your property,

This case is equivalent to the Vocative It is represented by the letter cases of Latin and Greek. called upon and frequently folthing e before the person or Alii e, King, e kiiu makua. ke lowed by another e; as, e first person, except in the O my father. It is seldom used
8th.

Aui

hea.

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OF PRUiNOUNb.

when a person calls upon his soul or personihes some of the members of his body, in which case perhaps it is rather the second person than the first;
e,

as,

E o\i uhane, ihea oe e heJe ai? O my soul, whither goest thou? E ko\i lima nmi kolohe oe, O my hand, be not njjschievuus.
This case is represented by the syllable mui, which signifies from one person or place to another. And the idea is, unless other words are connected with the The subjects, that the movement is towards the speaker. word before which it is used is frequently lol lowed by another mai or aku or ae according- to the direction of the motion. The mai preceding the noun or pronoun following point is the one that signifies frof/i; the words in some degree the direction of the motion: thus, mai Lahina, signifies from Lahaina iudeiiniiely. Mai J^ahaina mai, implies that the speaker is at another place than Lahaina, and that the person or thing has come from Lahaina towards or to the place where he is Mai Lahaina ((ku, im plies that tiie speaker is at Lahaina, but the subject was at Lahaina and departed in a direction opposite to the speaker. Mai Lahaina nei aku, implies that the speaker is at Lahaina, but the subject has departed from Lahaina off to some other place, iliai Lahaina ae, implies a movement from Lahaina in any direction. Sometimes the preposition from, in Englisii, is made by 7io or ?na prefixed and mai after; as, ma ia kuauhau nmi, from that genealogy; no Hawaii mai kela, that person was from [belonged to]
9th.

Aui

hele.

Hawaii here.
Hoi Jakou mai o'u aku, they retnrned from. me. Ua hull oukou mai o'u aku, you have turned from me awar.
10th. Aui hui. Me is the representative of this case; and before a pronoun it generally signifies with, in compaIt rarely means icith ny with, along with, also as, like, ect.
In the sense of iii.sirume?it or agent.
like me au nei ko Jakou Like mine was their size,
I

mii.
tike

me were thcv in size. mai ai lakou me au, that they may dwell with Ka ninau no kana olelo ana jjie au. The question concerning his talk ivith me.
I rioho

rne.

Me au paio ai mamua, ^s /strove before, so I

i

pela e paio liou

ai.

shall strive again,

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llfh.

.66

This case is so called from the f;ict that verb which is formed by adding ia io the verbj and signifies the agent by which a thing is done; the agents in tijis case are generally jsersons; as, Ua pepehiia oia e au, he was killed by me.
ia.
rt is

Aui

always

after a passive

A pau When

ka ninau

ka nannia

e av.

the question has

all beei^

looked at by me.

Ua kukuluia;ka

luakini e au, the temple

was

built

by me.

REMARKS ON THE DUAL NUMBER OF THE FIRST

PERSON.
127.
tforra

The The First person bas two forms maua, supposes that I speak of myself and one
Aui kumu, maim, we two,
addressed.
It

first"

othep

person, to others.
1st.

e3{:cluding the

jpersofts

often

takes

t^e

person or emphatic, o

maua;

as,

Nolaila

maua i

hooikaika

ai.

For this, we two have been persevering. O mafia no ka mea hqike, we two are the witnesses.

2nd.

The

4-^1 pili,

is

like the aui pili of the singular.

traveled.

Ma ke slanui a maua i hele ai. 'On the road of us two to travel, on the road we two
,3rd.

The Aui iki, 13 also like the same case singular. He hale nohoAo mxtua, we two have a house. Ka maua ia palapala aina, that map is ours [of us two.]
4th.

Auipaewa.
e holo ai, a ship for

;i

moku no maua jVa maua me Ji

us too, to

S3,il

in.

hana, ./and

did

it.

;5th.

Aui
ke
lihi

alo.

o ke kino. ^Ua loaa ia maua Fatigue of body came upon us two. Malama mai oia ia maua, he topk care, of us two.
6th.

Aui moe.
Aui
pali,

7th.
hele.

Aui

hea.

Sth.
]\Jai

maua akp ai ka

from us two
hui.

to the precipice

9,th

Aui
me maua ma

-Oia kekahi

keia aina.
lieip

He
JE

also was with us tivo in this country. noho me maua maanei, stay ivith us lico

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10th.

OF PRONOUNS.

Aui
loi e

ia.

Ua

kanuia ka

maua,

the kala bed

was planted by us tmo.

First Person Dual.

Second form.

128. This form implies that I include myself and one person besides, viz. the person I address; you and /.
1st

Aui kumu.

ka waiwai e huli kaua manriull ona. For the sake of gain let us two turn after him. E poino ana kaua mahope aku, we two shall suffer hereafter.

No

2nd.

Aui
i

pili.

hoike

na haumana a kaua, to exhibit the scholars o/ws twckkaua ka hoi, of us two indeed.

3rd. Aui iki. He mala ko kaua aia i uka. You and I have a garden up country. Aia kekahi pepa kakau ka kaua. There is some writing paper belonging to you and me.
4th.

Aui paewa.
e mehana'i.

Na kapa no kaua

Ka

The kapas /or us tioo to keep us warm. ai na kaua, na ke alii mai. The food /or you and 'me, from the chief.
5th.

Aui

alo.
go-^

ana ia kaua e hele, getting MS two ready to Ina ia kaua, ina ua hewa. If it has come upon us two, it is wrong. Ua loaa ia kaua ka uku L oleloia'i. You and I have received the reward agreed upon. E hele mai ia io kaua nei, he will come to us two here.

E hoomakaukau

6th
ka mea
i

Aui moe.
maalo ae

ma

The
7th.

person

who

passes

kaua nei. by us two.

o

E kaua
8th.

e,

e hoi

kaua, O,

Aui hea. we two, let us two go

back.

Mai kaua aku

9th.
1

nei

Aui hele. kona hele, from us two he went Aui

hui.
in the conversation

forth.

ke kamailio pu ana
e paani

me kaua.
ia,

with us

tioa.

Me kaua

pu mai

he played together loith us.

Of PRONOUNS
10th.
Ina e
eliia

67

Atii ia.

If the pit

ka lua e kaua, na kaua ka uku. shall be digged by us two, then we two

shall

have the

^ay.

First Person Plural.

129.

First form.

person plural, it will be seen by the Paradigm, has two forms like the dual. The ^rs? form is makou, which tak-es all the forms of the singular and duaU Makou signifies we, more than two, including the speaker and his party, and excluding the person addressed. It
first

The

takes

emphatic.

1st. Avi kumu. Ua nana makou ma ke kanawai, we have looked at the hw. O makou nona na iiioa malalo, we whose names are below.

2nd.

Aui

pili.
us.

ka hale pule hou 'o makou, the new meeting house of Aia ko uka o makou la, there at the upland side of us. J ka wa a makou hele aku ai. At the time [of us to go] we went forth.
'\

3rd.

Aui

iki.

He He

wahi mehameha ko makou, we have a solitary p'lac'e. halawai maanei ka makou. There is here a meeting of ours, we have a meeting here.
4th.

Aui paewu.

an adobie school house /or us. 'I hale kula lepo no m^ou, na makou no e hoopii aku, it belongs to us to petition. Na makou e malama i kona ola. We will see to his living, i. e. it belongs to us to provide for him.

5th.

'

Aui ah.

Ua akaka ia makou, it is clear ^o us. No kou ninau ana mai ia makou, on account of your asking us. ka uku, ia makou ia ^ahi, as to the pay, that part is for us.
6 th.

Ua

hoolahaia

Aui moe. ka naauao ma o makou

us.

nei.

Knowledge! was extended through

1 kokuaia'i oukou ma o makou la. That you should be heliped by us.

[Aui

hea, not used.

Aui kele. 7th. E hoi aku oe mai o makoU aku, return Ua huna oe mai o makou aku, thou art

than from us.

hid /row, vs.

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8th.

OF PRONOUN.S.-

Pomaikai Fortunate

ka nolio

Aui hui. pu ana me makdu.

me makou,
lie

in his living iviih us. la ia

Hawanawana mai
9th.
I

whispered with

ds:

Aui

id.

oukou ka he#a e makOu. That you may receive no injury by us.

loaa ole ia

Me

keia haavrina

laweia

makou, with

this gift

taken by us.

First Person Plural.

130.
fer

Second form.
the'

This form is kakou, we, and includes and the person addressed.
,

speak-

1st. Aui kumu. Ke heluhelu nei kakou na manao, we are reading Ua heluia kakou me na aupuni naauao. We are numbered with intelligent kingdoms.
i

the dpinionS,-

2nd.

Aui
i

pili.

kahi a kakou e imi nei. sees the place we are looking fdr. O na niea a kakou i manao ai. The things ttie thought of [of us to think.]
ike nei ia

Ke He

3rd.

Aui

iki.

ka hewa, aole nae ko kakou, the wrong but not ours. He ike ko kakou e like me oukou. Knowledge is of lis as well as you, we have knowledge as, &<*;

4th.

Aui paewa.
i

waiwai n'o kakou, it will becorhe property /or luu ae oe na barela bipi na kakou. Dive down for the barrels of beef belonging to us.
lilo ia
i

mS.

5th.

Aui
transfer ourselves to him.
i

alo.

Ke
If

hoolilo

kakou ia kakou iho nona.

clelo

we

Eia kana

mua mai

ai ia

kakou.
moe.

Here
6th.

is

what he

said to us before.

Aui
Aui

Ina nia o kakou nei ka mua,

if

the

first

be by

us.

7th.

hea.
are ve, brethern.

Auhea kakou, c na hoahanau, ivhere El, e eu ae kakou o poino auanei.

Here,
let

us be np

lest e\il

overtake us.

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6th.
I

69

Aui

hele.
us.

mai o kak6u aku, who has gone from Ua hull ae kona huhu mai o kakou aku. His anger is turned away ft'om us.
hele ae

9th.
T

Aui

hui.
live loith vs.

hoounaia e noho pu me kakou, he was sent to Aole e liuliu ka noho pu me kakou. Not long shall he stay with us.

10th.

Auiia.

^<

'

Ua

lohea kana olelo e kakou, his speech was heard by us.

131. Personal Pronouns, Second Person Singular, oe, Ihou, or with o emphatic, o oe. The second,,person has but one form in each number, viz. Sing, oe, thou, dual, olua, you two, plural onkou, ye. It should be remarked that the dual number in Hawaiian is most rigidly adliered to in practice, both in conversation and writing. When the number can be known, the dual and plural are never interchanged. 132. thou.
1st.

Declension of the Second Person Singular,

oe,

Aui kumu.

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3rd
Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui
pili,

OF PRONOUNS.

Second Person Plural, oukou, you,

oukou,

kiimu,
iki,

paewa,
alo,

o oukou, a oukou, ko oukou, ka oukou, no oukou, na oukou,

ia

ye, you. of you.

yours.
for you.

oukou,
la,

you, to you.
ttirough,

moe,
hea,
hele,
hui,
ia,

ma oukou

by you.

e oukou, mai oukou, me oukou, e oukou,

1st
i

ye.

from you. with you. by you.

oe.

133.

Aui kumu
i

Mai

iiaawi oe

E hai aku oe No ke aha la

2nd.

ke keiki, do not thou give up the child. ka manao, declare thou the opinion.
i

oe

huna

ai?

why

did you conceal?

Aui

pili.

Aloha oe a me na haHai au. Love to you and the foster children of thine. Ma na wahi a pau au e hele ai. At all places where thou shalt go. Aole he wahi hihia ow. 'There is no difficulty of j)ou [respecting you.] ka pepa. I ka hou ana ae ou In your renewing the paper, publishing the last paper.
i

Aid iki. 3rd. Aole au e ae aku kail. I will not consent to yews [your request.] Na'u e hoike aku kau. It is mine to show yoms [my duty to, &c.] Aohe anei he akua koul Have you no god.' [is no god for you.]
i i

4th.

Auipaewa.
e lawe aku,
ole
i

na mea lohe now. The things which I heard Concerning you are nothing. O fea'w, nau e hoike, mine, you shall exhibit [your office E hele oe e imi i hana hou nau.
"Go thou and seek

Nau no He mea

it is

thine to take

it

away

[thy business.]

to.]

new

viovk for yourself.

5th.

Aui
oe,
I

alo.

He

wahi manao ko'u ia

have a thought

to

you

[for you.]

Eia keia ai a'u ia oe, iiere is this food of mine for you. Ke ninau aku nei au ia oe, I ask you. Ia oe wale no ia wahi, to you only (hat thing belongs.

OF TRONOUNS.
6th.

71

Aui moe.
la

Ma OM Ma ou
7th.

e lariakila
i

ai,

la

loaa ia'u

through you we ka ai, through you

will
I

conquer. received food.

Aui

hea.

Auive oe e ka mea hilahila ole, Aloha oe, ea, salutation to you.

8th.

O thou sliamcfess persoiu

Aui heU
ka inaina mai ou aku. his anger shall turn away from you.

huli

When
Ua

laweia ia mea mai ou aku la. That thing was taken away from'you,

9 th.

Aui
i
i

hui.
like thee..

Aohe mea e ae e like me oe, there is no person Me oe wehewehe mai nei ke kanawai. As you have just explained the law.

Ua
I

hele mai nei au e kamailio pu me oe. have come here to converse with you..

10th.

Aui

ia.

kahikoia e oe na pele o Kauai. The volcanoes of Kauai are adorned by thee. Ua hoooluolu ia ka naau o lakou e oe.

Ua

Their hearts are comforted by

thee.

Second Person Dual,

134.
1st

olua.

Auikumu.

Ua Ua

loaa olua ia

Nawaa? did you two get it from Nawaa? hoopunipuni mai olua ia'u; you two have deceived me.

2nd.

hoi kela

mea

keia

Let that and this Pehea ka hale o olua} what kind of a house have you two}
3rd.

Aui pili. mea o olua. one of you tivo return. Aui

iki.

E like me ka olua i hana mai ai ia'u. According as you two have done to me. He aina momona ko olua, you two have a
4th.

fat

land.

lilo

laua

Aui paewa. mau kane na olual

Will they become husbands /o?' you two. kakali anei laua no olua} will they wait/or you two. Ua nui ko'u eha no olua, I am much pained /o7- you txvo^

72
5th.

OF PRONOUNS.

Aui

alo.

Eia kekahi manao o'u ia olua, Here is a thought of mine to you two. Oia kau wahi nonoi ia olua, that is my I haawiia mai ia olua ka hoomaha. May rest be given to you iioo. 6th.

little

request to you two,

Aui moe.
he gets
his living

Ma
E

o olua la kona ola,

by means of you two.

7th.
hoolohe mai
ea,
[e]

Aui
olua
i
i

hea.

ko'u

leo,

hearken ye two to

my

voice.

Aloha olua

salutation to

you two.

O
Go

haele olua, a e hoi

you two, and return

ko olua wahj. to your place.

is

Note.
8th.

The

the sign of the aui hea

'

often, if not always,

^omitted in cases of this kind.

Am
olua mai a
ia nej,

hele.

Mai
9th.

he came yrom you tioo here.

Aui
ai

hui.
IW&'.

Me
Ke
Ua

ka puaa? did the pig go with you olua anei i hele ai pu nei ka iiio me olua, the dog is eatiijg with you

two..

lOith.

Aui

ia

aihueia na dala e olua, the money was stolen by Hoopunipuniia ke kumu e olua. The teacher was deceived by you two.

you two.

Second Person Plural., oukou, ye or you.

135. 1st

Aui kumu.

oukou me ka noho wale.' do you indeed sit in idleness,? ilna he pono, e liana oukou a pau, if it be right, do it all of yea*. E hula mai oukou kuu keiki, sing ye for my child.

Noho

anei

'2nd.
i

Aui pill.

;E hoopau ka pepehi ana o oukou. "Cease the striking of you [your striking.]

Anu ke kahu o oukou ka hale ole. The guardian of you is cold for want
i

of a house.

Ewalu a oukou e ku
3rd.

iluna, eight

of you stand up.

Aici iki.

ka oukou. :I supposed that goodness wa^ yours [ ;Ua pau ae la ko oukou, your business
inoa hoi he pono

Ka

that
is

you were good.]

finished.

OF PRONOUNS.
4th.
Fiilehuiti

73

Am paewa.
na
ia

na oukou, the fish are roasted /o* yon. A'o oukou ka aiiia, no oukou ka hale. For you there is land, for you the house.
5th.

Aui
ia

alo.
iho.

E maiama pono oukou

oukou

Take ye heed respecting yourselves. Eia ko'u manao ia oukou a pau, here

is

my

tliouuht to yoii all.

aloha aku nei au ia oukou, I love you. Kauoha iho la au ia oukou e kiai, I coiiimanded ijon to watch.

Ke

6th.

Aui moe.

ma o oukou la. reproached through you. Ma o oukou la na waiwai ia makou. Through you vye hc}ve our property [by
Ua He
oleic ino ia ae la
is

yu\ii uieaiis, &,c.]

7th.

Aui

hea.

E, oukou, e na makua, you, ye parents. E haele oukou, aole nae e hoi hou mai. Go ye, but do not come back.

8th.

Aui
miuao
i

hele.

o oukou aku. thoughts be separate/rom you. Mai o oukou aku pae ai ka leo, from you went out a sound. E pale i ka enemi, e holo ia mai o oukou aku^ Resist the enemy, hfc will flee from, you.
kaawaleiq, ki
evil

ino

mai

Let

9th.

Aole ia e kula

hou

ia

Aui hui. me oukou.

He

will

Aohe ona kuleana me oukou, he

go to school no more with you. has no more part with you.

Aui ia. 10th. Ua hooliloia e oukou ka hale wahi aihue. The house became by you a place of thievujg. E kokuaia au e oukou ko'u hele ana.
i i

I shall

be assisted by you

in

my

journey.
ia, o >,

Third Person Singular,

136. The Third Person has three numbers; the Sing, ia, he, she, it; Dual, /awfi, they two; Plural, Moi;,

The third It has but one form in each number. of uses; variety cases has a various Singular in its person he, often used lo up in the verb summed hut they may be
they.
01

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OF PRONOUNS.
to jiossess.,

impersonally, and tlie verb to have or for the affirmative adverb yes.
1st.

and often
affir-

As
it

a verb

to he,

or the impersonal

verb of

mation,

ka

ai

used as follows. noa, oia ka hoomaka ana

is

The

eating freely, that

was

e pan ai na kapu kahiko. the beginning of the destruction of

ancient tabus. Malaila no oia, lie was there. O ka inu rama iho la no ia, that

was

ruin drinking.

2nd.

It is

used as a verb

to

have or to possess.

Aole na kakou ia, this is not for us, i. e. it is not ours. Na ke alii no ia, it belongs to,the chief, it is for, &c. Ke kumu nana ka hale, the teacher whose is the house.
3rd. It will be seen afterwards that the affixed to the verb forms the p^issive voice.
4th.

pronoun

ia

For

ia or oia, as

an affirmative adverb, see adverbs.

to

have been in some age of the language two different words for the third person singular; viz. ia and na, as in declining, ia'se,ems to fail and At present a part of each has gone ?2a takes its place. into disuse, and the remainders are put together to make up the cases. All the pronouns are generally regular in their declensions, except this third person singular.
137.

There seem

Note.

Some

regular forms exist as will be seen in the remarks.

138. The orthography also of the third person singular as expressed in printed books, in the Aui pili, Aui iki, and Aui paewa does not follow the anaolgy of the other persons and numbers. There seems no good reasson why kona, kana, nona, nana, should be w-ritten in one

word; and ko lakou, ka lakou, no lakou, na lakou, be divided into two, except that, even when united, they do not form a long word. There migh-t be some advantage, at least in appearance, if the prefix pronouns, were so united and it would not look bad to unite them in the dual and plural; as, kola.ua kalaua, kolakou, kalakou, etc. the grammatical construction requires them to be separate as much in one case as the other. In the Aui alo [Objective case] ia ia the preposition and pronoun are seperated and so
in all the cases

below, while in the three other cases above they are united.

oblique

OF.

Pronouns.
a, he, she, it;

lO
o

Ti-liUD 1 139. phatic, oia.

Au'i

Person Singular,

em-

kumu,

la,

he, she,
,

it.

Alii pili,

Aui iiti, Aui paewa, Aui aio, Aui moe, Aui hea, Aui hele, Adi hui, Aui ia,

na ( o ia, a la, kona, kana a, I ko la, ia ka nona, nana 5 no ia, na ia ia, ^ i o na la, ma o na la
na, a

>
ia, )

of him,

&c.

rarely used, his.

ia, > for

him, &c. to him. through, by him.

5

him

'

raai o

na

la,

from him.
with him.

me
e

ia,

ia,

by him.

2nd.
Aui kumu, Aui pili, Aui iki, Aui paewa, Aui alo, Aui moe,

Third Person Dual,

laua,

laua.

they two. o laua, a laua, of them two. ko laua, ka laua, their two. no laua, na laua, for them two. ia laua, them two, to them two. ma o laua la, by means of them two, through, &c.

Aui hea, Aui hele, Aui hui, Aui ia,

3rd.
Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui

mai

laua,

from them two.

with them two.

me

laua,

e laua,

by them two.
lakou, they.

Third Person Plural,

lakou,

kumu,
pili,

they,

iki,

paewa,
alo,

o lakou, a lakou, ko lakou, ka lakou, no lakou, na lakou,

ia

of them,
theirs,

lakou,

moe,
hea,
hele,
hui,
ia,

ma me

o lakou

la,

them, them, to them, through them.

for

piai lakou,

lakou,

e lakou,

from them, with them, by them.

140.
1st.

Remarks on
la

the Third Person Singular.

Aui kumu.
ia a hiki

Holo aku

He sailed onward to A po, kii aku la ia

i

Honuaula, Honuaula. ka waapa.

i

At

night, he

Oia a me Oia ka uku o ke He manawa kaua

went to fetch the'boat. kona poe kanaka, he and

kanawai, that
ia,
is

his people,
tlie ln?v

the punishment of

that

was a time of war

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2nd.

OF PRONOUNS.

In this case the ia ihongh the regular form

is

Aui pili. dropped and na takes

is

its

plac^j

now and then

found,

but with

some modifying word. So also the Aui iki and Aui paewa, specimens of the more obsolete forms will follow ihfexamples of the more regular ones.
keia ku mai o na, on this arrival of him. hale e kukulu ai. Four houses of Tier to build [for her to build.]
I

Ahi ana

Nui Iba mai la na mea ona. There was much property of him present. Aole a ia nei palapala, there is no book of him here.

He

Whose bundle
Srd.

puolo owai keia? he puolo o ia la. is this? it is the bundle of

him

there,

Aui
hale
pili

iki.

kona. There is a grass house of him,, that lis, he has a grass house. I kona hele ana, he hipua kana. In his travelling, there was a scrip of him,, i. e. he had a scri]>-. E kii hou mai auanei keia i ko ia la mau waivvai. He will come again for the goods of him.

He wahi

Ua
Is

like anei ko oukou manao me ko ia nei'! your opinion like that of him present?

Aui pnewa. malama hou ka aina. It was for him again to manage the land. Make ke kanaka nona ke aka. The man died whose was the shadow. No wai keia auka sopa? no ia la. For whom is this bar of soap? it is for him
4th.

Nana no

(here.

5th.
i

Avi

alo.

E halawai ia me ka poe make ia ia. He will meet those killed by him.

Olelo ao mai o Vanekouva ia ic, Vancouver exhorled hiiu Hele mai la lakou io na la, they came to her.

6th.

Ma
E

na

la

Aui moe. ka hooponopono ana.

is the settlement [of the difficultv.| hoopai aku wau ia oukou ma ona la. I will punish you through him. Mai hoohiki ma o na la, do not snear by him

Through him

7th.

Aui

hen,

not used.

OF PRnXOHNS,
?.tll.

i"/

An/
mill o

hrlf.

H;iliii nlui

na vim,

lin

In rnofl''n\vny/,();/(

him

9th. Aui hid. A pan pii nic ui na kmii kaliiko. And vnth him ended llic anci(!nt tabus. Me kekalii man alii pii -ine ia ma Kohala. Willi certain cliiefs vnlh him at Kohala. A me nil kanaka pu me ia, and also men

togrllier 7vilh h'mi

10th.
Fi

Atti ia.
e iai

ninauia mai anei au

shall I

bo questioned

hi)

him}

Third Person Dual,

1

lana, they two.

in

]41
is

There
apt at

is

a peculiarity

Which

first

to be mistaicen.

the use of the Dun! The dual is .so used

spoken of. Thus, which would seem to mean, ice two met with him, but the real meaning is, we two met together, or I met with him. The dual pronoun in such cases includes all spoken of, I keia.ku ana mai o Vanekouva, aoie laua halawai me Kaniehameha, Lit. on this time of Vancouver'scolmingto anchor, i!Ae?/ iJtyodid not meet with Kame^ hameha; this would imply three persons, but the meaning is, Vancouver did not meet with Kamehameha. Vancouver and Kamehameha are united in the laua, then Kamehameha is expressed again. Such is the peculiarity of this pronoun where persons are conceriied. Aui kumu. J St. elua hookahi ano. hui ai lautt e He mea ia
haiavvai filaua

that there appears to be three persons

me

ia,

them boih \n one form. Aole anei laua makemake i mau kumu? Did not Ihey two desire teachers?

That

is

what

will unite

Heaha laua kekahi

kekahi?

What

Uwe
2nd.

are they two to each other? \v{'M relation. pu laua, they lioo wept together.

Aui

pill.

Owai ka mea kpuwale

loa o laual

was the more foolish vf them ttvo. ka hewa iluna o laua, the guilt fell upon them two. noho ai. kahi a laua, I ka haalele ana On leaving the place where they twoh&d lived.
ili
i i

Who

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3rd.
Peiiei

Vi*

PRONOUNS.

Aui
ha laua
i

iki.

inii ai,

t'lus

did they two seek.

I like iia

*riiat tlie

rnanao me ko laua nei. opinion may be like that of them two.

keiki

He mau
4th.

kane ka laua, they two had sons.

Aui paeiva.
aiiia
ai

No
Ua

laua ka
ohiia ka

paH, for them two was broken land. na laua, the food is collected_/or fAem

tvO'd,

5th.

Aiti alo.
nui.
tiv<6.

Aole ia laua ka hewa

The

He
I

great fault did not belong la them aloha nni ko'u ia laua nei. have great love /or them two.
hookol'okt)lo ia laua,

and called them two to account.

6th.

Aui

moi.

o laua la e hoouna ai oukou, by them two do you send. Ua hanaia ia mea ma o laua la. The thing was done by them two, i. e. through their means.

Ma

7th.

Aui

hea, not used.

8th. Aui heie. Mai laua mai ka palapala, the letter was from them Mai o laua la ka luna hele mai nei. From them two was the messenger that came.
i

two.

9th.

Aui

hui.

Halawai kekahi hoahanau me laua. Certain relatives met ivith theih two.

A mahope
10th.
Haliiia
a^e

iho hui ia oia

me

laua.

Afterward he united ivvth them two.

Aui
Ja

in.

ka pnpa e laua^

the table was spread by

them

tivo.

142.

The
1st.

Plural refers to any

Third Person Plural, lafwu, they. number greater than two.

Aui kumu.
i

Ooki ae

lakou ke kaula, then they cut the rope, fepehi she la lakou ia ia a make. They pounded him until dead.
la

2nd.
Pomaikai
i

Aui
na mea lakou
i

pili.
ai.

aihue

Fortunate: in

what Ihcy

iiad stolon.

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79

Kuu iho ka waapa o lukou. The boat of them [tlieir boat] was let down. Hoau lakou na pahu a lakou. They floated off the casks of them, i. c. their
i

casks.

Spd.
Eia ka lakou i ike ai. This tons theirs to see

Aui
[this

iki.

was

lohat they

saw

no ko lakou e make. Full confidence was theirs to die,

die.

He manaoio

i.

e.

they believed they sliould

4th.

Aui paewa.
to fight other

E kana akn ai i ka aina no lakou, Na lakou no pepehi na haole.

i i

lands/or

ilieni,

They ivere those who killed the foreigners. I man mea eha kekahi na lakou.

Some
5th.
I

deadly weapons also for them.

Aui
ai

alo.

loaa ai ka

ia lakou,

that food might be obtained for them,

E hoonohopapa
Ac aku
Hai aku
6th.
la ia

ia lakou, set them in divisions.

ia lakou e

malama

ka pono, he taught thetn

to

do

well,

ia lakou, he spake to them.

Aui moe.
them he made
trial,
i

Ma o lakoii la ihoao ai oia, through Ma o lakou la hoahuia na kapa. By them the kapas were laid up.
7th.

Aui

hea, not used.

8th.

Aui

hele.

Mai o lakou aku ka leo kaua. From them went out the voice of war. Mai lakou mai ia a ia nei, from, them he came here,

9th.

Aui
like

hui.

Aole e

Not

like

ka hiki ana mai mamua. as they were on a former arrival.

me lakou

10th.

-4mz ia.

80 ia mai oia e lakou, he was instructed by them. Kukuluia ua hale la e lakou, the house was built by them.

Ua

THE PRONOUN
143 here, for
it is

Hai.

The anomalous pronoun

hai may be declined prefix proqouq. and a personal both a

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OF PRONOUNb.

81

Ma
At
all

na vvahi a pau au e hele

ai.

places of thee to go, at Nau no e la we aku.

it

all

places where thou ehalt go.

fi is thine to take

away,

it is

thy business to take

it

away,

Ewalu a oukou e ku jluna. Eight of you to stand up, eight of you are [must] to stand up. Eha ana hale e kukulu aj. Four houses of him to build, he had four houses to build. Nana no e njalanja hou ka aina. ft was /or him to take care agajn of the land, it was his office [duty] to take charge, &e. I ka haaleje ana i kahi a laua noho ai. On, leaving the place of them two to live, on leading the place where they two had lived. Penei ka laua imi ana.
i
i

Thus their

t%oo seeking, thus was the seeking of them two. Pomaikai i na mea a lakou i aihue ai. Fortunate in the things tof them to steal, fortunate in lohat they

had
This was

stolen.
i

Eia ka lakou

ike

ai.

theirs to see,

this

was whst they saw.

are

147.
jcontaiij

The following'
hoakaka

more independent of verbs,

or

more or

Jess of the idea of verbs in them.

He mea

k&u

ia oe.
to,

thing to explain is

mie
no'a.

you,

JAaiJe an explanation
is

to

make.

Heaha kou manao

What
I

is

your thought of me, what

e holo
ai,
i

youf opinion .concerning me.

moku o maua
hoike

na haumana
to

a ship_/or us two to sail in. a kaua, to exhibit the scholars of us two.

Na kapa no kaua e The kapas /or ^s tmo

two warm.
ka
haile

naehana'i.

keep us warm

in,

,the

kapas to

keep us

pide hcni o

makou.
meeting house.

The new nieetjpg house of us, our new He wahi mehamelia ko makou.

solitary place s

of us, we have a

solitary place.

1 hale kula lepo

wahi hihia ou. There is no difficulty of you, there is no difficulty respecting you. Aale au e ae aku kau, I do qot consent to yours [your request.] E hele oe e imi i hana hou nau. Go thou and seek new work for yourself. E hoopau i ka pepehi ana o oukou. Crease the striking of you [your striking]
i

E liloia Ade he

no makou, an adobie school house /or waiwai no kakou, it will beicome property /or

us.
us.

82

OF PRONOUN?.

inoa hoi he pono ka oukou. thought that goodness was of you, I thought you were good. I keia ku mai o na, on this anival of him. Make ke kanaka nana ke aka. The man died /or whom [whose] was the shadow. Ih ka hewa ihina o laua, the guilt fell upon tliem two. I like ka manao me ko laua nei. That the opinion may be like that of them tico. Kekahi wahine o lakou, a certain woman of them. I mau mea eha kekahi na lakou. Some deadly weapons also for them.
I

Ka

148. It will be seen from the two last sections (146 and 147) that the class a, ka and na, are mostly used in connection with verbs expressed; and that the class o, ko

more generally used independent of verbs, or idea of the verb in them; but the class a, ka contain the sometimes used independantly and thus are also and na, with the other class. synonymous be seem to
and
no, are

OF PREFIX PRONOUNS.
149. Prefix Pronouns are so called from their general position in the sentence; being always prefixed or placed

before the noun to which they belong, and never following

it.

of two classes. First, such cases of the same words that have been exhibited in the preceding sections. They are equivalent, for the most part, to what were called possessive adjective pronouns in English Grammars; thus my, thy, his, her, our, your, their, etc. The following is an example of a prefix and a personal or svffix pronoun.
150. Prefix Pronouns are as consist of the the oblique

uhiia kona olohelohe na mea a ko'u makua i kanu ai no'u. His nakedness will be covered by the property which my father
i

planted /o/' me.

Ka

Personal Pronoun. hale o makou.

Prefix Pronoun.

The house of us.

Ko makou Our house.

is

hale.

The house

ka hale e kukuhi nei, ko'u la, here building is mine.

O ko'u hale ke kukulu nei. My house here building.

2nd. In this way all the personal pronouns may be changed into prefix pronouns; that is, by altering their place

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83

in the sentence. Generally, however, the prefix pronouns consist of the pronouns of the Aui pili, and Aui iki, cases and of the Aui iki more often than the Aui pih'.

E E

Koiio mai o'm hoahele ia'u, my traveling companion invited me. ko'u mau hoahanau, O my brethren.
o'm

mau hoahanau,

Kahaha

iho la o'm manao,

O my brethren. my mind was

astonished.

Kau mau keiki, thy children. Kau puhi baka ana, thy tjtbacco smoking. E hana kona makemake, to do his will. Me kana mau kauoha, with his last commands.
i

Me ka lei ma
iCu ae la

kona lima, with a string of beads upon Aer arm. kona hoahanau, his brother rose up.

Ko makou Ka makou
Ke

hale pule. Our meeting house. halawai, our meeting together, kolohe i ko kakou hale, the mischief in our house,

hana no keia, this indeed is our work. Pela no ka oukou hana, thus may your work be. JE hoi ma ko oukou wahi, return to your places. -' Me ke ano o ko lakou naau.

Ka kakou

According to the meaning of their heart. Ina hea ko lakou poho? when was their sinking down. E aho nae ko lakou hope, more tolerable, however, their end. Ka olelo ana o ka lakou mau keiki.

The conversation of their children Ke ano o ka lakou hana ana, the character 1 ko maua waena ua pono.
Aole
i

of their doing.

In our field [field of us two] it would be proper. hoopihkia i ko maua mau kino. He did not trouble our twx) persons.
the price of the defence

ke kumukuai pale o ko kaua ili. price of the clothing of our skin, of the skin of MS two.

The

ai ko kaua noho ana, to benefit the living of us two. ka olua mau palapala, the papers of you two are scattered, Haehaeia ko olua kapa, the garment of you two is torn. Hohola ae la ko laua kapa They spread out their kapa, i. e. of them tioo, 1 like ka manao me ko laua nei. Whose opinions are like those of these two. No ka maimai ko laua holo ana. On account of sickness was the sailing o/"^ftem two.

E pono
Helelei

3rd.

Remarks on the above.

used
for

Ou

is

kou as

o'w

is

for ko'u [see

2nd above.)

84
I
i

at PRONOUNS.
inai nei
ynii, refufn,

ou kaliu, e hoi oe, i/owr guardian says to mai ou kaliu ia oe. Until your guardian shall come again to fetch you.

kii

4tb. There seems to be a class of words whose prefix pronouns may be either ka'u or ko'u, my; and in {he uncertainty or indifference which should be Used the word kuu
is

used; thus,

He
T

nui

kuu hewa

[Ao'm hewa,] great

is

mp

error.

kuu

ike ana ia ia [ko'u ike,] on rriy seeing him.

Kuu
5th.

then takes the place of hcfu and ka'u, my.

Ko
it is

is

used

somewhat frequently
a contraction.

for kou,

thy, for

which

undoubtedly
i

E hoi kaua Kailua me ko keiki. Let us return to Kailua with thy child.
In these cases there is an indefiniteness as to the exact relationship of the. parties See 120. 2, 3 and 4.

foregoing Prefix Pronouns may be insertprepositions and the noun in all the different cases where the sense will admit it; and in these cases they take the place of the articles.
151.

The

ed between

thei

1st.

They

are declined with the

noun as follows.

Aui kumu, Aui pili, Aui iki, Aui paevva, Aui alo, Aui moe^ Aui hea, Aui hele^ Aui hui, Aui ia,

ko'u kapa, my garment. o ko'u kapa, a kd'u kapa, of my garment. ho ko'u kapa, kakd'u kapa, my garment's.

no ko'u kapa, na ko'u kapa,

ko'u kapa, ma ko'u kapa, e ko'u kapa, mai ko'u kapa, me ko'u kapa, e ko'u kapaj
i

my garment; my garment. by means of my garment, O my garment. from my garment. Vl'ith my garment. by my garments
for
to

Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui

2nd. In the same manner, kuu, my, See 150, 4. kumu, kuu hoa, my companion. pili, o kuu hoa, a kuu hoa, of my companion. iki, ko kuu hda, ka kuu hoa, my companion's. paewa, no kuu hoa, na kuu hoa, for my companion. alo, kuu hoa, my com., to my companion. moe, ma kuu hoa, by my companion. hea, e kuu hoa, O my companion. helCj mai kuu hoa^ from my companion. huij me kuu hoa, With my companion. id, e kuu hoa, by my companion.
i

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85

Am


wli

OF PRONOUNS.

between the two parts of the pi'onouii; thus, he elemaUule ua kiinaka ii.iaupo mi, tMs ignorant person is an old man.
eel

la,

referring to objects not present, or which do not regard the remarks made renei Ua fo like wa la Ua-) specting thema strong emphatic demonstrative adjective pronoun; is
Kela,
^
>

that;

thus,

He

lio

holo
is

ua

lio

ikaika la, that strong horse

is

a race horse.
is

Ilai,

word somewhat anomalous;

a personal pronoun,

it

often used
a prefix

as a noun also as

and here as

pronoun.

As a nOMrt; o ka hoolauna nui ana me hai. Friendly with another. As <t pronoun; haawi oia ia hcii, he gave it to another. As a prefix pronoun^ aihue ia ka hai waiwai. He stole another's property. Aole au liele i ko-hai waena, I did not go into another's
i i

field.

Examples of the Prefix Pronouns. Ua manao wale ia keia mau mea.

153.

Mere matter of opinion

are these things.

this

JVIa feeiajjae aiiia, at ihese islands [at this cluster of islands.]

Ua
Nui

uukii ia, ua nui

ioa iho
la

aku keia, that was

little,

was

greater,

keia mai, this disease greatly increased. ia ka luapau o keia pae aina. 7%at is the grave of these islands.

kela manawa, keia manawa. At that time [and] this time, 5. e. continually. Pehea oe neia la? how are you this day? to day,
I
i

neia wa ua akaka, at this time it E holo mai ia, ma neia hope aku.
1

is

understood.
this

He

will sail

here hereafter,

i.

e.

from

time on.

ka wahine a ua Ulu nei.

The wife E kii aku

of this
ia

Ulu

here,

i.

e.

the said Ulu.

la.

e kaua

me ua

poe haole

He
-^

will

pursue after and make war upon those foreignei-s,

i

Tl kii

Tleaha kela mca nui, what is that great thing. au e hao kela waiwai. 1 will go after and rob that property.

Hoole

maijfeeZa, that [person] denied.

Ua

Icle

aku

\a.kela

ka

pali.

That

[|)erson] leaped

down

the precipice.

Ka wahahee

o ia olelo, the falshood of that speech.

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87

Galeona, ka inoa oiamoku, Guleoii was the name of that ship. O ka latitii ia o Hawaii nei.

That was the latitude of Hawaii. Ia po iho, that night after. Ua kapaia ua pae moku la, that cluster of islands was named. Moho ka inoa o ua kanaka la.

Moho was

the

name

of that man.

^^^y REMARKS.
Keia and kela often stand wlone or represent persons or things, the noun being understood. He mea hoopunipuni keia.
1st.

A deceitful thing this, Me he aihue la ke ano

Like a thief
is

i.

e. this

thing, affair.

o^kela,..

the character of that [fellow.]

2nd. Kela and keia when used substantively as above are not unfreqviently used in a sense of disparagement or

contempt

as, kela, that fellow;

keia, this fellow.

Note. Hawaiians are v.ery uniform when they use tliese two words as adjective pronouns, in using kela first; thus they always
this

say kela me-A, keia mea, that thing, this thing. In English we Ray and tEat; the Hawaiians reverse the order and say that and this, meaning many things, every thing, &c.

3rd.
it is

when used by itself, signifies that, and folTowed by la; but when followed by nei it
Ia
as,
nei,

so

when

signifies

this;

Aole wahi inoino o ia

4th.
//frt

there

is

no hurt upon
this class
as,

this [[jerson.J
is

as a prefix

pronoun of

confined

mostly to the Aui iki, as ko hai, ka hai; Mai hoolauna me ka hai wahine. Be not intimate with another's wife.

waiho wale

ko hai waiwai,

let

alone another's property.

5th All the foregoing words of this class maybe used in the dual or plural numbers by prefixing mau or poe; thus, ^Ms land. fteia aina, Aui kumu,
Aui
pili,

Aui

iki,

keia mau [pae] aina, o keia aina, a keia aina, o keia mau aina, ko keia aina, ka keia aina,

of this land.
this land's.

Aui paewa,

ko keia mau aina, no keia aina, na keia no keia mau aina,

aina,

for this land,

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89

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.
156.

The

Interrogative

Pronouns are wai, who?

aha. what? and perhaps hea, where? though this last is more often used as an interrogative adverb. Wai in the Aui kumu has generally the o emphatic ovxiil It is appli-

ed most generally, if not universally to persofis or to the names of things, and not to things themselves. A Hawaiian always says, o wai konsi inoa? lit. who is his nafne? and not heaha kona inoa? what is his name? thus, what is the name of that tree? must be renderedjn Hawaiian; /} wai ka inoa o ia laau? who the name, Slc.

157.

Examples of Interrogatives.

,Oioai ka mea hale maahei? who has a house here? Ma ka aina owai ? on the land of tvhonii

/^Wahi
J(o

a wai! tUe say'wg of whom? who said

ka.laau?' to/iose
is

so?

wai No wai Ka wai Na wai Haawi

the timber?

Ma
Me

ka moku? for whom is tfte siiijii' whu-se the shij^ ka palapala? whose is the book? ke keiki? to whom belongs the child? i ke kapa ia wail he gave the garment to whom,! tvai la i hoouna aku ai? by whom did he send it?
i

Mai wai jnai

wai oe

keia makana? from whom is this present? holo ai? with whom did you sail?
it

Ua hanaia e -wail

was done by
is

iohom'!

158. Aui kumu, Aui pili, Aui iki, Aui paewa, Aui alo, Aui moe, Aui hea, Aui hele, Aui hui; Aui ia, 159.

Wai, who,

thus declined.

wai, emphatic o wai, o wai, avvai, kp wai, ka wai, no wai, na wai,

'

who?
of
for

whom?

whose?
to

ia

wai,
ia,

ina o wai

whom? whom, whom? by, through whom?

mai wai mai,

from whom?
with

me

wai,

whom?
both the

e wai,

by whom?

The

Interrogative aha, what, takes

definite and indefinite articles; as, he^ahal what? in the Aui kumu; but in the oblique cases it mostly takes the definite article ke apd is thus declined,

Aui kumu, Aui pili, Aui iki,

I'i

aha, he aha,

o ke aha, a ke aha, ko ke aha, ka ke aha,

what? of what?
-.
-.

r~

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Aui paewa, Aui alo, Aui moe, Aui hea, Aui hele. Aui hui, Aui ia,

OF PREPOSITIONS.
no ke aha, na ke aha,
i

for wliat?

ke aha, ma ke aha,

to what? for
,

what? why? by what? by wliat means?

"

ke aha, e ke aha,

me

me

he aha,

with what? like what?

by what?
Adverbs;
to
as,

Note.

Other forms
Hea
is

of this word will

the head of Interrogative

come more properly under heahaial what is it? i aha}

iaaha? a what?
160.

for what?

what? &,c.

as an interrogative proan adverb. As an infrequently as noun, but much more the noun to which it stands after terrogative pronoun it ia? sort of a teacher is he? what relates; as, h^umiL^a

sometimes used

he
Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui Aui

lole,

hea

'\a?

whqt cloth

is it?

Hea
kumu,
pili,

is

thus declined.
where? what sort?
sort?

hea,

iki,

of where, of what place, of what o hea, a hea, ko hea, ka hea,

paewa,
alo,

no hm, na hea,
i

for

what

place,

from what place?

hea, ai hea,

to what, to

what

place?

moe,
hea,
hele,
hui,
ia,

ma

hea,

where, at what place?

mai hea mai,

whence, from what

'

place?

COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS.
161. This class of words is made up of the simple prepositions. See ( 68) and other words generally denoting place, or which may be considered adverbs of place.

They

are generally followed by one or more of the simple prepositions as well as componnded with them. They are declineable like nouns. But few of them, however, have alt the cases; thus,
Aui
ku.

Aui pili Auiike Auipa.

o luna,
olalo,

Aui
i

alo.

Auimoe. Aui
I

hele,

Aui

hui.

Luna,

ko luna, no luna, ko
lalo,

Waena,
Lalo,

no

lalo,

Mua, Hope,
Wdlio,
Muli,

maluna, mai una, above. waena, ma waena, mai waena, between. ilulo, ma lalo, mai lain, beloW. miia, ma mua, maimua, me mua, before.
luna,
i

ihope, o watio, ko waho, no waho,i waho,

o muli,

ma hope, ma waho, mai waho, ma niuli,

after.

outof. behind.

Loko

OV ADVERBS.

91

162.

Examples.

malalo o ka pa|jale o na haole. looked under the hat of the foreignei's. Mahope kona make ana, after his death. Akpakoa na kanaka maloko o ka hale. The people assembled in [wilhin] the house. Noho paa ka ona maluna ona i na la a pau.
kiei

And

Drunkenness sat

fast

upon him every

day.
the forest.

E hele loa pela iloko Q ka ululaau, get you off into Mawena o na mauna, among the mountains. Ka hihia iloko o kanaka, the difficulty among the
Aohe pu oloko o ka papu,
,

people.
the fort.

there

was no gun within

163. The compound prepositions are not used as prepositions in their simple forms; as, hma, waena, lalo, &c. but have some one of the simple prepositions prefixed. The peculmrity is, that they are followed by o the sign of the Aui pjli of th^ noun following, as though they governed the Aui pili in connection with the simple preposition of its own,
ae

164. Frequently the vfovdsmai, aku, iho, or between the compound preposition and the o that
thus,
Gia no au no loko
I ^.ttijust

come

follows;

mai & k% pilikia^ out 6/ the difficulty. Noho ia mawaho akit, o ke kulanakauhale. He lived oUl of the city. Haule ia iloko iho o ka Jua, he fell into the pit. Holo ae la ia iloko ae o ka pa, he ran inside of line yard.
Here
ter of

Note. The same words will be considered agam Adverbs of place or condition.

in the charac-

OF ADVERBS.
165.
1st.

Adverbs are of three classes. Such as may be called Adverbs

qualify verbs.

Proper; that

is,

These are not varied by cases or otherwise, except perhaps by adding some word further
words that
qualifying the adverb, and hence indirectly qualifying The place of this class of adthe meaning of the verb. verbs in the sentence, is invariably next after the verb, and between it and any other words used to modify the meaning of the verb. Hence, any word that can be used

9'J

OF AUVERBS.

an adverb by serted immediately after the verb; thus, He!e lokahi aku la lakou io na la. They went with one accord to bim.
to qualify a verb

may become

its

being

Jrt^

Noho kuikahi

ia

me

ko Beritania.

He

under treaty with the English. Holo kiki aku la me kona ikaika
lived

He

very drunk. ka ukaua. Hoolei maZw lakou They brought ashore secretly their baggage.
i

Ae koke mai la lakou, Ua ona loa ia, he was

raq rapidly with his mi^ht. they cunsentiecl quickly.

Noho uhauha

iho

la ia.

He
sist

lived in the

manner of a

libertine.

2nd.

Second Class of Adverbs

These Adverbs con-

of most of the words before spoken of as Compound Prepositions; but they refer generally to place or direction and are jigt_JoUqwp.d hij o, as the compound prepositions
are.

These may be termed Adverbs

following
are'

of place.
loko, inward, within.
o,

The

the principal.
laila,-

Mua, before; Hope, after, behind. Luna, above, over.

Lalo, below, under.

there.

mull, after.
iikfi,

there.

inland.

nei,

here.

kai.

Seaward.
there.

hea, ivhere,
kalii,

how?

Waena, between.

'aia,

there where.'
vvhat?

Waho,

out, outward.

'eia,

here.

aha,

Adverbs, these words, except aia and eia are declinfed.like nouns, but not in all the cases; hea has more forms than any other of them. ^

As

These Adverbs may also take parts of speech to qualify them.

Aui kumu, Aui pili, Aui iki, Aui paevva, Aui alo,
Aui moe, Aui hea, Aui hole, \
o
laila,

They

other adverbs or other are thus declined^

laila,

of there, therefore, then.

kp no
i

laila, laila,

ka

laila,

of them, of there.
for there, for that, nheretbrei

laila,
laila,

there, that place.

ma
mai

there, at that place.

laila,

from there.

Aui Aui

\ hui,

ia

OF ADVERBS.
fJea,

9?,

the Interrogative adverb.

what, where? of what place?
of what, of whoio?
for

An\ kamit, Aul pih,

Alii ikij

lieu, auhea, ohea, ahea,

Aui paewa, Aui alo, Aui moe,

ko hea, no hea,
i

hea, hea,

where, whence? towards where, where?

ma

at wliat place?

Aui hea, Aui heloj Aui hui,

mai hea,
>

from what place, wlience?

Au

ia,

also has two other forms; as ina hea} when, referIng to past time, and pchea'i how, but these come properly into the

NoTE.-^liea
class.

next

Examples of the Second Class

Aole nui na awa
Jtahi e

of Adverbs.
enter.

moku. There are not many harbors inhere ships may

ai iia

komo

Aafti palahalaha

ka nui.
the largest
olelo ana.
;

The broad
article.

place

is

hahi

is

here a noun without an

Aia mataila kekahi

There in that pldce is a certain statement. Ke holo na moku i laila if ships sail there, [to that place.] Ua maikai ko uJm, the inland is good. Iloko o ka honua ma laila, in tie interifir there.

Mai
Ua
"^I'he

laila

mai

kahi

ti,

from

thence comes some of the tea.

ikaika ko laila kanawai.

laws of that people are stringent. moku katepa a ku ilaila. Merchant ships go and anchor Mere. He oluolu ma ka waha; aka, apiki oloko. --^'Plea.sant by mouth; but rougish Within. He ano e ko laila wahine. A strange fashion of the women of that place.

hele na

'

aku nei, before this time. Alaila, hoi hou na'lii, th6n the chiefs returned. Mamua, holo kekahi poe malaila. In former times, certain persons sailed there.
Aole heie aku iioaho, he did not go owL Aole paha aina maanei, there was, perhaps, no land here. Mailalo mai, from belov). Mailokomai o ka moana, fi'om out of ihe ocean, i. e. out Nolaila, ua maopopo, idlierefore, it is evident. Mai hea mai la lakou? whence are they?
i

Mamua

of.

Ueaha

la kela

mea

nui? lohdt

is

that great thin?-

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Pii

OV ADVERBS.
aku
la

laknu iluni,
iia

tlioy

ascended upward.

Mauka wan me

kanaka

o'u.

[I go] by land with my people. Aple an e holo niakai, 1 will not go by sea. Aole ou aiiia olaila, you have no land there.

The third class of adverbs consists of a large of words expressive of time, place, circumstance, manner, &-c. They stand in such places in the sentence as they are most needed to express those ideas. They are indeclinable. The following are the principal,
3rd.

number

Of Time.

OF ADVERBS.
Malama,
>
,

95

Malama

paha,

^'''^^P'-

Inehinei kela la aku, day before yesterday.

Of
Aloha, love.

Salutation.

Mamull, hereafter, by and by. Ma()6pe, afterwards.

I

keia

wa

noho

nei,

at this

Weli
Arioai.

)
^'"'^

present

tiirie.

Welina, I

^^

>'" ^^"^

Loa, very an intensitive.

,

Aole

hoi na.

Ooe Nau

hoi kahi.
hoi kaka.
la.

very little. Pinepine, frequently, often. Eia kekahi, again, besides. ia hoi kekahi, another point.
Iki, a little,

Na paha

Other words become adverbs of this cla.ss by their use. They may be termed particles; they will include some words mentioned before. Ka inoa, 1 thought,

Aole

ole,

could not but.

la wa, at that time, la manawa, at that time, period,

la

Aneane, almost, nearly, near to la, on that day. I supposed. la po, on that night. la po iho, on the night after. Particles, &c. la po no, on that very night.
state of

Wale, the
is,

a thing as

it

lo,

truly, really.

Pela io no, so it certainly is,[was.] Wale no, only, that only, nothing E, another, new, strange. with. Ai ae, there [to place.] La, has a slight reference to A ahiahi iho, when it was evening, place it is often an expletive. Aole hoi, nor. A pau, all. Pau ole, never done, never ended. Pu, together. Aole no hoi, not at all, not by

just so.

Ea, calling attention to what

said.

is

any means.

Mau, what
it,

is

frequentlj^ repeated,

Oia, he, she,

truly.

that

is

it,

yes,

constantly, continually, forever.

Auhea oe,

attend, listen, give ear.

Oiaio, truly, verily, just so.

Oia hoi, that is it, be it so. Oia hoi ha, precisely that, in reply to what one has said.
Hoi, also, besides. Ae ka paha, even so, grant
it is

Oi, while, whilst, for a while. Ai, with verbs, refers to time,
place, circumstance, quantity,

quality.

'Mai, implies
so.

motion

towards

the speaker.

Apopo, tomorrow.

Aku,
day
after to

Apopo

kela aku,

from the speaker. Ae, any oblique motion.

morrow.
Ineihinei, yesterday.

Iho,

downwards,

in

narrative

tense, onWards.

Note. These four last are used with several parts of speech, but they will be more particularly mentioned under the name, Verbal Directives.

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OF VERBS.

OF CONJUNCTIONS.
Conjunctions are words used lo connect words sentences. The words used exclusively as conjuncand The following are tions are not numerious in Hawaiian.
168.

the principal,
A, and, and when, when; mostly used
to

connect verbs.

Me,

witli,

together with.

me, and, and with.

o,

Laua

Ma

laua,

and with, [used with the dtial.] and with, [only with the dual or where two are concrned.J

Laua me, along with, [only with the dual.] Nae, but, besides, however; [a difficult word to define.] Aole nae, not however. JVo ka mea, because. No ia mea, for that reason, for that cause, on this account.

No

iaila,

therefore, wherefore.

Iaila,

then.
[a

Aha, but,
'Hoi, also.

strong word expressing

marked oppositiOT of

mean.-

Aka
i ole

hoi,
ia,
,

but besides that.

^
la, 5

'.

>]f

-r

-,

IVOt

it,

01.

ole

OF INTERJECTIONS.
167. Interjeotions are words thrown into a sentence Interjectto express some sudden emotion of the mind. ions are numerous amoiia; the Hawaiians as they are among .all illiterate people. The very common one of ka! kahaJia! is expressive of various emotions; according to the ipronunciation, accompanying gesture, tone, etc., at the The ibllowing are some of them, (time of its uiteran.ce. A. E.
:Ka
e.

Ke.

kola.

Auwe.
Kahehe. Kahoho.
Kei.

Ai kola. Ea.

Ahaha. Kahaha.

Hele peia.

hele pela oe.

Ko.
jVa,

Nani. Aole pa ha. Sbkahelc ka pepelii mai o oukou, o LonoikeaouH na hoi na e ka uhane.

OF VERBS.
Verbs in Hawaiian are those words which af 168. firm action, passion, or some qualify, [not being] of their

OF VERBS.
subjects.

97
languages,
In every
full

Compared

with

European

Hawaiian verb has maay

tence
the
in

peculiarities.

the sen-

those languages, a verb is necessary to complete intended. Not so in Hawaiian; some of the most common, clear and strong affirmations are fully expressed vvithoui any kind of a verb. A few of these will be given with a literal translation, and also a transktion into the English idiom.
idea

alii mana* o Kamehameha, he naauaof kona. powerful chief Kamehameha, an enlightened mind his. Eng. id. Kamehameha was a povveifal chief, he possessed an enlightened mind. He mai nui loa mamua aku nei, he mai ahulau. A very great sickness before this time, a sickness, pestilence. Eng. id. There loas a very great sickness before this time, a sickness called [like] a pestilence. Ikaika no kekahi kanaka, aole ona mai iki i kakahiaka, ahiahi

He

make no. A man strong

ing,

indeed, not of him the least sickness in the morn-

evening really dead.

Eng. id. A man would be strong and without sickness in the morning, in the evening he ivould be dead. Nui wale na kapu pono ole ma keia pae aina ka wa kahiko.
i

y^^ery many

the tabus not good at these islands in ancient time. Eng. id. Very many were the tabus, &c. Pela ma Nuuhiwa i keia wa e noho nei. So at Nuuhiwa at this present time.

Eng

id.

So

it is at

Nuuhiwa at

this

present time.

170. Again, there is no verb that expresses the idea These ideas, so far as they are of existence or of being. expressed, are expressed by the particles of affirmation, such as, wa, he, no, hoi and, some of the oblique cases of thus he akamai kona, lit. a skill of him or the pronouns askill his, Eiig. skill is his, he has skill, he is skillful. The structure of the language does not seem to require any The such words as verbs to be, or verbs of existence. particles mentioned above are used to express emphasis, force and strong assertion ; and thus the verb to be is in
;

* The word mana signified divine or supernatural meha was supposed to be assisted by the gods in his

power. Kamehaconquests.

his

f This word is used comparatively. day he was enlightened.

13

Corftpared with the people in

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OF VERBS.
for; but a

word expressive o{ the simple idea of existence is not known to the people. By reference to several places in the Grammar^ 171. and by the manner in which many sentences and phraser
some measure provided
are translated, it will be seen or inferred that there are no verbs to express,
ist.

Affirmation of any quality as belonging to any sub-

stance.
2d.

No

Verb to express being, existence, etc., like the

verb
3d.

to he.

The

No Verb to express having, owning, possessing, etc. verb loaa signifies to get, obtain; but not to own or
There are no Verbs
any thing.
to express

possess.
4th.

duty or obligation,:

as to be or do

may

express duty, but it is of that kind in European languages.

The verb pono, in some cases, weak in comparison with verbs

The reader may

naturally ask

how

these ideas are ex-

pressed in Hawaiian, for some of them, if not all, seem to be essential to the communication of ideas. It may be replied, they are expressed in various ways; some of which are as follows.
Ist. By he with an Adjective or Noun, with of a Pronoun following; as,

some kind

Ua

olelo kekahi, he kipi ia,

i

some

say, that is rebellion.

He hoowahawaha ia na it is contemning the chiefs. He kaikamahine kula keia, this is a school girl. He noho malie kona ano, his character was that of quietness.
'lii,

O keia
He
Note.

hana, he hana pono ole ia, this practice

nei,
tliese

poe anaana lalwu

He
By

is an evil practice. were a company of sorcerers.

;

b\ itself
it is

sometimes contains the affirmation

as,

He He

pono

ole,

unrighteous.

The

oolea loa ke kanawai e kau nci. present law is very grievous.

2nd.

ua and an Adjective

as
for

Ua makaukau anei oe no ka hele ? are you ready Ua kokoke ka manawa ahaoleio. The time of the Legislature is near.
I^a

goinc

pomaikai anei ke aupuni

kingdonv hcnetitted h\

ka hana pela
so
'

i< tlie

doiiii;-

OF VERBS.

99

Va mau
There

na wahine

The women are always at that Ua umikumamalima lausani a

ivere fifteen tliousand

ka hana pela: work.

keu.

and upwards.
oia) eia,

3d. la (especially with the o emphatic

keia,

etc, besides their

office as

pronouns, seem also to have

the power of affirmation;

as.

ahaaina anei ia? aole, he la pule ia. Is that a feast day ? no, it is a day of prayer. Oia kona nalo ana, ihat was her passing away. Aole nae ia he inea e hilahila ai. That is not a thing to be ashamed of. Oia ka poe i hele mai, those were the persons who came. Eia kekahi mea mau ma ia hana. Here is a thing of constant occurrence in that business.
la

He

4th. The Particles no_ and hoi (frequently they stand together) give intensity to the expression and seem some times to supply the place of an affirmative word ; as, O 06 no ka mea mama e hele.

Thou indeed art the thing swiftElua no mau wahi heenalu.

to go.

There are indeed two places for swimming in the surf. O na moena ko makou waiwai hoi e kuai ai ka lole. Mats are also our property to buy clotli with.
i

The Verbs to have, to own or possess are expressmostly by the Aui iki and Aui pili cases of the proed nouns; as, He makuawahine haipule ko7ia, he had a pious mother. humuhumuia, sfie lia'd no bound book. Aole ana palapala He wahi apana aina kona, he owns [has] a piece of land.
5th.
i

Note.

The examples
grammar
that

parts of the

of this kind are so numerous in more here are not necessary.

other

6th. The ideas of duty, obligation or to be under obligation to do a thing are expressed mbstly by pronouns in the Aui paewa; but thp Aui iki and Aui alo are someas, times so used
;
-

ka hale, it was my duly to watch the house. Nana e kii i ka iliahi, it belonged to liim to go for sandal wood. Na lakou e kaapuni i ka aina, they had to go round the land.

Na'u no

ia

e kiai

Note. The four cases Aui iki, Aui pili, Aui paewa, and Aui alo are often exchanged for each other, that is take each other's places, but as a general rule they liave their own spheres.

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7th.

OF VERBS.
In man)' sentences
lies
;

it is

difficult

to

tell

on which

word the affirmation

as,

Eia ka mea kupaiahaha, here [is] a wonderful lliing. Aole anei he kanawai ? [is] there no law? Auhsa oiikou ka poe iiaauao ? where- [are] you ye wise men? Pela ka mea maopopo ia'u, thus V.io ihin^; [was] clear to me. kona mau makahiki he 2,2, her years [were] 22. Nui loi kau liauoli i kuti heluhelu ana ka palapala. Great [was] my joy on my reiding the document. Nui ka pilikia o keia hana, great [is] the difficulty of this work.
'

171. Again, there are no verbs used expressly as unless, perhaps, the words auxiliary or helping verbs hiki and pono, tliemselves regular verbs, may, in certain Hiici signifies, to arrive at, to cases, be considered such. hence, to be able, can, may, and in such come to as, hiki cases, stands before and governs an infinitive no i keia keilii At heluJielu, lit. it has come to this child to read, i. e. the child is able to read. Pono is used in a similar way. It signifies, to be good, right, just, proper, fit, ought, must, etc.; as po?io ia lakou ke hana i mea ola, it is right for them to work as a means of living that is, it is proper, it is a duty, etc.
;
; ; ;

172. There is no variation of the verb itself to express number or person. These are shown by the form hence, the nouns and espeof the nouns or pronouns cially the pronouns are much more generally expressed than in languages where number and person are expressed in the forms of the verbs.
;

viz.

OF THE ACCIDENTS OF THE VERB. 173. The accidents of a Hawaiian verb are Person, Number, Mood and Tense.

four,

174. Person relates to the agents of an action or event. When one speaks of himself or in his own name, it is the first jierson. "When one speaks lo another, it is the second person. When one speaks of another, it is

the third person.

one or ?nore.

Ninnher relates to the persons engaged whether In Hawaiian, the number spoken of is either one, hence called the Sin<iular Number or two actine to 175.
;

OF VERBS.

101

gether, hence called the Dual Number, or any number more than two, hence called the Plural Number.
176. The three numbers of Verbs are expressed not by any form of the verb itself, but by the noun or pronouns.

EXAMPLE.
SINGOLAR.
E.B

hele au,

hele oe,

hele

ia,

I went, thou wentest. he went.

DUAL. hele maua,

hele kaua, hele olua,

hele laua,

PLURAL. per. hele makou. we [I and my party] went. Kakou, we, 1 per. hele kakou, we [I the persons addressed went] Oukou, you, 2 per. hele oukou, ye, you went. Lakou, they, 3 per. hele lakou, they went.

&
"

The Persons may be shown by themselves;

thus,

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OF MOOD.
signifies
ive

two went, i. e., I and another person attached to, or connected with me; but excluding the person or persons addressed. Hele kaua, signifies tve ttoo went, i. e., I and the person addressed. Hele makoLi, signifies we tcent, [i. e. any number over two] I and my party or those connected with me, but excluding the persons addressed. Hele kakou, signifies we went, [i. e., any number over two] I and the party addressed.

Hele maiia,

OF MOOD.
179. Mood, in grammar, is the manner in which a may affirm something positively, thing is spoken of. may command, ask, or or we may ask a question. entreat. may speak in doubt or uncertainty of a thing and we may speak in general terms without reference to person or number. The Hawaiian has all these methods of speaking.

We

We

We

180.
an; viz.

There
1st,

are four

Moods

The
i

Indicative
;

tively of its subject

or

it

of verbs in the Hawaiiwhich affirms something posiis used in asking questions; as,

Alakai as la ka malihini, he guided the stranger. Ua puhi anei oia ka pu ? did he blo2V the shell ?
i

2nd.

The
06,
i

Imperative,

commands, entreats or begs

as,

E hoi

Return

to

ka hale, mai puka mai iwaho. the house, do not come out.

3rd. Thfe Sutrjunciive speaks

of something

under

doubt or condition
Ina
e lohe

as,

poho

oe, alalia

malama.

If you hear correctly, then obey.

4th.

The

Infinitive

speaks of something done without

reference to person or
Note.

number
it is

as,
to he idle.

Aole 6 pono ke hoomoloioa,

not right

Examples
.

of

Moods

will

be inserted more fully hereafter.

OF TENSE.
Tense, in grammar, relates to the time in which done or said to be done. The great natural divisions are Past, Presait and Future Tenses. But tense as used in the Hawaiian language is more confused than
18] a thing
is

OF TENSE.

103

any other part of the verb. The above mentioned grand divisions of past, present and future are somewhat distinctly

marked but in practice they run into each other. past tenses are all Aorists or Indefinite tenses, and one is used for another according to the structure of the sentence.
;

The

182. The root or the simplest form of the verb is a preterite tense. In this respect, the Hawaiian resembles some of the. ancient Asiatic languages. The simple forms of verbs too are generally by-syllabic, though there

are

many exceptions
Monosyllabic
;

as,
to strike, i to say,

1st.

pa

ko

to

fulfill,

ku to stand,

a to burn, ha to breathe, na to be quiet, lu

;

to scatter, etc.

2nd. PoUysyllabic aloha to love, apono to approve, ulono to howl, etc. Most of these by analyzing can be reduced to two syllables.
3d. But the greater part of the verbs are bi-syllabic in their roots; haha to feel, koho, to choose, lana to float, mele to slug, noho
sit,

as,

to

pale to ward

off,

wahi

to break, etc.

OF PRETERITE TENSES.
Preterite or past tenses have five different mood. It is difficult to divide them into joer/ec^, imperfect and pluperfect etc. tenses, except that the fifth, answers tolerably well for a. pluperfect. It is better, therefore, to distinguish them as the^rs^, sec-

183.

The

forms in the Indicative

ond, third, fourth

The
used

root or simple

and fifth forms of the Preterite tense. form of a Hawaiian verb is one withan indefinite preterite tense, mostly

out any prefix.

It is

in narrative.

184.
Singular,

Indicative
')

Mood,

Preterite Tense, First Form.

I ran.

1st person,

hole au,
oe,
ia,

>

2nd person, hole

holo
1st person,

3 3rd person,
']

thou ranest. he ran.

p,
'"''^

holo maua, holo kaua, ' 2nd person, holo olua, laua, J 3rd person, holo "] holo makou, 1st person, holo kakou, 1st person, ^2nd person, holo oukou, J 3rd person, holo lakou,

list person,
[

we two ran, we two ran,

,

[he and

ran.]

[thou

&I

ran.]

you two ran. they two ran.

we we

ran, [I

ran, [I

and they and you

ran.]
ran.]

'

ye or you ran.
they ran.

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OF TENSE.

This tense is generally found in the beginning of a sentence as, 1st, Holo mai la lakou Hoonaunau, they sailed to Hoonaunau. Hoi aku la o Kiwalao, Kiwalao returned. JSo/io no oia ma Oahu, he lived a.t Oahu. I mai la lakou, ua elemakule oe. They said you have become an old man.
; i

2nd. then
;

It is

used very generally after the Adverb

^/az'/a,

as,

la lakou, then they took council. ke aupuni ia ia, then, the kingdom became ,A]a\la.,pau ke kaua, then the war ceased. Alalia, holo ia oleto ana, then, the decree passed.

Alalia,

kuka iho

Alalia, lilo

his.

Note.

After
is
;

alaila,

ua

is

sometimes inserted before the verb.

3rd. It therefore

used more rarely after the Adverb Nolaila,

as,
i

Nolaila, pae ae la lakou Hoonaunau. Therefore, they went ashore at Hoonaunau. Nolaila, hee aku la o Kalaniopuu, therefore Kalaniopuu Jled.

Note.

Nolaila,

After nolaila, ua is sometimes used ua akaka ka waiwai o ka helu.

is clear.

as,

Wherefore, the value of arithmetic

4th. It
is

used
;

in the as,

middle of

sentence

after

an ex-

planatory clause

No On

ka make ana, ku ae la kona hoahanau. account of his death, his brother rose up. Ia wa, loaa ia Kamehameha na koa. At that time, Kamehameha obtained soldiers. A ma ia hope iho, loi iho la o Kona.
Afterwards, there ivas a famine at Kona.

Preterite Tense, Second form,

In this form, the verb used mostly in narrative tenses
185.
is

a.

preceeded by a. It is where the a sometimes merely signifies and, and is used as a connective but more generally it signifies, and when, tvhen, and then, etc. It implies that some action or event has preceeded.
;

PRKTi:;R]TE TfiNSE.
J '1st ySinj.

iOS

pei.
per.

a liana au,

>

2d

a haria a liana
a

<ie,

-id per,

ia,

and when 1 made, and when thou madest. and when he made. and when we made,' [heand I.'] and when we made [thou and Ij and when you made [you two.] and when they made [they two.;]

1st per.

liana

maua,

Duo

1st per.
'2(i

a hana kaua,
a

per.

bana olua,

J 3d per.
"]

a harm laua,
a hana rnakou, a hnna kalioii, a hana oukou. a

1st per.

flur.

1st per.

f 2d per.

J 3d per.

hana lakou,

and when we made, [they and and when we made, [you and ai,d when you made, and when they made.

IJ

Ij

EXAMPLES.

A A
E

hala na

la

And when
kali

he umi paha, alalia, kulou ke alii a olelo aku. ten days perhaps Were passed, then the king stoo^ up
alii,

aiid spake. lohe kekahi

and vjhen a

certain chief heard.

mai a hiki aku ke keiki, wait until the yqung ma,n. arrives. Holo loa no ia a pae i Kailua. He sailed fast till he he arrived at Kailua.

Preterite Tense, Third form,

i.

This form is distinguished by having fjjrefjxecl 186. (to the simple form of the verb. It apparently makes little difference as to the time, but it is found in .sentences
differently constructed from the preceding
) 1st person,
i
;

thus,

Sing.

2nd person, 3d person,

1st person,
"I

i
i

noho au, noho oe, noho ia,

I lived.

thou livedest. he lived.

i
i

.Dual

1st person,

(2nd

person,

iflural.

J 3d person, 1st person, 1st person, '2nd person, J 3d person.

noho maua, noho kaua, noho o!ua, noho laua,

noho noho noho noho

we two lived, [he and we two lived, [thou and

you two lived, they two lived,

I.]
I.]

i
i

makou
kakou, oukou,
lakou,

we we

lived, [they
lived, [ye

and I.] and I.]

ye lived, they lived.

1st.
;

This -tense
.sentence and

is

used

as follows,

When

it

begins

.^

synonymous with u^
ia oe.

as,

I hele mai nei au e hai aku I have come here to inform

2nd.
It is

yon.

used very
i

frcqucntii/ after the negative Aole.

w'as iiOt even

Aole no

hoi 14

loheLu

it

heard of

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PRETERITE TENSE.

Aole oia i ae mat, he did not consent. Aole i pau ka aie, the debt ivas not paid.
3rd.
It is

used after

noun of

place.

Malaila kahi i noho ai, ko Hawaii. In such a place dwelt the Hawaiians.

4th.

After the pronouns ana or nana.

nana
ana
i

He
The

alii

hoolilo

ka aina.
ai,

chief by
i

whom

the land loas transferred.

Na

elele

hoouna mai

the messengers
-pela

whom

he sent.

5th.

After the adverbs pela or

lilo ai ka aina
'lii.

pahu.

i na Pela paha i So perhaps the land became the

chiefs'.

6th.

After a portion

of

sentence or explanatory

clause.

He
By

nui na

mea

e ae

hanaia.

A great many other Ma keia mea paha i

this

things were done.

lilo ai

ka aina.
ivas lost.

means perhaps the land

i

hiki mai. Various the characters of the foreigners who came here. Eia na mea i emi ai, here is the cause why they decreased. I ka wa i noho ai Kamehameha, at the time Kamehameha lived.

Nui ke ano o na haole

Preterite Tense, Fourth form,

187.

ua.

The fourth form of the Preterite tense is Asa sign of the preterite, it is, the prefix ua. perhaps, more often used as a perfect tense than any othBut it will be seen that it works itself into almost er. Strictly speaking, the na is a every tens and Mood. particle of affirmation, and may be prefixed to verbs, adjectives, nouns, &,c.; and tends to apply or fix or affirm some quality or circumstance of the word to which it is It is so often used with verbs prefixed, to its subject. that it may properly constitute one of its tenses. i 1st per. ua huna au, I have concealed. thou hast concealed. Sing. > 2d per. ua huna oe, ysd per. ua huna ia, he has concealed.
known by
"1

1st per.
^^'^

ua huna maua,

Dual I

[2d

^^^' "^ ^""'^ \ia-us., per. ua huna olua,

we two have concealed, [he and we two have concealed [thou &
you two have concealed. they two have concealed.

I.]

I.]

J 3d per.

ua huna iaua,

PRETKRITE TENSE.
1
1st per.

107

uahunamakou, we have concealed, [they and I.] '^'^"^ kakou, we have concealed, [ye and I.] "^ Plur l^^^ P^'' 2d pet. ua huna oukou, j-ou have concealed, j -id per. lia hilna lakou, they havo concealed.
I

This tense is used mostly __as follows; 1st. at the beginning of a sentence or paragraph when the verb is formed from an Adjective as,
;

Ua like me kana mai ai, it was like to what he said. Ua nele makou ka hale ole, we ai-e deslituie, having no Ua nui loa ka poe haule. They art liery mariy who have fallen. Ua ona ka rama, hele hikaka.
i i
i

house.

He

-was

drunk with rum, he went

staggering.

2nd. At the beginning of a paragraph, for the imperfect or perfect tense as, Ua hde mai na kanaka he nui loa. There carni a great many men. Ua hina iho net ka hale o makou.
;

The house of us has just fallen. Ua ike an kou aiio, I knew your Ua lohe Wale au kona make.
i

character.

I have merely heard

3d.
It is

oi his death.
;

used in the middle of a sentence thus, No ka mea, ua kokua mai oia ia'u, because, he assisted me. No ko'u aloha, ua hele mai nei au.

Out

of compassion, T have come here. Ike mai la, ua pau ka hale ke ahi. He saw, the house was consumed hy fire. Kii aku au ia oe, a, ua hele mai. t sent for you, and, you have come.
i

4th.

Ua

is

often

synonymous with

i.

mai nei au e hai aku ia oe. I have come here to speak to you. / hele mai nei au e hai aku ia oe, I came
hele

Ua

here to speak to you.

as,

5th. It

is

often used with the sense of the present;

Ua ae au e kokua ia oe, I consent to assist you. Ua kapa ua poe naaupo nei ia make, he lealea. The ignorant here, call this death, pleasure. Preterite Tense, Fifth form, ua

is

e.

The Fifth form of a Preterite tense is known 188. by ua prefixed and e suffixed to the verb; as ua ike e au,
I have
.seen

before,

i.

e., I

had

seen.

The

idea

that

some

I'^g

PRr,S|-,\T

TENSE.
to.

previous action or event

) 1st per.

is

referred

This resemble.^lit.

in nieaiiint? a pluprri'rcl tense. ua ,ke e au,

I

had known,

Uve known
[beto.e,

Sing.

Csdpcr. ) 3d per.
^
I

ua ike e oe, ua ik>j e ia,

ilioi!

hast knu-Aii.

1st per. 1st per.

^"^'

["'2d per.

ua ike ua ike ua ike

ua ua ua ua
ike
ike

J 3d per. ^ 1st per.

u,
I

1st per.

ike ike

(2d
J 3d

per. per.

ua ike

lis; had known. we two had known, [he and 1.} maua, e wo two had known, [you and l.\ e kaua, you twu had known. e olua, they two had kn.own. laua, e e makou, Me i'.ad known, [ihfy and I.] we had kno\i u, [you ai.d l.J e kaLoii, e oukou, ye hail known. the} had known. e lakon,

EXAMPLES.
Ua lilo e ke aupuni ia ia. The kingdom had been transferred Ua hoakaka e mamua kona ano.
i

to hin).

He had

explained before his character.

ha-

Ua noonoo e no wau, I had ikovghl. Note. There is another form like tins, vvhe^e thee however

ft

different

meaning.
na kanaka

It signifies against,
ia

opposed

to, &.v.:

as,

Ua ku

Lono, the people

luere opjposed to

Lono.

The

e is

sometimes suffixed to other forms or tenses.

Present Tense, Indicative Mood. 1&9. The Present tense has two forms, botli compound ones. The ist is made by profixing kc and suffixTbis form as, ke lawe ?ici au, I take, ^r cairy. ing nei supposes that the action is present, for 'nei implies both present time and present place. The 2nd form is made by prefixing c the sign of the fuas. ture, and suffixing una the participial tormination lawe ana au, I am taking. This is sometimes used for as, preterite tense and sometimes for a future jE anu ana au ma keia hope aku, I shaU be cold horenfier.
;
;

<'

t>

Sometimes the ana

Malaila

is

makou

e kula nri,

changed there we
net

into

ni'i

ns,
sr-honl.

are harin:::

Literally, there ice school.

He pono
Is that

anei ka olua

malama
-e

? ?

good which you two a

la
is
is

noio observlnj;

Sometimes he cairies or

carrvino;

used instead of vei ; as, ^7- lawe la \a, but th^t form iniDJies thnt the
;

Scftiori,

though now doing

of ])lace'}s
i

is (10111.1!;

la as a particle

t!;e

;it another place opposite of /in as,

;

fof'

Ke

haliliaii la

lakou

u;i

|juu poliuku

nia kaiii e.
ti_>

Tliey aro

now

ciirryiny; that liL'up

of

stoiit;s

ajiotheK place.

ExAMPLEj 1st Form, Present Tense.

^Ist
Sing.
>
per.

ke noi

iiei

au,

I llOL^

2nd p'er. ke ke ) 3d per.

]

noi nci oe,

noi nei
iii,

liiou

bcmst.
(lij

he
^V(,
^'"^

i'i';s.

1st pet^.
'''^'

ke noi nei nianaj

''"^

two

lii,"j;

and

I.)
^

T)

I
j

^"^^'

""'

"'^'

'^''^'^'

'"'" '"'-' ()'^"

''"'^

"id

peVi

J 3d per.
^ 1st per.
p]
1

ke noi nei olua, ke noi neiJaua, ke noi nei rnakoil, ''6 noi nei kakou, ke noi nei oukou, ke noi nci lakou,

yon two beg..

they two hey.

L '*'
j

PS''-

we we

hvj;, (tli(;y
be;,-,

and
J

I.) )

(yuu and

ye bei.';. 2d per. per. they 'be-.x. 3d J Ke puU akU nei rriakdil, we pray. Ke noi aku nei makou ia ia, we beseech him. Ke hai aku nei ia ia'u; he says to nie. Ke moe lalani nei na inoa, the names lie in rows.

Ke

hoole nei lakou, they deyiy.

Example, 2ud Form, Present Tense. 1st person, e la we ana an, I carry. I am carrying,
he carries, he
is

[ing.-

Sing. > 2d person,, e lavve ana oej J 3d person, e lawe ana ia,

th.ou f-arricst, thoii art curry-

carrying.

p.

p,

ana maiia, 1st person, e lawe ana kaua, f -2(1 person, e lawe ana olua, J 3d person, e lawe ana luua, ^ 1st person, 6 lawe ana makou, 1st person, e lawe ana kakou, (2d person, e lawe ana oukou, J 3d person, e lawe ana lakou,
1

1st person, e lavve

we two we two

carry, &.c., (he carry, (you

& T.)
I.)

and

you two carry. they two carry.

we we

carry (they and I.)

I

carry (yon and yc cnrry. they carry.

A komo ia He entered

ka hale e noho ana o Pipi. the house where Pipi lives.

FUTURE

TENSfi;
;

190. The future Tense has two forms or be called the First and Second Future Tenses.

thej-

may

1st. The First Future is known by e prefixed to the root of the verb; as e lawe au, I shall or will take.

llO

IrUl'tJRE

TKXSlr;.
shall or will heari

e lohe an,
Sing:.

-id per.

e lolie 06j e lohe

ia,

tliou slialt or wilt heal",

he shall or

will hear,

e lohe mauaj
p.
I
:

isi pci!

e Icihe kaila;

we two we two

shall hear, &.Ci shall hear,

&c.

[-.^d

per.

e lohe olua,

J 3cl per.
^
+,.
I

e lohe
e lohe

lalla;

you two shall hear. they two shall hear.

1st per.
1st per.
i2d per.

makouj

e lohe kttkou; e lohe oukouj

e lohe lakou;

we we
you

shall shall

hears

&c.

hear, &.C.

shall hear.

J 3d peri

they shall hear;

EXAMPLES.
ko kakoU akiiA. will not fight against ouf god. O ka mea e hana i ka hewa, w^ho ever shall do wrong. Aole anei oe e haalele ia aoao ? iiiill you not forsake that waV haalele no auj 1 xoill forsake it. Aole ail e hana hou ma ia hana, I villi not do this work again. Aole mikou e hana kau hana, we icill not do your Work.

Aole

kaud aku

We

2nd.

SECOND FUTURE TENSE.

The Second Future tense has the same form with the First with an additional e suffixed ; as, e lohe e an, lit. I This Form is shall hear befofe, or I shall have heard.
not so often used as some others, as the idea of a Second Future is often made by the use of particles, adverbs of time, ifeC; as,

ikea duanci

ia ntanfiua,

that Will have been shoiOed first.

I shall have heard, they will have heardi he will have heard.

ilst

per.

e lohe e au,

id per.

e lohe e oej
e lohe e
ia,

3d
"1

per.

Ist perv

e lohe n nmua> e 16lie e kaua,

e lohe e olua, e lohe e laua,

'.

1st per.

1^

(2d
J
^

per.

;3d peri

haVe heard; (he (^ 1.) haVe heard, thou vt L yon tvVo wilt haVe heard. they two will haVe heard.
shall
-shall

we two wo two

1st per. e lolie e niakou,

1st per.

we

shall

have heard, fthey

&

I.)

p,

e lohe e kakou,Vi'e shall have heard, (you it I.)

2d

per.

3(1 per. J

e lohe C c)ukou,\e shall haVe heard. e lohe e lakou. they Shall have heard.
f olelo e

He
It

pont)

ka lunaknnawai

would haVe been proper

for the

aku na makua. judge to have first spoken

i

to

the pareiits.

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

Ill

IMPERATIVE MOOD.
general meaning that
in Hawyjian h;!S the has in other languages; it commands, forbids, entreats, 8lc. The First Form is the Same as the First Future, viz: e prefixed to the verb, and can only be distinguished from it by the scope of the pas^ SjBge. Of course it wants the first person in the Singular and one of the first persons in the Dual and I'lura).
it

191.

The Imperative Mood

Lmperative Mood,
Qj
^^

First
let let

Form.

) 5
')

2d person,
<^''

e nnna oe,

look tliou.

'

person, person,

e nana
e

(a,

him look,
us two look,

1st

Dual.

>2d

person,
pertion,

33d
^
Plural.
>

nana kaua, e nana oiua, e nana laua,

e nana kakou, e nana oukou, e nana lakou,

look you two.

let

them two

look,

1st person,

2d person,

let us look. }ook ye.

j'Sd person,

let

them

look,

EXAMPLES.

E malama oukou ia oukou Iho, take ye heed to E alu oukou a e hana me ka ikaika.

yourselves,

E noonoo.
jE hoi oe
i

Combine ye and work with strength. ka mea a oukou lohe ai. Think of that of which you have heard,
i i

Go

back
i

E kii
Fetch

E ala
Wake

kou wahi a hiamoe. your place and go to sleep, ka laau no ka maj. the medicine for the sick person, oe, maj kou hiamoe ana. up, from your slumbering,
to

is another form of the Imperative the sense of forbidding. It is formed by used thus, to the verb particle mat not, prefixing the do

192.

There
in

Mood
j-j.

'

5
')

2d 3d

per. per.

mai huli oe, mai huli ia,

do not thou let him not

let us

turn, turn thou noj.

turn.

1st per.

Dual.

> 2d per.

) 3d per.
')

mai mai mai

huli kaua,
hull olua.

huli laua,

two not turn. turn not you two. let them two not turn,

1st pel*,

plural.

>2d )3d

per.
per.

maj huli kakoju, let us not turn, mai huli oukou, turn ye not. mai huli lakou, let them not turn.

EXAMPLES.
.Mai hctna hou
pela,

do not so again.

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i

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Mai nana ke kapa o ka wahine. hook not upon the dress of a female. Mai holo kiki e Jike me na lioloholona.

Do

not run

ptii

mcil like

tlie

animals.

n)akou hana, do not hinder our work. i oe ka oleio a ke Aktia. JJo net speak respecting the word of God. ke keiki, do not give up the child. iliai haawi oe
l\lai olelo
i
i

Mai iralauu, mui Mai hooke oo ka

ivaica, be not noisy, be not boisterous.

REMARKS.
mai must be distinguished from another pariiele mai which signifies near, near to, alIs.t.

The

fibove

particle

most

as,

Mai

haule

ia,

he was neai' falling.

J\[ai ike ole oe ia'u,

Mai make au, M-ai pau loa

i

you was near never seeing me. near dying. ka make, almost all were destroyed.
I war;

2nd. In vehement, pnssionate speaking, tiic e of the is not heard malama ia oukou iho, take iieed to yourselves, instead of e malama.

Imperative mood
3rd.

Foieigners are inclined to use aole for a negative forbidding imperative; as, dole hana pela, do not so, but where the pror and this is intelligible to Hawaiians hibition is direct and positive the}^ always use mai.
4>r
;

4th.
ito

The
off,

cut

particle ua is used before okl the imperative cease doing a thing, stop as,
;
i

Ua Ua

ka olelo, stop your talk. oki oe oki oe, mai hoopilikia hou mai -oe ia'u Slop, do not interrupt me again to-da\-.
5th.

keia

la.

Another imperative

is

iin

familiar conversation,

when something
;

used frequently, especially is requested to

/

ibe brought foi ward. It is formed by prefixing ;name of the thing called for thus, I pahi, bi-ins; mc a knife. I \\a\, get me some water. I noho no ia nei, get a seat for this person, >X;c.
is

to the

used as an Imperative

as,

o hele oe,

go thou.

doubt, expressed. There are but few words used however, to express buch a state. Ina, or its
is

Tiie ]9;]. uncertainty, or condition

8URJUNCT1VE MOOD. Subjunctive Mood is used where

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
contrat3tion
i,

113

ina paha, malama paha are the principal,

is

2nd.
ina,
if,

The

Subjunctive preterite

formed by prefixing

to one of the preterites of the indicative. The contracted form is simply i prefixed instead of ina, and
is

like in

form to the corresponding tense in the indicaIt

is

tence.

is known by the construction of the senfrequently equivalent in meaning to the English Potential or the French Subjonctif.

tive

mood, but

3rd. The Future Subjunctive is formed by prefixing Another future subjunctive ina to the future indicative. It as, o lawe, lest he take. is formed by prefixing o lest is mostly used, however, at the close of a proposition or sentence.
;

Note.

It is also

sometimes used

for

a present tense.

194, First
C
1st per.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Form Preterite Tense, ina

ina lawe au, ina lawe oe,
if I if

before the verb.

carried.

Sing. < 2d per.

( 3d per.

ina Jawe

ia,

if if
if if

thou carried. he carried,

fist per.
1

St per.

ina lawe maua, ina lawe kaua,

ina lawe olua, ina lawe laua,

we two we two

carried, [he

^nd

I.] I.]

carried, [you

and

Oual.ll

2d

per.

1^3d per.

if
if if if if

you two carried. they two carried.

{1st
2d 3d

per.

1st per.

per.

per.
iki

ina lawe makou, ina lawe kakou, ina lawe oukou, ina lawe lakou,

we we

carried,

[they

carried, [y-ou

and I.] and I.]

ye carried. they carried.

Ina hoopa

na

lii ia

mea.

the tiling. If the chiefs shaidd merely touch Ina aahu ke kanaka i ko fce alii kapa.

garment. If a man puts on the chief's Ina hele kekahi ma ka main. If any one toent into the shad. Ina walaau kekahi i ka aha. the assembly. If a person matfe a noise in

195.

Second Form, Preterite Tense, ina

ina
i
i i

before

the verb.
) Isi per.
Sino-.

> 2nd per. ina 3 3d per. ina

lawe au, lawe oe, lawe ia,

if I

if

if

should carry. thou shouldst carry. he should carry.

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114
1st per.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
ina ina
ilia
i i

Dual.
i

1st per.

2d

per.

lawc maua, lawe knua, lawe olua,

lav.e laua,

if if

we two should we two should

carry,
carry,

if
if if if

L3d
I

per.

ina
ina

you two should carry, they two should carry,

should carry, should carry, you should carry, they should carry.

1st per.

Plural

St

per.
per. per.

ina
ina ina

2d 3d

i i

lawe lawe lawe lawe

makou,
kakou, oukou,
lakou,

we we

if if

EXAMPLES.
Ina i mau keia pilikia, make makou. If this difficulty should continue, we shall die. Ina i manao kekahi, ua hanau o was borrr. If any one thinks, [should think] that Ina i heluia na kanaka, if the people were numbered. Ina i lawehala kekahi kanaka. If any person loere guilty of an offense.

196. Third Form, Preterite Tense i before the verb. C 1st person, hana au, if I would [should] work. Sing. hana oe, if thou wouldest work. < 2nd person, i hana id, if he would work, ( 3d person, if we two would work, i hana maua, f 1st person, f 1st person, hana kaua, rf we two would work, Dual. '2nd person, i hana olua, if you two would work, I hana laua, 1^3d person, if they two would work, r 1st person, hana makou, rf we would work. hana kakou, if we would work, J 1st person, Plural. \ 2nd person, hana oukou, if ye would work, (^3d person, i hana lakou, if they would work.
i
i

EXAMPLES.
Aka,

mea waiwai no. But, if he would work he would have property, Aka, i kaumaha 'oukon, e ninau mai ia'u. But, if you are grieved, ask me. Aka, i kaumaha ole, ua oki ka ninau.
i

hana

ia,

he

But, if not grieved, cease to ask.

hou mai ou kahu ia oe_. come again. i kii ole mai, kaua no, and if he do not return, I komo kekahi ko ke alii moena. If any one entered upon the King's mat.
i kii

And

if your guardian

it

is

war.

197. Fourth Form of the Preterite is like the but has the sense of a Potential, &.c., as follows.
I

last,

nk

ai r

ku

e,

that he

may

not

resist.

SUBJUNCTIVE Mood.

115

E hai ana wau i lohe oukou, I am speaking that you may hear, Ipilikia ae kpna mau wawae, that his legs may be tangled. I hoala hou mai na 'lii ia lakou.
7%at the
chiefs
i

may

stir

them wp again.

hoikaika

na

keiki, i

loaaH ka pono.

Encourage the children, that they may receive good. Hana oia i hut ae na aupuni. He caused that all the kingdoms should unite. Kua lakou ka laau, i pau ka aie. 'They cut down the [sandal] wood that the debt might
i

be paid.

PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE.
198. The Present Subjunctive is formed by prefixing ke to the verb, and is distinguished from the present indicative by dropping nei or la. The same form is also used as a future of the same mood. When this form is used as a future, it implies dependence upon something having previously taken place, like the English word, provided mostly found at the close of a sentence.
;

Sing.

C ke hai a, < ke hai oe, ( ke hai ia,

if I

if
if if

speak, thou speak, he speak,

if I shall
if

if
if

speak. thou shalt speak. he shall speak.

|-j

I '

Cke hai maua, ke hai kaua J

j

if
if
if

we two sf)eak, we two speak,

you two speak, they two speak,
speak, speak, ye speak, they speak,

if if

we two we two

shall speak.
shall speak.

ke hai olua, ke hai makou, k-e hai kakou, ke hai oukou,

hai lakou,

l^ke hai laua,

f

if if if if if

you two shall speak. they two shall speak.

if
if

p,

we we

we we
ye

shall speak,
shall

speak.

J 1

if if

shall speak.

[ke

they shall speak.

EXAMPLES.
Pela na mea ai, ke hanaia i akua. So with vegetables, if [provided] tJiey be made into gods. E maluhia lakou ke hiki mai. They shall be made comfortable if [provided] they come. ka neoneo koe, k pau ole ua mai la. Desolation remained, if the sickness ceased not.

FUTURE SUBJUNCTIVE.
199

The

First Forno

is

e suffixed to ina.
stand.

^ 1st person, ina e ku au, Sing. > 2d person, ina e ku oe, )3d perfson, ina e ku ia,

if I shall if
if

thou shalt stand, he shall stand.

llfJ

srBJUNCTivE
rist person, ina e ku matra, 1st person, ina e ku kaua,

Moefir.
if

Tj

if
if

we two we two

shall stand-

shall stand.

],

2d person, ina e ku olua,

|^3d person, ina e ku laua,

if
if if if

you two shall stand. they two shall stand,

p,

fist person, ina e ku makou, 1st person, ina e ku kakou,

we we

shall stand,

shall stand-

ku oukou, [^3d person, ina e ku lakou,

2d person,

ina e

if

ye shall stand. they shall stand.

EXAMPLES.
Ina e loaiho oe keia mau mea, if you shall leave these things. Ina e kuai palia me kekahi haole. If you shall trade perhaps with a foreigner. Ina e loaa ia'u kekahi moku, if I shall obtain a Tcsgel. Ina e pii ke aka o ke kanaka. If tlie shadow of a man shall come upon.
i

200. The Second prefixed to the verb.

r
Sing. }
1st per.
<y

Form

of

the

Future

is

o lest,

2d ^ 3d
f
1

per.

per. per.

poho wau^ o poho oe, o poho ia^

o poho maua, o poho kaua,

lest I lose. lest

lest
lest

thou lose.

he

lose. lose. lose.

st

y.

j 1st per.

lest

we two we two

2d
I

per.

o poho olua,
o poho laua,

lest
lest lest
lest

[^3d per.

you two lose. they two lose.

r 1st per.
p,

J
I

1st per.

2d

per.

o poho makou, o poho kakou, o poho oukou,

o poho lakou,

we we

lose,
lose.

lest
lest

l^3d per.

ye lose. they lose.

EXAMPLES.
hele oe i ka lua Pele, a make oe. not to the Volcanoe, lest you die. Aole au e olelo aku ia oe o poho kuu ikaika. I will not speak to you, lest my effort should be lost. Aole laua ai pn o pepehiia. They two did not eat together lest they should die. makau hoi o AiAi ole ia ia, he feared lest he should not be able. Makau kekahi o ino ke kino. Some feared lest their persons should suffer.

Mai

Go

201. The signs marking the different tenses of the Subjunctive Mood are used even where there is no verb, or where the verb to be would be used, or where a quality is affirmed as, Ina he kanaka makua, ua noho ma ka moku.
;

INFINITIVE MOOD.

117

[lie had been] a grown man, he would have staid on the ship. Ina pela marnua aku nei, ina aole make na kuia. If [it had been] so before, then the schools had not stopped. Ina he ikaika like oukou, pono.
i

If [you are] alike strong, it is well. Ina he palupalu like oukou, pono. If [you are] alike weak, it is well.

Ina he ulu ke kii o kekahi.

the idol of any one. ina of the Subjunctive Mood is often repeated in the next clause of the sentence, and then the

If the bread

fruit tree [be]

202,

The word

last

one is similar in meaning to the English corresponding conjunction, if then, as so, &c. Ina i hele mai nei oia, ina ua ike. 2/^ he had come here, then [if] he would have seen. Ina i hele ia ke kula, ina ua naauao iho. If he had gone to school, then [if] he would have been intelligent,
i

INFINITIVE MOOD.
like the

Many of the forms of the Infinitive Mood are Imperative and can be distinguished only by the The same form belongs to all the sense of the passage. Tenses, that is, there are no different forms for the per 203.

fect or future infinitive.

The

Infinitive
in a
;

Mood

is

used for affirming or asserting

to

something
or person

general
e hele,
is

way without reference

he had no thought
to

number

as,

Aole ona manao

Infinitive

go.

formed by prefixing e to the root. The always, and after the verb pono, freverb hiki, the After
quently the
e

becomes
e

ke.

EXAMPLES.
Makemake au
Lana ka manao
inike ia oe, I desire to pinch you. o kekahi e kanu laau.
to

Some people hope to plant trees. Kekahi man pono e noonoo ai, some good things I makaukau na kanaka e hai aku. That men may be ready to speak. Oia mau hana, na makou no e hana. Those works, they are for us to do.
After
hiki

think

of.

and pono.

Aole e hiki ia makou ke hoi aku, we shall not be able to return. Hiki no i ka moku ke holo ma ka moana.

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OF PARTICIPLES.
vessel
is

able to sail on the ocean.

ia

Aole pono

He pono
204.
Preterite.

ia

makou ke hana pela, it is not right for us to do oe ke kokua mai, it is right for you to assist.

so.

OF PARTICIPLES. There are two participles the Present and the

;

This
its

according to

nuiy have different shades of time use, but always the same form.
last

2nd. The Present Participle is formed by prefixing e to the root and suffixing ana equivalent to the English termination ing, as e laive ana, carrying. The e is often dropped. 3rd. When any word qualifying the verb is used, it comes between the verb and the ana, making a compound verb; as, kukulu hale ana ia, he is a build house ing. mahiai ana ia, he is cultivate food ing.

E E

4th. Ana as a participial termination is used also with the preterite participle and is similar to the modern English phrase, the house is being built, the thing is now be-

ing done, etc.; as, Ua mahiia ana ka ai, the food is being cultivated. hioloia ana ke aupuni, the kingdom is being overturned.

EXAMPLES OF THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE.

E anaana ana
No On

ia ia kakou, he is using sorcery upon ko lakou inu ana ka rama. account of their drinking rum. hoohewa ana oe ka'u hana.
i

us.

Thou

art

condemning my work.

kokoke mai ana, standing near, lit. stand near ing. kekahi kanaka e noho ana ma Oahu. A certain man living at Oahu. A ike i na haole e ai ana i ka ipu. When they saw the foreigners eatijig a melon. 1 Maui o Kalaniopuu e kaua ana.
Kalaniopuu was on Maui fighting. A lohe na 'lii e noho ana ma Olualu. When the chiefs living at Olualu heard.
5th. The participial form, that is, a verb followed by ana and preceded by an article or prefix pronoun may be considered and treated as a noun. The English has the

E ku

same idiom

as,

his doing so

was correct

the

burning of

Moscow

ivas a great event.


OF PARTICIPLES.
Olelo ao mai ia ia ia e hooki i ke kaua ana. He entreated him to cease going to war [figliting.] Oia ke kolu o kona halo ana mai. That was the third time of his sailing here. I kapau ana o ua hale kula la ke ahi. On the burning up of said school house.
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THE PRETERITE PARTICIPLE.

-

205.

The

Preterite or Passive participle

it is

is

the
i

for all the conjugations,

suffixing ia;
ia, fitted.

as,'.t

formed by prefixing laweia, carried, i kuaiia, bought,

same and
pili-

to him. hanaia, many other things were done. ka mea i haiia aku, he oiaio ia, tlie thing spoken was true. Aole e pau ka ino i haiia aku. The evil spoken of w'lW not be stopped.
i

Ma
He

ka aina

Uaawiia nona, on the land given

e ae
i

nui na

mea

Note.

The

ia

may be united
it

be separated from

to the verb as one word and one or more words intervene.

or

it

may

Ua

The

00 ke kurina i kanu lalani ia. corn planted in rows is ripe.

THE GERUND.
206. There is a branch of the verb having mostly the form of a noun, but the meaning of a verb. It resembles in construction and meaning the Latin Gerund. In many It takes the definite article or prefix pronoun. cases it is diflUcult to distinguish it from a noun. Sometinrtes it is better to translate as a verb.

EXAMPLES.
Ua pono ka pepehi
The
i

na holoholona.
is

killing of savage beasts

oia
i

right.

Kaumaha

ka

laice ukana.

weary in the bearing of the burden. Hoikaika nui oia i ka papa aku ia Liholiho. He was urgent to forbid Liholiho.

He was

Note. Tt is used also in the Passive form kona, the speaking was of him.

as,

o ka haiia mai

SYNOPSIS OF THE FIRST CONJUGATION.

207. It will be proper to bring together into one view that part of the verb which has been exhibited. For all that has been said applies especially to the simBut the Paradigm to be exhibitplest form of the Verb.


120 OF CONJUGATION.

ed will show that there are other and important forms of the verb yet to be shown with their various modifications But thoroughly understanding the foregoing of meaning. and the principles of forming the remaining Conjugations, the reader will have no difficulty in understanding the
whole.
208. Synopsis of First Conjugation.

the

Moods, and Tenses of

the

Indicative Mood, Preter Tense. Mai lawe oe, do not carry. ^201.
1st form.

La we

au, I carried, see

"^193.

Subjunctive Mood, Prefer Tense.' 203. Ina lawe au, if I carried.

2d form.

2d form.
i

A lawe au, & when

I

carried. 194. Ina

lawe au,

if I

should carry. 204

3d form.
lawe au,
I

3d form.
195.

carried.

4th form.

Ua .lawe au, I
Ua Ke

have carried. 196.

5th form.

lawe e au, I had carried. 197 Present Tense, 1st form. 1'98. lawe nei au, I carry;

2d form.

E E E

lawe ana au,

rying.

I carry,

am

car-

198. Future Tense, 1st form. lawe au, I shall or will carry. 199.

lawe au, if I should carry. 205. 4th form. [Potential.] I lawe au, that I might carry. 206. Present or Future Tense. Ke lawe au, if I carry. 207. Future Tense, 1st form. Ina e lawe au, if I shall carry. 208. 2d form. O lawe au, lest I carry. 208. Infinitivb Mood, 1st Form.
I

EJawe, to carry. 212. 2d form after hiki and pono.

2d form.

Ke

lawe, to carry.

212.

lawe e au, I shall have carried. Pabticiples. Imperative Mood, 1st form. Pres, E lawe ana, carrying. 213. lawe oe. carry thou. 21'4. 200. Fret. I laweia, carried. Ger. Ka lawe, the carrying. 215. 2d form, [forbidding.]

OF CONJUGATION.
conjugation of a Hawaiian Verb is not what it is in the languages of Western Europe, a bi-^ijiging together of the leading parts of a verb, but an arrangement of such parts as are similarly formed from the root, which formations seen through all the moods and tenses. In Hawaiian, there are twenty or more of these
209.

The

formations. They are made by prefixing and adding to the syllables of the root, and thus modify its meaning. In this respect, the verb resembles the Hebrew, Chaldaic and Arabic verbs.

OF CONJUGATION.
209.

121

They

The other four Conjugations are as follows. not be written out through all the Moods and Tenses as the former sixteen have been. Con. 17. Con. 18. Con. 19, Con. 20.
will
lalaiawe.

lalalaweia.

hoolalalawe.

hoolalalaweia.

'

These Conjugations are subject to all the changes by Mood, Tense, number and person that the foregoing were.
210.

Remarks and Explanations

relative to the dif-

ferent Conjugations.

The Root or Theme lawe is the simplest form of the verb, and it generally consists qi two syllables. There is quite a number of verbs that have three syllables such as aloha to love, but upon analyzing they can generally be reduced to tvi'o. There are some few verbs of three or more syllabU's, the root of which is difficult to ascertain, such as kamailio to converse freely; it is also reduplicated; as, kitmakamailio to converse familiarly.
1st. Laweia is the passive of lawe. The termi 211. nation lA is the sign of the passive, or forms the passive in all the Conjugations. In some cases the i of the ia is drop-

ped

as, lohea for loheia, so also, ike, to

;

know,

pass, ikea
;

for ikeia

haki, to break, pass, hakea for hakiia

for kuiia
;

kui, to a

pound, pass, kuia

kiko, to pick

up as

fowl,

pass, kikoa for kikoia.

2d. Sometimes another letter or letters is inserted, probably for the sake of euphony, between the verb and the ia; thus, kau/ia, to be hung up, for kauia; auhuliAla to be The verb like to be like, takes overturned, for quhuliia. ha in the causative as hooAalike, to resemble.
;

3d. The, passive laweia may be followed by the active participial termination ana, as i laioeia una, he is being carried ; o ka wahine i kahilia ana, the woman was being fanned. This is like a modern phraseology in English.

The pre^ffoo/azwe, to cause to bear or carry. causative of the root, as, akea, broad, Aooakea This to cawse ?o 6e'broad, that is, to extend, enlarge. prefix may continue though the word becomes a noun or adjective ; as, he kanaka hoopunipuni, a man causing de
212.
fix hoo, is
-

ception, -a/


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OF CONJUGATION.

2d. Before wards whose first letter is a vowel, the lasf O'oi the hoo frequently coalesces with the vowel, particularly with a, e, and o ; as, Aoano for ^ooano, hoo\e for
Aooole.

fix

A number of words take haa for the causative prefew words instead of hoo ; as, haaheo for Aooheo. Hoawi \b also take both forms; as Aoonui and haanu'i.
3d.

used for hooaivi, but haavji

4th.

is

also

common.

causative hoo sometimes gives a different shade of meaning as, maikui, to be good, hoomaikai, to mke good or to bless. The verb liJce, to be like, takes
;

The

ha after the causative, hoo like, to resemble. ^ll.

as, koouAlike, to

cause to be

2.

This is 213. Hoolaweia, to cause to Be carried. passive of Hoolawe as, ua hookuniia ke kukui, the torch is lighted literally, the torch is caused to fre burnt.
; ;

Lalawe, to carry often. This conjugation is reduplicating formed by the first syllable. It is a form somewhat frequent. Its general jTieaning is that of repeas, not, to ask, iionoi, to ask earnestly or often. tition Sontetimes the shade of meaning is changed ; as,- pshi, CO' throw, to pelt, pepehi, to strike, to kill.
<

214.

TTie passive of 216*. Lalaweia,. to be carried often. lalawe and subject to the same modifications of meaning
as lalawe.

This con 216. Hoolalawe to cause to carry often. jugation is not so frequently used as some of the others. It is causative of lulaive as, mai hoololohi oe, lit. do not cause yourself to be slow, i. e., do not tarry.
;

is

217. Hoolalaweia, to cause to be carried often. passive of the foregoing.

218.

It

Lawetve, to carry often.

This cotijugation

is

formed by repeating the seeond syllable of the root. It is somewhat frequently used. It is frequentative in its meaning and it is difficult to tell in our language wherein the meaning differs from lalawe, and yet Hawaiians never confound them or use one for the other. Makai, to look at, 'inakaikiii, to examine, or look aboul with some
;


OF CONJUGATION.
curiosity.
na.kii

123
in this conjugation,

and

tiakiki,

Nald, to to

tie, lias

two forms

tie often or fast.

Lawewe'ia, to be carried often, passive of lawewe.

ffoolawewe, to cause to carry often ; the same to this conjugation as to Hoolalawe. It is causative of the foregoing. Naha, to break as a plate, nahaha, to break often or in small pieces. Hoonahaha, to cause to break imo small pieces.

219.

remarks apply

220. Hoolaweweia, to cause to te carried often. is passive of the foregoing. Hoonaweweia ka honua olai, the earth was shajien [was caused 16 be shaken] 'by an earthquake.

This e ka

221.

i>a?i>etewe, to
is

carry frequently and with energy.

This form
It is

a reduplication of both syllables of the root.

common use. It expresses frequency and Foreigners are apt to use it where natives do mot; as, e hanakana oe, a form which natives understand but never use, except in imitation of foreigners. HolohoIn many io wale na Ho, the horses ran without object. cases the meaning of this iconjugation cannot be distinguished in English from sthe simple form of the verb.
of very
intensity.

222. Lmcelawe'ia, to be carried,

fec.

It

is

passive

of lawelawe. 223. Modlatmlawe, to cause to carry frequently. It Hoolalelale lakou i ke kodften 'expresses great intensity. mo ana o ke aUi, they made great haste [were in great perturbation] at the entrance of the chief. This conjugation is frequently used.

I "224.
ly, etc.

This

Hoolawelaiveia, to cause to be carried frequentis passive of the foregoing.

The
prose.

following conjugations are less used especially in More often in poetry.

225.

Lalalawe, to carry often; a frequentative.

This conjugation is formed by repeating the first syllable Pau, to be-all, universal, paof the root, three times. papaupu makou malalo o ka make we are all [universally, individually] together under death.
226. Lalalawein
is

Tpasshe of theforego'mg. Popopoiia


124
lakou e ka nalu,
surf-

OF VKKBs:. they were entirely swallowed up by the

. .

This conjugation is causative ot 227. Eoolalalawe. the foregoing. This conjugation is passive ol 228. Hoolalalaweia.
the last.

REMARKS.
1. There are other forms of some verbs which 229. Some are referred to under the are not here mentioned. head of the formation of words. See 43. 2. There is probably no one verb of the language found

forms of the Paradigm, but all those forms htive been found belonging to some verb. 3. It is difficult, if not impossible for us to see the reason of so many forms which we must render in English But this is not peculiar to Hain nearly the same way.
in all the

waiian.
4.

From

the Paradigm
in its

has nearly 3,500 forms.

ity

and simplicity

appears that a Hawaiian verb has, however, much regularconstruction. In this respect it
it

It

may compare

well with the cultivated philosophical lan-

guage of the ancient Greeks.

OF COMPOUND VERBS.
230.

By compound verbs
;

in

Hawaiian

is

not meant

the union of two words into one and this new formed word used as a verb but a simple verb with seme prefix syllable, sometimes giving a diff'erent shade of meaning and

sometimes not. These verbs are used as regular or simple verbs after they have received their prefix syllable. The reader will easily see their nature after having read
the foregoing article on the verb.
'^

231.
flee,

EXAMPLES.
awhee, do,
pili,
,

to fit, Aiapili to join together as boards. Nini, to pour, Aanini, do -.vili, to twist, /cawili, do. Awe, to carry, /loawe, do., hinu, to annoint, Aohinu, do. Pal, to lift up, Aapai, do., pehi, to pelt, kipelii, do. Liiku, to slaughter, Aailuku, do., ohi, to collect, Aoohi. to restrain.
Oli, to sing, AoMoli, to rejoice, liolo, to run, naholo, to

Hee, to

run along

the ground.

Hea,

to call, ftaliea, do., nee, to slide along, panee, do. Huli, to turn, Aahuli, do., kela, to exceed, /rakela, do.

; ;

OF VERBS.

12 5

THE ANOMALOUS VERB LOAA.

is but one irregular or rather anomalous use in Hawaiian that is loaa, to get, obtain, to meet with, etc. It is used only in this one form, generally as a passive verb, frequently, however, as a

232.
in

There

Verb

common

neuter.
loaa olua ia Nawaa ? have you two met v/iih Nawaa ? ka poe i loaa ke daia, those who obtained the money. Ua loaa mai ia'u ka palapala, I have received the letter. Imi oia i ke keiki, aole i loaa. He sought for the child, he did not find it.

Ua

VERBAL DIRRCTIVES.
233. Verbs generally, in Hawaiian, are supposed to have a motion or tendency in some direction. This motion or tendency is expressed by several little worrfs which
follow as near after the verb as the construction of the The motion is either towards the sentence will allow. speaker or agent, or from him, wj? or dotvn or sideways,

Even those verbs exeither to the right hand or left. pressive of the most quiescent state, have this peculiarity. have something similar in the English phrases, drink

We

up, drink down, etc.

Note. These digm of the verb

in

directives could not well be inserted in the Parafor

want of room.

specimen

will

be inserted

235238. '234. The

>,

\vprds referred to in the foregoing section

aet"^

are Mai, aku, iho and

1st.

as,

implies motion towards the speaker or agent hele mai oia, he came this way.
the speaker or agent

Mai

as,

2d. Aku, implies motion from i hele aku oia, he went away. 3d.
Iho, implies
i

motion downward;

as,

pepehi

t'Ao

laua

kekahi
4th.
faele

kekahi, they two struck the one the other,

is

ae ia

used to express ascending motion ; ae ia i uka, he has gone up into the country i kona lima, he lifted up his hand.

Ae

as,
;

ua hapai

6th. Ae, however,

is

frequently used for any sideways

or oblique motion.

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OF vkubs.

PARADIGMS OF VERBS WITH THEIR DIRECTIVES.

235.
)

Preterite tense with mai.

per. per.

1st per,

Sill.

2d ) 3d
>
"I
'

lawe mai au, lawe jnai oe, lawe mai ia, lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe

I brought this way. thou broughtest this way. he brought this way.

1st per.
yj
,

1st per.

^^
\

2d

per.

J 3d per.
1st per.
"I

mai maua, mai kaua, mai olua, mai laua,

way. way. you two brought this way. they two brought this way.
this

we two brought we two brought

this

p,

'.1st per.
^^'

[2d

per.

J 3d per.

mai makou, mai kakou, mai oukou, mai lakou,

we brought we brought

way. way. ye brought this way. they brought this way.

this this

236.

Preterite
per.
per.

Tense with aku.

I took away. thou tookest away. he took away.

Mst
Sing."

>2d

3 3d per.
^ 1st per.
j^

lawe aku au, lawe aku oe, lawe aku ia,

lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe lawe

'.1st per.

2d 3d J
j

per.

per.

aku maua, aku kaua, aku olua, aku laua, aku makou, aku kakou, aku oukou, aku lakou,
iho.

we two took away. we two took away,

you two took away. they two took away.
took away, took away. ye took away. they took away.

"^

1st per.
1st per.

p.

we we

2d

per.

J 3d per. 337.

Preterite
per. per.

Tense with

Mst
Sing.

>2d ^3d

per.

haule iho au, haule iho oe, haule iho ia,

I fell

down.

thou fellest down. he fell down.

^ 1st per.
-^
t

\^s\. per.
(

2d

per.

J 3d per.
'

haule haule haule haule

haule haule haule haule

iho maua, iho kaua,

iho olua,

iho laua,
iho iho iho iho

down. down. you two fell down. they two fell down.
fell
fell

we two we two

1st per.
I

makou,
kakou, oukou,
lakou,

p.

1st per.

2d 3d

per.
per.

down, down. ye fell down. they fell down.

fell

we we

fell

238.
Bing<

Preterite tense with Ae.

oni ae oe, oni ae
ia,

C 1st person, oni ae au,

2d person, ( 3d person,

I moved sideways. thou movedst sideways. he moved sideways.

OF VEKI3S.
1st person,
oiii

127

Dual.

1st person,

2d person, 3d person,
1st person, 1st person,

ae maua, oni ae kaua, oni ae olua, oni ae laua,

oni ae maiiou.

^'lural.

2d person, 3d person,

oni ae kaltou, oni ae oul<ou, oni ae lakou,

we two moved sideways, we two moved sideways. you two moved sideways. they two moved sideways. We moved sideways. we moved sideways. ye moved sideways. they moved sideways.

OF LA.
239. The syllable la is a beautiful expletive and is used ia connection with all the Verbal directives; but mostly used in connection with narrative tenses. It always stands immediately after the Directive. When used with aku or iho it changes the accent of the directives from the joeww/Mo the wZhma. 59. 2. Note. Iho is the favorite directive in historical or narrative language, in which circumstances it often loses its accustomed mean'

ing of dov^nward motion.

240. The foregoing Verbal directives with or without the expletive te may be used in connection with all' the Conjugations, Moods and Tenses in consistency however with the scope of the language and the idea intended to be conveyed.

FURTHER REMARKS ON THE VERBAL DIRECTIVES.

241. The words referred to in the above sections have been termed Verbal Directives, because they are genbut they accomerally found in connection with verbs pany other parts of speech to some extent.
;

1st.

They

are used with nouns expressive of place as,

Lahaina mai, at otfrom Lahaina
this loay,
i.e.

Ma or mai
Ma
Ma Ma Ma Ma
ia

this

side of Lahaina.

Lahaina aku, at Lahaina onward, i.e. beyond Lahaina. wahi mai, from that place this loay. ia wahi aku, from that place further on. ia wahi ae, from that place, one side. ia wahi iho, from that place loioex down.

2. They are more frequently used, however, in conas, nection with adverbs of place on [from the speaker.] ihere, further aku, Malaila
;

Malaila mai, there, but this side [towards the speaker] this side
of there.

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Mal?iila ae. there,

OF VERBS.

one side of there, i. e. to right or left. Malaila iho, there, helaw there, i. e. below that place.
3.

This applies to

all

words of place where direction

^c

is

implied.

OF AL
use of the syllable ai in connection with o It genverbs ia the Hawaiian Language is a peculiarity. noun, verb or adpreceding when a erally follows a verb lis verb expresss time, place, manner, instrument or cause. The use must be learned more by practice than by rule. Hawaiians use it sometimes in places uhere it is difficult The following are examples. to see the reason of its use.
242.

The

No On

ka nui o kona ikaika i pakele ai oia. account of tiie greatness of his strength he escaped. Remarks. Ai here refers to ikaika nui as the cause or ground

of his escape.

Na koa a Kahekili hoouna malu ai. The soldiers whom Kahekili had secretly
i

Rem. It is not malu or both.

sent.

certain

whether ai here

refers to

koa or hoouna

He

Imi iho la i mea e pono ai na 'Hi. sought the thing to benefit the chiefs. Rem. Ai here refers to mea, the thing, or what would benefit

the chiefs.

Pela no oia malama aku ai ia lakou. Thus indeed he took care of them. Rem. Ai here refers to pela, the manner. I ka wa kua ai na kanpka ka laau ala. At the time when the people cut down sandal wood. Rem. !^i here refers to wa, time, period of time.
i

PART

III,

OF SYNTAX.
Syntax, in Hawaiian, as in other languages, refers to the relation which words hold to each other in a sentence,

One

principle difficulty in getting the idiom of the Hawaiian langaa;ge fey foreigners is the collocation, or the poskion off words in sentences for the Hawaiian has its own rules in this respect, and will not submit to the rules of foreign language. The syntax of most GramiEnars is divided anto two parts, viz ; Concord and Government ; but in this grammar <a third will be introduced, viz., Position. The order generally followed will be Posi;

tion,

Concord, Govemmeot.

Note. By position is not meant the place of- every part of speech in a sentence but the place where the more prominent
;

iparts

df speech are generally found.

The

'following

wiill ibe tthe

'Generally 1st.

The

general oa-deT of the rules, syntax of each part of speech in the

order df the ^Grammar.

2.

The sjntax
in

(embraced
Tales.
3.

of some of the parts of speech may be a single -rule.,- others may extend to several

The

>rules will

be numbered continuously from

first

ito lasit.

iParlictdariy.

Ut.

The general
if

position of the part of

speech under consideration.

2.
3.

The

agreement,

any, with another part of speech. any, of other words,

'The government,

if

4.

Examples and

illustrations in all

necessary cases.
illustra-

5. Exceptions to the rules

noted next after the

tions.
6. Notes, observations, remarks, etc., inserted in their places.

Note. speech.

Sentences
IT

may commence

with almost any part of

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or sYNrAx.

SYNTAX OF THE O EMPHATIC,

Rule
1st.

Position.
prv^-

The

emphatic stands next' immediately before a

pir noun ov pronoun, in either

Elua wahi e noho
Kohala.
ai

number

as,

o Kau, a i ole ia, <? Koha^a. There are two places for the King to lite, Eaii, if'not there,-

ke

Alii,

Kekahi

alii

o Hawaii,

oHakau kona

inoa.

certain chief of Hawaii,

Manao

iho

o Hoapili
kii

Hakau by name. m, Hoa-pili and his eofnpany

thought,

oe no ka'u'i

mai

nei.

You yourself are the person I came for,Manao na kanaka e make io no oia. The people thought he will surely die. O wai ko laua mea hewa ? who of the two 'Was
i

irr

the wrong?'

lakou wale no ka.poe i kohoia. They only were the persons chosen.

RULE
In the case oi
diial

2.

common

nouns, the definite

nite articles, the prefix

and semi-defii pronouns and the signs of the

o^.

and plural may eome between the

empiiatic and;

the noun.

O ke pai ae la no ia i ka aina. That was the punishment of the land. O

na olelo pono, a

me

na olelo hewa, malaifa na kanaka.

i

Good words and bad words, men followed them. Eia ke kaumaha o ke kane, of'kona pit ana ka ai. Here was the burden of the husband, his going up -for

food.

Agreement. The emphatic may be said to agree with; and render) emphatic the noun or pronoun to which ifbelongs^ asj
3.'

RULE

O ka make ka mea e makau ai, deathis the thing to be afraid O ka huhu, he wahi hebena ia, anger is a. certain madness. O ke Kiaaina, o ia ke ku paa> the Governor, he stands fast.i O Hawaii ka mokupuni nui, Hawaii the large island.
is

of.

NOTES.
viz.,

emphatic may be found in the following positions, emphatic is generally prefixed to the Aui l^umu when that cas^e stands before the verb, or in phrase orisentence that has no verb as,
1st.
;

The

Aole

ia

kona male maoli,

that

was not

his real

malo.

OF THE
'A piila

EMPHATIC.

131

no

Umi

e pepehiia'i, and so Z7mi was to bei beaten.

I mai

o Liloa o kuu malo no keia. Liloa said^ this indeed is my malo.

la

2. emphatic may stand before proper names wher'Cver they may stand, Axid is generally prefixed the firdt
'

time such proper name is introduced ; as, Umi, oia kekahi keiki a Liloa, Umi, he was a child of Liloa. Ua kapaia o Hdkau he alii nui, JJdftaw was called a high chief. 1 mai o Akahi, ae, e hile oe, Akaki sa.id, yes, go thou.
3.

When

words are used

in apposition,

the

last,
;

onthe
as,

one used

to explain the other, takes o emphsttic

'Ua kapaia kona inoafo Puhi, his name was called -PttAi. Kena ae la oia i kona kaikaina, Haiao. He sent his younger. brother Haiao. Holo ae la kekahi keiki, o 'Lanai kona iwoa. There ran a certain child, Lanai by name.

Note. If the firsit of two nouns. in apposition takes '0 emphatic, the second always does.
4. After the interrogative owai,wh-o; the answer inemphatic ; as, variably begins with O wai ka inoa o ia wahine ? What [who] is the name of that woman? O Mala kono inoa, Mala is her name. O wai ka inoa o keia laau ? what is the name of this wood ?

O iliahi,
5.

a o Inauala paha.

Sandal wood, or perhaps, odoriferous wood.

In defining word or terms, or in giving names t
;

the names o given are usually prepersons or things as, nceded by o emphatic
;

kou inoa, ea. .Ina If he shall ask your name, take notice. Alalia, e bai aku oe, t) Umi oe. Then thou shalt tell him, thou art Und.
e ninau mai oia
i

emphatic may be prefixed to pronoans of any pea-in almost any part cf[ a sentence, 'to reanumber, or son
6.

der them emphatic

as.

Hoi aku la oia i Waipio, he returned to Waipio. aka, o kou A;anafcq_kfiia^ oe no ke alii You indeed are the chief but this is your man. [servan*] laua kona mau hoa i hele mua mai ai.

Those

tivo

were

his

companions who

first

came.

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7.

OF ARTICLES
In

merely

cases the o envphatic seems to be inserted of euphony ; and hence, grammatically speaking, it may be either inserted or omitted, according to the taste of the speaker or writer.
for the sake

many

Observation. Of the foregoing rules for the use of o emphatic, the first, second, third and sixth refer to it as it may be used; the fourth aad fifth are of very general application.

SYNTAX OF ARTICLES.
Kule
4.

Position and Agreement.

The Articles may stand immediately before, and agree with the nouns to which they belong ; as, ^ Eia ke kumu mua, here is the first reason.
keiki kana, he had a child. hoomaau, the persecution. Kekahi moku haole, a certain foreign ship. Ka moku, he wahi kiakahi, the vessel, a something of one mast. Kuu wahi kino mai, my something of a sick body. Loaa ia'u kahi pauku wahie, I found a stick of firewood. I hookahi malama, $5. (dala.) For one month ^5, i.e. $5 per month.

He Ka

RULE
The
Articles

5.

the nouns to which they belong by the signs of the dual or plural ; as, Hele mai la ka poe holo moku, the sailors came here. He poe keiki pono ole keia, a bad set of children these. He mau mea akamai oukou, ye are wise persons. Kekahi mau manu, ua lele, some (of the) birds have flown.

may be separated from

RULE
/

6.

fined in

not always conuse to the Aui kumu ; as, He poe kuhi hewa lakou, they are a mistaken peapU. He pono anei keia walaau ? is this confusion a good thing ?
its

The

indefinite Article he is generally, if

ka nui o lakou, he haneri a keu. of them was a hundred and more. Ina he oiaio keia olelo a pau, if all this description be a truth. He aihue ke kanaka, the man was a thief.

The number

Observation. Proper nouns or names applied to individuals, though they may have the o emphatic, have no article ; as, Oahu, Hawaii, Kamehameha, o Kauai, o Lahaina.

Note 1. The words Haku, lord, Alii, chief, Moi, majesty, Akua, god, &c., are not real exceptions, as the Hawaiians ha<l


OF ARTICLES.
lords, chiefs, siovereignsi,

133

such words were

nftt

and gods, in great numbers, and: hence appropriated to individuals.

are
before nouns, unless;
representative of \U

Note
there
is

2.

some reason
3.
;

Note
self
I

The always used dropping them. The Artide ka a

articles

for

often s:tands as

and a noun

as,
i

Owau ka (mea) olelo I am the (person who)

aku
i

ia

Boki.

said to Boki.

Keeaumoku ka (mea) houka'ku. Keeaumoku was the (person who) made

the attack.

RULE
The
Articles are

7.

Articles Dboppep.
as,

dropped from before nouns, when the

in their signification
;

nouns are general

Nonoi aku
Note.
cases.

la

laau,

he asked for
article

medicine.

^The

semi-definite

wahi

is

often used in such

Aole ma ka pali wale no ia emi o kanaka. Not on the hills only is that diminishing of people. Ke imi nei kakou i naauao no kakou. We are seeking knowledge for ourselves, Ua kohoia maua i mau luna awa. We two were chosen directors of awa. He kanaka hou e manao ana e lawe i wahine.

A
E

young man thinking

haawi mai oe
i

to take
i

wife.

Give
vessel.

me

dala na'u dollar (money) as

uku no kuu ee ana ma ka moku, pay for my coming on board the

Haawi o Kamehameha i aahu hulu manu. robe of birds' feathers. Kamehameha gave mau lole maikeyj. Haawi oia i

He

gave him
I.

some handsome

clothes.

Note
Note

ual things are specified.

2.

cases the omission of the definite article in effect as the insertion of the indefinite artisame has the Hawaiian cle in English.

be seen In many
It will

that in the above examples

no individ-

RULE
After the word
lilo

8.

or other words signifying

to

change

from one thing, office or business to another; or to become a different person or thing ; or to establish a person

134

OF ARTICLES.
;

or -tWng in any station

the person, office or thin^

irrt

which

it

is

changed or becomes, drops the

i

article, as,

IHo ia ala

ala maikai ke hanaia.

That road

become a Kahalia makou no kona

will

good road
lilo

ana
i

if it be worked. kahuna.

We

were astonished
i

at his

becoming a
i

priest.

Kaumaha lakou ua puaa la lilo hoi akua mana. They sacrificed that hog that it might become a powerful luna holo ka^aina e. Kohoia o Kauka
i i

god.

ambassador to foreign ana man kumu. Four scholars were about becoming teachers.
Doctor
(J.)

was chosen
e

lands..

Eha mau haumana

lilo

Note
other
I
;

Words placed in apposition, or where tone defines the I. the latter generally drops the article ; as,

Ua koho
Note.
by
i.

au ia have chosen
2.

Wm. Wm.
all

In

L. Lee i Luna kanawai. L. Lee a judge. cases of this kind, the last noun is preceded

RULE
article

9.

The noun mea signifying possessor of something, or when it signifies the cause or purpose of action, drops the
;

as,
i

mea e waiwai ai na 'lii. thing (means) to enrich the chiefs. Aole mea e ae e nalowale ai keia hewa. There is no other thing (person) to cause this wickedness to be concealed. Aole o lakou kuhikuhi mai i mea e malu ai. They do not point out a thing (way) to make peace. mea e hooino mai ia makou. Hoonoho oia i kekahi keiki i He appointed a certain boy a thing (instrument) to reproach us.

Ke imi nei na luna The lunas seek a

na kanaka a pau
All persons

mea waiwai who have property

i

ia'u.

with

me

(i.e.

to

whom

am

indebted.)

mea e kaawale ai. thing to be separate. Akamai na wahine i ka imi hana i mea e pono ai ka lakou. The women were skilful in seeking work a thing to benefit their
1

ka hana ana

ka pa

In making the fence a

families.

Oukou,

e na

makua
phrases

mea mea

keiki.

Ye

parents,

things of children,
aina,

Note.

The

who have children.) mea pa, mea loi, ma keiki, &c.,

(i.

e.

signifying posessors of land, fence, kalo patch, children, &c., are often used.

OF PRJGPOSlTIONS.

rSo

RULE
Ko
Ka Ko

10.

j^ noun following the Aui pili drops the wtkle ; as, Ko'Hawaiipae aina, Hawaii's islands is e. islands of Hawaii,^

ke ke

alii

halfe,

the lungs'

kumu

palapala,

Hoapili

waa,

house. the teacher's Hbapili's canoe.

book.

Ka ke keiki vPaiwai; Note.The Aui pili

prefix-

the child's property.

this

seems in pronoun which excludes the

case to haVe the force of

a'

article.

SYNTAX OF SIMPLE PREPOSITIONS. RULE H.

ally

In bhe case o proper names, simple prepositions gerler-' stand immediately before the oases they help to form,
;

and govern them asi I ka make ana o Kahikiea, on the death of Kahikiea. Mai Kauai aku nei lakou; they Were /jsjwI' Kauai here.

E hoi ana lakoa fNiihau, they were returning io Niihau. He wi nui O'Kona'i Hawaii,; a great famine q/f Kona on Hawaii.
IJa lohe iho nei au ia Kinimaka,.

Phave
Va.

lately

heard through Kinimaka^

RULE

12.

the case of common' nouns, simple pfepositidris are' generally separated from the cases which they help to form, and which they govern, by other words intervening. The words intervening' are generally the articles, the" prefix pronouns, the signs of the dual and' plural,- and a noun in the Aui pili; aSj -

Ma

Ka inoa O'ka itfaKihe; the name of the lOOrmtiv. Iks. la 14 o Augate, on the r4th day of August. Uakohoia mai au eke Kihaiha, I am chosen by the Govemor.JVo na mea'i liia,-c6/icei"mng'the persons yMho were hanged; Ke kanawai o keia Ahpuhi, the l&vr of thi^ kingdom. na. kanawui he umi, in the ten commandments. Noho iho oia me k.e\a.'pilikia, he lived with that difficulty. 7'ko'u ntanao he pono, in my opinion it was proper. Moe oiarm* ko Hawaii ^oe, he slept with Hawaii's peopl0>iHIti ko'makou mau Za aku, /rom our duffS.
OF'

DUAL AND PLURAL R^LE rs.

SIGNS.

The signs of the Dual and Plural stand immediately before the nouns rendered dual or plural ; as, Na 'Hi a me na pu%li, the chiefs and the forces.

436
Maluna
t)

!F

N'OUN*.

nA ioaa kapapau^ on the canoes bearing tlie corpse. aina pohaku, some rocky lands. Maona keia pat huke, these cook's are full of food. N(ii ka pae meku, great is the collection of ships. He puu wahie pokopoko, a coltection of shortjirewood. Noho lakou ibk'o o na hewa a pau.

He

vfiau

They

'lived in all (

kinds of

toiekedness.

SYNtAX OF NOUNS.
RULIE
14.

noun rafely ever stands the first word in a s'entence, though it often stands the last. A noun, however, may Stand in almost any pla'ce in the seiiten'ce, except th-e ifirst reference l>eing had to the posistion of oitber words
;

and the

stfflctvire

of the sentence.

RULE
The Aui Ktcmu
is

15.

the subject df an affirmation, which 'affirmation is e3g)ressed ei^ther by a verb, pronoun or affir4native particle ; or it may contain an affirmation wiithi
itself;

[see

Rale 24,]

as,
ia olua.

Ke

utbe

aku nbi o Melelina

J\Ielelina sends love to

you two.

o na kumu, oia ka hewa. of the teachers, 4hat was the 'error. "He kipi <oe, aole au he kipi, you are a rebel, tarn not a a tie mail haumana kana, he has some Tscholars. "O ka h6wa no 4a, that was the wrong. He poe anaana lakou, they ^mere a company cf sorcerers. "O Kehahaule ke kahuna, J^ehahaule was the priest. Eia ka ma kana a Namai, he kcA. 'Here 4s the gift of Namai, an adj;. 5 ka po ka lakou hcma, in the night was their >o-fe. He kino puaa no, the body Was that of a hog. JVanfi ke k-ahiheWa nui. Wonderful teas the great mistalce.

Ka uku

The pay

reW.

RULE
;

1-6.

In ^SiW a'nan, propogifions often have two different words ^s subjects one however, may illustrate or explain the
vofither
;

as,

JrtCa poe poe ia. round 'sMfestem*. 'O kekahi mau Mfci kane, ua kahikoia lakou. ^Getrtain 'hoys, they were splendidly clothed.

* ka hOnuA nei, he

The

eaiith, it is

a.

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137

no ia, o ka noho naauao. a good thing, the living wisely. 'O kona mai ana, o kona make no ia.
1<a px)no

It is

Her

sickness, that

was her death.

O
(verb,

ka

The

malu, oia no ke Alii. Privy Council, that is the king.

Ahakuka

Remark.
Btion faHs
;

There
it is

are

many

where

difficult to

sentences in Hawaiian -without a determine upon which word theaffirm-

as,

He ahaaina na na kula kamdlii. (There was) a feast for the childrens' schools. Me poe hilahila ole lakou, they (are) a shameless Gompany,. > ka baka ka enemi nui, tobacco (is) the great enemy. He ano okoa ka hae o na kula. 'The flag of the schools (was) different. fEia ka mea maikai, o ka malie. ^Mere (was) an excellent thing, the stillness. Alaila, he mea e ko'u kaumaha, then, wonderful (was) my grief.
*<Dia

ka'u piilc

'That (was)

my

ko'u wa pilikia. prayer in my distress.

RULE
'In

17.

sentences ^containing both an Aui Kumu and a Verb, ithe Aui kumu may stand before or after the verb.

SENTENCES WITH THE VERB FIRST.

ia, and when had passed certain days. ka hooioalewale, there came temptation. Make kekahi wahine i ka baka.. There died a certain woman by tobacco. -A lilo aku ka aina i na kanaka . knA passed the land to strangeTs.

A hala kekahi mau

la

Miki mai

fttanao iho la

makou

e kuai

me

oe.

iWe thougM

to trade with yon.

SENTENCES WITH THE AUI

KUMU

FIRST.

ke kuahiwi i hookapuia e ka alii. The mountain was tabued by the king. Aia ua kanaka la ke hdna nei la. There that man is now working. Aole lakou e inu ana na mea ona.
i

are not drinking intoxicating drinks. Nolaila oe i manao ai e lawe i wahine nan. Therefore thou hast thought to take a wife for thyself.

They

Ina oe
If

i makemake e pepehi, e kii mai oe. you wish to kill me, come and do it.

18

WB'
Nouns
Pajpai o

OF NOBNS,-

RULE

IS.

apposition or referring to the

same

thing, gen;

erally have the

same

case, and thus agree together

as,

Waimalu ka luna haiolelo. Waimalu the preacher exhorted. Me ka Moi ka mea kiekie, with the King the high personage. Na'u na P. W. Kepaa kumu kula. By me P. W. Kepaa school teacher. O ka inoa o keia kanaka o I, the name of this ma^n is /. Note 1. In the obliqup cases, the preposrtion is often repeated l)tefore the last noun as, me ka Moi me ka mea kiekie ; na'u na P. W. Kepaa nee ke kumu kula. In cases like this last, if the pre-

position krepeated, the article

a question whether nouns cnnnected by me; a me, &c., continue to be in the same case.
2.
It is

Note

must be

inserted.

RULE
One noun
as,

19.

governs another through the medium of the &rmrple preposition forming the case of the latter noun
;

Ke kumu o ke Kulanui, the teacher q/" the High school Na ia o ke kai, the fish oj the sea. Ka ai a ka wahine, the food of the woman. Ke kiaaina a Hawaii, the governor of Hawaii; Ka eha o ka make, the pain o/" death.'

Note

The expression, through

in

its

own

preposition, willi

occur frequently

seteral succeeding rules. [By its own preposition, is meant some one of the simple prepositions mentioned in '68 and which are used in declining, nouns-and pronouns.] It seems to be a principle of the

knguage thatibuf very few words stand in such relation one may be said directly to govern the other but some smaH word, (generally the simple prepositions,) is used as a medium of transfer. It may be
to each other as that
.

said, perhaps, that the preposition is sufficient of itself to govern the noun after which it stands ; but the real relais between the nouns. Thus, ke kumu o ke kula, rhe words related to each other are kumu and kvla, likeludi magister in Latin. But it is the genius of the HaAvaii-

fion

an to use a simple preposition as a medium instead of a different termination of a case. This takes place, even where a transitive verb acts most directly upon an A.\xt

OF NOUNS.

13^

alo or accusative case. It will be seen that it acts generally through the medium of a preposition. The foregoing principle applies more or less to all the simple prepositions except Riile 32. This principle is found also

where a compound preposition is used for even there, a simple preposition is the medium of transfer as, Noho lakou maloko o ke ana, they lived in a' cave, literally they lived at [the] within o/'the-cave, or they lived, [the] inside of the. cave. See Rule 36, Note 4.
;
;

RULE

20.

When
iki

case,

two nouns come together, the first in the Aui this case is governed by the noun following
.

ithrough

Ko

Ma

Na Ka Ko ke:kumu mau hale, the teacher's houses. Ka na haumana palapala, the scholar's books.
Note
10.
1.

preposition^ as, Hawaii pae aina, Hawii's islands. ko ka Moi kanawai, by means of the lfing''s law. ko ke Konohiki kanaka, it is for the KonohikVs man. ka wahine kane, the moman's husband.
its

own

Note

2.

The. noun The meaning- of

last
;

in

such -cases drops the

this

article.

Rule

nt from the Aui pili form. .may be written, either as,

Thus,

form of- expression i-s not difer^ the> forms of the foregoing rule

Ko

Ma
Na Ka

Hawaii pae aina, or ka pae aina o Hawaii. ko ka Moi kanawai, or ma ke kanawai o ka Moi. ko ke konohiki kanaka, or na ke kanaka ke Ironohiki, ka wahine kane, or ke kane a ka wahine.

RULE
The
several

21.

o5%Me cases of
ia ia
i

the nouns are governed

by

ithe simple prepositions that help to form

them

as,

Na
'^'it

ka A/ot

hoonoho

kiaaina.

/ I ko'u ike anp ma Kaneohe nei. Jn my observa ion at Kaneohe here. / ka nana 'ku me he mau holoholona.

the king who appointed him governor. ka heluhelu palapala, by the reading (of) books.

was

In looking at them as brute beasts. E puka mai oe, mai loko mai o ia wahi. Come thou out of that place.

Me
Ac

he mea
e
i

ao ole

ia,

as one not instructed.

aoia na keiki e ko lakou

mau makua.

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OF ADJCTIVES.

The children were not instructed by then pare.nls. E hoomau mamuli o ka oukou hana.
Continue on after your works.

Note. For rules respecting the government of the Aui aloiir Rules 32 andi nounSj see the corresponding rule under pronounSi
33.

SYNTAX OF ADJECTIVES. RULE 22.

Adjectives genera]]}' stand immediately after their
'

noun*

and qualify their meaning

as,

Ka Ka

palapala hemolele, the holy book.

elele Hawccii,

the

Hawaiian messenger.

Kona kapa

eleele, his

black kapa.

na huaolelo maopopo, with distinct words. hookahi no, on that one (same) day. Ke ano io o ke kanaka, the real character of the maw. Ka make hike waive loa, the very sudden death. He make weliweli loa, a most fearful death. Iloko O' ia mai loihi, in that long sickness.
la
la

Me

Exception
Elua kumu Ehiku hale

1.

Numeral Adjectives may

nouns they
qualify
;

staad

imme-

diately before the

as-,

Umi
But
but

i hele aku, two teachers have gone. kula malaila, seven school houses are there. dala ke kumu kuai, ten dollars was the price.

the-

vi^ith

general rule often applies even in these eases^ the order of the words changed ; as,
mai na haole elua, two foreigners have arrived.

Ua

hiki

Exception 2, Some Adjectives stand before the nouns; they qualify, but with the indefinite article orsomeequfvalent before the adjective, and some other word or words
between the adjective and the noun; He Umikumamalua luina o ia moku.
Twelve
sailors

as.

belong to that ship.

i

He iwa ka nui o na wailelcj nine is the number of the waterfalls;. Ua nui na moku ili, many were the ships stranded. He lehulehu na kanaka uwe, numerous the people who wept.
i

Note

1.

^Tt

lehulehu, &c., with the words adjectives or verbs.

may be questioned whether such words as nui and ua and he should be considered as^

OF ADJECTIVES.

141!

WoTE

2'.

""'ifying

Nouns may have two them as,

;

or

more adjectives following andl

He

poe

liilii,

nawaliwali, naaupo makou.

ia

We
He

are a small, weak, ignorant company.

Haka pono mai

me

looked straight at Huli ae ua ia niho oi

me

ka huhu ino maoli. with real, vicious anger.

fish.

nei.

Then Note

turned aside this sharp toothed

3'.

Participles, verbals

and other word* qualifying nouns;

are treated as adjectives.

NoTe 4. One noun following another without any sign of regimen, the one following is to be- considered an adjective as,.
;

He hana kamalii nO' ia, that is child's work, or childish work. He humuhumu pea kana, his business was sail making. Exception. One noun following another without any sign of regimen may be rendered as in regimen with the

preceding noun
I

as,

ia i ka pololi. In that time (of) famine he died with hunger.

kela

wa

ivi

make

SYNTAX OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS. RULE 23.

The Aui kumu is the subject of a verb, a verb in the sentence to which it belongs
Olelo oia, elua mea e pono ai, he said, two Hoopii makou i ka lunaauhau. We complained of the tax gatherer.

when
as,

there is

things are necessary.,

'

Olelo laua, a hoi mai Kanoa. TAej/ two said, wait till Kanoa returns. Elawe au i kuu alii, I will carry away my chief. Mai aua oukou i na keiki, be not stingy towards the children.

E hele maua me kuu alii, land my chief will ^loha iho la laua ia Kaahumanu. They two had compassion on Kaahumanu. Owau ka i olelo aku ia Boki, I myself said to
RULE
24.

go:

Boki.

When a sentence has no verb, the Aui kumu of the pronoun may contain the property of aiBrmation or decRule 15, as, laration within itself waiwai. ka mea loaa'i Oia ka
; i

That

is

Lakou no

the thing to obtain wealth. ka poe kauwa, they are the servants.

'i42

OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS
ia

Ova ko'u wahi manao

oukou, that

is iny

thought to you,

o wau no ke alii. IVho is the chief? I am the chief. oe ka wahine kaulana, tJiou art the celebrated woman. Makou ka poe hewa, aole oukou, we are in the wrong, not you'.

Owai

ke

alii ?

RULE
is
its

25.

The Aui pili of the pronouns when it stands absolutely, governed by the preceding noun or other words through
own simple
preposition.

By standing

absolutely
it.

is

meant an independance of any word following

Note. This rule contains the same general principle as that where one noun governs another (Rule 19,) as,
;

is a house of mine. wahi palapala au keia, a book of thine is this. Maluna ona ia hewa, upon him is that fault. He mau luna malalo iho o laua. There were officers under them two. 1 laweia'ku imua o lakou, he was brought before them. A hiki i ka nui o lakou, till he came to the greater part of them. Ka ukana e hooili aku maluna ou. The baggage to be put upo7i you. Ka hoike a na keiki a kakou. The exhibition of the children of us. Na keiki a oukou, the children of you. Ke kula pa-ko-li a laua, the singing school of them two. Ka make ana o ke keiki a'u, the dying of the child of me. Naone a me kekahi poe o na. Naone and certain others of him. [you? Heaha keia ou 1 what is the matter of you ? lit. what is this of

keia hale, he hale o'u, this house

He

RULE
The Aui pili
-or

26.

often stands in the middle of a sentence, connected with some idea following, in which case the Aui pili is governed by its own preposition, and then it becomes the subject of the following verb or proposition., r governs a verb in the infinitive mood as,
;

Aole a'w lohe i kona ano. 1 have not heard respecting his ciiaracter. Aole ona lohe mamua, he did not hear before. iHe wahi ukana au e laive aku ai. A bundle ivhich you are to take along.

No kekahi mau mea au Of certain things which

hoike

ai.

you

exhibited.


Of PROiNOUJSS.
ka aina kahi a maua e hele ai. The country, where we two are lo go. iSfa mea kupanaha a'w i iki ai. The wonderful things which I smo. Aka, aole o'm manao e hai aku, but, I have no wish 0ia ka mea ana ioleio aku ai.
143-

to declare;:-

That was

the thing

of.

which he spake.

Eia na kanawai a kaua e Here are the laws which

rendered into Note. This form of English by lohich, with the person and number of the pronoun which the following verb requires as, Fie wahi ukana aw e la we aku ai, a' bundle vfhith you OrC' to take along, &,c. The au con1st, to the relative which ;' 2nd, to the t&ins the ideas- equivalent pronoun you ; andSd, the affirmative are or must ; and this complex idea expressed- by au evidently acts upon and governs the infinitive, to take ; and so of most of the examples of this class.
;

manao ai. we two are to think oL the Aui pili may often be

REMARKS.
The
Syntiix

of Pronouns'

is

unique

in its

structure

es-

peciaHy when we consider to what extent its forms, to usThat a pronoun should be govanomalbus', are carried. erned'^' in an oblique case by a part of itself^j and then, inthis oblique state assume the office of subject of a verb or affirmation and govern some object, either noun, pronoun or infinitive mood, is not according to the analogy of E'Uropean lang,uages, and hence we should be inclined to But the foregoing rule and. class it amon^ anomalies. several succeeding. ones will show such to be the case. Tn English, there is one word, viz., the compound relat?ive, what, which, in some degree, resembles the words referred fo, as it often includes the subject and the object.-

There

is

a classof'phrases in English

somewhat
Hawaiian
;.

simithus,.

hr

to those
is

now under

consideration in

a kinsman of. mine. That is a friend of yours. It was a fault of'theivs, &c.

This

question is, what' governs mine, his and theirs in theThe preposition of, governs the object? sentences above and theirs are clearly in the possess-his but mine, ive case perhaps, that these sentences said, It may be ive case. or words can be supplied: word what But are eliptical.

The


^'44
withou't altering

OT TROKOUNS.
the whole phraseology of
it (^e

tTie

serite'irce

But such sentences are not novo? 'eliptical, at least in the present state of the English Ianiguage. They are full, explicit in their meaning, classicl in 'their structure, and of every day use by the best What then is the syntax of these writers and speakers.
^and constructing

ipossessive cases

Again, take andther sentence.

This book
It
is a
is

mine, that hook'is yours.

^

language that "tlie verb to Je has the same case after it as that which nexit precedes It.'" In the first part of the above sentence the word book as evidently in the nominative ease, and the word mine is as evidently in the possessive case, contrary' and so of the other phrase, that book 'to 'the above rule
principle of the English
;

is

youPs.

It

maybe

said again, these are eliptical phrases:;

no words can be supplied without altering the words, mine and yours. It is the business of the grammarian, if he can, 'to account for words as he finds them, provided
'but

they are put into sentences according to the laws of lan.iguage.

Again, another sentence. 'It is yours 'to command, it is mwie

to obey.

Here, the phrases, it is yours and it is mine are similar 'to those noticed before ; a verb to be, hovi^ever, with a inominative before it and a possessive after it, is not acbut what governs the infinitives to comcof ding to rule
;

Does the verb is govern the two inyours and mine govern the possessives or do the the infinitive? what is rule for it in the grammars? If so,
mand, and
ifiriitives ?
'to

obey ?

mine govern the incase in both phrases an essential part of such government ? Do not the ideas of duty -or obligation Implied in the words yours and mine constitirte the main power that governs the infinitives ? If so what Is the rule ? Jt Isinot at all the object of these remarks to explain (the ;grammatical construction of these double genitives but to call the attention of *df 'the foregoing sentences
<ot

do

<the
?

phrases

it is

yours and

it is

finitive

If so, is not the possessive


6V PKONOUNS.
145

the reader to the fact of their existence, and thus prepare his mind to understand, that in Hawaiian there are not only a great many such, but they are in great variety. One English author, speaking of similar phrases, says, " They are anomalous and we are not bound to account for anomalies." But if the above phrases are anomalous In English ; then a great portion of the most plain, most significant, most forcible, and it may be added most classical, phrases in Hawaiian, are anomalous; as the several succeeding rules and examples will show. But it is the business of the grammarian, to exhibit, as far as he can, the laws and analogies of the language he has in hand, whether such laws follow those of other languages or nof. Several of the succeeding rules might, possibly, have been condensed into one; but there is such a variety of meaning and such a variety of form also, -it was thought best to explaiflvcach case of the pronoun by itself. It is hoped that the number of examples brought forward as illustrations will be of benefit in explaining some of the principles of the pronouns. It will appear, then, that some of the oblique cases of the pronouns perform the several offices of governing and being governed of subject and object of affirmalion and existence, at the same time.

RULE
The Ani
iki of the

27.

Pronouns, when it stands absolutely, is governed by the preceding noun or other word, through its own preposition ; and this Ani iki expresses the existence, or possession of some property or quality of the preceding word ; as, He wahi manao fco' ia oe, lit. there is a tliought of mine to you, Eng. id. I have a thought for yo. He wahi lole ula ko lakou^ tliere is some red cloth ofth^m. Some red cloth is theirs, they have some red cloth,

E na hoalahi, ua pau ko'u. Fellow laborers, mime [my thought] is done. Fellow laborers, I have done [speaking ] I kuu lohe, he mai make kou. I heard a deadly sickness teas fours, I heaTd that you were deadly sick. He aina oluoiu ko oukou. A pleasant land is yours, you Jiave a pkasatit land.
19

M6
momona ka

OF PRONOtJN;
a beautiful book imir9iis

He palapala maikai ka makou, We have a beautiful book.

Hfe ai

olua, there

sweet food ef you two.

You'ti/fO'have sweet food.

ka oukou. some pleasure was yours. I' heard, that you enjoyed pleasure. above It' will be seen- that in translating literally the sentfences, we have been obliged to use the phrase reThus^. marked upon in the note to the preceding rule. here is a thought of mine Vo youj &,c. This form of the pronoun requires tb be Englished mostly by soiae partof thev^hs'to'havt ov possess, but' sometimes ofexistence merely.
au; he wahi lealea
I heard,

Lohe

RULE
Tbe Aid
iki like t\\e
;

28.-

Aui pili oHi&n siands in the middle' of a sentence in which case; the pronoun is governed ifs own preposition, and also becomes ihe subject oi ihs following' verb or affimiation) or governs an infinitive j as^. He wahi ukana ka'we liaikav, a burden is mins^to carry. I have a hurdkn to carry.

Oia no ka'u e hoopuka'fca nei, that is mine to pablish here. That is what Vhave to pnblish here. Bia ka olua e hana mai nei, here is your ttvos' to do here.Hfere is what you two have to do here. Oia ka maua i olelo aku ai, thafa;as of us tioa, we said it,Tliat loas what we tieo said. O ka pilikia ka oukoii i hai niai'ai;

The The

difficulty (rf
cfifficulty

yau, yoa'spoke of

it^

cf which i/oti spoke. He wahi mea kanaenae ka makou e haawi A thing observed by iis^ we give to you.

ia

oe.

have a thing observed tohich we give to you. Hfe hale_ fto'w e wawahira ae, a house of mine to be torn dowrtjl^hxive a house to be torn down.
in general be rendered' verb to he ; also, by what or whiohi with the proper pronoun as nominative to the following But there is more or. less of obligation or duty implied vferb; ^

We

Note.

This form

of the

AuiiKi may

into

Englisll

by some

part of the

thus,

he wahi ukana ka'ue

ifec.
;

kaikai,

lit.

burden

is

carry, or mttsf' carry,

This form

is

also in use

what I haveto where me stands

do

beford the -(4m piZi

as,
ai,

Mekau'i

olelo mai

pela oe e hana'i, as thou hast said, so 29.

RULE

The Aui paewa

of the Pronouns

may

stand absolutely^

OF PRONOtFNS.

147

and then
'its

it is

governed by the preceding word, through

;

own

preposition

as,

Hoolilo ka Moi ia lakou i mau kuhina nona. His Majesty appointed them ministers /or himself.

E manao
You

ana oe e lawe

wahine nau.

are thinking to take a wife for yourself. Pono no au kelawe i wahine mo'm. t is proper that I shouM take a wife/w myself e laua i ka pono no laua iho.

Ku

They refused what was proper for themselves. 'Ke kulu nei ka waimaka nou a me kou aupuni. The tears are now falJing/or you and for your kingdona. E kipulu a e hana hale nona. To manure (the land) and to build a house /or 'fctm. E pule i ke Akua no maua, pray to God for us two. E lawe mai ana i ai na makou, he is bringing food /or us. Ao lakou ka nani a me ka pomaikai;
i

For them be the glory and blessedness. NotE. The preposition in connection with this form of the JLui paewa seems to act more directly upon the pronoun than any

>ther, although

it is

dependant on the preceding phrase

often be rendered by the
i

for its force.

The pronoun may

Thus, hoolilo myself, Uimself &c. nona, His Majesty appointed them ministers /or himself; buti^a, self, is often added in such phrases.

compound pronoun, ka Moi ia lakou mau kuhina

'E-ULE 30.
often stands in the middle of a sentence, (in which case the pronoun is governed by its own preposiaion and also becomes the subject of the following verb or

The Ani paeiva

affirmation, or governs a verb in the infinitive mood; as, Ka elele, ka mea nana e hai mai ka olelo. The messenger, the person whose duty it is to declare thesentence. Na kumu nana e ao aku na kanaka. "The teachers lehose business it is to teach the people. Ua imi lakou i mea mo'm e hewa ai. They sought something against me to blame me. Nolaila, nau no e olelo aku ia lakou e hoi. Wherefore, it is for you to order them to return. A nau no e i aku i na 'lii. And it belongs to you to speak to the chiefs. Oia ka mea nana hana ka lani a me ka honua. fie is the being loAo made the heaven and the earth. Na ke Kiaaina e kaohi i ka waa. it belonged to the governor to detain the canoe.
i

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OF PRONOUNS.
1.

form of the Aui paewa implies duty, obliga&c., to do a thing or see that it is donei-rIt may be connected with the past or future tense or the infinitive mood. With a preterite tense it may be rendered simply by the With nouns both proper and common, it relative toho or which. is the ordinary way of asserting that an office, duty or obligation belonged to a certain individual, or that he was bound to do or not to do a certain thing, as the last example under rule 30 shows.

Note

This

tion, office, businessf

be seen from several of the foregoing rules and iki and Aui paewa have each two different methods of construction in a sentence. One absolute, that is, when these cases stand in the latter part of a sentence or phrase, or are not connected with what follows the other found in the beginning or middle of sentences and have an influence upon the succeeding words. They may be the same words, but their construction in the sentence gives them a different influence.
2. It will

Note

examples, that the

Aui pili, Aui

RULE
The Aui ah
ferent ways.
1.

31.
is

of the Pronouns

governed

in

three dif-

2.

By an active verb through its own preposition. By its own preposition after a neuter or passive verb. 3. By its own preposition alone. First. By an active verb through its own preposition as,
;
'

Olelo mai la oia ia makou, he said to us i. e. he addressed us. Hele au e ike ia lakou, I went to see them. Hele ae la kekahi e ninau ia ia, a certain person went to ask him. Hookuke mai la kela ia maua, that person drove us two away. He mea ia e paipai ai ia makou, it is a matter to stir ua up. E ao mai oe ia makou, teach thou us.

Second. By its own preposition after a neuter or passive verb or noun ; as,
I

That

akaka'i ia lakou ka pono. the propriety may be clear to them. Ke hai aku nei au ia oe, I declare to you. E hiki ia laua ke hana pu.
It is fit/or

them two

to

work together.
to take heed.

A haawiia mai la ia'u, and it was given to me. E pono ia oukou ke malama, it is proper for you Me ke ano huhu ia makou hele mai ai.
i

He came
Note.

(to us) as if

angry with us.

ia oe, the end
is is

Kokoke mai ka hopena

When an

near to you.

Atii alo

governed by an active verb termi-

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149

nating with the letter i or when the verbal directivie mai may stand before the i of the Aui alo, the latter is sometimes dropped or assimilated with the preceding i ; as,

I^ana wale no e kuai (i) ka wahie ala. It belonged to him alone to sell sandal wood.

Third. By
.

its

own

preposition alone.

Pela mai kekahi o lakou id'u, thus some of them (said) to me. la ia ka oihana kiaaina,ybr him (he had) the office of governor. Pela aku la au ia ia, thus L (said) to him, Eia ko'u manao ia oukou, here is my thought to you.

Note

1.

The Aui

alo

is

often used for the

Aui paewa ;

as,

He

malihini, ia ia kekahi

manao.

A
I

stranger, to him, (he had) a thought.

malihini, nana kekahi manao, &.c. ke konohiki, ia ia ka olelo.

He To
I

the head man, to him (he has) the orders. ke konohiki, nana ka olelo, &c.

Note 2. The Aui alo thus used for the Aui paewa mostly implies possession of something or obligation to do something.

RULE

32.

the Aui alo stands next before a verb and preceded by the Aui paewa, either of a noun or pronoun, the Aui alo drops the preposition, the sign of the case ; as, ke Akua nana makoc e kiai nei.
is the being who keeps us. ke aupuni oukou e uku mai. The government is the agent who

When

God

Na

will

reward you.

wahine lakou i ao. Mrs. Lyman was the person who taught them. Nana wale no kakou hana, he only it xoas who made Oia ka mea nana oe e hoomaikai ai.
i

Aa Laimana

os.

He is the being who will bless you. jVa'u oE e hai aku i kona an3. 1 am he who will declare to you his character. Ina e hele au, wa'w no ia e hoouna mai. If I shall go, 1 am he who will send him. Limaikaika ka oukou kumu nana oukou e ao.

Mr. Armstrong your teacher is the person who will teach rou. Oia ka mea nana ia hana, he is the being who made him. Note 1. -It will be perceived that in most cases of this construction the Aui paewa may be rendered into English by the phrase " is or was the being, person or agent who," etc., with varii

ous modifications, according to the general

idea.

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Note
2.

OF Prefix protmouns.

Hawaiians
Aui

pretty generally agree in

dropping the
:

S,

the sign of the

alo, in the following

sentence; viz

O lehova ka mea nana i hana ka lani. Jehovah is the being who made the heaven.
Note
Siibited

3.

Many
;the

of the principles and forms of translation ex-

under

preceding rdles apply equatlly to nouns as to

ipronouns.

RULE
The Aui

33.

kui and Aui ia moe, hea, Aui hete, are each, like the cases of nouns, governed by .the prej)ositions that serve to make them ; as,

Am

Am

Mai o makou aku nei ke kauoha. From us i(was given) the charge.

Ma o na la

ka hana. work was done. ou'kou ,. e hdle mai, lO ye, come 'here. E lalau pu oe me au ka ukana, take hold with me the bundle. Ua haaildleia kela poe e ia, that company were foiaken hy him. Rule 21. K^oir.E.^See corresponding rule for nouns.
i

hanaia'i

Through him

the

SYNTAX OF
The

i-REPIX PRONOUNS.

RULE

34.

Prefix Pronouns stand before their nouns and exclude or take the place of the Articie. The same applies
ito

Numeral Adjectives when placed before the noun. See Rule 22, ex. 2.

Ua
f

were admired, keia pae aina* at this cluster of islands, at these islands. iEIailukuia no iie poe kanaka, those men were stoned to death.
nnahaloia kela poe bipi, those cattle

Ma

Maluna o kmma moku, on board

his ship.

Makemake

ke

alii

ia

mau mea,

the chief desired those things;.

mai ua kahuna la, and if that priest come. ko oukou pae aina, at yow islands. ke kokua kana haawi ana, as a benefit was his giving. Pela pau ai kona pilikia, thus his difficulty v^as ended. ko laua make no ia, that was the death of them two. Ke noho nei ka laua luau wahane, their two wives are living here. Elaa a laua mau keiki, there are of them both children, i. e, both (^ them have children. E malama ka oukou mau keiki, take heed to your children, E pale aku oe i ka lakou oldo, do thou resist their words. E haliai kakou i ko kakou poo, let us follow our head.
i

hiki

Ma Ma

OF'

INTEKBTOGATIVE PRONOUNS'.
i

151

Mai hoonoho oe

Do

ka haole i Hawaii nei, elua wale no haole. not settle foreigners on Hawaii, two foreigners^ only.

SYNTAX OF INTERROGATIVE PRONOIPNS. RULE 35.

Interrogative Pronouns follow, in general, the same print' ciples as tihe foregokig personal pronouns; as,.
O-

wai ka mea
ka

Ma

Oh Ko Ka wai

aina o nei ? who is the owner of land here o wai'i holo mai nei ? the vessel of lohom- did you sail here ? wai ia wahi laau hale ? whose is that house timber?

moku

Ma
Me
Wa

ia owili pepa ? whose is that roll of paper ? JVo wai ka WE|iwai i waihoia ae la ? For whom is- the property lying there ? Lilo ka palapala va/wail the book has passed itj whomT wai la i hoouna aku ai ? by whom did he send ?

ififai

wai mai \k kela wai oe i hana pu

e

ia ai

? ?

From whom is

that fish

hopuia ka aihue

Interrogative Pronouns are generally found either attheBeginning of a sentence, or at the end'; rarely in the middle.

Note.

wilh ivhorrv did you work ? wai ? the thief was caught by

whoml

SYNTAX OF COMPOUND' PREPOSITIONS.

RfLE.36.
Compound/ Prepositions stand immediately before the simplfe ones and govern thefoliowing noun or pronoun through' Che medium' of the simple prepositions-; as,

Na haku rrmluna o ka aina, the lords over the land. Elua kanaka rwflWo'O'ka laau,- two men under the tree. Noho O'Kinau iloko oHa hale, Kinau sat in the house. Kau ae Ik maua malurva o na lio, we two mounted on the horses^, Boi aku la ia Uuna oka- moku'. Ire returned on board the shiptA puka mawuho o'ka'papu, then he came out of the fort. Hai mai la ke Kiaaina mai loKomai o ka hale. The Grovernor spake out of the house^
jfoTE
1.

rThe Compound Prepositions are often followed by ver^

;

in' 6al directives^ to show the motion or tendency of the action such cases, the verbal directives stand' between^ the compound an J

f!he sirpple

preposition

39
;

haku maluna ae o ka> aina the lords over the Haule oia malalo iho o- ka laau he fell under the

Na

land'.

tree.

Note
Pii

2-

Other
;

simple prepositions besides o

may

follow eoHa>

pound ones
ae
la

as
i

iluna

ka laau

he climbed

u^j)

into the tree.

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OF ADVERBS.
the form oF

Note 3. Words having

compound

prepositions,
casJe,

and not followed by a simple preposition, or govern some may be consfdered as adverbs of place.

Note 4. The Compound Prepositions, as they have the cases of nouns,' may be considered as nouns with the article dropped as, Na haku ma (ka) luna o ka aina. The lords at {the) ower of the land. Elua kanaka ma (ka) lalo o ka laau. Two men at (the) under of tfie tree. Noho o Kinau i (ka) loko o ka hale. Kinau sat in (the) within of the house. i. e., in (the inside of) the house.
;

SYNTAX OF ADVERBS. RULE 37.

Adverbs proper, or words that qualify verbs stand immediately after their verbs ; as,

Noho wale mai

la ia

no ka molowa.

He lives idly on account of laziness. Ua kuhi hewa paha wau, I have thought erronetyusty perhaps. E uku maikai ia ka mea nana ka waiwai. He shall be properly rewarded who owns the property.
a.u, ua pau ka noho naaupo ana. thought the living in ignorance was done. Aole loaa iki ka mea nona ka lio. The person who owns the horse has not found him at alL Ua dhaaina olioli makou, we feasted joty/wZ/i/. Hele papalua lakou a pau, they all went Itoo by itvo.

Kuhi
1

Note. It will be noticed that no word comes between the Verb and the adverb, not eVen the Verbal directives.

RULE

38.

Other Adverbs, such as Adverbs qf place. Particles, ConJunctions and Interjections have their places in the sentence where they will be most expressive. These are various

and cannot be reduced

practice.

to rule, but

must be learned by

SYNTAX OF VERBS. RULE 39.

to

Verbs may stand in any part of a sentence according its construction.

RULE
One
;

40.
it,

Verb governs another that follows ing in the infinitive mood as,

the latter be-

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153
yoa.

Makemake au e hai aku ia oe, I desired to speak to Hoomaka na haumana e hookani. The scholars began to make music. Aole j>aha e hiki ke pai ia mau hijaolelo, It mil not be possible perhaps to print those words. Nau no e kii mai c pepehi ia lakon.
It is

your

office to

come

to kill

them.

ku ae la o Kamika e hoopan i ha hana,. Then Kamika stood up to dismiss the work.

Alaila,

RULE

41.

An Active preposition.

Verb governs the Aui

ah through

its

own

Note. This preposition is always i before common nouns and proper names of places. Before pronouns and names of peisoius, it
is ia.

E hai aku au

ka mooolelo o keia make.

I will tell the history of thi death.

E paio aku kakou i keia enemi. Let us contend against this enemy. Ua haalele lakou i na mea ona. They have forsaken the things making drunk. E hoomahui oukou i ka naauao, follow ye after intdligen.ee. Ke hana nei lakou i ka lakou hana, they arc doing their ioork.
Hoowahawaha lakou ia ia, they mocked him. Olelo ae la o Kimo ia Puhi, Kimo said to Puhi.

RULE
Some
Active Verbs govern
i

42.
Atii alas
;

two

as,
to

Na Kekukiha

ke kala ia'u, g-we thou the money hai mai ia makou ia mau inoa. It was Kekukiha who told us those names. Kauoha ae la i kona waiivai a pau i kana keiki. He willed all his property to his cAiitf. JE ao aku ia lakou i ka heluhelu, teach them reading.

haawi mai oe
i

me.

RULE

43.

An
tive

Active Verb Often governs

;

^a

Atd'Oilo,

with an

infini-

mood

as,

The

P&ipai na kumu ia lakmt^e ku fas. teachers urged them^ to ikmd last.

20

154
Katteha ae la ke
alii
i

OF VERBS.
na makaainana
the
e

pepehi

na kumu.

The

chief

commanded

common people

to kill the teachers.

Ao

aku la kela ia lakou e pai palapala. That person taught them to print.

RULE
The
jedives
Infinitive
;

44.

Mood

is

often governed

by nowts and ad'

as,

He pono
It
is

i na kamalii a pau e makaala proper for all child en to beware. Aole pono ke haawi i ka hana ia hai. It is not right to give the work to another. Aole o makou m,akemake e pepehi ka makou kumu. "We have no desire to kill our teachers. No na ivai e ona ai, concerning the liquid to make drunk.
i

RULE
The
nouns
It

45.

Infinitive

in the

mood is often governed by nouns and prO' Aui iki and Aui paewa cases as,
;

JVa Hoapili e kukulu

hale pule.

of Hoapili to build a meeting house. jya ka lunakanawai e hookolokolo i kanaka^ It is the office of the judge to try men. Nau e halihali aku ma kela wahi. It is for you to carry it to that place. He wahi pauku hapuu ka'u e haatoai ia oe, I have a piece of fern root to give you. liau hoi ia e wehe aku ma ke akea. It is thine to spread it abroad. Na oukou e noi aku a loaa niai. It is for you to ask and obtain. Nana no e hapai ae i ka poe haahaa^ It is his province to raise up those who are humble.
the business

was

Note.

See Rules

26, 28, and 30.

RULE

46.

Participles, Adjectives, and Verbal nouns formed from causative v^bs govern the Aui alo. Catisativt verbs are those having the prefix hoo or haa.

He mea hoo oluolu ko lakou manao. A thing causing contort to their mindt.
i

OF PARTICIPLSS.
'O ka

15S

hoomanao ana

ka mea ponOv

good thing. hoopuni ana i ka mokupuni nui. The going round the great island, ka hoonaauao ana ko Hawaii poe.
the

The remembering

The

gtvifig insfi-Mcfion to Hawaii's people.

He wahi mea hoakaka aku ia oe, A something to be explained to you.

Oia ka hua a ka hoopalaleha i ka hana maikai. That is the fruit of indisposition to good work.

RULE
The
Aui
alo,

47.

Participie in (ina of an Active verb

governs the through the preposition forming the Aui alo ; as^

ana i ka lakou hana, on my seeing' their work, na )aau e hua ana i ka hua, the trees hearing fruit. Pela ka mea e imi ana i ka pono. So is the person seeking righteomness. E hoike ana i na 'mea hou, exhibiting new things. Nui wale kou kokua ana ia makou. Very great is your assisting us. Pela ko ka makai hai ana mai ta'. So was the constable's telling me. 1 ka oukou hooino ana ia ia, in yoar reproaching him.
1 ko'ii ifte

RULE
The
ive
i

48.

Pmticipie passiw agrees with a noun like an adject-

as,
i eliia,

Maiaita ka lua

there

is

the

pU

that

Was digged.

kaki i hookaawaleia no lakou. At the place set apart for them.

Ma

RULE
Nouns
some
be considered as

49.

signifying time, place, distunte, measure, etc., may in the Aui kumu without a verb, or in oblique case without a preposition ; as,

Two places
Ia

Elua wahi e noho ai ke kUmu. where the teacher may

live.

o KalaniopUU, at that time Kalaniopiiu died. Elima anana ka loa o ka hale. Five fathoms was the length of the house. Fakolu paha kona holo ana, three times perhaps was his sailing.

wa make

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OF TERES.

RULE
The singuhr
is

50.

often used for the ptteral;

partieularly

in poetical style; as,

Ua hoonohoia me he waa kaua la. Tliey were stationed like a war canoe, (lihe*war CQ$K>es.} Ua ike au i ka hale o na kamaaina. *>*. I have seen the house (houses) of the refeiddnts. Ke kulu nei ka maimaka nou.
The
iear
is

(tears are) falling for you.

'^"^-i