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First lessons in Maori

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  • Other Name

    First lessons in Maori by W.L. Williams (Series)

  • Description

    For the eleventh edition alterations were made in the grammatical terminology, especially in dealing with the Maori verb, so as to present it in the form used in English textbooks.

    For the thirteenth edition it has been considered desirable to retain as far as possible the character and approach of a work that has stood for many years as a standard book and a classic of its kind. The major change is the addition of macrons to indicate the length of vowel sounds.--foreword

  • Other Id

    EMI1965B (Library of Congress Call Number)

    43952 (Cat ID)

    89087 (DBTextworks system ID)

    37718 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    First lessons in Maori
  • Other Name

    First lessons in Maori by W.L. Williams (Series)

  • Primary Maker

    Herbert Williams

    W. Ngata

    William Bird

    William Williams

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
  • Date
    1965
  • Physical Description

    143 p. ; 19 cm.

  • Language
    English
    Te Reo Māori
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Edition/State/Version
    13th ed. revised by W.T. Ngata
  • Subject Category

    Maori language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English

    Maori language--Study and teaching

  • Provenance Details
    Edward E Vaile (40607) & (41687)
    Wayne Hawkins(065775)
  • Content
    Part I. 1. The Maori alphabet p. 9 -- 2. Nouns and Personal Pronouns p. 11 -- 3. Prepositions p. 16 -- 4. Definitives p. 19 -- 5. Adjectives p. 25 -- 6. Numerals p. 26 -- 7. Sentences without Verbs p. 28 -- 8. Verbs p. 33 -- 9. Neuter Verbs p. 48 -- 10. Relative Clauses p. 51 -- 11. Miscellaneous p. 54. Part II. Progressive Exercises p. 60 -- Key to Exercises p. 75. Part III. Conversations p. 89. Part IV. Vocabulary-English-Maori p. 97 -- Maori English p. 121 -- Index of Subjects p. 141.
  • Public Access Text

    Introductory Maori grammar and vocabulary for English speakers.--BiM Work first published in London in 1862.--f.p. Previous ed.:1956 see Bagnall W 1338. This edition mentioned after: Bagnall, W1338 Whitcombe & Tombs job no. G4981.

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
  • Language Description
    English and Maori
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