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tónonga	tútunga	wétengi	aráhi
tórengi	wádunga	wéngongo	aróha
túdinga	wáhanga	wídinga	aróhi
túkunga	wátinga	wítinga	atúa
túpunga	wátunga	ádue	ínoi

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Of the Parts of Speech.

The Parts of Speech are eight; the Article, the Noun, the Pronoun, the Verb, the Adverb, the Preposition, the Conjunction, and the Interjection.

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Of the Article.

The vowel e is often used as an Indefinite Article, and has the same signification as the English Article a or an. The syllable te is also often used as a Definite Article, and has the same signification as the English article the; but it should be observed, that neither of these articles can be always used according to the rules of the English Language, the idiom of the New-Zealand Language being different.

Examples.

e mánu	a bird	te mánu	the bird
e mára	a farm	te mára	the farm
e máta	a face	te máta	the face
e púke	a hill	te púke	the hill
e púte	a bag	te púke	the bag
e rára	a rib	te rára	the rib